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 BOAS J 



THE SALMON MYTH TRANSLATION. 



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''Ai'aq amLolfi/ma LE'Lxa." TakE a'Loptck qo'La LgoLe'lEXEmk. 



"Quick tell them tbey come to Tlieu he went up that person, 



the beach." from the beach 



"A imca'k'ikal iXatgo'mam. TcEmca/xo-il mco'Lxa." Qocta 



"Ah, your husband he has come home. He says to you you come to the Those 



cmokct nekct LE'ctaqco 



two not their hair. 



a'lta Lla'ktikcka. 



now four only. 



qix- 



that 



e'kole, 



whale. 



umca'xk'iin 



your elder sister 



you come to the 

 beach." 



Lqj'op aLgE'ctax LE.'ctaqco. ALE'Lxam 



Cut they did it their hair. They came down 



to tlie lie.Tch 



K-;e-y- fiLiVxk'uii, nekct na'Lxam. Aqio'Xui)tck 



Not their elder sister, not she came down It was carried up 



from t!m beach 



Aqio'Xupfck qix- 



They were carried those 

 up 



Gitga'lEmama x-ix- e'kole." ALgo'lXam 



She shall fetch it this whale." They said to her 



to the beach. 



eelage'tEma. ^'Ai'aq 



sea-otters. • " Quick 



mcgola'ma 



tell her 



uLa'xk'uii : 



their elder sister : 



aLaxEl'E'tcam, 



she combed herself, 



uuua'LEiua 



paint. 



a'Lxa. 



she shall come 

 to the beach. 



' ME'Lxa, 



" Go to the 

 beach, 



akLo'cgam 



she took it 



mE'Lxa, iga'lEmam x-iau e'kole." A'lta 



go to the fetch it this whale." Now 



beach, 



LEa'tcaii, aLaxa'lltigo. Ago'cgam 



grease, she greased herself. She took it 



A'lta naxge'matsk. A'lta no'Lxa. TakE 



Now she painted her face. Now she went to the Then 



beach. 



TakE atcio'latck qix* e'kole. XaxE'Lxeko iau'a ma'Lxole 



Then he lifted it that whale. She turned round here landward. 



ma'Lne mxE'Lxeko," atcd'lXani. XaxE'Lxeko iau'a 



seaward turn,'' he said to her. She turned round licre 



AqealO'ctxamt qix* e'kole. Naui yiikpii't iiatlo'tXuit Lfciiq. WiXt 



It was put on her that whale. At once up to here she stood in the water. Agaiu 



back water 



aqio'latck qix* e'kclle. Xaui yiikpii't iiatlo'tXiiit. 



it was lilted that whale. At once up to here she stood in tlie 



water. 



TakE no'ya, go'ye agE'tax tga'pote. 



Then she went, thus she did tliem her arms. 



ime'xal. Manix tEllG' ixa'xoelEmxe 



your name. AVhen calm 



Xilkct muXugo'mit 



Not you will make them 



poor 



A'lta a'yiiptck, a'lta iiiXgo'mam go Lia'nEmckc. AtciLE'lEmak, 



Now ho went up, now he came home to his wives. He gave each food, 



kanauwe' atciLE'lEiiiak, qix* eelage'tEma, eXt ia'kiLq;p e'kole 



all he gave them food, tlio.se .sea-otters, one 



Le'Xat Lia'k-ikal LkanEuiElo'ktikc Lja'nEmckc. 



aqio'latck. TakE no'kuiXa 



it was lifted. Then she swam. 



A'lta , no'ko. " O'wauio 



Now she flew. " Coatch 



ka wuIeIeIeIe mugo'ya. 



you will tiy. 



and 



wuIeIeIeIe 



no'yam, 



she arrived. 



" Iau'a 



' ' Hero 



ma'Lne, 



sen ward 



Qoa'uEnu 



Five times 



it gets 



tkana'ximc." 



chiefs." 



whale 



his wife 



all 



his wives. 



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Translation. 



Once upon a time there was a chief who had a daughter. Many 

 people wanted to marry her, but he was unwilling to part with her. 

 [Finally he arranged for a contest.] He put [a pair of] elk antlers [in 

 the middle of the house and said]: "Whosoever breaks these antlers 

 shall have my daughter." He invited all the people. First the quad- 

 rupeds, then the birds. [When all were assembled] the people said to 

 the snail: "You try first to break them." The snail went down to the 

 middle of the house and tried to break the antlers, but did not succeed. 



