7. IQOA'CQOAO lA'KXANAM. 

 The Crank his Myth. 

 Lxel3'etix- iqoa'cqoa*; kja it;a/lapas k;a ixoa'ckjoai. Ka'iiauwe 



There were the rrane and coyote and the heron. All A 



LEaLa'ma Le/ie aLkqiipia/Lxa-it. ALuwe'tcgomx. A'lta iie'k-imx 



days mud clams they gathered. It became flood tide. Now he said •" 



itjaiapas: "QantsI'X tqjo'xoL tEme'qoleyu ■? " Ne'k-imx iqoa/cqoac: 



coyote: "How many Oqio'xoL are your sweethearts ? " He said the crane: ^ 



' Mokct okuni'ni pa'LEma k; a qil'mxikc pEnka'." Ne'k-imx it; a'lapas : . 



"Two canoes full and part afoot." He said coyote: * 



" ME'nx- ka Lme/qoleyn. Nai'ka qoa'nEm okiml'm pa'LEma k; a ^ 



"Few only your sweethearts. I have five canoes full and "^ 



qa'mxikc pEnka';" cka k;a nixa'xo-itx ixoa'ck; oai. Qoii'iiEme , 



part afoot;" and silent he always was the heron Five times 



teaLo'Lx aLk^o'piatx Le'ie ka aLki'a'yo-itx go ma/Lx61e go ,- 



their sleeps they gathered mud clams then they always slept at inland on 



tEm«:a'ema. Ee'wam atci'ax iqoa'cqoac, Xe'xElatcko itja/lapas: o 



a prairie. Sleepy he made him the crane. He rose coyote: 



"Oqjo'xoL XaXaw o'Lxat." AtcixElqe'LxalEm iqoa'cqoac; ayoo'ptitx. 



"Oqjo'xoL she comesdownto He shouted thecrane; lie had slejit. ^ 



the beach." 



Ne'k'im it;a'lapas: "Ka'ltas la'xlax aiamta'x." E'xoeti la'xlax atca'x, ]^q 



He said coyote: "Only deceive I did you. ' Often deceive hedidhim. 



A'lta aLk;e'witox-itx. Nolx Oq;o'xoL, akLE'lgitgax ; egi'gula aqia'x -,. 



Now they fell asleep. She came Oqio'xoL, she put them into below he was 



[basket] put 



it;a'lapas, ka'tsEk aqe'lgitgax iqoa'sqoas, i^'k^caxala aqia'x -.^ 



coyote, in middle he was put thecrane, <in top he was made ^'^ 



ixoa'cqoai. Ma'Lxole aqLo'k"T:amx. NixEl'o'gux ixoa'cqoai. .o 



the heron. Inland she arrived carrying them. He awoke the heron. -*-" 



Atcd'cgamx oe'k^tEqi'ix*. la'xkate uixpo'nitx. Ivula'yi no'yamx ^. 



He took it a branch. There he hung. Far she arrived -'-* 



uqcxe'Lau. NixEl'o'gux it; a'lapas. Ne'k'imqac pEt aixa'x. MxEl'o'kux -.^ 



the monster. He awoke coyote. He looked ['?] quiet he was. He awoke 



iqoa'cqoac. AtcixE'lqeLxax. " K; a amE'x, k; a amE'x," ne'k-imx 



thecrane. He shouted. "Silent be, silent be,' he said 



it;a'lapas. "GElxo'ctxot uqctxe'Lau." Akco'k"T:amx go tE'kXaqL -.,- 



coyote. ■ She carries us the monster. ' She carried them two to her house 



go tga'a uqctxe'Lau. Agiona'xLatcgox qix* e'Xat. Ago'lXam 



to her children the monster. She lost him that one. She said to her 



uxgE'kxun ugo'xo : " E'qxamctk e'kElOya. Mokct ratE'Lk"qa 



the eldest one her daughter: " A spit go and take it. Two carry 



wuk;Ema' ite'la-itqE'q." No'ix ugo'xo. Atcio'lXamx ia'cikc 20 



straight huckleberry sticks." She went her daughter. He said to him to his friend "* 



lt;a'lapas: " MixEnLk;a'yogo irae'tuk ma'nix aqEmo'lEktca." 



coyote: -Bend your neck when it is intended to roast 



you. ' 



Aqio'k^iamx qix- e'qxamctk. AtcixEULk;a'yugux ia'tuk iqoa'cqoac. 



It was brought that spit. He bent it his neck thecrane. 



Agd'lXamx ugo'xo: " E'kEldya ixEuLk; a'yukta -y-e'qxamctk. ^o 



She said to her her daughter: "Bring a crooked spit. "* 



Xe'k-imx it;a'lapas: " Manix qe'tk"qama ixEmk; a'yukta, wuk; amiax r>. 



He said coyote: "When it is brought a crooked one, straight make "' 



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