130 - CAXAL HIS MYTH. [Sologv 



J qaX a'eXat o«:0'kiiil. "Iqje'sqies atcimao'nima-itx. La/XlaX 



that one woman. " Bluejay always fools you. Deceive 



2 atcima'xo-itx." "Naii'itka, nau'itka, LgE'mama aLte'mam. A'lta 



he always does you." 'ludeed, indeed, luy father he came. Now 



Q itci'keqamt Xok. AtciiE'tdko ayamtga'lEmam. M'Xiia i'skam 



I seeing now. He sent lue I came to fetch you. Well take 



^ x-ik itca'ok." Agio'sgam Lia'naa. A'lta LEinE'ii qix- ia/ok. 



this my blanket." She took it his motligr. Now soft that his blanket. 



5 '^Ta'tcja! mcEuE'luat." TakE atci'ctuk"!; Lia'naa qaX a'eXat 



"Lookl yon did not believe me." Then lie brought them to hi.s fattier that *ou(> 



r. o*i)'kuil, Atco'ptca. Atco'k"^am go a/yam. A'lta atcume'uako. 



" woman. He led them. He arriii'fed hrhigiug at his father. Now he washed their 



her faces 



7 A'lta cE'k-ikst. A'lta atco'lXam: "Ai'aq, mcktugue'xeyam tE'lxaqL. 



Now they saw. Now he said to them : 'Quick, go and sweep our house. 



8 Ka'uauweU mcktugue'xeya. TakE a'Lo. A'lta aLkto'guaxe tE'LacjL, 



The whole sweep it. Then they went. Now they swept it their house, 



9 ka'iiauwe aLkto'guexe. A'lta aLgio'kue ka'nauwe we'wuLe. ALgio'kue 



the whole they swept it. Now they carried all into interior They carried 



them much of house. much 



qlx' e'kole ka'nauwe we'wuLe. ALgio'kue qix- elage'tEma we'wuLe. 



that whale all into the interior They carried those sea-otters into the inte- 



oftlie house. them much rior of the house. 



21 TakE aya'ckop!, Oa'xaL takE aya'ckop !. Aya'qxoie; kawi'X atcixa'laqL 



Then he entered, Ca'xaL then he entered. One sleep; early he opened 



12 iqe'p !al iqe'sqes. A'lta atcLa'auwitcXa go iqe'p !al iqe'sqes. " Ai'aq 



the door blue-jay. Now he defecated in the doorway blue-Jay. "Quick 



jQ E^npeyucX, ntq; e'xEnapstam." "A'ckam Xau os^o'lEptckiX. 



lil'npeyucX, wipe me!" "Take it that fire-brand. 



14 Ama-ilo'ktgutc go-y- uya'putc," TakE atco'cgam qix* ik;a'sks. A'lta 



Pusli him in his anus." Then he took it that Doy. Now 



in atca-ilo'ktgux go-y- uya'putc. "Ana'" takE atcixE'lgiLx iqe'sqes. 



he pushed him into his anus. "Anah!" then lie cried blue-jay. 



"Ana'! tEnxE'LElaiiia. TakE lx niga'tloni a'yam ka atcnxE'Lama." 



"Anan! they burnt me. Then maybe lie arrived his father and he burnt me." 



ISTe'k-ikst e'wa we'wuLe iqe'sqes. A'lta io'c iLa'Xak;Emana go 



He looked then [into] the in- blue-jay. Now there their chief at 



terior of the house was 



we'wuLe. Ne'xauko, nexk"Le'tcgr>m : "A, ilxa'Xak; Euiana takE 



l^ the interior of He ran, he went to tell them: "Ah. our chief then 



the house. 



^q uite'mam." A'lta atkte'lot ka'nauwe tga'ktema tia'lXam; ka'nauwe 



he arrived." Now he gave to all his property his people, all 



them 



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ita'ktelauwa-itk atge'lot. 



the abalone shells he gave them. 



Translation. 



Ca'xaL's eldest was dead. Every morning he went to the beach 

 and wailed. Day l»y day he went to the beach and cried. Once upon 

 a time he discovered two ravens flying from the sea towards the shore. 

 When they came near him he saw that they turned [in the air] over 

 one another. [Sometimes the one was above, then the other.] When 

 they had almost reached him they let fall a round object, which fell on 

 the sand. He went down to the beach and took it. It was an abalone 

 shell. In the evening he went home. Then he said to his wife : " Invite 

 all the people." His wife went and said: "My poor husband invites 

 you." Then all the people came and entered the house. He said: 



