10. CJ'XAL IX'KXANAM. 

 Ca'xal his Myth. 



Oa/xaL ayo'mEqt iii'xa, ixgE'kXuii ia'xa. Wax ia'qxiilqt. Kula'i 



"Ca'xaL he was dead bis sod, the oldest his son. Every he ^s'ailed. Far 1 



moruing 



go ma/Liie ayoLa'-ita-itx. Io'2Lqte gua/nsuin neXEnXEiie'max, 



at seaward he always stayed. A long time always he went to wail on Z 



the beach, 



neXEnXEnema'-itx. QaxLxanaa'Lax atd'c^ElkEl ckoale'x-oa. Yau'a 



he always went to wail on One day he saw them two ravens. Then o 



the beach. 



ma/Lue aci'tptcgam, Q; oa'p acge'txam yaua' actik; ela'pXuitxe, yaua' 



seaward they reached the Nearly they reachedthere they turned over each other, there 4 



laud. him 



actik; ela/pXuitxe. Q;oa'p acge'txam ka nicxE'luktco. Lo'21d i'kta 5 



they turned over each other. Kearly they reached him and they let it fall. Around thing 



nicxE'luktco. Ayuquua'etix't go Lkamila'lEq. A'yoLx atciugo'lEmam. 



they let it fall. It lay there on the sand. He went he went to take it. 6 



down to the beach, 



Atcio'cgam, a'lta ikte'lowa-itk. Tso'yuste ka ue'XkO. TakE atco'lXam 



He took it, now an abalone shell. In the evening and he went Then he said to her ' 



home. 



uya'k-ikala: "UguExe'mam qo'tac te'lx'Em ka'nauwe." TakE g 



his wife: "Invite them those people all." Then 



no'ya-y- uya'k-ikala. A2, atcEmcgEle'moL qeauq Lia'xauyam." ^^ 



she went his wife. A, he invite.^ you much that poor one." " 



TakE a'tge tia'lXam ka'nauwe. TakE a'tgEp! go ta'yaqL ka'nauwe. ..^ 



Then they went his people all. Then they entered in his house all. ^ 



"A, X'ix-i'k qcginge'tkcptcgam. x-ix'i'k mcgio'kumanEma. lakpa' 



"Ah, this they brought it up to the shore This you will see it. Just there 11 



to me. 



aci'tptcgam." TakE ue'k-im iqie'sqjes. "WuXi Ixo'yaya; ^o 



they came ashore." Then he said blue-.jay. ''To-morrow we will go; 



Ixyo'xtkinEinama qaxe' go acE'k-itk^T;." Kawi'2x' ka nixE'nkon 



we will search for it where from they brought it." Early and he ran 1"^ 



iqe'sqes. "Ai'aq, ai'aq, ai'aq amcxEla'yutck." TakE nuxula'yutck .. . 



blue-jay. "Quick, quick, quick rise." Then they arose * 



te'lx-Em kauauwe'. TakE aqo'icgiLx mokct okuni'm. A'lta a'tge 



the people all. Then they hauled two canoes. Now they -i k 



down to the went -'-" 



water 



ma'Lne te'lx-Ein a'lta. TakE kula'i a'tge. A'lta cka leII 



seaward the people now. Then far they went. Now and almost ^Q 



disap- 

 peared 



Lpaka'lEina. TakE atge's^ElkEl ele'e. Take ne'k'im iqe'sqes: yj 



the mountains. |Then they saw it aland. Then he said blue-jay: 



"la'xkati taL; ikte'luwa-itk ne'xaue." La atxigela'mame. A'lta 



"There behold the abalone shells were." Some they landed. Now 18 



time 



cka pa2L e'Xoc ikte'luwa-itk. A'lta ataa'luLX tS'lx-Em. A'lta 



and full it was on abalone Hhells. Now they went ashore the people. Now l" 



ground 



atgiome'tckiii qix*i'x' ikte'luwa-itk; qia'x ia'xka pat qjitciX 20 



they took them these abalone shells; if that very green 



tcx'i aLgio'cgamX. Iqe'sqes ia'xka go qjoa'p kat ikani'm ^i 



then they took it. Blue-jay lie then near that canoe 



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