110 IQOa'cQOAC his myth. [So^ot 



Q; oa'p atgE'Lxaiu, a'lta tc; pak atkxta'mXit. Ayo'Lxam qix- ia'newa 



-*- Nearly they came to the now really they rolled. He arrived at that first 



' water, the water 



iqa'giltk. Nau'i go Ltcuq L|lap ne'xax; wiXt eXt ayo'LXam, nau'i 



■^ basket. At ouce in water under it got; again one arrived at the at once 



water water, 



go Ltcuq Ljlap iie'xax. Ka'nauwe a/tge. Ne'xanko; qe'xtce 



" in the water underwater it got. All they went. He ran; intending 



atcio'cgam eXt, L;lap a'cto. ALge'xk;a qo'La LSa'i)ta. L;lap 



^ he took it one, under water they two It pulled him that roe. Under 



went. water 



a'yo. La'qo ate'xax qo'ta tia'xalaitanEma. A'yoptck. K-;e ka'nauwe 



" he went. Take he did them those arrows. He went ashore. Noth- all 



off ing 



qo'ta tia/k; ewulElq-r. Ke'k'im itjfi'lapas: ''AuxE'LuXtc;a e'ka 



V those tish. He said coyote: "I think thus 



oxo'xo te'lx'Ein. Ma'nix ogoLtl'yuwa ka cka tgoXuwa'ya tga'cxelax; 



7 they will the people. When they move then and they will drive it their food ; 



do 



a'la nai'ka, a'la tgE'uxgako. Qa'doxoe ato'xqiaxtEl, tEll xa'xo-ilEmx 



■" even I, even they got the bet- Must they always work, tired theyalwaya get 



ter of me. 



„ LgoLe'lEXEmk Lge'ctxoniLx, ma'nix aLkLa'yuwa. K; one'k; one ! ; 



" person he carries much when they are going to The story; 



on back move. 



wu'xi ickaga'p. 



10 to-mor- it is fair weather, 

 row 



Translation. 



Crane, Coyote, and Heron lived together. Every day they went dig- 

 ging clams until the flood-tide set in. One day Coyote said: "How 

 many Oqj o'xol have you for your sweethearts ? " Crane replied : "Two 

 <;anoes full and some must walk." Coyote said : " How few sweethearts 

 you have ! I have five canoes full and some must walk." Heron re- 

 mained silent. Five days they dug clams, and the nights they slept 

 on a prairie. When Crane was sleepy Coyote rose and cried: "An 

 Oq'o'xoL comes down to the beach!" Crane shouted; he had fallen 

 asleep. Then Coyote said: "I have only deceived you." He did so 

 often. Now they fell asleep. Then Oq'o'xoL came to the beach and 

 put them into her basket. She put Coyote at the bottom, Crane in 

 the middle, and Heron on top. She carried them inland. Now Heron 

 awoke. He took hold of a branch and hung there. When the mon- 

 ster bad gone a long distance Coyote awoke. He looked around but 

 remained quiet. Then Crane awoke. He shouted, but Coyote said: 

 " Be quiet, be quiet, the monster carries us away." She brought them 

 to her house and to her children. One she had lost. Then she said to 

 her eldest daughter : "Go and get two spits; bring straight huckle- 

 berry sticks." Her daughter went out. Then Coyote said to his 

 friend: " Bend your neck when she is about to roast you." When the 

 spit was brought Crane bent his neck. Then she said to her daughter: 

 " Bring a crooked spit." Coyote said : " When a crooked spit is brought 

 stretch out your neck." The girl brought a crooked spit, then Crane 

 stretched out his neck." Five times the girl, the daughter of Oq; o'xol, 

 went ; then she became tired. Oq; o'xoL said : " We will make them our 



