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STIKUA MYTH. 



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" Ixeita/qLa." TakE nugukLe'watck te'lx-Em. Ta'kE agatgo'yaui go 



"we will leave him." Then they paddled the people. Then they arrived at 



Lgipe'x'Lukc La'xanakc. TakE ayafi/luLx qix- ktia'xke^ax. AtcLe'lukc 



the sealions their rock. Then he went ashore that hunter. He SDeared it, 



eXt ige'pix'L, ia'qoa-iL ige/pix-L, cka atco'pEna, ia'xkati ayuXua'nitck, 



one sealion, a large -sealion, and it, jumped, there it drifted. 



TakE aLge'lta-u ma'Lxole. ALge'kilae goy- ile'e. ALgiuLa'taptck, 



Then they hauled it up landward. They landed at the land. They pulled it up from 



the beach. 



ALgieLk; E'tsx-ema. ALkLe'kXoL; aLgieLk; E'tsx-ema. A'lta aLgiVyaxc, 



They singed it 



aLgio'tcXEm 



they boiled it there. 



iqj e'sqes : " Kanaiiwe'2 



blue-jay : 



They finished it, 



ia'xkati. Ayo'ktcikt. 



It was done. 



Ixgewu'l^ai. 



we will eat it. 



they singed it. Now they cut it, 



Ta'kE aLXLxa'lEm. Ne'k-im 



Then they ate. 



Nakct La'ksta 



Not anyone 



taua'lta eqito'mEl atcia'x ilxa'xak;Emana ia'xa." Meiix- 



All 



el.se 



accompany- he makes 



his son." A little 



He said 



LxkLe'tcgo, 



tell, 



niLga'etix-t 



he left over 



ka aLaqcta'yn 



and they were 

 satiated. 



atca'yax 



be did it 



Qe'xtce atcio'cgam eXt igite'tcxal ikoale'x-oa. 



Intending he took it one piece the raven. 



Kjau 



Tie 



qix- 



thst 



ia'f^owit. Ne'k'im 



his leg. He said 



iLga/etix't. Kanauwe' 



go 



to 



what he had left over. 



All 



LEk" ne'xax ia'cowit. 



broken it became his leg. 



nix-E'lgiLx iq; e'sqes. 



he burnt it blue-jay. 



Nix-E'lgiLx 



He burnt it 



Atcio'lXam 



He said to him 



ikoale'x'oa iq; e'sqes: " Ni'Xua nio'kumanEma ime'^^owit." Atcikpa'na, 



[to] the raven blue-jay: 



I want to see it 



atca'yax 



he did it 



[Interjec 

 tion] 



stuX atca'yax go ia'i^owit. Ljap 



untie he did it ac bis leg. Find 



ikoale'x'oa ia'sowit. Atcio'cgam iqj e'sqes 



the raven his leg. He took it 



aLgiupa/yaLx itgiie'ma k;a 



they gathered small mussels and 



aLXgo'mam, ta'kE nexE'lqamx 



they arrived at home, then he shouted 



Stikuaya' ! " TEmm, a'LoLx 



Noise of feet, they went to 

 the beach 



A'lta atga'yax qix- itgue'ma 



Now they ate those mussels 



your leg. 



eXt 



He jumped at it, 



Stikua'." 



iLa'tgaema. 



their mussels. 



r 



blue-jay 



euia'matk. 



large mussels. 



iqj e'sqes: 



blue.jay : 



Stikua'. 



Stikua'. 



igite'tsxal go 



piece at 



iiix-E'lgiLx. Tso'yuste 



he burnt it. In the evening 



ALE'Xko. Qj oa'p 



They went home. Nearly 



" A, imca'tguematgri' 



"Ah, your mussels 



A'lta aLgio'kXuiptck 



Now they carried up from 



the beach 



ka'nauwe -y-o'pol ka 



all night and 



qix- 



that 



iLa'xakj Email a 



their chief 



HExElto'ma." 



I shall go along." 



MuXuna'ya. 



yon will drift away. 



TakE 



Then 



Ma'kcte 



Twice 



ia'xa. Ne'k'im 



his son. He said 



ne'k'im 



iki'a'sks: 



the boy : 



" Wii'Xi 



" To-morrow 



a'lta 



he said 



am~)'Xune 



I drifted away 



iq; e'sqes: 



blue-jay : 



qe nikctx 



"■ E'kta 



'•What 



ikanl'm 



the canoe 



amiuwa'ya? 



are you going to do ? 



anio'cgam." 



I took it." 



KawI'X ka wiXt aLxE'ltXuitck I'Lalakte. Nixa'latck qix- ik; 'a'sks. 



Early 



and 



the fourth 

 time. 



again they made themselves 

 ready 



XixE'ltXuitck. ALgo'cgiLx 



He made himself ready. They hauled down 

 to the water 



Qe'xtce ayagE'La-it x-ix* iki'a'sks. 



He rose 



that 



boy. 



uLa'xanim. 



their canoes. 



ALaga'lait 



They went into the 

 canoes 



Atcio'cgam, 



He took him, 



ULa'xanim 



their canoes. 



blue-jay 



atcio'cgam 



he took it 



Intending he went into the canoe that boy. 



atciaele'maLx. Yukpa't nitElo'tXuit go Ltcuq. Qe'xtce 



he threw him into the Up to here he stood in the water in water. Intending 

 water. 



qix' ikaiii'm. Atcta'-uwilx-L tia'kcia qix- ik; a'sks iq; e'sqes. Iri'2xkati 



that canoe. He struck them his hands that boy's blue-jay. There 



ayo'tXuit. MgE'tsax, nigE'tsax ka a'yuptck. A'lo, ji'lo, 



he stood. He cried, he cried and he went up. They they 



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