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ni<V2Lxnle go. MEci'n'iiya'yai ; tEme'utiks mEtocka'mail" Ai'aq i 



inland there. Lie do\vn on kuees and your ears hold lliem 1' Quick 



elbows ; 



kawe'X nax'o'tam. AkLo'skam Lqe'tcamete, A'lta aLaxa'lteiam ; (^ 



early she went to bathe. She took it a comb. Now she combed herself ; '^ 



a'lta no'pa. A'lta iia'k-im: "Qaxe'4 moc, iq;e'sqes; a'liLEL a'lta o 



now she went Now she said: "Where are you, blue-jay; Mell now 



out. 



he'he nxa'xo. Habahe! iq;e'sq|es." A'lta akta'wil*: kapauwe'4 



l.ingh I shall do. Haliahe ! blue-jay." Now she ate them all * 



t^''lXim, tia'lEXam itca'k-ik'a. A'lta go-y-oi; o'Lax, a'lta Lj^ijake - 



people, his people her husband's. Now there the suu, now recovered 



na'xax, a'lta iiagE'm'aa. Akto'm'a ka'uauwei tga'Xamokuk. A'lta /. 



she got, now she vomited. She vomited them all their bones. Now 



agio'XtkinEma itca'k-ika. A'lta k-;e, nikct Lap aga'yax. A'lta y 



she searched for him her husband. Now nothing, not find she did him. Now 



agio'Xtkiii go qotac te'lXim tga'Xamokuk. A'lta Lap aga'yax, r. 



she searched at those people their bones. Now find she did him, " 



for him 



yukpE't k-;e tii'cowit. A'lta age'lgitk go iqo'mxom. A'lta uakLa'yu ^ 



up to here nothing his legs. Now she put him in a basket. Now she moved 



into 



mank kula'l. A'lta t;'oL agE'tax. A'lta ia'xkati uo'La-it. 



a little far. Now a house she made them. Now there she staved. 



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A'lta le'le e'tcatc;a ayaxa'lax. A'lta nakxa'to. Aktaxu'to 



Now a long her sickness was on her. Now slie gave birth. She gave birth 



time, to them 



amo'kstiks tka'la-uks. A'lta tEqoa'-iLa no'xox tga'a. A'lta .^^ 



two males. Now large they got herchildren. Now 



akco'lXam: "Xekct yaii'a mto'iX! la'ma yau'a2 niai'eme mto'iX!" -^3 



she said to them "Not there you two go! Only there downriver you two go!" 



two: 



A'lta uau'itka. Cta'qoa-iL aci'xox. A'lta atcio'lXam Lia'wiiX : j. 



Now indeed. Large [dual] they two got. Now he said to him to his yoiiniier 



. brother: 



"Tgtj'd'kti qoi atgd'iX yau'a!" A'lta ae'Xt QSo'Lax, a'lta a'cto. ._ 



"Good will we two go there!" Now one day, now they two ^^ 



went. 



A'41ta Lap acgE'tax te'lXim tga'XaDiokuk qa no'Xuc. "O, ai'aq .^ 



Now find they did them people their bones where they were "Oh, (jnick 



on ground. 



mE'te, txko'ya!" Acxko'maDi go t;'oL. A'lta atciolXam Lia'wuX: ^^ 



come, let us two go They reached at house. Now lie spoke to him to his younger 



home!" their house bi'other: 



"O, Lga'xauyamtiks qo'tac te'lXim. Qa'daLx iiuxo'La-it?" ig 



"Oh! the poor ones those jieojile. How may be they died.'" 



A'lta cta'qoa iL aci'xox. A'lta acx'o'yut; a'lta lax aci'xax 



Now large [dual] they two got. Now they two bathed: now miss they two l"^ 



di'd it 



Lqetcame'te. "O, a'li! Lo'nas go Lqetcame'te Lkex go qiX on 



a comb. "Oh, myyounger i>erhaps there a comli it is iu that *" 



brother ! 



iqo'mxom.'"' "O, ai'aq Laq" tgia'xo qiX iqo'mxom." A'lta Laq° 01 



basket." "Oh, quick takeout we will (U> that basket." Now takeout " 



him 



acgayax x-ix* iqo'mxom. 



they did him that basket. 



LgoLe'lEXEmk Lap aLgE'ctax go x-ix- iqo'mxom. ''()2 cgE'Xa! () 



a jierson find they two did it in tliis basket. "O mytwochil- () 



dren ! 



CgE'Xa! LEmta'naa itca/q; 'atxal. MtgEmi'gaiiiit a'lta jici'tkum 04 



mytwocliil- Your mother her badness. iTou two see me now I am half "^ 



dren ! 



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