BOAS] KUTENAI TALES 35 
He prepared food. They ate. After he had finished eating, he said 
to his daughter: ‘You shall marry him.” The Frenchman went 
back. At night his daughter came back. He said to her: ‘Why 
did you come back?”’ His daughter said to him: ‘I was afraid; he 
is a Grizzly Bear.”” The Frenchman said: ‘‘He will bite us.”” He 
said to his (next) daughter: ‘‘To-morrow we shall go to him. You 
shall marry him.”’ On the following day he went with his daughter. 
The two went there. He knocked at the door. (The Grizzly Bear) 
opened it. They entered. He prepared food. After they had 
eaten, the Frenchman went back. In the evening his daughter came 
back. He said to her: ‘““Why did you come back? The Grizzly 
Bear will bite us.”’ He said to the youngest daughter, he said to 
her: “To-morrow we shall go to the Grizzly Bear. You shall marry 
him.” The following day they two went together. They went there 
together. He arrived. He knocked at the door. The Grizzly Bear 
opened it. They entered. He prepared the food. After they had 
eaten, the Frenchman went back. In the evening the woman went 
ke’e’k. n’e/kine. ku’Pek. qake’Ine’ — swe’ne’s_hents‘alite’tne-. 
food. They ate. They finished He said to his daughter: ‘‘ You will marry him.”’ 
eating. 
fa‘ts!na’xe* ne; nuit’a’q,na. ktsilmi’yct.s la‘wa’se’ swe’ne's. 
He started back that Frenchman. At night came back his daughter. 
qake’Ine’ qa’psin ke’nsdats!e/ka‘m. qak.la’pse’ swe’ne’s hun’one’Ine’ 
He said to her: ‘‘ Why do you come back?’’ She said tohim hisdaughter: ‘‘I was afraid; 
pal ke’en k.la’wta. qake’jne’ ne; nutl’a’q,na  tsxa‘lit!xana- 
he isa Grizzly Bear.’”’ Said that Frenchman: “ He will bite 
wa’sine’. qakeIne’ swe’ne’s kkanmi’yct’ hutsqona‘xala.:’sjne’ ham- 
ps2" He said to hisdaughter: ‘‘To-morrow we shall go to him, you 
ts‘alite’tine’. kkanmi’yct.s qovnakcékma’Ine’ swe’ne’s. taxa’kekma’Ine’. 
Swill marry him.’’ Next day they two wert together his daughter. They two went back. 
qanta’Ite’ taq!anx0’na‘ls. nuk!en'ke’n'e’. tenaxa’mne’. n’etke/nse- 
He knocked at the door. He opened it. They entered. He prepared 
ke’ek. ku’Pek la‘ts!ma’xe’ ne; nu‘la’qana. ktscdtmi’yct.s ta'wa’se’ 
food. When they fin- he went back the Frenchman. In theevening came back 
ished eating, 
swe’ne’s. qake’Ine’ qa’psin kens¢-a‘ts!:’ka‘m.  tset !xanawa’sjne‘ 
his daughter. [Ile said to het: “Why did you come back? He will bite us 
kja’wha. qake’Ine’ nejs ktsaqu’nas swe’ne's. qake’Ine’ kkanmi*’yct 
mg Grizzly Hesaidtoher that youngestone his daugher— Hesaidtoher: ‘‘ To-morrow 
ear.” 
hutsqona‘xata’e’sine’— k.tawla. hents-a‘hte’tne. kkanmi’yct.s ts !ena- 
we shall go to him the Grizzly Bear. You will marry him.’’ Next day they two 
kekma’Ine*. qao-xwakekma’Ine. laxa’xe’. t!axo’,ne’ taq!anxo-’nals. 
went together. They went there together. Hearrived. He knocked at the door. 
nuk!"en‘ke’n‘e’ k.ta’wla. tmaxa’mne’. n’etke’nse’ ke’ek. ku’Vek 
He opened the Grizzly They entered. He prepared food. When they fin. 
Bear. isu.ed eaving, 
fats!ena’xe ne; nuta’qana. ktscmi’yet.s q!u’mne’jne ne; pa‘‘tke;. 
he started back that Frenchman, In the evening she slept that woman, 
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