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^^BOAs'^] THE SALMON MYTH. 69 



Menla'xo ige'lEXtcutk." "Mai'ka ime'Xakamit. B'XtEmae 



Ton will make a flint arrow bead." "Your your mind. Sometimes 



it for me 



makct LEmE'iiLEiuEii iiixa'nexax, e'XtEmae eXt LEmE'nLEmEii 



two broken tbey get, sometimes one broken 



nixa/iiexax." TakE atcaya'lot ogue'luXtcutk, qoa'iiEm uatSjE'x 3 



it gets." Tben be gave them to flint pieces, five pieces 



bim 



Ogue'luXtcutk. A 



flint. _ 



Ne'kteukte a'lta. KawI'X wiXt a'Lo Lleq;a/muks. A'lo ka wiXt ;- 



It got day now. Early again they tbe wolves. They and again " 



went went 



nix'o'tam igua'nat ia'xa. Atcia'xotcke ige'luXtcutk. AtcLe'kXuL; 



he went to the salmon his son. He worked on them the arrow heads. He finished them 6 



bathe 



ka'uauwe'2, atcia'xotck qiX ige'luXtcutk. EXt Laq" atca'yax, „ 



all, he made them these arrow beads. One take out be did it, * 



iiixile'mas. Tso'yuste ka wiXt aLXatgo'mam Lkaiiauwe'tiks. q 



he kept it. Evening and again they arrived at home all. " 



ALge'Lk^iam imo'lEkuma. ALga'yaxc ka'iiaawe imo'lEkuma. A'lta ^ 



They brought home elks. They cut them all tbe elks. Now "^ 



aLgiu'kumau qix* ige'luXtcutk. O, it;o'kti x-ik ige'luXtcutk. -.q 



they looked at these arrow heads. Oh, good these arrow heads. 



^'A'nqate ka angoLe'lEXEmk," ne'k'im iq;eyo'qxot " itsE't; oxotskin -.-. 



"Formerly and I was a man," he said tbe old one, " I a good worker 



ige'luXtcutk." "WuxI'k a'nlaxta miula'xo," atcio'lXam e'Xat: ^^ 



arrowheads." "Tomorrow me next you will make he said to bim one: -'-■^ 



"them for me," 



"Mai'ka ime'Xakamit." TakE wiXt aqayi'ltatkc qoa'nEui 13 



"Your your mind." Then again were left for bim five 



ogue'l"Xtcutk. 14 



flint-pieces. 



Kawi'X ka wiXt a'Lo Lle'qi'am. ALxo'kumak; aua. 15 



Early and again they went tbe wolves. Tbey went hunting. 



La ka nixa'latck. A'lta atcia'xotck ige'luXtcutk. Ka'nauwe 



Some- and he rose. Now be made them tbe arrow heads. All -Lt* 



time 



atcLe'kXoLj. EXt nixele'maf:. Tso'yu.ste aLXatgo'mam. Na'ponEm. 17 



be finished tbem. One be kept. In the evening thej- arrived at home. It grew dark. 



ALgio'kuman ige'luXtcutk ia'xotskiii qix- iqjeyo'qxot. La'ktka 18 



Tbey looked at tbem tbe arrow heads his work that old man. Four only 



atce'tElotxax. EXt iiixele'ma*;x. Xe'k-im wiXt e'Xat: "WuXi 19 



he gave them to him. One be kept. He said again one: "To-morrow 



a'nlaxta tcinla'xoya, itci'qoqcin." WeXt atce'ltatck qui'uEiui 



me next he will make my sister-in-law's Again be left them to five times 



tbem for me, relative." him 



iiats;E'x. Kauwi'X ka a'Lo wiXt. ALxo'kumakj auwa. A'lta wiXt 01 



pieces. Early tben tbey again. They went hunting. Now again 



went 



atcia'xotcke qix* ige'luXtcutk. Ka'nauwe atcLe'kXoL; . EXt 22 



he worked at tbem those arrowheads. All be finished them. One 



uixile'ma^. Tso'yuste aLXatgo'iiiam. Xa'pOuEm. ALgio'kuman 23 



be kei)t. In tbe evening tbey arrived at home. It grew dark. Tbey looked at it 



ia'xotckiu qix* iqjeyo'qxot. O itj'okti x-ig ige'luXtcutk. " WuXi 24 



his work this old man. Oh, good these arrow beads. " To-morrow 



a'nlaxta menla'xo qe'qoqcin!" Aqaya'lot qua'num natsjEx 05 



me next you will make my sister-in-law's They were five pieces 



it for me, relative." given to him 



Ogue'luXtcutk. . 26 



flint. 



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