CHINon 

 BOAS 



^1 THE SALMON MYTH. 75 



NeElke'Elako. A'lta go lux iugo'oX. Ayea'loLx. Atciusge'wulX ^ 



He took ofl' his Now at island it was on the He went aaliore. He hauled it up 



blanket. beach. 



ia/xanlm. Lax atca'yax ia'xauTm. A'lta ia'xkate ke'kXule nixo'kcte. ^ 



his cauoe. Turned he made it his eauoe. Now there below he lay down, 



over 



KawI'X ka LgoLe'lEXEmk aLE'te go Lkamela/lEq, tcx tcx tcx tcx 3 



Early and a person came on the sand, noise of footsteps 



go Lkamela/lEq. Na/wi aLiga/luptck qaxe' qigo' nike'x. TakE 4 



on the sand. Immediately she went up where there where he was. Then 



aLgio'lXam : "Auixa'latck, txgo'ya." TakE uixtVlatck. Acgiucge'wulX ^ 



she said to him: "Rise, let us go!" Then he rose. They pulled up 



ia'xaulm ka ca/ca acga/yax. A'lta aci'Xko. AcXgo'mam go qo'ta 



his canoe and break they did it. Now they went They arrived at ai that " 



to pieces home. home 



tl'oL. A'lta piiL elage'tEma qo'ta t!'dL. A'lta agio'pcut. Lii2 j 



house. Now full sea-otters that house. Now she hid him. Soiue- 



time 



ka naxatgo'mam iigo'xk'un. Mokct itca'ctxol elage'tEma. KawT'X g 



and she came home her elder sister. Two her load sea-otters. Early 



ka wiXt a'cto. A'liewa naxatgo'mam. qaX iiXge's'ax. EXtka 9 



and again they went. First she came home that youngest one. One only 



ela'ke L:ap aga'yax. TakE ago'lXam Lga'wuX qaX uxkE'kxiin: |q 



sea-otter find she did. Then she said to her her younger that eldest one: 



sister 



"A'nqate taL; amxatgo'mam." "Aia'q anE'Xatko qe'wa iiikct e'kta n 



"Longago, lo! you came home." "Quick I returned as not anything 



L;ap ana'yax." TakE iiaxLolExa it ugo'xk'uu: "Qa'da a'Lqe iiake'x, 12 



find Ididit." Then she thought her elder sister: "How later on she will be, 



ka Hikct e'kta Ljap aga'yax, axa'xo-il." Wax kawi'X ka a'cto, 10 



and not anything find she did it, she always Next morn- early and they 



says." ing went, 



iLa'mokcte a'cto. Acta'ckta, actuxoLa'kux qo'La lux. la'kwa uo'ix ^ , 



the second time they They searched they went around that island. Here always 



went. on the beach, it, went 



qaX a'eXat, iau'a ta'nata qo'ta lux no'ix qaX a'eXat qaX 



that one, there to the other that island always that one that 



side went 



oxgi'c'ax. Go ku'mk-ite qo'ta lux ka acXa/omX. A'lta kula'yi 16 



youngest one. At the end of that island and they met. Now far 



qi'go acXa'omEuiLx, a'lta naxta'kox qaX uxgE'c'ax. A'lta xax ^y 



where they always met, now she returned that youngest one. Now observe 



a'kxax qaX Lga'wuX qaX oxgE'kXun. A'newa qaX uqgE'c'ax 



she did her that her younger that eldest one. First that youngest one 



sister 



sister's. 



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naxgo'mam. Wax kawi'X weXt a'cto. ISTo'ya qaxe qlgo 19 



came home. The next early again thev went. She went where there 



morning ' ' where 



acXa'omEniLx. K-;e tga'xatk qaX Lga'wuX. Go kula'yi a'lta 20 



they always met. Nothing her tracks that her younger At far now "" 



oXuta'kot tga'xatk. TakE pat xax a'kxax. Xa'xko, Lon L;ap 21 



they turned her tracks. Then really observe she did She went those find 



back her. home, 



aga'yax elage'tEma. AgE'tukct cta'Xti. A'lta oxoe'Lkjik tga'Xti 22 



she did them sea-otters. She saw it their smoke. Now crooked her smoke 



23 



qaX Lga'wuX. AgE'tukc a'xka tga'Xti. A'lta wuk; qota tga'Xti 



that her younger She saw it her own her smoke. Now straight that her smoke 



sister. 



a'xka. A'lta pat xax a'kxax. Wax iLa'lakte a'ctC), cka mank 24 



her. Now really observe she did The next the fourth they and a little "^ 



her. morning time went, 



kula'yi uo'ya qaX uxgE'c'ax ka uaXa'tako. Xo'ya qaX oxgE'kXun 25 



far she went that youngest one and she turned back. She went that eldest one 



