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anektcxo'lemix myth. 41 



ue'Xko iqe'sqes go tia'a. 



he weut home hliiegay to his children. 



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e'kole. Atcio'cgam iqe'sqes. Ayo'pa iqe'sqes: "A, nikct tee 



■nhale He took it blue-jay. He went out blue-jay: "Ah, not [int. 



[luoat]. part.] 



iiimca'xaxome? GEnE'lsem ok;'unoya'!" Atcixoneman qotac te'lx-Eiu 2 



do you notice ? She fed me the crow!" He showed it to those people 



them 



qix- e'kole. Tlo'nkXa tl'oLe'ma atcixo'nema, ka atcia'owilt:. La2 ^ 



that whale. Three only houses he showed it to then he ate it. Some 



them, time 



iio'poiiEm. O'lo geta'xt ka'nauwe qotac te'lX-Em. A'lta nixk"-!©'! 4 



it ijot dark. Hungry they were all those people. Now he said much 



i(je'sqes: ''O ilxa'xak;Emaua e'kole i)aL ta'yaqL. E'wa taL; rj 



blue-jay; "Oh, our chief whale full his house. Thus look 



tio'LEina q;'at a'xkax Lia'wiiX k;a atciuE'tl'euL ilxa'xak; Emana." 



the supernat- love they did his younger and he invited me our chief." 6 



ural lieings her sister 



Aqa'tl'euL ok;'imo' k;a ka'sa-it. A'lta no'ponEm, ka mE'ux'i ka rj 



She was invited crow and robin. Now it grew dark, then a little then 



while 



Lax ne'xax iqe'sqes. Atcin'ktcau ia'lEkotitk. " Txo'kst'ita ka'sa-it! 8 



visible he became blue-jay. He took in hand his quiU. " We two will sleep robin! 



Kwa'iiEsum tsEs anE'xax po'lakll." TakE ne'k'im ka'sa-it: "Ya2, q 



Always cold 1 get at night.' Then he said robin: " Yii, 



x'ix'e'kik. Tcx-ii na'mkXa anxo'kstitX, ka wiXt aqaiiga'tl'om. 



this one. Then I alone 1 sleep, then again people come home. 



la'xkati x-ia mxo'kctit go tgE'ait!" A'lta nixo'kstit iqe'sqes go ^| 



There here sleep at my feet!" Now he slept blue-jay at 



tia'Owit, go uuXiiina'kXit tia'owit ka'sa-it. A'lta llixEllk^a'ta-it ^^ 



his feet, at their end [of] his feet robin. Now he was awake ■^ 



iqe'sqes. A'lta ika'nim aega'yax ka'sa-it kj'a oya'pq'au. Qi'oap „ 



blue-jay. Now canoe they two made it robin and his dead bro- Nearly -'-"^ 



tlier's wife. 



iktco'ktiya ka iao'ptit iq; e'sqes. A'lta aLa'kiloya a'llta. ALkto'kue ^4 



it got daylight then he slept blue-jay. Now they went to now. They carried to 



the canoe the-canoe 



La'xamot. A'lta atco'cgam itsa'k;'esiL oe'k"tEqlix', atco'cgam 



their property. Now he took it a sharp branch, he took it -'-•-* 



ka'sa-it. Atcuqoa'na it ewa tia'owit iqe'sqes oe'k"tEqlix'. A'lta 



robin. He put it into the thus his feet blue-jay's the branch. Now 



ground 



aLe'kXotcte ka'sa-it k;a oya'pi'au okj'uno'. ALice'taqL iqe'sqes. ^n 



they went across robin and his dead bro- the crow. They left him blue-jay. 



thers wife 



Xixa'll'okr) iqe'sqes kawT'X: " Mxa'll'oko ka'sa-it!" Atce'kituq. ^g 



He awoke blue-jay early: " Awak© robin!' He kicked him. 



Xau'i Lxoa'p a'Lix La'yapc iqe'sqes. Na-ilga'Xit kaX oe'k"t;Eqlix': 19 



At once hole became his foot blue-jay's. He struck it that branch: 



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<'Ana'! LEkXEpsa'l A'nqate taL; Xuk aLEn!:e'taqL." A'lta on 



"Ana! my foot! Long ago see! here they left me." Now 



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ALigo'tctanie ok;'uno'. Nau'i a'Loptck go t!'oL. "Ai'aq, 



They got across the crow. At once they went np to the house. "Quick, 22 



from the beach 



Ixigo'tctae," ue'k'im iqe'sqes. A'lta noxue'tXuitck tigo'tctae 



we will go across, " be said blue-jay. Now they made themselves they wanted 23 



ready to go across 



ka'nauwe. TakE ate'kXdkcte. Ka'tcEk qix- e'maL ka ne'katxa; 91 



all. Then they went across. Middle that bay then it grew windy; '^ 



bEmm. Leqs nuxo'La-it te'lx'Em. TakE w-iXt nuXo'tako. 



bumm. Almost they died the people. Then again they returned. 



Qoa'nEmi LsaLa'ma iiuXota'lEkT: ka takE atigo'tctame. A'lta 



Five times days they always turned and then they got across. Now 



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