6. ITjA'LAPAS lA'KXANAM. 

 Coyote his Myth. 



Ne'te it;ri'lapas, nite'main Got;'a't. A'lta aqoiV-iL ugo'lal ake'x. 



He came coyote, he came to Got; 'a't. Now largo surf there was. 



2 No'j)tcgEx nau'i go tEma'ktcXEma. A'lta k;oa's ne'xax it;'a'lapas 



He went up at once to spruce trees. Now afraid he became coyote 



Q yuXuna'ya. lo'Lqte ayo'La-it Got; 'a't. AtcLo'cgara Lkamila'lEq, 



he might drift Long time he stayed at Got; 'a't. He took it sand 



away. 



4 atcLXE'kXue go qaX ugo'la]. " TEinKa'ema oxo'xo, nakct ugo'lal 



he threw it on that surf. "Prairie it shall be, not surf 



K axa'tx. Uxona'XEiiitEDia te'lx'Ein ugo'cgewakEma go x-itik 



it -will be. Generations people they will walk on this 



„ tEmf^a'ema." A'lta tEm^a'ema no'xox Tia'k;elake. TEmEa'eina 



prairie." Now prairie it became Clatsop. A prairie 



r. no'xox qaX ugo'lal. 



became that surf. 



A'lta- y- e'qxeL ne'xax Nia'xaqce. A'yo, t!'oL atci'tax it;a'lapas 



Now a creek became Nia'xaqce. He ■went, a house he made it coyote 



Q go Xia'xaqce. Nixo'tXuitame go cia'mict Nia'xaqce. AtcLa'lukc 



at Nia'xaqce. He went and stood at its mouth Nia'xaqce. He speared them 



-jQ mokct o'owun; atcLe'lukc igua'nat, atcLe'lukc e'qalEma. 



two silrerside he speared it a salmon, he speared it a fall salmon, 

 salmon ; 



Atce'xalukctgo qix- igua'nat; atce'xalnketgo qix- e'(]alEina. 



Ho threw it away that salmon; he threw it away that fall salmon. 



12 "TuXiil ka iaun'kstX e'qxeL. Xekct tq;ex autE'tx tia'kimat, 



" Too and small creek. Not like I do them its salmon, 



-j^i iiekct tq;ex autE'tx te'qalEma. TuXul ka ianu'kstX e'qxeL. 



not like I do them fall salmon. Too and small creek. 



-J , Qiii'x tcLa-uwe'LxoLxa, tcx-I Lgiawa'^o-y- e'qalEma LgoLe'lEXEmk 



-^'* If it is bad omen, tlieu they kill him a fall salmon a person 



Ld'inEqtemx. A'ka igua'nat. Ma'nix ea'kil igua'nat qewa'qxemEuTLx 



X ) will die. Likewise a salmon. When a female salmon it will be killed 



^ ka Lsa'gil Lo'mEqtEinx, ma'nix e'k-ala qewa'qxemEuTLx ka LE'k-ala 



J-O and a woman will die; when a male it will be killed and a man 



_ Lo'mEqtEmx. E'ka-y- igua'nat, e'ka-y- e'qalEma." A'lta a'tcuk"-!: 



J- < will die. Thus salmon, thus fall salmon." Now he carried it 



a'mkXa qaX o'owun. Ne'Xko. Xau'i Lq;u'pLq;up atcil'lax. 



IS only that silver-side He went home. At once cut he did it. 



salmon. 



^^ Nau'i atca'qxopk, nixLxa'lEm. Xe'ktcukte. Atcio'cgam ia'tcoL, 



^" At once he steamed it on hi' ate it. It got day. He took it his harpoon, 



stones, 



nixo'tXuitame go cia'mict Nia'xaqce. Nekct i'kta atce'ElkEl 



he went and stood at its mouth Nia'xaqce. Not anything he saw it 



ka aLtuwe'tcgom. Ne'Xko. Ne'ktcukte wiXt, wiXt a'yo. 



and it became flood-tide. He went home. It got day again, again he went. 



Nixo'tXuitame. Nakct i'kta wiXt atce'ElkEl. NiXE'LXa, ue'Xko. 



^•j He went and stood Not anything again he saw it. He became angry, he went 



there. home. 



AtcLa'auwitcXa. Atcio'lXam ia'elitk : " Mxanigu'Litck, qa'daqa 



2iO He defecated. He said to them his excrements : " Tell me why 



k;a'ya na'xax qaX o'owun?" " E nikct tEme'XatakoX, tia'^wit 



24 nothing became those silver side "E not your mind, his legs 



salmon? " 



oxoTLk; 'a'yukta. Ma'nix aqa'waf^ox o'owun, q;atsE'n aqa'waf^ox, 



25 bandy. When it is killed a silver-side tirst it is killed, 



salmon, 



nakct Lqju'pLqiup aqa'x. Ka'nauwe aqii'xcx ka aqo'lEktcX. 



26 not cut it is done.. Whole it is split along and it ia roasted. 



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