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COYOTE MYTH. 97 



ia'i'litk: ^'AmXE'LoXu iia a'ka qaX o'owan ? Oxoji'ema tga'k-iLau 



his excre- ' Vou think [int. thus as those silver-side Others its taboos 1 



iiients: jiart.] salmon? 



o'owuii; ixEloi'ma igiuViiat tia'k'iLau. Manix racxeuauwa'-itgemama, r> 



the silver- other the salmon its taboo. When you go out to catch salmon in net, ^ 



side salmon ; 



nia'nix eauwiLa'-ita tEmca'nauwa-itk, LO'iii mcxena'ya; kopa't 3 



when he goes into the net your net, three times you lay net; euougli 



meeLa'-ita iguii'iiat. Kopa't; nekct qa'usix- luckLextewa'ya. Manix 4 



you will take in salmon. Enough; never bailout your canoe. When 



the net 



mcXgo'mama ka mia'xca igua/iiat, yukpa' tc;Ex inia'xO, kula/yi 5 



you get home and you cut it salmon, here [at sides] cut doit, far 



ia'waii cia'amtkct, kula'yi ia'kotcX cia'amtkct; a'lta tE'nicEcX 6 



Its belly, its spit, far its back its spit; now sticks 



iitdxo ina'ya lakt. A'lta ctce'lEqL racii'xo. A'lta ia'xkati y 



place them in the four. Now two parallel sticks do. Now there 



ground vertically over the others 



Lga'kotcX niLokoXiit; G'ya ka-y- uya'k;Eltcm k;au go-y- iiya'kotcX g 



its back lay [m. obj.] on top of it and its head fast to its back 



(.'i'Xa-ot ka Lia'lict k-;au ci'Xa-ot." AtciO'lXam ia'elitk: "Ta'kE o 



it is HTid Its tail fast it is." He said to them liis excre- "Then 



ments : 



kopE't araxaiiElgu'Litck." jSTe'ktcukte aLxeiiauwa'itgeniam, iq 



enough you told me. ' It got day tliey went to catcli salmon in 



the net, 



aLkto'tena Lon tgua'uat. Niikct aLkLa'xtewa. Atco'lXam oqjosa'iia: -.^ 



they killed them three salmon. Not they bailed it out. He said to her the newt: 



"Iga'lEinam e'm^EcX ma'Lxole. Oqogu'nkiat Ixgia'xo." Xo'ya-y- ,0 



'Go and take it a stick inland. A club we shall make it." She went 



qa'nsix' e'mf^EcX amcgixgu'ns^Eko. Qia'x qiao'pko, tcx-I-y-e'msEcX 



[any] how [with a] stick you strike it. If it is .steamed, then [with a] stick 



qiXgu'nEkd. Qia'x q;oa'p i.E'taLxe, tcx-I a<iia'dpkux igua'nat. 



it is struck. If nearly autunin, then it is struck tiie salmon. 



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oq;osa'na, agiogo'lEmam e'msEcX wiXt aLE'xana. WiXt eXt 



the newt, she took it a stick again they laid the net. Again one 



niLe'La-it, atcLixE'gunk. Qe'xtce aLixenauwa'-itge, aLixenaiiwa'-itge; 



was in there, he clubbed it. Intending Ihey caught salmon in they caught salmon iu ^'^ 



the net, ' the net; 



aLtuwe'tcgom, la'ktka iLa'k; etenax. ALgo'xiitEq La'kunat 



it became tiood-iide, fouronly what they had caught. They put them down their salmon 



Go uo'yani o^o'Lax ka uixE'lgixc itja'lapas. A'lta atco'xo-ina 



There he arrived the suu and he split them coyote. \ow lie placed in 16 



grounO 



lakt tE'mi:EcX. A'lta ii'ka atci'taxc qo'ta tgnfi'iiat, ii'ka qigo -,„ 



four sticks. Now thus he cut tliem those salmon, as where ' 



atcio'lXam ia'elitk. ALxge'ktcikt. Na'wi LE'kLEk atci'Lax qd'La 



they told him his excre- They got done. Immedi- break he did it that 1 8 



ments. ately 



LE'kXutcX qix- it;a'lapas. Xe'ktcukte aLxenauwa'itgeniam. Nakct 



backbone that coyote. It got day they went to catch salmon in Not 



the net. 



i'kta aLgia'was: ka aLtuwe'tcgom. ALE'Xko. XiXE'LXa it;a'lapas; 20 



any- they killed it and it became flood-tide. They went home. He was angry coyote: 



thing 



atcLa'auwitcXa. '' Qa'daqa k-plya iio'xox tik tguri'iiatf" 2I 



he defecated. Why nothing they became these salmon.' ' 



atciuwa'amtcxokd ia'elitk. ''Ayaind'lXam," aqio'lXani itja^lapas; 2i> 



he asked them his excrements. "I told you," he was told coyote; 



atcio'lXam ia'elitk, " MxE'LoXima-ya e/ka-y- d'owun tga'k-ilau? 90 



they said to him his excre- " You think [int. part.] thus as silver-side their taboo/ 



ments, salmon 



Oxoe'ma tga'k-iLau tgua'uat. Ma'nix mcgewa^^o-y- igua'nat, niikct 04 



other their taboo the salmon. When you will kill it a salmon, not 



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