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64 IGUa'nAT his myth. [Ithnology 



J e'maL nix'o'toL. Ka'uauwe Lpo'lEina iiix'O'toL. Ale'x*olj nix'o'toL 



bay he bathed. All nights he bathed. He finished he bathed 



2 go-y- e/maL. A'lta go Lpaka/lEiua nix'O'toL. A'lta-y- iq;'oa'lipx- 



in bay. Now on mountains he bathed. Now a youth 



3 ne'xax. 



he became. 



A'lta naxa-iyi'lk"T;el imVk;ik;e. Agio'lXam: "It;a'lapas 



Now she told him much his grandmotner. She said to him : "Coyote 



g atcia'was LEme'mama, ia'cikc e'pEupEn. Qia nakct kaX of^o'kuil 



they two your father, his friend badger. If not that woman 



killed him 



Q poc nakct aqia'wac. Go Llaqjam aLgo'cgam kaX of^o'kuil." 



[if] not he was killed. To wolves they took her that woman." 



7 TakE atco'lXam uya'k;ik;e: " No'ya. Nio'XtkinEmama 



Then he said to her his grandmother: "I shall go. I shall go and search for him 



g itja'lapas." "Nakct mo'ya, taua'lta aqema'woox," TakE wiXt 



coyote." "Not go, else you will be killed." Then again 



acxe/la-it uyiVk;ik|e. lo'Lqte acxe'la-it, ka weXt naxa-ilgu'Litck : 



y they two his grand- Longtime they two then again she told him: 



stayed mother. stayed, 



IQ "Go it;a'lapas aqo'cgam uya'pLjike LEme'mama." "A, no'yaya 



"To coyote it was taken his bow your father's." "A, Ishallgo. 



Niu'XtkinEma itjil'lapas. TakE o'Xuit tio'LEma ano'ikEl." 



I shall search for him coyote. Then many supernatural I saw them." 



beings 



22 "M'Xua amxauitgu'Litck, e'kta ime'yoLEma?" TakE atco'lXam 



"Well, tell me, what your supernatural Then he said to her 



beings? " 



.JO uya'k;ikje: "Ni'Xua mE'tpa!" TakE iio'pa-y- ok;'u'no. Atco'Lata-y- 



-*•" to his grand- "Well, comeoutside." Then she went out the crow. He shot it 



mother: 



14 uya'xalaitau iau'a ma'Lxole. la'xkewa ne'xLX-ae. Atco'Lata 



his arrow then inland. There it caught fire. He shot it 



15 uya'xalaitau e'wa tEmsa'ema. la'xkewa neXxXae. TakE na'k-im 



his arrow then to prairie. There it caught fire. Then she said 



2g okj'u'no: "O naii'itka taL; io'LEma ame'ElkEl." Agio'lXam: 



the crow: "Oh indeed lo! supernatu- you saw it.' She said to him: 



ral being 



jy " Qa'doxe mo'ya. Qa't'ocx'Em, emx-Eua'oye." Ago'u o^o'Lax ka 



"Must you go. Take care, take care of yourself." One more day and 



-JO nixE'ltXuitck.Atcto'cgam tia'ktema, atixil'lax ka'uauwe. Atcto'cgam 



he made himself He took them his dentalia, he put them all. He took them 



ready. on to himself 



tia'xalaitariEma. A'lta acxe'lagux igo'cax. A'lta a'yo. Ayo'epa 



his arrows. Now it thundered the sky. Now he went. Hewentout 



from clear sky to it 



20 tEmf^a'ema. Qoa'nEin tEmEa'ema ayo'epa. 



to a prairie. Five prairies he went out to them. 



A'lta atco'ikEl t!'oL. A'yo, a'yo, a'yo. Qt'oa'p atci'tax t!'oL. 



Now he saw it a house. He went, he went, he went. Near he got to it a house. 



22 A'lta iLXgula'inagux LgoLe'lEXEmk. Ayo'tXuit go k^La'xane t!'oL. 



Now singing song of vie- a person. He stood at the outside of the 



tory house. 



A'lta ewa' gu'lata Le'Xat iLXgula'magux. Lawa'2 atcixa'laqqe, 



Now thus at the end of one singing song of victory. Slowly he opened the 



the house door, 



24 ayo'La-it go iqe'p !al. K"tcXa ne'xax it; 'a'lapas. " la'xkayuk ayo'yam 



he stood in the doorway. Sneeze he did coyote. To here he arrived 



25 igua'nat ia'xa. " Tcintuwa'somx qiqo'q antsauwTp'Ena'iianma-itx 



the salmon his son. " He will kill me that I always jump inside 



26 tE'kXEqL. Tcintuwa'somx." Lqa'LXatc Le'lauit go cia'xoct. TakE 



in house. He will kill me." Coal it was put on his face. Then 



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