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114 ENTSjX HIS MYTH. [Solooy 



nuLa'taXita. Loiias go-y- ome'putc ya/inilkjapqa'. MLawe'tcXa, paL 



I shall fall. Perhaps in your anus I shall go into you ! Tou -will defecate, full 



e'xalitk nxa'xo." La 2 ka iie'lkXaxJ go-y- uya'putc. A'lta 



excrements I shall be- Sometime and he entered him at his anus. KoV 



come." 



o Lq;rypLqjop atca'yax ia'yamxtcX. La 2 ka ayuquna'itix't ka ayo'mEqt. 



" cut to pieces he did it his stomach. Some- and he fell down and he was dead. 



time 



4 A'lta atca'yaxc, Laq° atce'xax iri/sk;opx'El; Laq° atcte'xax tia'^owit; 



Now he cut it, oft" he made it its skin,- off ho made them its legs; 



K Laq" atcte'xax tia'pote; Laq° atce'xax a'yaqtq; ia'tuk Laq° atce'xax; 



oft' 'he made them its forelegs; oft' he made it its head; its neck oft' he made it; 



Q tia'lewaiiEma, cia'kxalauct atce'xax. Ka'nauwe atca'yaxc. A'lta 



its ribs, its rump bone he made it. All he cut it. Now 



_ ne'Xko. NeXko'mam. " Imo'lak ania'wa*^, ga'k;'e!" "AtcuwS'-y- 



' he went He arrived at home. " An elk I killed it, grandmotherl " "Certainly 



home. 



g uko'lXul." "LJa'atcam, Lia'atcam, imo'lak." "Atcuwa'-y- utsEme'nxan." 



a mouse." " It has horns, it has horns, an elk." "Certainly a snail." 



9 "Imola'2k, imo'lak ania'wat:." "Atcuwri'-y- o'tsikin." "Imola'2k, 



'An elk, an elk I killed it." "Certainly a chipmunk." "An elk, 



20 imo'lak ania'was." "Atcuwa'-y- ikja'etEii." Al'ta tEll a'tcax. A'lta 



an elk, I killed it." 'Certainly a squirrel." Now tired he made her. Now 



^^ a'ctoptck. Actiga'om, a'lta imo'lak' yuquna'itX. "E'kta amio'ctxo, 



they went in- They reached it, now an elk lay there. "What will you carry 



land. it, 



gri'kje? A'yaqtq ami(Vctxo." "Ace'nk; amukLpax, ka'ekae!" "E'kta 



-'•■^ grand- Its head you will carry it." " It pulls me down headlong, grandson!" "What 

 mother .' 



-1 3 amio'ctxo f Tcuxo ia'tuk mio'ctxo." "Ace'nk;amukLpax, ka'ekae!" 



will you carry it? Then its neck will you carry it." " It pulls me down headlong, grandson!" 



^^ "Tcuxo opo'titk mo'ctxo." "Ace'nk; amukLpax." "Tcuxo ia^'owit 



"Then the forelegs you will carry " They pull me down headlong." "Then its leg 



them." 



-,K mio'ctxo." "Ace'iik;amiikLpax." "I'ktaLx mio'ctxo? Tcuxo 



you will carry "It will pull me down headlong." " What may you will carry Then 



it." be it? 



-.p ia'atcX mio'ctXo." "Ace'nk; amukLpax." "I'ktaLx mio'ctxo? Tcuxo 



its breast willyoucarry it." "It pulls me down headlong." "What may will jou carry Then 



be it? 



^rj tElewa'nEma mto'ctXo." "Ace'nkramukLpax." "Tcuxo ia'kutcX 



the ribs you will carry them." " They pull me down head- "Then its back 



long." 



.r, mio'ctXo." "Ace'nk; amukLpax." "Tcuxo cqala'auwictX. mio'ctxo." 



you will carry " It pulls me down headlong." "Then its rump bone you will carry 



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it." it." 



"Oici'lax, cici'lax, ka'ekae! Cici'lax, cici'lax, ka'ekae!" A'lta 



" Tie it up, tie it up, grandson! Tie it up, tie it up, grandson!" Now 



atcca'lax, a'lta agE'ctuctx. Na'xanko a'neu. No'ya, a'neu no'ya. 



he tied it up, now she carried it on She ran ahead. She went, ahead she went. 



her back. 



oi A'lta atcto'cgam, ka'nauwe atci'toctx. A'yu a'lta ne'Xko. Qaxa'L 



Now he took them, all he carried them He went now, he went Somewhere 



on his back. home. 



ayakta'om uya'kjikje. A'lta gi'cguc itca'ctxul kco'tctEmalt : "E'Xt 



he reached her liis grandmother. Now kneeling on her load he pushed it to and "One 



it fro: 



OQ ila'xElax, e'Xt imo'yEmoyE;" e'Xt ila'xElax, e'Xt imo'yEmoye." 



[?], one [?]; one [?], one [•]." 



24 TakE ayaga'om. "Qa'da amE'xax ga'kje?" "Ace'nk; amukLpax, 



Then he reached her. "How are you doing, grandmother? ' " It pulled me down headlong, 



OK ka'ekae." TakE wiXt atcalo'tcXam, takE na'xanko. A'yo, a'yo, 



grandson." Then agam he carried it on his then she ran. He went, be went, 



back. 



