11. STIKUA ITCA'KXANAM. 

 Stikua' her Myth. 



Go Nakotl'a't Lxela'-itX, LE'xoitiks Lxela'itx. A'lta ayo'mEqt -i 



At Seaside, they lived, many they lived. Now he was dead 



iLa'xak; Emana. la'qoa-iL ia'xa. Ta'kE tca'xilkie ne'xaue, ta'kE o 



their chief. Large his son. Then winter it was, then 



o'lo agE'Lax. Ta'kE ia'inka inia'matk aLgia'xo-itx k;a-y- ogii'ican. o 



hungry they were. Then only mussels they ate them and roots. 



KaxLxuaa'Lax ka ne'k-im ktia'xeqLax : "AmcxE'ltXuitck." * 



One day and be said a hunter: "Make yourselves ready." 



Noxui'tXuitck ka'nauwe2 qo'tac tka'lamukc. Ataga'la-it rnokct p. 



They made themselves all those men. They were in the two 



ready canoes 



okuni'm. Ta'kE a'tge ma'Lne. Ta'kE atce'lkikc ige'pix-L qix- ^ 



canoes. Then they went seaward. Then he speared it a sealion that 



ktia'xeqLax, cka atco'pEna ka ayuXua'nitck qix- ige'pix'L. 7 



hunter, and it jumped and he drifted that sealion. ' 



ALge'Elta-ui ma'Lxole. Ne'k-im iqe'sqes: "la'xkayuk o 



They hauled it up ashore. He said blue-jay: "Here 



IxgiutsXEina'ya." TakE ia'xkate naLX-E'lgiLx. AgElk^ik; 'E'tsXema. q 



we will boil it." Then there they made a fire. They singed it. 



A'lta aLga'yaxc. A'lta aLE'xalEtcXEm. Ne'k-im iqe'sqes: 



Now they cut it. Nuw they boiled it. He said blue-jay : 



"la'xkayuk Ixgeuwu'l^aya, IxgeutctXo'maya." Ta'kE noxuiLxa'lEm -t^ 



"Here we will eat it, we will finish it." Ther: they ate 



qo'tac te'lx-Em. Atcio'pcut qe'xtce ikoale'x-oa go Lia'cguc. Atca'yuk"L 10 



those people. He hid it intending the raven in his mat. He carried it 



go-y- ikani'm eXt igite'tsxal. A'nqate ne'xanko iqie'sqes, Laq<» 



to the canoe one piece. Already he ran blue-jay, take out 



atca'yax. Atca'yuk"T: go- o^^o'lEptckiX qix- igite'tsxal. Nix-E'lgiLX. 14 



he did it. He carried it to the tire that piece. He burnt it. 



Ta'kE aLE'Xko. ALkiupa'yaLx enia'matk k;a itgue'ma, Tso'yuste 



Then they went They gathered them large mussels and small mussels. In the evening ^^ 



home. 



aLx-go'mam. Xa-ixE'lqarax iq;e'sqes: "A2, y imcri'uiainatka'2, jg 



they arrived at home. He called blue-jay: "Ah, vour mussels 



Stikuaya'2 ! " Stikua' itca'xal uya'k-ikal iq; e'sqes. TEmm aLi'Xaua 



Stikua'!" Stikua' her name his wife blue-jay'a. Noise of they ran I* 



feet 



Stikua' ma'Lne, ALgiugo'lEmam inia'matk. A'tgELx ka'nauwe ig 



stikua' down to beach. They went to take the mussels. They came to all 



the beach 



qo'tac ta'nEmckc. Atgio'kXuiptck itgue'matk kja inia'matk. Go 19 



those women. They carried them up the small mussels and the large mussels. The^ 



ikoale'x-oa atcigE'nXaote iLa'xak; Emana ia'xa. Ne'k-im qix- ik;a'ckc: on 



the raven he took care of him their chief his son. He said that boy: 



"WiiXi ka nxElto'ma." Atcio'lXam iq; e'sqes: "E'kta amiuwa'ya? «, 



"To-morrow and I go along." He said to him blue-jay: "What are you going • 



to do? 



Ugo'lal gEmo'k^na, muXuua'ya. LEqs an«>'Xiine nai'kXa;^' ne'k-im ^.^ 



The waves will carry you you will drift away. Almost I drifted away I;" he said "^"^ 



away, 



iqe'sqes. KawT'X wiXt noxui'tXuitck. Atfi'kEloya. A'yuLx qix- 00 



blue-jay. Early again they made themselves They went into He went to the that ^'^ 



ready. the canoe. beach 



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