118 ENTSiX HIS MYTH. [ 



BUREAU OF 

 ETHNOLOGY 



1 iqe'sqes. " TEkEme'ctx." "Masa'tsiLx ime'ski, at." "TEkEme/ctx." 



bluejay. "They loaned it to me." "Pretty your nephew." " They loaned it to 



paddle, me." 



2 "Masa/tsiLx ome'etewaLxti, at." " TEkEme'ctx." '^Masa'tsiLx 



"Pretty your bailer, nephew." " They loaned it to me." "Pretty 



o ome'imXciu, at." "TEkEme'ctx." "Masa'tsiLx LEme'x-ilkue, 



vourdipnet, nephew." " They loaned it to me." "Pretty your mat in your 



canoe, 



4 at." "TEkEme'ctx." "TamokXa'tsit ta'2kEmectx . " TakE 



nephew.' "They loaned it to me." " Your things they loaned them to you . " Then 



atcLe'Dxokti. TakE atce'xaluktcgd go iLa'xanlm. "Mckta'uit x-i'ta 



5 he took hold of his Then he threw him down in their canoe. " Give me this 



head. 



f. tE'pa-it! kjau'kjau nia'xo." " TenXpeqLa' ! " "Mckta'nit x-i'ta 



" rope! tie I shall do him." "I shall scratch it. ' " Give me these 



n tpe'naLX." "TenXpeqLa'." "K;a e'ktaLx aqela'xo? Mckta'nit 



spruce twigs." " I shall scratch them." "And what may be is done with him? Give me 



o X-i'ta tqoqoa'-iLax." TenXpeqLa'!" "Hit, ha, M," takE nigE'tsax; 



these short dentalia." " I shall scratch them." "Ha, hji, ha," then he cried; 



" O'qomdm oqonia'm." 



J r3i J ;ijH 



" Sea grass, sea grass. ' 



"Ai'aq, ka'sa-it, ri'tk"La Xan o'qomum." A'lta k;an'k;au atcaya'lax 



1" "Quick, robin, bring that sea grass." Now tie lie did him 



' with it 



-.^ go tia'kcia go tia'^owit. A'lta atciale'maLx. A'lta lEp ne'xax 



at his bands at his legs. Now he threw him into Now boiling itbecame 



the water. 



-,9 qigo atciale'maLx. "O, itci'LatXEn. la'xka ikala'lkuile, 



when he had thrown him into "Oh, my nephew. He scolds, 



the water. 



13 ninxElo'yamit itci'LatXEn." "la', x-ix-T'x- tcimao'nim x-igo'." 



I killed my relative my nephew." "la, this one, he laughed at you here.' 



14 " la'xka qiale'maLxa ka'sa-it ka lie'he ixa'xo." 



"He is thrown into the robin and laugh he does." 



water 



A'lta wiXt a'tgi te'lx-Ein. La2, aqri'L^ElkEl LgoLe'lEXEmk. 



Now again they went the people. Sometime he was seen a person. 



^n Lkto'ktcan tkalai'tan. "San'atsa, san'atsa', iqe'sqes!" " Ekta Lx 



He held in his arrows. " The news, the news, blue-jay!" "What may 



hand be 



-,7 aqemilk^e'tcgo ? la'mka-y- o'knk ma'ema ilqa'icX aniala'maLx." "To 



is told to you? Only downstream our rela- I threw him into "Am 



tive the water." 



18 uai'kXa tc;a go," aLE'k-im Xo'La LgoLe'lExEmk. "la', x-ix-I'k k;a 



I look! that," he said that person. " lii, this one and 



19 ia'xka x-ix-i'x- amialii'maLx ! " 



he this one you threw him into the water!" _ 



A'lta wiXt a'Lo, a'Lo go ta'yaqL EntsjX. TakE aqoxo'L^ko 



Now again they they to his house Entsj X's. Then it was surrounded 



went, went 



91 ta'yaqL Ents;X. TakE atcXB'lgiLX. TakE no'xoLXa ta'yaqL 



"^ ■ his house Ents; X's. Then he set fire to it. Then it burnt his house 



22 Ents;X. Ayo'pa EntsjX go naLxoa'pe go-y- o'ek"tEqrix-. No'xoLXa 



"""^ Ents; X's. He went out Ents; X at hole at knot hole. It burnt 



Qo ta'yaqL, ka'nauwe ta'yaqL. TakE Lap atcsi'yax eqtq iqe'sqes. "O, 



his house, the whole his house. Then tind he did it a head blue-jay. " Oh, 



24 EntsjX a'yaqtq x-ix-I'k." TakE ne'k-im ska'sa-it: " la', x-ix-T'kik! 



EntsiX his head this." Then he said robin: "la, this one. 



25 A'nqate ayo'pa." A'lta no'xoko telx-Em, aqee'taqL EntsjX. 



Already he went out." Now they went the people, he was left Entsi'X. 



