128 CA'xAL his myth, Tbcreau of 



ETHNOLOG? 



-j^ ka atciupji'yaLx. TakE a'yo; iiiL'e'taqL iLa'xak; Emana. 



and he gathered them. Then he went; he left them their chief. 



2 Ayuxo'Lako qo'ta leX. Qia'x ia'qoa-iL, tcx-I atcio'cgamx, qia'x 



He went around it that island. If a large one, then he took it, if 



3 P^t qptciX tcx'i atcio'cgam. TakE aLgiuLa'win iLa'XakjEmana. * 



really green then he took it. Then they waited for him their chief. .? 



4 TakE o'lo aga'yax iqe/sqes. "Wu'ska Ixeelo'qLa." Nugo'kXom ^ 



Then hunger acted upon him bluejay, "Heh! we will leave him." They said 



5 aqa'mXikc: "K;e, qa'doXoe IxegumLa'ita. Lo'uas ayuko'om te'lx'Em." 



Ijartofthem: "No, must we wait for him. Perhaps he met them people." -. 



Q Ne'k-im iqe'sqes: ''Tea Ixeeltfi'qLa." Tso'yuste ne'xaue, takj^i-; * 



He said blue-jay: "Come we will leave him. ' Evening it became then" 3. 



n atEe'taqL tia'colal. Iqe'sqes ia'Xaqamt. Xo'Xoko tia'cola. Tso'yuste 



they left him bia relatives. Bluejay his mind. They went his relatives. In the evening 



home 



8 ka ayoxo'Lako leX. A'lta k;e tia'cola; atEe'taqL. la'xkati 



and he went around the island. Now nothing his relatives; they left him. There 



Q ke/kXule-y- e'ms^EcX nixo'kcte. A'lta nigE'tsax: "Ektil'2 atgeue'lotk 



below a tree he lay down. Now he cried: "What they deserted me 



1^0 agE'lXam, qa tkLEn^e'taqL agE'lXam." A'lta ia'xkate ne'xax 



my people, where they left me my people." Now there he was 



.. io'Lqate. A'lta atcio'koe ka'nauwe x-ixi'x* ikte'lauwa-itk. QaxLxa- 



-'■^ a long time. Now be carried them all those abalone shells. The 



often 



^2 iiaa'Lax ela'ki L;ap atcia'x. QaxLxanaa'Lax kawi'X nexE'l'oko. 



nest day an otter find he did it. The next day early he awoke, 



]^3 A'lta oxol'tcot te'lx-Em go Lia'raaLna. Atcio'latck ia'ok. Ne'k-ikst 



Now they talked people at seaward from him. He lifted it his blanket. He looked 



14 ma'Liie. Ta'mka tqoneqone' oxoela'itX. WiXt nexEnk; e'Litso. 



seaward. Only gulls there were. Again he pulled his blanket 



over his head. 



Wax wiXt ne'ktcukte. WiXt atcamtca'ma te'lx-Bin oxol'tcot 



Every again it got day. Again lie heard them people they talked 



morning 



■jg go ma'Lne. Goye' atci'Lax, atcLo'latck. A'lta ta'mka Ltamila'ikc 



at seaward. Thus he did it, he lifted it. Now only albatross 



-iy Lxela'itX. Qoa'nEmi aya'qoyae atcawitcE'uiEle te'lx-Em. Kawi'X 



there were. Five times his sleeps he heard them people. Early 



-|g ka aLigEmo'tXu-it LgoLe'lEXEmk. AqLo'latck Lia'dk. "Wu'Xe 



and it stood near him a person. It was lifted his blanket. "To-morrow 



.jQ a'lta qamo'k^ia; qam'alo'kctxama." Wax ne'ktcukte. TakE wiXt 



^'^ now you will be carried : you will be carried The next it got day. Then again 



on back." morning 



aLgEmo'tXu-it LgoLe'lEXEmk. ALgio'lXam: ''Mxa'latck! A'lta 



it stood near lum a person. He said to him: "Arise! Now 



01 qamo'k"T:a." Xe'k-ikct iau'a ma'Lue. A'lta e'kole yuquna'itX. 



you will be carried." He looked there seaward. Now a whale there lay. 



A'lta atcio'kXuiLx ia'ktElauwa-ltk. A'lta Lxoa'p ike'x ka'tsEk qiX 



Now he carried to the his abalone shells. Now a hole was in middle that 



beach 



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e'kole. A'lta ia'xkate aqeiLa'etamit: '' Nekct mge'kctaie, ma'nix 



whale. Now then he was put into it ; "Not open your eyes, when 



24 aqamo'k"T;a." A'lta nixo'kctit, a'lta aqri'yuk^i. A'lta atga'yuk"^ 



you are carried." Now he lay down, now he was carried. Now they carried him 



25 te'lx-Em ka'nauwe. A'lta nuguqLe'watck. AqLo'lXam Ltamila'yikc, 



the people all. Now they paddled. They were told the albatross, 



2(j aqLo'lXam Lqatle'wuLala: "Ke'kXule LEmca'cgi." AqLo'lXam 



they were told the pelicans: "Down your paddles." They were told 



27 Lqone'qone: '' K"ca'xale LEmca'cgi." Aqo'lXam oe'Xsa: " K"ca'xali 



the gulls: "Up your paddles." They were told the snipes: "Up 



28 LEmca'cgi." Ka ma'Lue aqa'mXikc kje no'xox qo'tac te'lx-Em. 



your paddles. ' And at sea part of tliem nothing became those people. 



