76 IGUA'NAT his myth. [ethnology 



■j^ nOxo'Lako qota luX. A'lla kula'yi, a'lta aXLa'kot, tga'kipLaXat 



she went around that island. Now far, now she had returned, her tracks 



2 uxota/kot. WiXt agE'tokct cta'Xti. A'lta pat dxue'Lk;ik cta'Xti. 



had returned. Again she saw it their smoke. Now really crooked theirsmoke. 



o TakE iia'xko qaX oxgE'kXuu, Naxgo'mam. A'nqate io'c Lga'wuX. 



Then she went that eldest one. She arrived at Alreadj' there her younger 



home home. was sister. 



4 Ago'lXam: "A'nqate taL; amXatgo'mam." "N'akct e'kta L;ap 



She said to her: "Already behold you came home." "Not anything find 



5 ana'yax ka aia'q anE'Xatko." Wax kawI'X ka wiXt a'cto 



I did it and quick I returned." The next early and again they 



morning went 



Q e'LaquinEme. A'newa no'ya qaX oxXE'kXuu. Naxa/pcut, 



the tifth time. First she went that eldest one. She hid herself, 



aga'qxamt Lga'wiiX. K;imta/ ka no'ya. Na'Xtako. Kak; 'e'Xtkin 



7 she watched her her younger Afterward and she went. She returned. She searched 



sister. 



go Lga'wuX itca'lEXamitk. L;ap agE'Lax LE'kXala, Lo'ktik. 



o at her younger her bed. Find she did him a man, he lay down, 



sister 



g "Mxa'latck," agio'lXara, "mxa'latck. Nau'itka amtE'Liala. Qa'daqa 



"Rise," she said to him, "rise! Indeed you two are foolish. Why 



2Q agEraupco'litl" NaXko'main Lga'wuX. A'lta io'c itca'k-ikal. 



did she hide you?" She came home her younger sister. Now there was her husband. 



22 A'lta ago'lXam ugo'Xkun: "O uau'itka mE'L;ala, nekct 



Now she said to her her elder sister : "Oh, indeed you are foolish, not 



tEme'Xatakux. Qa'daqa ammpco'lit itxa'k-ikala? Qec nai'ka L,;ap 



Iw your mind. Why did you hide him our husband? If I find 



always 



-JO ana'yax, poc nikct aiamxa'pcut." A'lta atco'cgam; ckanacmo'kct 



I did him, [if] not I hid him." Now he took her; together both 



.. cia'k'ikal acixa'lax. Io'2Lqte ia'xkate ayo'La-it. A'lta ne'k'im: 



his wives they became. A long time there he staj-ed. Now he said: 



'' ika'kXuL tcina'xt." A'lta acgio'lXam cia'k-ikal ce'iuwall. A'lta 



J-O "Homesick I get." Now they two spoke his wives [birds]. Now 



to him 



acgio'tXuitck. Qoa'nEm e'tEloc age'lot a'eXat; o'xqun'a, wiXt 



lO they made him ready. Five baskets full she gave the one; the eldest one, also 



lum 



qua'nEm e'tEloc age'lot; oxgE'c'ax wiXt qoa'nEm e'tEloc age'lot. 



1 < five baskets fuU she gave the youngest also five baskets full she gave 



them to him ; one them to him. 



2g TakE acgio'lXam: " Wu'xi a'lta qanio'k"T:ai." Na'ktcukte, a'lta 



Then they said to him: "To-morrow now you will be carried." It got day, now 



yuquna'-itX go ma'Lne e'kole, LpE'lpEl e'kole. A'lta aqea'kElkoe 



IJ there lay on the beach a whale, a red whale. Now they were carried 



to the canoe 



eelage'tEina. A'lta aqio'lXam: "Anixo'kctit! Xekct nige'kcta!" 



sea-otters. Now he was told : "Lie down! Not look!" 



Qoa'nEim aya'qxoye ka neElge'lako. A'lta ma'Lxole yuquna'-itX 



21 Five times his sleeps and he took ofi' his Now onshore it lay 



blanket. 



qix- e'kole. Lqj op atca'yax qoa'uEini ia'kiLqj p. A'lta atcio'kXuiptck 



22 that whale. Cut he did it five times its cuts. Now he carried them from 



the shore upward 



23 qix- eelage'tEma. A'lta wiXt ne'Xtako qix* e'kole. 



■" those sea-otters. Now again it returned that whale. 



La2, ka Ljap aLga'yax Lgo'Le'lEXEmk. loc go ma'Lne. IgE'lxac 



Some and find he did him a person. He at at beach. It lay near 



time was him 



ia'kole, igE'lxac eelage'tEma. TakE atcLo'lXam LgoLe'lEXEmk: 



25 his whale, they lay near his sea-otters. Then he said to him to that person: 



him 



Qaxe Lga'nEmcks aLxela'itix-?" "A Lxela'-itix- go tE'LaqL." 



AVhere my wives are they?" "Ah, they are in their house." 



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