98 itja'lapas his myth. K^S>a^ 



^ Nakct LE'kLEk" qLEtxt Lia'kotcX igua'nat q;atsE'n ayo'yamx. 



Not break it is done its back tlie salmon first it arrives. 



f, Manix aqia'was^ox igua'nat ka Lkamila'lEq aqLo'cgamx. AqLik'a'tqoax 



■^ When it is killed the salmon and sand it is taken. It is strewn 



go ia'xot ka aqixtce'na-ox go ia'xot. Nekct aqLe'xkungux." Ne'k-im 



" on his eye and it is pressed with on his eye. Jfot it is clubbed." He said 



the fist 



^ itja'lapas: "Ta'kE kapE't amxanElgu'Litck." ALxenauwa'itgemam, 



coyote: -'Then enough you told me." They went to catch salmon in net, 



ne'ktcukte. ALe'La-it tgua'nat. Nau'i Lou aLe'La-it. Ka'uauwe 



5 it got day. They were in the salmon Immedi- three were in the All 



net ately net. 



/> Lkamila'lEq atcLEkuXotE'qo-imx, atcuXotce'uan'Einx. O'xoe 



sand he strewed on each, he pressed with his fist on each. Many 



rj aLkto'tena tgua'nat. ALE'Xko ka aLE'xeluktc. ALxge'ktcikt. A'lta 



he killed them salmon. They went home and they roasted them. They got done. Now 



o aLkto'mak go k"ca'la -y-e'lXam. A'lta ok;ue'Iak aLE'kxax. 



he distributed it to upstream town. Kow dried salmon they made. 



Na'ktcukte, aLxenauwa'itgemam. Qe'xtce aLixeuaua'-itge, acuwa'tka ; 



•^ It got day, they went to catch salmon in Intending they caught salmon they got noth- 



the net. in net, ing; 



■jQ aLtuwe'tcgom, aLE'Xko. NiXE'LXa itja'lapas. AtcLa'auwitcXa. 



It became flood-tide, they went He became angry coyote. He del'ecated. 



home. 



^l "Qa'daqa k';a'ya no'xox tik tgua'nat." "Ayamo'lXam x*ig 



'Why nothing they became these salmon." "I told you this 



12 io'L;ElEx, tia'^wit oxoe'Lk; ayokoma. O'xoe tga'k-iLaii qe'wa 



lean one, his legs bandy. Many their taboos those 



13 tgua'nat. Ma'nix aqtote'nax o'xoe tgua'nat, nekct qa'nsix- 



salmon. If they are killed many salmon, not [any] bow 



aqio'ktcpax, ia'xkate aqio'lEktcX, ia'xkate aqia'x. Ma'nix 



A^r they are carried then they are roasted, then they are eaten. When 



outside, 



15 nicxga'etix'itx, ia'xkate iqio'tgEx. Manex ok;ue'lak aqa'x, qia'x 



he leaves some of it, there it is put. When dry salmon are made, if 



aLuwe'tcgomx ago'n o^o'Lax, tcx-i-y- okjue'lak aqa'x." Atcio'lXam: 



1" it gets flood-tide next day then dry salmon it is made." He said to them : 



"KapE't amxanElgu'Litck." Ne'ktcukte wiXt. ALxenauwa'itgemam, 



17 "Enough you told lue.' It got day again. They went to catch salmon in 



the net, 



18 aLkto'tena tgua'nat, o'xoe aLkto'tena tgua'nat. ALkto'lEktc 



they killed them the salmon, many they killed them salmon. They roasted them 



19 ka'uauwe, aLxge'ktcikt. A'lta aLguguixe'mam te'lx-Em, aqo'go-y- 



all, they got done. Now they invited them' the people, she was sent 



20 oqi'osa'na- Noxo iLxE'lEmam go ta'yaqL itja'lapas. Alo'XoL? 



the newt. They went to eat at his house coyote's They finished 



noxo-iLxa'lEm te'lx'Em. Ia'xkate atoe'taki qtoxogo'itix-it. A'lta-y- 



21 they ate the people. Then they left it what they had left Now 



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25 

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e'kXak"te ne'xax. Kawi'2X ka a'LoLx, aLE'xana. K';e, nekct 



low water in it was. Earlj' and they went to they laid the Nothing, not 



the morning the beach, net. 



e'kta, aLE'xenaua-itge cka aLtuwii'tcgom. Nakct e'kta aLgia'wa£; 



anything they caught salmon and it became flood-tide. Not anything they killed it; 



in the net 



(^A aLi'cXumgEua. Ma'kcti qe'xtce aLxeuauwE'itgemam kawi'X, 



■^ they did not get anything. Twice intending they went to catch salmon in early, 



the net 



acuwa'tka, aLcXE'mugEuax. AtcLa'auwitcXa itja'lapas. Atcio'lXam 



they did not get they did not get any He defecated coyote. He said to 



anything, thing. ' them 



ia'elitk: " Qa'daqa k; a'ya no'xox tgua'nat?" Aqio'iXam itja'lapas: 



his excre- "Why nothing they be- the salmon?' He was told coyote: 



ments : came 



