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ENTSjX HIS MYTH. 



[BUREAU OP 

 ETHNOLOGY 



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TakE 



Then 



atce'«ElkEl 



he saw it 



imo'lak 



an elk 



ka'sa-it. 



robin. 



YuXiine't; 



It drifted : 



itgatsiiwa'4." TakE ne'k-iin iqje'sq;es: "Ka'sa-it, 



Then 



he said 



blue-jay; 



ne'k-im 



he said 



is coming down 

 stream." 



qatxE'lqEiuxia." TakE wiXt 



We are called." Then again 



itgatsuwa'4." TakE ne'k-iin iq;e'sqes: 



coming downriver." Then he said Blue-jay: 



"A' habaha'halia'." 



' robin, 



ka'sa-it . 



robin : 



"A itsumo'lak 



"Ah, my elk 



mxEltca'maana? 



do vou hear? 



"A 



•Ah, 



itsumo'lak 



my elk 



J. m J jj 



hahaha'haha'. 



Qua'nEmi ne'k-im ka'sa-it, ka tak atcixtca'ma : "A, itcumo'lak 



Five times he said robiu, and then he heard it: "Ah, my elk 



itgatsuwa'4,'- wiXt ue'k-ini ka'sa-it. Ta'kE ue'k-ini iq;e'sq;es: "A 



is coming down again be said robin. Then he said blue-jay: "Ah, 



stream," 



itsumo'lak itgatsuwa/4." " Qil'xeyaX, 



my elk is coming down sti-eam." "Where, 



aXiXu'yaX." TakE acge'sElkEl imo'lak, 



here! ' Then they saw it the elk, 



acgiakqa'ua-it. A'lta k-;au'k;au ike'x a/yaqco. 



they put it into their Now tied it was the skin, 



canoe. 



acga'yax. A'lta ucta'Lak. " O, utxa'Lak taL; XaXa'k." 



they did it. Now their aunt. "Oh, our aunt look that." 



itxa'alqt qtgia'xo, ka'sa-it ?" TakE ne'k'im ka'sa-it: 



our crying we shall make, robin?" Then he said robin: 



" Tsa'ntxawa, tsantxawa', an'xaxa, anxaxa', a'ntaLak, antaLa'k." 



J n J J i J n J J J J n j j j 



qa'xeyaX?" 



where? ' 



"AXiXu'yaX, 



" Here, 



acgiu'cgam. TakE 



they took it. Then 



TakE stu'XstuX 



• Then untie 



" Qa'da 



" How 



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Ents; X, our aunt 



A'lta aci'Xko. 



Now they went home. 



" Nil Lcta'xauyam. 



the unhappy ones. 



"Oh, 



our aunt." 



Qi ^oa'p 



Nearly 



Qa'da 



How 



" He killed ber, he killed ber, Ents; 'X, 



"Ksta q-jOti'L amE'k-im, ka'sa-it." 



"And all right you said, robin," 



acgia'xom e'lXam, a'lta cxe'nim: 



they reached it the town, now they cried: 



aci'xax?" Cxe'nim ka'sa-it: 



they do?" They cry robin: 



"Tsa'utxawa, tsantxawa', a'nxaxa, anxaxa', a'ntaLak, antaLa'k." 



" He killed her, he killed her, Entsjx, Euts; x, our aunt, our aunt." 



Acxe'gela-e. A'lta a(icga'loLx. A, a'lta aqo'kctiptck ma'Lxole. 



They landed. Now the people went Ah, now she was carried up inland, 



down to the beach from the beach 



to them. 



A'lta aqauwa'amtcxoko : 



Now she was asked: 



A'lta 



Now 



t; aysl' 



well 



"I'kta 



• ■ What 



aqage'la-it. Lji2, 



they tried to Some 



cure her. time, 



ia'laqL aqEme'lOtk ? " 



[which way did you place it] ?" 



a'qxax, 



she became. 



"Pe'ckan," na'k-im: "Aqio'plEua 



"Pe'ckan she said: "He is named 



[a bird,"] 



iL; 'ale'xqEkun." "Amcgfi'cgiLx uya'xEnima." WiXt aqauwa'amtcxoko. 



the eldest one.' "Pull down to water hisvcanoes." Again she was asked. 



AqioplEna ska'sa-it. Lii: "AqioplEua iL; 'ale'xqEkun," ne'k-im 



He was named Robin. Some- "He is named the eldest one, " 



time: 



Ka'nauwe aktoplEua'yam te'lx'Em. K'imta', 



All she named them the people. Last 



iqe'sqes. A'lta aqo'cgiLx uya'xEnima iqe'sqes. 



blue-jay. Now they were pulled his canoes blue-jay's. 



_ down to the water 



staq; gia'xo, EntSjX. A'lta a'tgi te'lx-Em mokct okuni'm 



war she made Entsj X. Now they the people two canoes 



on him, went 



iq; e'sqes. 



blue-jay. 



aqio'p lEua 



he wa.s named 



he said 



a'lta 



now 



A'lta 



Now 



paL. 



fuU. 



