^"aoAr] ENTSjX MYTH TRANSLATION. 119 



Translation. 



Ents; x's grandmother was Upe'qciuc. She always asked him to go 

 elk hunting. Early every morning he started, but he killed only chip- 

 munks and squirrels; sometimes he killed mice. Oftentimes he went 

 and stayed on a prairie. He shouted: "Come down from the woods, 

 elk ! we will fight, we will dance." Down came the rabbit. " You are 

 the one I have called, your ears are like spoons with long handles." 

 Then the rabbit cried and went bacl^. Then he called again : " Come 

 down from the woods, elk ! we will fight, we will dance." Down came a 

 deer. "You are the one I have called, your eyes are like huckleber- 

 ries." Then the deer cried and went back. He called again: "Come 

 down from the woods, elk ! we will fight, we will dance." Down came 

 a female elk. " You are the one whom I have called !" He called again : 

 " Come down from the woods, elk ! we will fight, we will dance." Then 

 a male elk came down. Now Entsx danced and sang: " Where shall 

 I go into him? Where shall I go into him? I think 1 will go into his 

 mouth. No, he will spit and I shall get full of saliva. I think 1 will 

 go into his nostrils. No he will snort and I shall get full of mucus. I 

 think I will go into his ear. No, he will shake himself and 1 shall full 

 down. 1 think I shall go into his anus. No, he will defecate and I 

 shall get full of excrements." After some time he entered his anus. 

 Now he cut his stomach to pieces. After a little while the elk fell down 

 and died. Then Entsx skinned and dissected it. He cut off the hind- 

 legs; he cut oft" the fore-legs. He cnt oft" the head, the neck, the ribs, 

 and the rump bone. Then he went home. When he came to his 

 grandmother he said: " I killed an elk, grandmother ! " " Perhaps it 

 was a mouse." " No, it has horns, it has horns, it is an elk." " Then 

 perhaps it was a snail." "No, no, I killed an elk, an elk." "Perhaps 

 it was a chipmunk." "No, no, I killed an elk, an elk." "Perhaps it 

 was a squirrel." Then she got tired and they went into the woods. 

 They arrived at the place where the elk lay. Entsx asked : " What 

 do you want to carry, grandmother? Do you want to carry its head?" 

 "It will pull me down headlong, grandson." "What do you want to 

 carry, grandmother? Do you want to carry its neck?" "It will pull 

 me down headlong, grandson," "What do you want to carry, grand- 

 mother? Do you want to carry its hiud-legs?" "They will pull me 

 down headlong, grandson." "What do you want to carry, grand- 

 mother? Do you want to carry its fore-legs?" "They will pull me 

 down headlong, grandson." "What do you want to carry, grand- 

 mother? Do you want to carry its breast?" "It will pull me down 

 headlong, grandson." "What do you want to carry, grandmother? 

 Do you want to carry its back?" "It will inill me down headlong, 

 grandson." "What do you want to carry, grandmother? Do you 

 want to carry its rump bone?" "Tie it up, tie it up, grandson." 

 Then he tied it up, she put it up, she raised it on her back. The old 



