108 IQOa'cQOAC his myth. KnologI 



-J ime'tuk.'' Age'tk"^aIll ugo'xo ixEnLk;a'yukta. Wuk; atca'yax 



your neck." She brought it lier daughter a crooked one. Straight be made it 



„ ia'tuk. Qoii'nEmi noya qaX uk'o'ckc ugo'xo-y-Oq; o'xol ka aLfi'x 



■" his neck. Five times .she went that girl her daughter Oqjo'xoL'a and she be- 



cauie 



3 q;'am. JSTa'k-im 0^;<Vxol: "Oka cEla'etix qca'xo." Ciyi'q;'EDia 



lazy. She said Oqlo'xoL: 'And slave.s we will make them." Halt' a fathom 



4 iLS'Lqta Lia'itcX iqoa'cqoac. Ne'knm it;a'lapas, aqio'lXam iqoil'cqoac: 



long his tail crane. He said coyote, he was told the crane: 



"Qa'tj'ocXEiu! la'xlax tga'xo. AiiEktcxEina'ya, iiiEugEuO'tenEiua." 



5 "Lookout! deceive we will do I shall sing my con- you will help me slug." 



her .iurer's song, 



ALkcupa'yaLx Lk"ckue' par, qo'ta t!'oL, ka ue'ktcxEiu it;a'lapas. 



6 They gathered it pituhwood full that house, and hesangthecon- coyote. 



.jurer's song 



7 O'kukj'uetik atca'yax itca'yau. Qe'xtce atcio'lXam iqoa'cqoac: 



Headband he jmt on him the snake. Intending he said to him [to] the crane: 



Q "Okuklue'tik iaiuEla/xo x-ik itca'yau." AcixElqe'Lxal iqoa'cqoac, 



'•Headband I shall put on you this anake." He shouted the craue, 



kjoa'c ne'xax. A'lta iie'ktcxEin itja'lapas. La'kti aya'qxoya 



" afraid he was. Now hesangthecon- coyote. Four times sleeps 



jurer s song 



k;a tga'a. 



and lier chil- 

 dren. 



-.1 Atcio'cgam eLq. Atcilga'mete go-y- ile'e. A'mka uyfi'makul 



He took it a digging He placed it upright in the ground. Only its han<llc 



stick. / 



^4, Lax. K;au atci'Lax LE'kXakcd go qix- eLq; k;au'k;au atcio'kXux 



visible. Tie he did it their hair at that digging tie he did them 



stick : 



-jo qo'tac tga'a Oqjo'xoL. Acto'pa. WaX acgE'tax, waX qo'ta t!'oL. 



^'-* those her children Oqjo'xoL. They went out. Light they did it, light that house. 



Ne'xLXa iqoa'cqoac go Lia'itcX. Atcio'lXam: "ME'La-it go x-ita 



14 He burnt the crane ai his tail. He said to him: "Stay in this 



tEmEa'ema ! " Ayo'La-it iqoa'cqoac. No'xoLXa go qo'ta tEmsa'eina. 



15 prairie." He stayed the crane. It burnt at that prairie. 



, "ME'La-it go Xau uca'qca!'' Ayo'La-it go qaX uca'qca. Na'xLXa 



lt> "Stay in this Pteiis aquilina." He stayed at that Pteris aquilina. It burnt 



^ qaX uca'qca. "ME'La-it go Xiau e'Xca-ot e'msEcX!" Ayo'La-it. 



1' that Pteris aqtnlina. "Stay at this dry wood!" He stayed. 



Ne'xLXa qix- e'Xca-ot e'mSEcX. Ala'xti aLxE'tcXom qo'La 



1^ It burnt that dry wood. At last it was tinished that 



Lia'itcX iqos'cqoac. Tcx-i atcio'JXam: "ME'La-it go x-iLa Ltcuq," 



1" his tail the crane's. Then he said to him: "Stay in this water," 



uixLo'lEXa-it it;a'lapas. Ta'kE aLxE'tcXom Lia'itcX iqoa'cqoac. 



•^" he thought coyote. Then it was finished his tail the crane's. 



-.Q uixElkqa'ta-it, o'LatiuiuEm o'pol ka uoo'ptit 0(i;o'xoL 



he remained awake, the fifth night and she slept Oq; o'xoL 



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A'lta ua'xLXa-y- oqctxe'Lau. NaxE'l'oko, a'lta oxo'LXa tE'kXaqL. 



Now she burnt the monster. She awoke, now it burnt her house. 



,^^ Akto'lXam tga'a "McxEla'yutck ! Tcuxd'LElama tE'lxaqL it; a'lapas." 



-'-' She said to them her chil- "Rise! He will burn it our house coyote." 



dreii 



23 Qe'xtce iiaxa'latck. Naxk;a'Xit. ALE'XLXa Lkauauwii'tiks k;a tga'a. 



Intending she rose. It pulled her. They burnt all and her diil- 



dren 



A'lta a'ctc it; a'lapas e'wa Xix-kEla'x. K"ca'la ac'to go ia'Xakatck 



Now they two coyote thus NixkEla'x. Up river they to its cataract 



went ' went 



Nix-kEla'x. T!'dL acgE'tax. Lxoa'p atci'tax tqa'uakc it; 'a;'lapas : 



NixkEla'x A house they made it. Dig he did them stones coyote. 



26 "K;o'ma tssopEua'ya e'qalEma qigd uaLxoa'pe; O'owun ksopEua'ya 



"Perhaps they will jump the fall where the hole; silver-side willjump 



salmon salmon 



qigo iiaLxoa'pe; o'la-atcX ksopEua'ya qigo uaLxoa'pe; ka'uauwe 



where the hole; calico salmon willjump where thelude; all 



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