^"b'S^^^J coyote myth. 93 



Niikct aqa'opgux. Qia'x go k"ca'la t I'a'LEina iio'ix, tcx-I aqiVopgux." ^ 



Not it is steamed. If at up river creeks they go, tlien they are steaiued." 



Ne/Xko itj'a'lapas, Ne/ktcukte. WiXt a'yo. AtcLa'lukc Lon, 



He went coyote. It got day. Again he went. He speared theui three. 2 



home 



Ne'Xkoj atci'tax Lon tlEmtk. Atco'lEktc cteXt cga'amtkct a'eXt 



He went he made three spits. He roasted it one spit one 3 



home ; them 



qaX o'owuii. Lon qaX o'owun, Lon tga'amtk. Ne/ktcukte, wiXt . 



that silver-side Three those silver-side three their spits. It got day, again * 



salmon. salmon, 



a'yo, iiixo'tXiiitaine. Nekct i'kta atce'ElkEl ka actuwe'tcgom. 



he went, he went and stood there. Not [any] thing he saw it and it became flood-tide. "^ 



Ne'Xko, iiiXE'LXa. AtcLa'aiiwitcXa. Atcio'lXam, atciwa'amtcxoko 



He went he was angry. He defecated. He said to them, he asked them Q 



home, 



ia'elitk: " Qa'da na'xax qaX o'cwun?" AtciolXam, ue/k*im ia'elitk: 



his excre- "How became the.ie silver-side They said to him, they spoke his excre- 7 



ments: salmon?" ments: 



"Ayamo'lXam, x-ik tia'^wit oxo-iLkj'ayo'kuima; ma'iiix tcx*I ^ 



"I said to you, this his legs bandy; when fir.st ~ 



aqa'wa^^ox o'owun, cteXb cga'amtkct ugo'k'ultcin, cteXt cga'amtkct 



they are killed silver-side one its spit its Lead, one its spit J 



salmon, 



ugo'kotcX, cteXt cLa'amtkct Lga'apta, cteXt cga'amtkct o'goL«a. lo 



its back, one its spit its roe, one its spit its meat. 



Ogo'qxoemopa nacxE'lgiLxax." Ne'k-iin itj'a'lapas: hao'! ^^ 



Its gills are burnt." He said coyote: yes! 



Ne'ktcukte, wiXt a'yo. Atco'tena wiXt Lon o'owun. AtcLa'lukc. -,,^ 



It got day, again he went. Hekilledthem again three silver side He speared them. 



salmon. 



Ne'Xko wiXt. XiXko'mam. A'tcaxc ka'nauwe. A'lta t;'Emtk ^o 



Hi, went home again. He got home. He cut it all. Now spits 



atci'tax. O'xau-it tj'Emtk atci'tax. A'lta atco'lEktc, ka'nauwe j. 



he made them. Many spits lie made them. Now' he roasted it, all 



tEuo'Xuiua tga'amtk. Kula'yi o'go^La cga'amtkct, kula'yi ugo'k'ultcin, -^^ 



apart their spits. Far its flesh its spit, far its liead, 



kula'yi ugo'gotcX cga'amtkct; kula'yi Lga'apta Lcta'amtkct 



far its back its spit; far its roe its spit. 



Ke'xilktc itja'lapas. Ne'ktcukte wiXt. A'yo. AtcLa'lukc itca'Lelam j^y 



He roasted it coyote. It got day again. He went. He speared them ten 



o'owun. YuLjl ne'xax it;a'lapas. NiXko'mam. NixE'lgixc 



silver-side Glad he got coyote. He got home. He split it. 



salmon. 



Qa'mxka a'tcaxc, nii'qxoya, QaX qamx axge'wal ua'qxoya, 19 



Part only he cut it, he slept. That part fresh he slept. 



Ne'ktcukte, tcx-I wiXt atco'lEktc. WiXt a'yo, nixo'tXuitame 



It got day, then again he roasted it. Again he went, he went and stood 



there. 



Nikct i'kta atce'cElkEl. ALtuwe'tcgom. Xe'Xkd. WiXt ne'ktcukte, 9-1 



Not anything he saw. It became flood-tide. He went home. Again it got day, "* 



wiXt a'yo. WiXt nakct i'kta atce'^ElkEl. Xe'Xko uiXE'LXa. 



again he went. Again not anything he saw it. He went home, he became 22 



angry. 



AtcLa'auwitcXa it;'a'lapas. Atciwa'amtcxoko ia'elitk: "Qa'daqa 23 



He defecated coyote. He asked them his excrements: "Why 



k;a'ya na'xax qaX o'owun?" Atcio'mela ia'elitk. Aqio'mela ^a 



nothing became these silver-side They scolded him his excre- He was scolded 



salmon?" ments. 



it;a'lapas. "Ma'nix tcx'i aqote'nax o'owun, qjatsE'n aqote'nax, 25 



coyote. "When first they are killed silver-side first they are killed, ^ 



salmon, 



nakct aqao'yamitx auwe'*;; ka'nauwe aqo'ktciktamitx. Qe'xtce 26 



not they are left raw; all they are made (roasted). Intending 



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