BOAS] KUTENAI TALES Pap 
14. CHICKADEE AND ELK 
Chickadee went along a river. On the other side he saw Elk. 
Chickadee said: ‘‘There is a good place on the other side; I wish I 
could get across.’’ Elk said he would take him across. He went 
across in the water. (Chickadee) was riding. Elk walked. in the 
water. He just got ashore and (Chickadee) stabbed him. Chicka- 
dee killed Elk. 
15. Frog AND PARTRIDGE 
Frog was going along. She saw Partridge. She said to him: 
““You shall be my husband.”” He went to her tent. He arrived. 
He always went hunting. He killed much (game). Frog said: 
“Now look for your wife.’’ Partridge started. He found his wife. 
He said to her: ‘‘ Where are the children?’’? That woman said: 
“They are where you come from.’”’ The two started. He arrived 
at his tent. He staid there again. 
14. CHICKADEE AND ELK 
Qa‘na’xe’ mets!qa’qas a, kmmi’tuks. te’jne’s n’u’px,ne’ la’wo’s. 
He went along Chickadee tiver. On the he saw Elk. 
other side 
qake’;ne* mets!qa’qas: ksdsuk.le’et qo te’jne’ —huteni’nam. 
He said Chickadee: ““4 good place there on the other side if Icould getacross.”’ 
qake’;ne’ la’wo alqanyaxaqo’,kil. n’alqananu’q,ne’ yo,xal’isuk- 
He said Elk he would take him across. He went across in the, he was riding, 
water, 
nu’n‘e’ ts!manu’qyne’. qakn n’dpanu’q,yne’ na,k!o’,ne*. n’ipe’Ine: 
he walked in the water. Just reaching the shore, he stabbed him. He killed 
fa’wo’s muets!qa’qas. 
Elk Chickadee. 
15. Frog AND PARTRIDGE 
Qa‘na’xe’ wa’tak. n’u’px,ne’ t!a’n‘qu’ts. qak-’Ine’ hentsxal’:’n‘e 
She went Frog. She saw Partridge. She said to “You will be 
along him: 
kanul’a’q,na. ts!ma’xe’ a,‘ket.la’e’s. laxa’xe’. at n’upsta‘tiyil’ana’xe’. 
my husband.”’ He started for his tent. He arrived. Tle always went hunting. 
ta’xas yunaqa’pse’ k!e’/Iwa. qake’jne’ wa’tak ta’xa W’n-u itske’len’ 
Then many he killed. She said Frog: “Now go’ —- look for 
teémamu’’ne's. ts!ma’xe° t!a’n-qu'ts. n’u’px,ne’ temamu’’e's. qake’/Ine’ 
your wife.” He started Partridge. He found his wife. He said to 
her: 
kas tkamne’’ntek. qake’jne’ ne; pa’tke; qo ta’xa hm-yaqake,- 
‘Where the children?” She said that woman: “Then now where you 
ka’mke"! saosaqa’,ne’. ts!makze‘k,ne’. faxa’xe’ a, ket.ta’e's. 
come from they are.” They two started. He arrived at his tent. 
fa,tsxanit.ta’,ne’. 
He staid there again. 
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1 Barnaby prefers qo‘sEnta\yaga‘keikami’tke:. 
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