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ITiA LAPAS HIS MYTH. 



'BUREAU OF 

 .ETHNOLOGY 



a'xauwe aqote'nax, tatc; a ka'uaiiwe aqo'ktciktamitx. Nakct ua'o-ix." 



many tliey are killed, look ! all tlioy are made (roasted). Not he sleeps." 



WiXt iie'ktcukte. A'yd it;a/lapas, nixo'tXuitame. AtcLa'lukc 



Agaiu it got day. He went coyote, he went and stood there. He speared 



itca'Lelam. A'lta atci'tax t;Emtk, o'xiie atci'tax tjEmtk. A'lta 



ten. Now he made them 8))its, many ho made them spits. Now 



iiixElqT:ata-it, ka'nauwe atco'ktcktamit qaX ia'k;etenax. A'lta 



he was awake, all he made them (roasted) those what he had caught. Now 



ka'nauwe atci'tOL; tge'Lan, tga'k-iLaii o'owun q;atsE'n iio'yainx go 



all he finished taboos, their taboos the silver- first they arrive at 



them side salmon 



Nia'xaqce. la'xkate ayo'La-it. Ne'k-im it;a/lapas: ^'E'ka-y- oxo'xo 



Nia'xaqce. Then he stayed. He said coyote: "Thus they will do 



Nate'tanue, mauix Lme'iiiElost kLkLocgii'liL Lga'xo-y- o'owun, nau'i 



i the Indians, when 



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corpses 



he eats them 



k; aya'-y- 



k; aya'-y 



nothing 



axa'xo. 



they will 

 liecome. 



axa'xo. 



they will get. 



who takes them (pre 

 pares for burial) 



Ma'nix gaLri'k;auk;au Lga'Xo-y- 



Wheu a murderer he eats them 



silver-side 

 salmon 



nau'i 



at once 



o'owun, 



silver-side 

 salmon, 



E'ka Lqela'wulX, e'ka LqLa'xit. A'la uai'ka, 



Thus a girl menstruating thus a menstruating Even I, 



the first time, woman. 



a'la tEll auE'xax." 



even tired I became." 



A'lta ue'te, kaxii' nite'mam ayugo't;om ta'nEmckc tk^ola'lipL* 



Now he came, where he arrived he met them women digging much 



coming with sticks. 



Atctuwa'aintcxokd : "E'kta amcgia'wur?" "A ta'lalX ntckta'wul." 



He asked them: "What are you doing ? " "Ah gamass we make." 



"Qantsi'x- lx Tia'k;elake poc ta'lalX aqta'wul, amcgiupa'yaLX 



"How maybe Clatsop if gamass is made, you dig 



iqjaLxoe'nia k;a ecaua'tauE, ia'mkXa qiupiil'Lxa go x-ik ile'e. 



beets (?) and thistles (?), only they will be dug in this land. 



Nekct ta'lalX qtE'tpiaLxax." A'lta atgiupa'yaLx iq;aLxoe'ma k;a 



Not gamass it is dug." Now they dig beets ( ?) and. 



ecana'taui;. Ayoe'taqL qo'tac ta'nEmckc. AtcuXugo'me qo'ta ta'lalX. 



thistles (?). He left tliem those women. He made poor that gamass. 



L«e'Lpate no'xox qo'ta ta'lalX. 



Scylla became that gamass. 



Nite'mam Tia'k;elake. A'lta 



He came to 



Clatsop. 



ia'xkate 



there 



txqta'xo." 



we two make 



it." 



o mo 'tan. 



material for 

 twine. 



itca'yau. 



the snake. 



Atcio'lXam 



He said to him 



tca'epae. 



it was spring. 



Lia'wuX : 



to his younger 

 brother; 



L;ap atca'yax Lia'wuX 



Find he did him 



"Tgtjo'kti 



• ' Good 



his younger 

 brother 



tEnaua'itk 



net 



Ne'k-im itca'yau: "Mai'ka ime'Xaqamit.'" A'lta acgo'mEl 



He said the snake: "Your your mind." Now they two 



bought it 



A'lta aqcge'mglkte ocue'ee k;a-y- dqosa'na. AcE'ktgEm. 



Now they were paid the frog and the newt. They span. 



A'lta nixEla'ya-itx, 



Now he always cleaned. 



atciag'Ela'ya-itx omo'tan. 



he cleaned it much the material 

 for twine. 



A'lta itca'yau cka 



Now the snake and 



nikTExe'lalEma-itx. 



he crawled about much. 



A'lta atcio'lXam 



Now he said to him 



A'lta acktgEma'ya-itx ocue'ee k;a-y- oqosa'na. 



Now they two span much frog and newt. 



Lia'wuX: '^ E'mx-Ela-y- e'mx-Ela! Ka'nauwe 



tohis younger " Clean it, clean it! All 



brother : 



LsaLa'ma cka inLxe'l," aqio'lXam itca'yau 



days and you always he was told the snake, 



crawl about, ' 



"Mai'ka ta'nata mta'xd, nai'ka ta'nata," ne'k-im it;a'lapas. 



" You one side you will make I the other lie said coyote, 



it. side." 



Atcio'lXam it; a'lapas : 



