'^''ZIT] COYOTE MYTH. 95 



AqLo'kXiiL; Lane'ctukc, tia'Lanectukc it;ri'lapas: "Ai'aq, ai'aq, i 



It was.fiiiisLed the twine, his twine coyote's: "Quick, quick, 



ai'aq!" aqio'lXani itca/yau. Amcinguwa'kot, mxE'lgek"tck." Ne'k-im 2 



quick I' he was told the snake. You let me wait, make net." He said 



itca'yan: ''Mai'ka aiiieiiigiiwa/kot," aqio'lXam itjil'lapas. A'lta 



the snake; "You, you let nie wait," he was told coyote. Now O 



nixE']gek"tck itja'lapas. AtcLu'kXuL; ka'nauwe atci'tr>k"tck. TE'pa-it 



heniadcnet coyote. He tiuished it all ho made net. Koi)e 4 



€kta'xo-il qo'cta c^^a'kil. Atci'Lax LE'qXuii itifi'lapas. la'xkate 



they two made those two women. He made it net-hiioy coyote. There O 



it 



i)ikT;xe'lalEma-itx itca'yaii. Xe'k'iin it;ri'lapas: "•LE'kXun LE'Xa!" g 



he crawled about much the snake. He said coyote: " Xetbuoy nuikel" 



aqio'lXam itca'yau. "Amcinguwa'kot." Ne'k-im itca'yau: -Ai'aq, 



he was told the snake. " You let me wait." He said vho snake: "Quick, ' 



ai'aq, amxElEXula'ma! Amciuguwa'lvot." AtcLii'LgoL; LE'qXim g 



quick, make haste! You let nie wait." He finished it the net-buoy 



itja'lapas. Lqa'nakc atci'LgEloye. NixE'ltom itca'yau. Go 



coyote. Stones lie went to take tliem. He accompanied the snake. At " 



him. 



10 



11 



Soguame'ts; iak Lqa'nakc aLgE'cgEloya. XekLxe'l qix- itca'yau go 



Tongue Point stones they two went to He crawled that suake at 



take them. abovit much 



qo'La Lqa'nakc. TcLo'guiLxat itja'lapas Lqa'nakc. Ace'Xko. 



those stones. He carried them down coyote the stones. They went 



often home. 



AcXko'mam. A'yd tE'kceu itja'lapas, ayo'kuiya" tE'kceu. XixE'lttlm ^ 



They arrived at He went spruce roots coyote, he went to get sjiruce roots. He accompa- -'--' 



home. ' them uied him 



itca'yau. la'xkate LE'kLEk a'tciax ile'e itj a'lapas. la'xkate itca'yau ^ o 



the snake. There dig be did it the ground coyote. There the snake 



nikLxe'l. Ace'Xko. TcjE'xtcjEx atci'tax tE'kceu itja'lapas. ^ 



crawled about They went home. Sjdit he did them the spruce roots coyote. -'■^ 



much. 



"Wu'ska mE'kxotcke," aqio'lXam itca'yau, "amcinguwa'kot." Xe'k-ini 



"Goon, work,' be was told thesnake, "you let me wait." He said 



15 



itca'yau: "Ai'aq, ai'aq, niE'kxotcke!" aqio'lXam itja'lapas, 



thesnake: "Quick, quick, work 1 " he was told coyote, IG 



"amcinguwa'kot." A'lta atcLauwe'xetEq tia'nauwa-itk itja'lapas. 



"you let me wait." Now he tied it to the buoys his net coyote. 17 



Wuk j atca'yax ico'Eltc. A'lta ia'xkati atcLauwe'xetEq tia'nauwa-itk. 



Straight he made it a mat. Now there he tied it to the buoys his net. . 18 



la'xkate nikqxe'lalEma-itx itca'yau. AtcLo'kXuLj tia'nauwa-itk 



There he crawled around much thesnake. Ho finished it his net 19 



itj 'a'lapas. Qul atcta'AAix k"La'xane. KawT'X ayo'pa itja'lapas. 



coyote. Hang up he did it outside. Early he went out coyote. 20 



A'nqate quL ta'wewut itca'yau tia'nauwa-itk. "E Lga'wuX," 



Already hangup it did thesnake his net. "Eh younger bro- 21 



ther." 



atcio'lXam "tci'nxgako." XixEma'tcta-itk itja'lapas. Atca'yuL r>.^ 



he said to him " he got the better He was ashamed coyote. He won over *^-' 



of me." " him 



itca'yau. Aqa'yuL itja'lapas. Xe'k-im itja'lapas: "Ma'iiix naua'itk 03 



thesnake. He lo.st coyote. He said coyote: "When net " 



Lkta'xo LgoLe'lEXEmk, a'lta ta211 Lxa'xo-ilEinx, tcx-i aLkLo'koLax. 



makes a person, now tired he shall always get, then he shall finish it. 24 



Xiikct tgtjo'kti qlgo nikct tEll amE'xax." Xe'k-im itca'yau: 



Not good when not tired you get." He said thesnake: 25 



*Ayamo'lXam amcinguwa'kot:" aqio'lXam itja'lapas. 



"I told you, you let me wait; ' he was told coyote. 26 



Ne'ktcukte. ALxenauwa'itgemam. Aci'xanXa. Nau'i mokct 



It got day. They went to catch salmon in They laid the At once two 27 



net. ' net. 



