^°BOAr] THE CROW STORY TRANSLATION. 125 



AtciaxE'cgam, atcLfi'wils ka'nauwe. A'lta wixt nagE'tsax ok; uiiO'. ^ 



He took it away, he ate ]t all. Now again she cried the crow. 



A'lta uixo'kcti ikoale'x-oa. NixEma/tsta-itck. Na'ponEm ka takE o 



Now he lay down the raven. He was ashamed of himself. It grew dark and then 



a'yatc;a nixa'lax ikoale/x-oa. A'lta ne'ktcxam: ^ 



his sickness came to he the raven. Now he sang his conjuror's song: 



ou liim 



"O'kualii/pka'u qaii ayi'tkja' itce'e'ya'xota' qaii Le'yaLa'm. 



"A brass pin qau hit it my eye qau its pupil be- 4 



came opaque. 



Qoa'qoaxqoa', qofi'qoaxqoa', qoa'qoaxqoa'." 5 



Qoa'cjoaxqca', qoa'qoaxqoii', qoa'ijoaxqoa'." 



Lii2, aqLugo'lEiuain oqoLxe'la. Ka'nauwe aqLugO'lEmam ka r. 



Some time, the people went to the crabs. All the people went to and 



fetch them fetch them 



tga'a OqoLxe'la. A'lta aLe'xEltEq ikoale'x'oa. TakE aLo'cko-it „ 



their the crabs'. Now he heated stones the raven. Then they were hot 



children 



Lqa'nakc. A'lta aqfi'txpoe. TakE aLxLo'lExa-it LqaLxe'la: g 



the stones. Now the door was Then bethought a crab: 



locked. 



"QElxElxe'ya." A'21ta aqa'LXatuq ka'nauwe ka tga'a. AqLa'kXOpk g 



" It is cooked for us. ' Now they were thrown all and their They were steamed 



on the -atones joungones. 



alta. Ano'ktcikt oquLxe'la: "Ai'aq mcLxa'lEm,'' aqLo'lXara -.q 



now. They got done the crabs: "Quick eat," they were told 



okj'uno' k;a tga'a. TakE itjo'kti ne'xax e'tcamxtc r>k;'uno'. -1-1 



thecrow and her children. Then good became her heart the crow's. 



ALxLxa'lEm kja tga'a. ^2 



They ate and her children. 



Translation. 



There were the Grow and her live children. At the end of their house 

 lived her cousin the Eaven. They were hungry, and one day she went 

 to look for food on the beach. She sang [page 123, line 4 1. She found a 

 poggy, kicked it and went on. She repeated her song. Soon she found 

 a flounder. Again she sang her song. Then she found a seal ; she kicked 

 it and went on. Again she sang her song. Then she found a sturgeon. 

 She went around it twice, then she left it and kicked it. She went on 

 and repeated her song. Then she found a sealion; three times she 

 went around it. She kicked it and left it. She repeated her song. 

 She went a long distance and found a whale. Four times she went 

 around it, then she kicked it and kicked it again. She broke her leg. 

 " Oh, my leg," she cried. She went up to the woods, pulled out some 

 grass and tied it on to her leg. She went on and after a little while 

 she found a salmon. "Oh! my salmon," she said. She was very glad 

 and danced. She put it into her mat and went home. When she had 

 almost arrived at her house she saw a woman. When she came nearer 

 she recognized her. "Behold! the eagle," she said. The latter said: 

 "What do you carry there!" "Oh," she replied, "A salmon." "I 

 wish to buy it; I will give you my coat." "Plenty of coats are lying 

 about in my house." "I will give you my blanket." "What shall I 

 do with your blanket! I have many blankets." "I will give you my 

 hat." "What shall I do with your laat ? May be it is full of lice." "I 



