OHINOOK 

 BOAS 



] CIK^A MYTH TKANSLATION. 1 7 



ayoe'wilX. Ayo'yam k"ca'xale. A'lta atco'lXara [Jq;VuExoii: "OJ, ^ 



he went up. He arrived above. Now he said to her to Uq; 'o'nExon': "Oh, 



ga'Lak, daLj nekct oXo'La-it tike te'lXEiu, eka mtax. Nxe'lutcX 2 



aunt, look! not they are dead those people, thus you did I aaw them 



them. 



go ge'kXule, e'ka a'lta le'le ge'kXule nkax. OXuiwa'yul 3 



at below, tlina now long below I was. They dance 



ka'uauwe, okula'lam; eLukuma oxusga'liL; iqa'lExal oxusga'liL. ^ 



all, they sins; itliikum they play; disks they play. 



Tea, a'lta mai'ka yamxalukctjT^o'ya!" A'lta atea'xena ia'koa ^ 



Well, now you 1 throw you down !" Now he placed them there 



ujiright [f.] 



oya'kXilXtcutk. A'lta ateo'skam go LE'kxakco. A'lta qni'nEml g 



his flint-pieces. Now lie took her at her hair. Now five time.s 



go'ye a'tcax. A'lta Lax* iie'xax itca'wan. A'lta atca'xalakctgo. j 



thus he did her. Now break did lier belly. Now he threw her down. 



A'lta nuqima'-ititam ge'kXule. A'lta atkLo'skam Lqa'naqc. g 



Now she went and lay below. Now they took them stones. 



A'lta LEiiiE'iiLEmEu a'qxax. A'lta aqiXE'kXue e'tc'aL^a ^ 



Now in small pieces she was done. Now it was thrown away her flesh 



ka'nauwe qa. Aqe'xaliikctgo itca's^owit iaua' Na^e'lim; aqe'xaliikctgo ^q 



every where. It was thrown away her leg here [to] Nehelim; it was thrown awaj' 



LE'kxakco, aqoXo'kXne tqa'lewauEma iaua' k"c'ala'. 21 



her hair, they were thrown her ribs there up nver. 



away 



Translation. 



There were five brothers who had one younger sister. When she was 

 grown up the grizzly bear carried her away. One year her brothers 

 did not find her. Then her elder brother went to search for his younger 

 sister. He went some distance and met a pheasant ( ?). He shot it and 

 hung it on to the branch of a tree. He went on and found a house. 

 He opened the door and saw an old man and a boy inside. He entered. 

 Then the child jumped up and said : " Louse me, uncle ! " He took the 

 child and loused it. He found a louse and squeezed it. Immediately 

 the old man bit his neck and cut oft" his head. Then the old man and 

 the boy carried his body into the woods and hid it. The bear's wife 

 and his daughter had gone digging gamass (camass) at that time. 



Xow four [brothers] only remained. One day the next eldest 

 Went. He also found a pheasant. He shot it and hung it on to the 

 branch of a tree. He went a long distance and found a house. He 

 opened the door and saw an old man and a boy inside. Then he entered. 

 The boy jumped up and said : " Uncle, louse me ! " He did so and found 

 a louse. He squeezed it; then the old man bit his neck and cut off his 

 head. Then the old man and the boy carried his body into the woods 

 and hid it. The two women had again gone digging gamass. Then 

 the daughter said to her mother: "Come, let us go home; somebody 

 arrived at our house." The mother replied: "Wait awhile." After 

 some time the two women went home. Then the girl smelled blood in 

 the house and knew at once what had happened. She grew angry and 

 struck her father and her brother with a firebrand. 



Now three [brothers] only remained. One day the next brother said : 

 •' I will go next." He went a long distance and he also found a pheas- 

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