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ITjA LAPAS HIS MYTH. 



[BUREAU OF 

 ETHNOLOGY 



atce'La-it. Nau'i atcugo'pEna tcta'uauwa-itk it;a'lapas. A'lta qe'xtce 



they caught. At once he .jumped their net coyote. Now intending 



across it 



aci'xenaua-itge ; aLtuwa'tcgom. Ta'mka mokct ka icta'kj etenax. A'lta 



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it got flood tide. 



Oulv 



two 



only 



their catch. 



aLtuwii'tcgom. 



it got flood-tide. 



they caught salmon in 

 their net; 



A'lta aci'Xko. O'lo gia'xt it;a'lapas 



Now they went Hun- he got coyote, 



home. gry 



uixE'lgixc aci'xelEktc. ALxge'ktcik 



he split it they roasted it. It was roasted 



OQjosa'na cta'le. Ne'ktcukte, wiXt 



the newt their It got day, again 



cousins. 



ta'yacaxala itca'yau, aya'ckuiLx 



the one at the upper the snake, the one at the lower 



end of the net end of the net 



ALE'xeDanw-aitge qe'xtce, acuwa'tka ka aLtuwa'tcgom. 



They caught salmon in intending, they did not get and it became flood-tide, 

 the net anything 



E'x-LXa-fit it; a'lapas. AtcLa'aiiwitcXa. Atciuwa'amtcxoko 



Now 



Xe'k-im, iiau'i 



He spoke, at once 



aLxLxa'lEm. 



he ate. 



aLxenauwa'itgema. 



they went to catch salmon 

 in the net. 



oq;osa'na; 



the newt; 



He was angry 



coyote. 



He defecated. 



He asked them 



I^e'k-im ia'elitk 



They said his cxciements 



oxo-iLk; a'yokoma. 



bandy. 



lul'kux La'iiauwa-itk 



across it, their net. 



Ocoe'ee k; a-y- 



The frog and 



Itca'paet 



Looking after 

 the rope 



it; a'lapas. 



coyote. 



ALi'Xko. 



They went 

 home. 



ia'elitk. 



his excre- 

 ments. 



tia'i^wit 



his legs 



it; a'lapas: "ime'L;EmeiiXut." "x-ik 



coyote: "you lied." 'This 



Maiiix atgia'waf^ox igaa'nat, iiiikct aLkcugupE- 



When they catch it salmon, not they jump 



. Xakct mcugo'tkakd tEme'nauwa-itk. Manix 



Not you step acro.ss your net. When 



q;'atsE'n aqtote'nax tgua'nat, go'ye o'-o'Lax tcx-i aqta'xs." Ne'k-iia 



first they are killed salmon, thus the sun then they are cut." He said 



it; a'lapas: "O, ta'kE kopE't amxanlgu'Litck." Xe'ktcukte wiXt 



coyote: "Oh, then enough you told me." It got day again 



aLxenauwa'-itgemam. Ma'iiix aLgia'was^ox igmi'iiat, uakct atcugopE- 



When they killed him a salmon, not he jumped 



they went to catch salmon in 

 the net. 



ua'kux tia'naiiwa-itk. 



across it his ncD. 



Atco'ko 



He ordered 

 her 



ikaui'm. 



canoe. 



qaX oq ; osa'na : 



that newt. 



they killed him a salmon, 



Mo'kcti aLE'xana kopa'ti aLe'L;a-it tgua'nat. 



Twice they laid that many went into the salmon, 



the net net 



''La'xtewa, takE paL ne'xax Ltcuq x-iaii 



"Bailout, then full it got water that 



AlvLa'xtewa-y- 



She bailed it out 



oq; osa'na. 



the newt. 



ALgo'xotEq 



They put it down 



aLuwe'tcgom. ALE'Xko. 



it became flood-tide. They went home. 



Go no'yam oco'Lax ka nixE'lgixc 



There arriyed the sun and he split it 



Qe'xtce aLExe'nauwa-itge 



Intending they caught salmon in 



the net, 



iLa'k; etenax go we'wuLe. 



whatthey had caught in the interior of 

 the house. 



it; a'lapas 



coyote. 



a'tcaxc, si'ka atci'taxc qo'ta tkua'nat 



he cut it, thus he cut them those salmon. 



cga'amtkct, kula'yi-y- uya'kotcX, kula'yi-y 



its spit, far its back, far 



A2 ka qaX o'owEii 



Thus that silver-side 



salmon 



Kula'yi-y- uya'kjEltciu 



Far its head 



a'yaL*:a cia'amtkctj 



its meat its spit, 



kula'yi 



far 



Lia'apta 



its roe 



Lcta'amtkct. 



its spit. 



ALxge'ktcikt. 



They were done. 



Xe'ktciikte, 



It got day. 



wiXt 



again 



i/ 



aLi'cx'EmgEna. 



aLxenauwa'-itgemam. Xekct i'kta aLgia'was, 



they went to catch salmon in net. Not anything they killed it, they got nothing. 



NiXE'LXa it; a'lapas. AtcLa'auwitcXa. Atcio'lXam ia'elitk 



He became angry coyote. He defecated. He said to them 



his excre- 

 ments : 



" MxauElgu'Litck, qa'daqa k-;e no'xox tik tgua'nat?" Atcio'mela 



"Tell me. 



why 



nothing they be- 

 came 



salmon? " 



They scolded 

 him 



