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BOAS] KUTENAI TALES h5 
‘Now go ahead.”’ She started, and he said to her: ‘‘Go up the 
valley and go across there.’’ Coyote started. He ran. He got 
there. He stopped there. His wife came. He shot her and killed 
her. He butchered her and skinned her. There was a flat stone, 
and he sat down on it. Hesaw Wolf coming. He thought he would 
hit it. He was going to get up. He couldn’t get up. He shot at 
that Wolf. He had no more arrows. He took off his bowstring and 
struck him with his bow stave. The Wolf ate that game. He ate 
it all. Coyote got up again. He went and took the bones. He 
thought he would break them up. He was told by (a bird): ‘ Don’t 
strike them.’’ Coyote stood there holding an ax. Then Badger 
pounded them. He finished breaking the bones and put the marrow 
into the tripe. Coyote was told: ‘‘Take hold of my tail.” Coyote 
took hold of (Badger’s) tail. (Badger) finished putting in the 
marrow. Badger started to run away. Coyote followed him. He 
qake’Ine’ ta’xa ’n'u. ts!mna’se’. qake’Ine’ qo, hank!a‘m’na’ke’ 
He said to her: ‘‘Now goahead.’’ Shestarted. . Hesaid toher: ‘There up the valley 
qo’ tax hmtsqanatwat!a’xe’. ts!ma’xe’ ske’n‘ku'ts. ts!m‘a’kjne.. 
there then you will go through across.’’ He started Coyote. He ran. 
la*xa’xe’. qaosaqa’,ne’. wa’se’ tednamu”’e’s. mi’tx,ne’ n’dwa’n'e’. 
He got there. He stopped there. She came his wife. He shot her, he killed her. 
nu'mitse’;jte’ konu’q!me’. qa‘kts!lanu’kse- = qaoxal’sak,nu’ne-. 
He butchered her, he skinned her. There was a flat stone; he sat down on it. 
n’y'pxane’ ska’se* ka’,ke*ns. qatwi’yne’ ktsqanta’le't. ktsxal’o’";wuk. 5 
He saw coming the wolf. He thought he would hit it. He was going to rise. 
qatal’uwu’k,ne’. mi’tx,ne’ nes ka’,kens. fa:‘litka’,ne’. tuk’e’n-e’ 
He could not rise. He shot at that wolf. He was without arrows. He took off 
t!awum’ka’e’s qantaltemu’n‘e’ a, k.la‘kwo’,te’s. n’e’kine’ ka’,ken 
his bowstring he struck with it his bow stave. He ate the wolf 
nejs iya’mu’s. q!a’pxane’. fa.uwu’kyne’ ske’n'ku'ts. qaoxa’xe- 
that game. He ate it all. He got up again Coyote. He went and 
tsuk"a’te’ ma‘k!:’se's. qalwi’yne’ ktsaqtsa’kxo’. qak.la’pse- 
took its bones. He thought he would break them up. He was told by 
wa’ku'ks ma,ts qanla’Iten’. qa‘qawetskene’le’k a,'qu’ta‘ls sk-’n~- 19 
(a bird with ‘Don’t strike it.’’ He stood holding an ax Coy- 
white spot on 
head): 
ku'ts. ta’xa tsm qo,s n’aqtsaxo’,ne’ na’ime't!. kutya’q!a: 
ote. Then only there he pounded Badger. Having finished 
breaking 
qana’’nte’ a,‘k.laqpe’sqaps a, kinu’Imak. = qakile’Ine’ ske’n-ku'ts 
he put them into tripe the marrow. He was told Coyote: 
hawetsqatke’nu. nawetsqatknka’,ne’ ske’n‘ku'ts. kutqana’’’ne't 
“Take hold of my tail.” He took hold of the tail Coyote. He finished putting 
it inside 
a, knu/tma‘ks. nu‘tsenqkupeke’me'k na’Ime't!. mete;xa‘mvmu- 
the marrow. He started to run away Badger. He followed 
k"a’,ne’ ske’n’ku'ts. n’upstatnu‘tmy‘muk"a’,ne’. - fa.ile;qa‘ninmitk- 15 
him Coyote. He continued to run. It is thrown backward 
