BoAS] KUTENAI TALES 119 
(e) THE LYNX CHILDREN 
The two young Lynxes (Short Faces) arrived. There was the 
tent of Lynx. | His wife had two children, twins. Lynx started | to 
look for soup. His wife was to drink it in order to get|milk. He 
arrived where the salmon were. | Lynx looked for them. One day 
he got one. | He ate it all. He staid there another night. On the 
following day he looked again, 
and he got one more. He was there 
along time, but he kept nothing | because he ate it at once. Then 
the two children grew up. || One of them said to his mother: ‘Who 
is our father?’’ His mother said: | ‘“Your father went that way.” 
He saidtohis mother: ‘‘What | is he looking for?”’ His mother said: 
“He is looking for salmon for you, | but he did not come back.’’ The 
two children listened, | and went together where somebody was to be 
the sun. || The children said: ‘We will go, we shall be the sun.” | 
Then they started. They went. They saw a lake. | There was an 
old man. He was looking for fish. | They knew it was their father. 
He was poor. They said to him: | ‘‘What are you here for?’ Lynx 
said, he said to them: || ‘Long ago I had two children. Then I 
started | to look for soup, which my wife was to drink to get milk | 
formy children. Ican not killthem.” He was told by the youths: | 
“Well, say that again.” Lynx said: ‘‘I | raise the water with you.” 
Then the two youths saw the water rising. || Lynx said: ‘Let the 
water go down with you.” And | the water went down. Then the 
two youths saw | many salmon. They took sticks and | killed the 
salmon. They saw their father | going after them. He went after 
one to kill it, and they laughed at him. || Lynx looked at the pile of 
salmon. He was told: | ‘‘Now you try!’’ Then he knew it. He 
ran after them. | He was glad. He knew they were his children. 
He was told: ‘ We are going 
where they are playing sun. You | go 
back to your wife.’’ | 
(d) THE ANIMALS MAKE THE SUN (CONTINUED) 
Then the two youths started, and they arrived at the town. | They 
were told by the chief: ‘‘To-morrow you | will go.’’? One night passed, 
and early he started. | Then he went up. It was almost cool. Then | 
he came up, and it was almost warm. When || it was almost noon, it 
Was warm. Then at noon | it was warm. Shade was made. Then 
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