44 ANEKTCXO'lEMIX her myth. [ethnology 



^ ago'lXam iigo'tgeu: "Qa'daqa amLo'lXam ka ma'Lue ka 



she said to her to her niece: "Why did you say do it when at sea then 



2 Lgiusga/ma e/kole? Go'nitci kwac aniE'xax. Qia'X qjoa'p ile'e tcx-i 



it shall take it the whale? Tlieret'ore afraid jou became. It' near land then 



3 pos aiiiLo'lXam aLgio'cgam. MxE'LaX iia gua'nEsum aqLEnia/lotl 



[if] you say to it it takes it. You think [int. part.] always it was given to you? 



ALE'xatgo, aLE'xatgo. Tate; amLo'Xtkin. WeXt mLo'k"'ia 



^ Itietnins, it returns. See! j^ou searched for it. Again you will carry it 



iiiXgo'ya. Manex aiuLoua'xLatcgo, iiiikct lULo'xtkiuEma. Kalta'2c 



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yon will go When you have lost it not you shall search for Only 



home. ' it. 



6 aqamE'lseni ka aniE'Lok"^." Na'k-im okj'u'no: "Ha"o." TakE nfi'xko 



you were given then you carried it." She said the crow; "Ves." Then she went 



food home 



7 wiXt oki'u'no. AgE'Luk^q qoLa Lge'wisX. " Maiiix iuLo'k"qa 



again the crow. She carried it that dog. "When you will carry it 



8 qia/X qj'oa'p ile'e tcXi aniLo'lXam: 'E'cgam e'kole, Qjaci'iiEinicLx!'" 



if near laud then you .say to it: ' Take it the whale, Q;aci'nEmicL.\ 1 ' " 



g TakE na'xkd. Go'qxoiain akLaqa'na-it Lga'xewucX. A'cto2; q;oa'j) 



Then she went lu .stern it lay her dog. They two near 



home went; 



IQ e'lXain ! " E'cgam e'kole, Q;aci'nEmicLx!" Nakct aLgio'cgam. 



the town! ' Take it the wliale, Q, aci'nEmicLx ! ' Not it took it. 



jl^l AkLo'cgam Ltcuq. Wax akLE'Lgax: "E'cgani e'kole, Q; aci'nEuiicLx ! 



She took it water. Pour she did it on it ; " Take it the whale, Q;aci'nEuiicLx! 



-j^2 Xau'itka na iieme'kickEliL'? " Q;oa'p ile'e takE wiXt akLo'lXam: 



"* Indeed [int. part.) you a catcher? ' Kear land then again she said to it: 



"E'cgam e'kole, Q;'aci'nEmicLx!" ALxfi'latck q;'oa'p ile'e. A'lta 



lo " Take it the vvliale, Q:aci iiEmicLx! ' It rose near the land. Now 



j^ aLgio'cgam e'kole. A'lta wiXt la'xElaxu ne'xax itca'xEuema. 



it took it the whale. Now again rock it did her canoe. 



"E2t;'o'cgam e'kole, Q; aci'iiEiiiicLX, Q;'ul e'cgam e'kole, 



"Hold it fast the v.-hale, QjacinEmicLx. Fast hold it the whale, 



Qj'aei'nEraicLx." E'XtEmae aya'xElEmamakuX : "Yac e'xa e'kole, 



Qiaci'nEiuicLx." Sometimes she did not say to it right: "Left doit the whale. 



alone 



17 Qj'aci'iiEmicLx!" A'lta ayu'Xtke e'kole iau'a ma'Lxole. Tea! 



QjaciuEiiiicLx! ' Now it swam the whale then landward. Ah! 



-. o a'lta a'tgELx te'lx-Em. Ka'nauwe a'tgELx. Aqa'yaxs e kole. 



now they went the people. All they went to It was cut the whale. 



to the beach the beacli. 



-j^g AtgiVyaxs tga'colal ok;'a'no. A'lta aqio'Xiiiptck ka'nauwe e'kole. 



They cut it her relatives the crow's. Now it was carried np the whole the whale. 



from the shore 



lo'Lqte aLxe'Ia it. TakE iie'k-im iLa'xak;Eraana: ^'A'nlaxta iiO'ya. 



A long time they stayed. Then lie said their chief : " I desire I go. 



2^ Xo'kctama Lga'wuX." A'lta iioxuitXuitck tia/lXam, piiL eXt 



^ I shall go to see my younger Now they made them- liis people, full one 



her sister." selves ready 



^^ ia'qoa-iL ikani'm. A'lta a'tge. Atigo'tctame go tid'LEraa. TakE 



^-' large canoe. Now they went. They came across to the supernal- Then 



ural beings. 



iie'k-im iLa'xak;Emaua: "Qa'tjUcXEm ! qElxuk'uwa'kcta." Nau'itka-y- 



-"^ he said their chief: "Take care! we shall be tried." Indeed! 



24 a'lta ika'pa; paL ika'pa qigo ma'Lne. Atcto'lXam tia'colal: "A'LqT 



now ice; full ice there at sea. He said to them his relatives: "Later on 



25 tcaX Ixaalo'Lxax." A'lta tsEs ike'x iqe'sqes. Ne'k-im iqe'sqes: 



we go up." Now cold he was blue-jay. He said blue-jay: 



2p "Ka nakct tsEs nka'tkeX. A'lta wiXt nak^a'-ita." Atco'pEua 



^ "Then not cold I got. Now again I stay in the canoe." Ho Jumped 



iqe'sqes. L;lE'pL;lEp a'yu. TakE uaLxE'lqamx LgoLe'lEXEmk 



^ ' blue-jay. Under water he went. Then it shouted a person 



