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ITjA LAPAS HIS MYTH. 



BUREAU OF 

 ETHNOLOGY 



Kje nekct i'kta aLgia'wa*:. ALixe/naua-itge qe/xtce cka^ 



Nothing not anything he liilled it. He caught salmon in net intending and 



aLtuwa'tcgom. Niikct i'kta aLgia'was. Qoa'nEmka iLa'k; eteuax. 



it became flood-tide. Not anything they killed it. Five only what they caught. 



Ali'Xko. Tso'yuste nixE'lgixc itja'lapas. ALE'xeluktc, aLxge/ktcEkt^ 



They went In the even- he split them coyote. They roasted them, they were done, 



home. ing 



i^e'ktcukte aLxenauwa'itgemam, nakct i'kta aLgia'wa^. Kala'lkuile 



It got day they went to catch salmon in not anytliing they killed it. Scold 



the net, 



AtcLa'auwitcXa : " Qa'daqa 



He defecated : ' ' Wh y 



ne'xax it; a'lapas. 



he did coyote. 



k 



, .lya 



uothin"; 



uo'xox tik 



they be- these 



tgua'natr' 



salmon? ' 



Tia'k;elake? 



"Oh, 



Nakct 



Not 



uiE'L;ala, it; a'lapas! MxE'LoXEuay- e'ka 



coyote! You think [int. part.] thus as- 



igua'nat, e'wa ke'kXule 



salmon, thus down 



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10 



you tool, 



qix'itkctgua'liL. 



Clatsop ? 



g a'yaqtq, tga'kdLau. Manix mewa'^^o igua'nat, a'lta amLgElo'ya 



his head, it is their taboo. When you kill him a salmon, now go and take them 



La'lele, ma'nix o'xoe tgua'nat amtote'na, ka'nauwe amLauwe'qcamita 



salmon- when many salmon you have killed all you put into their mouths- 



berries, them, 



La'lele." " 0, takE kopE't amxaiiElgu'Litck,'' atcio'lXam ia'elitk. 



salmon-ber- "Oh, then enough you told me," he said to tbeiu his excre- 



ries." ments. 



Ne'ktciikte. WiXt aLxeiiauwa'itgemam. O'xoe aLkto'teiia tgua'uat. 



11 



12 



It got day. 



Atco'ko 



He sent her 



io oq;osa'na. 



the newt. 



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Again 



oq; osa'na 



the newt, 



A'lta 



Now 



they went to catch salmon in 

 the net. 



La'lele 



salmon- 

 berries 



aqLauwe'qcEmt 



they were put into their 

 mouths 



Many 



agE'LgEloya 



.she shall go to take 

 them. 



they killed them 



AkLE'Lk"qam 



She brought tliem 



qo'La 



those 



La'lele 



salmon- 

 berries 



qo'ta 



those 



salmon. 



La'lele 



salmon- 

 berrie* 



tgua'nat. 



salmon. 



-J , Ne'ktcnkte, wiXt aLxeuaua'itg 



It got day, again they went to catcl 



Maiik 



A little 



ma'eiua aLE'xaiia, 



seaward thev laid net. 



^emam. 



_ _ _ catch salmon 



in the net. 



ALogo'om dxoenauwa'-itge go ma'Lne. 



They met men fishing salmon at on water, 



with net 



-.f, tca'xeL aLE'xana, ka aLo'tctuwilX, mank k"cala'. ALE'Xko qix' 



several thej' laid the net, and they ascended the a little up the river. They passed that 

 times river, • it 



^r- ikaui'm, ita'xenim qo'tac oxoenaua'itge. ALE'xana. ALExe'uaua-itge 



•'- * canoe, their canoe these men fishing .salmon They laid their They caught salmon in 



with net. net. the net 



-fo qe'xtce, nekct i'kta aLgia'was. ALE'cXumgEna. ALE'Xko; 



intending, not anything they killed it. They did not catch anything. They went 



home ; 



kala'lkuile ne'xax it; a'lapas. AtcLa'auwitcXa: "Qa'daqa k;a'ya 



scold lie did coyote. He defecated: "Why nothing 



no'xox tik tgUcVnat?" "Ya2, 



became these salmon ? ' " Y'a, 



igua'nat, ia'xkate mxEnxa'ya. 



a salmon, there you lay net. 



x-ik Io'lj'eIex, ma'nix mewa'^^o^ 



this lean one, when you kill him 



WiXt eXt mewa'^o, wiXt ia'xkate 



Again one you kill him, again there 



mxEnxa'ya. Nakct mxgo'ya ikani'm, ma'nix oxoenaua'itge te'lx-Eui. 



lay net. Not pass a canoe, when they put salmon in people. 



a net 



23 Tga'k'iLau." " Hao'," ne'k'im it; a'lapas. Xe'ktcukte, wiXt 



It is their taboo." "Hao," he said coyote. It got day, -again 



24 aLxenaua'-itgemam, Xe'k*im it; a'lapas: "A'la nai'ka a'la tEll 



they went to catch salmon in He said coyote: "Even I even tired 



net. 



25 HE'xax; e'ka-y- oxo'xd Nate'tanue. Nekct Lgia'xo igua'nat 



I become; tiius they will do the Indians. Not it will eat him salmon 



