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STIKUA HER MYTH. 



Let 



REAU OF 

 HNOLCGY 



14 



ikja/sks, a'yuLx qe'xtce ixElto'ma. Qe'xtce atcio'cgam ikaui'm 



boy, hewent to the intending he went along. Intending he took it the canoe 



beach 



mo'ptcga" atcio'lXam iq;e'sq;es. 



he said to him olue-jay. 



ixElto'ma. 



he went along. 



"Mo'ptcga, 



"Go up, 



ikj a'sks. 



go up, 



Ke'k-im 



He said 



La'yaxax qix 



sad that boy 



nugiiqT:e'watck te'lx'Em. TakE 



they paddled the people. Tlien 



Ayaa'luLx ktia'xekiax 



He went the hunter, 



ashore 



ia'xkati ayuXiia'nitck. ALge/ltanwe. 



there it drifted. They hauled it up. 



A'yuptck 



He went up 



iq;e'sqes: "Ai'aq, Ixee'taqL." TakE 



blue-jay: "Quick, wo leave him.' Then 



atiga'om Lgip^'x'Lukc iLa'xanakc. 



they arrived at the sealions their rock. 



AtcLe'lukc eXt ige'pix-L, cka atco'pEna; 



He speared one sealion, and it .jumped; 



ALgiuLa'taptck. 



They pulled it up from 

 the beach. 



Ne'k-im 



He said 



iq;e'sqes: 



blue-.jay : 



ALgegila'mame 



They pulled it ashore 



" la'xkayuk 



" Here 



go-y-ile'e. 



to the land. 



Ixgiiiwu'lt^a 



we will eat it 



Q ka'nauwe; 



all; 



taua'lta 



else 



k| oa'n 



always desir- 

 ing to go here 



Tiexa'x 



he becomes 



ilxa'xakiEmana ia'xa." 



our chief 



his son. 



9 ALgia'Lk;tsx*ema ia'xkate. ALga/yaxc. ALgio'tcXum a'lta ia'xkate. 



They singed it there. They cut it. They boiled it now there. 



10 Ta'kE ayo'ktcEkt iLa/tcXEmal. ALxLxa'lEin, aLXLxa/lEm. Qe'xtce 



Then it got done what they boiled. They ate, they ate. 



Ij atcio'pcut ikoale'x'oa eXt igite/tcxal. K-;au atci'Lax 



he hid it the raven one piece. Tie he did it 



12 Ia'xkati qe'xtce atcio'pcut. A'nqate Laq" atca'yax 



There intending he hid it. Already take out he did it 



13 AtcixE'lgiLx igite'tcxal. Tso'yuste itgue'ma 



~ " the piece. 



aLi'Xko 



Intending 



La'yaqco. 



in his hair. 



iq; e'sqes. 



blue-jay. 



He burnt it 



enia'ma ka 



large mussels and 



they went 

 home. 



In the evening small mussels 



Q; oap aLxe'gilae, 



Nearly they landed, 



aLgmpa'yaLx 



they gathered them 



naLxE'lqamx; 



he shouted : 



15 Stikuaya' 



Stikua' 



Ig Stikua'. 



stikua'. 



jy itgue'ma 



the small 

 mussels 



einca'niaraatga'2." 



your mussels.'' 



Ka'Dauwe2 a'tgELx 



All they went to 



the beach 



k; a enia'matk. Atcto'lXam 



and the large mussels. He said to them 



TEmm, aLi'xatoa 



Noise of feet, they came 



running, 



qo'tac ta'nEmckc. 



those women. 



a'LlLX 



they went to 

 the beach 



k;a 



and 



"A2, 



"Ah, 



tga'a 



her 

 children 



Atgio'kXuiptck 



They carried up 



qo'tac 



those 



te'lx-Em 



people 



iq; e'sqes: 



blue-jay : 



18 "Ne2kct mcxqqe'tcgoye mckanauwe'tikc, taua'lta iqeto'mEl atcia'x 



"Not tell him all of you, else accompany us he does 



A'lta ne'k-im aix- ik: a'sks: "Wa2Xi ka 



19 ilxa'xak; Emana ia'xa 



our chief 



20 nxalto'ma." 



I shall go along." 



21 amuXune'x, 



you drift away. 



his son." Now he said 



TakE ne'kdm iq; e'sqes. 



Then he said 



itca'aitcma-y- 



confounded 



blue-jay. 



ugo'la." 



waves." 



qix- 



that 



" E'kta 



" What 



'Qa'dox 



"Must 



boy: "To-morrow and 



miuwa'ya? Taua'lta 



are you going 

 to do ? 



nxElto'ma," 



I go along," 



Else 



ne'k-im 



he said 



22 



ikj a'sks. 



25 



the boy. _ _ 



Kawi'X noxola'yutck I'LaLone. A'tgELx. A'yuLx qix- 



Early they rose the third time. They went He went to that 



to the beach. the beach. 



ikani'm qe'xtce. Atciii'tctEmt 



that canoe intending. He pushed him 



"E'kta tciuwa'ya x-ix-e'kik'? ME'ptcga." 



" What will he do this one? Go up from the 



beach." 



a'yuptck. "Ai'aq, amckLe'watck," ne'k-im 



he went up. "Quick, paddle," he said 



ik; a'sks. 



boy. 



24 Atcio'cgam qix 



He took it ■""'' 



qix* 



that 



ik; a'sks 



boy. 



iq; e'sqes 



blue-jay 



NigE'tsax qix- 



He cried that 



26 ik; a'sks, 



boy. 



bV 



ue-jay ; 



