3S anektcxo'lemix her myth. [e"hx, 



BUREAU OF 

 OLOGY 



-I cxuwfi/yul ka L;ak na'xax o'^o'lEptckiX. "Qaxe x-iau Ljjik 



they two and crackle it did tlie fire. "Where this crackle 



walked about 



o ua'xax?" atco'lXam Lia'wuX. La2 ka weXt L;ak na'xax. Mo'kcti 



it does?" he said to her his younger Some then again crackle it did. Twice 



.sister. time 



o L;ak na'xax o^o'lEptckiX. A'lta LE'kLEk acga'yax ile'e. A'lta 



crackle it did the fire. Now burrow they two the ground. Kow 



did it 



^ Lap acE'kxax o'otco. A'lta ka'tsEk go-y- o'otco-y ake'x 



find they two did it a shell. Now in middle in the shell was 



P- oEo'lEptckiX. "O La'xauyam txa/Lak. A'qka taL; a'kXotk Xak 



" lire. "Oh, pitiful she our [dual] She look! she put luto that 



aunt. 



P oso'lEptckiX." A'lta nacXE'lgiLx. Wax ne'ktcukte. 



" tire.' Now they [dual] made Next it got day. 



fire. morning 



A'lta acgE'tax t!'oL. ALkso'kxoL! t!V)L, itanuliStX t!'oL. A'lta 



Now they two a house. They finislied it, the house, its smallness liouse. JNow 



made it 



ia'xkati asxe'la-it. La2 asxe'la-it ia'xkate; ka ne'katxa, niaLna' 



" there they two stayed. Some they two stayed there; then it grew windj', from sea 



time 



ue katxa. Kawe'X ka nixa'latck. A'yoLx. A'lta x'itik tE'cgan 



^ it grew windy. Early then he rose. He went to Now there •cedar 



the beach. planks 



tgE'xEuiptcgEt; itca'LElam kaX oma'p; iLa'LElXamE'mtga 



they drifted ashore ^ ten these planks; ten each 



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-., Lga'nEXama. A'yoptck. Atco'lXam Lia'wuX: "Lap anE'tax 



fathoms. He went up He said to her his younger sister : "Find I did them 



from the beach. 



tE'cgan, iLaLElXamE'mtga Lga'nEXama." A'lta a'ctoLx Lia'wuX. 



boards, ten each fathoms." Now they two went his younger 



to the beach sister. 



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A'lta acktoLa'taptck, ka'nauwe acktoLa'taptck. A'lta acgE'tax 



Now they [dual] pulled all they [dual] pulled Now they two 



them ashore, them ashore. made it 



-.i ta'qoa-iL t!'oL. A'lta acxe'la-it ia'xkate. A'lta e'tcatcia ayaxa'lax 



a large [pi.] house. Now they two stayed there. Now her sickness came on her 



Lia'wuX. A'lta nakxa'tom; LE'kXala akLaxo'toni. 



lo his yo'.mger Now she gave birth; a male she gave birth to it. 



sister. 



A'lta ne'k-im itca'xkjun: "E'ktaLx eo'k Lgia'xo?" Kawe'X 



Now he said her elder brother: " What may blanket shj will make Early 



It?" 



-.n a'yuLx. Lap atca'yax mokct ilage'tEma, kEUE'm ilage'tEma. "O 



he went to Find he did them two sea-otteis, small sea-otters. "Oh, 



the beach. 



La'xauyam LgE'LatXEn eo'k Lgia'xo." Atcio'kctEptck go 



18 his poverty my nephew blanket she will make it." He carried them up to 



from the beach 



ma'Lxole. Atco'lXam Lia'wuX: "Lap ana'yax ilage'tEma." O 



19 inland. He said to her his younger "Find I did them sea-otters.' Oh, 



sister: 



k;wa'nk;wan na'xax Lia'wuX. 



20 glad she became his younger 



sister. 



"E'ktaLx agia'xoLk LE'tcx-imcq Lgtl'wuX?" Kawe'X nixa'latck. 



" What may she makes soup my younger sister? " Early he rose. 



A'yoLx. A'lta ige'pix'L iuquna'-itX. Atca'yaxc, he! ka'nauwe 



22 He went to Now a sea-lioii it lay there. He cut it. heh ! all 



the beach. 



atca'yaxc. A'lta acgiutcXa'mal. A'lta ka'nauwe Ls^aLa'ma ayd'Lx, 



2o he cut it. Now they two boiled it. Now all days he went to 



the beach. 



