Boas] KUTENAI TALES 3754 
go.” He was told by the old woman: ‘Don’t go there.’’ He arose. 
He went out. He went there. He entered. He sat down. He 
said to (the chief): ‘“‘Arise.’”’? The chief got up from his bed. He 
became a buffalo bull. . (The youth) took his arrow and struck him 
withit. He knocked hin down. (The chief’s) wives at once became 
buffalo cows. He knocked them down. He threw them outside. 
He said: ‘‘Come and take the meat.” 
22. THe Wuitrt Man 
A white man went along. He saw (another) white man on the 
branch of a tree. He was chopping off the limb close to the trunk. 
The white man was told: ‘“‘ You will fall.” The white man said: 
“JT shall not fall.”” He saidno more. This onestarted. (The other 
one) was chopping along. He chopped it off. He fell down. 
na’mne’. qake’jne’ ne; netsta’hal hults!ena’xe’. qak.ta’pse’ nes 
goes in.”’ He said that youth: OTe? He wastold by that 
telna’mu’s ma,ts ts!c’nan’. n’owo’k,ne’. n’anaxa’mne’. quoxa’xe’. 
a ry . . 
old woman: ‘‘ Don’t go there.’’ He arose. He went out. He went there 
tenaxa’mne’. n’ssak,nu’n‘e’. qake’Ine’ oknoxa’men’. n’oknoxa’mne’* 
He entered. He sat down. He said to *“Arise.”’ He got up from his. 
him: bed 
ne; naso’,k"en. n’enga’ptsek n‘tIseijks. tsuk"a’te’ a’,‘k!e's 
that chief. He became a bull. He took his arrow; 
qantaltimu’n‘e’. q!akpakitxo’,ne’. nejs altcdmamu.’se’s n’ok!"il’ n- 
he struck it with it. He knocked it down. Then his wives at once 
qapta’kse’ tu’kpu's — n’ok!"itq!akpakitxo’,ne-. n’anaqanme’te’. 
became cows at once he knocked them down. He threw them outside. 
qake’jne’ qo‘kawesyaxa’ke;t a, ku’ta‘k. 
He said: “Come and take the meat.”’ 
22. Tue Wart Man 
Qa‘na’xe’ soya’pe’. n’u’px,ne* soya’pe’s a, kets!la’ens qawetsq !- 
He went along a white man. He.saw a white man a tree standing on 
nu’se’ a, kets!k!a’laks. n’enta,kitsxo’,ne*. qak.ta’pse’ soya’pe's 
a branch. He chopped off the limb He was told the white man: 
close to the trunk. 
hents!onaxu’n‘e*. qake’jne’ ne; soya’pe’ at huqa‘onaxu’n‘e. fa‘qats- 
“You will fall.” He said the white “*T (shall) not fall.’’ He said no 
man: 
Pa ae ° an es kitsxo’ - Act / 5 PRR hay Jos eR 
xane’. na ts!ma xe*. Qa,n <itsxo ak elee claxo ,)ne. nN onaxu ne-. 
more. This one started. He chopped along. He ehopret it He fell down, 
off, 
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