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136 STIKUA' HEK myth. [™olo^y 



^ aLk-re'watck iq;e'sqes. ALiga'oin qix- iqa'uakc, Lgipe'x-Lukc 



they paddled blue-jay. They reached it that rock, the sealious 



iLa'xanakc. Ayaa'LULx qix- ktia'xekiax, atcLe'lukc eXt ige'piXi,, 



2 their rock. He went ashore that hunter, he speared it one aealion, 



cka atco'pEna, ka ia'xkate ayuXua'nitck. TakE wiXt aLge'Elta-uwe. 



3 and it jumped, and there it drifted. Then again they pulled it to the 



shore. 



ALgigel'a'mam ele'e. ALgiuLa'taptck. ALgeLk; E'tsx-Ema ia'xkate. 



4 They towed it to the land. They hauled it up from They singed it there, 



the shore. 



f, ALkL,e'kXoL; aL,geLk|E'tsx'ema. ALga'yaxc; a'lta aLgio'tcXJEm 



^ They finished it, they singed it. They cut it ; now they boiled it 



r. ia'xkati. Ayo'ktcikt. Ne'k*im iqe'sqes: "Ia2'xkukte Ixgewu'l'-aya." 



" there. He finished it. He said blue-jay: "Here we will eat it." 



ALxiixa'lEm, aLxLxa'lEm. cka ice'tkum aLgia'wul*: ka aLaqcta'yu. 



7 They ate, they ate, and half they ate it and they became 



satiated. 



r. ALk;e'witx-it; k;'E'xkjEx aLE'xax ka aLk; e'witx-it. NixE'ls^oko 



** They went to sleep ; overeaten they became and they went to sleep. He awoke 



q iq;e'sqes, iiix'E'lgiLx ka'nauwe qix- iLga'etix-it. Tso'yuste 



blue-jay, he burnt all that what they had left over. In the evening 



aLgiupa'yaJLx itgue'ma k;a enia'ma. A'lta aLXgo'mam. Qjoa'p 



they gathered small mussels and large mussels. Now they came home. Nearly 



aLgia'xome: "A imca'niamatga' Stikuaya'." TEmm, aLi'xaua ma'me. 



11 they came ashore: "Ah! your mussels Stikua'." Noise of they ran seaward. 



feet, 



ALgio'kXuiptck enia'ma k;a itgue'ma. Xe'k-im qix- ikja'sks: 



12 They carried up from the the largo and small mussels. He said that boy; 



beach mussels 



"Wa2x-i a'lta iixElto'ma." Atcio'lXam iqje'sqes. " E'kta miuwa'ya'? 



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



to do? 



-J. Lxaxo'-ita. L;lap mo'ya." 



•^ We shall capsize. Underwater you will go." 



Wax kawi'X noxola'yutck. Mxa'latck qix- ikj'a'sks. 



On the next early they made themselves ready. He rose that boy. 



morning 



NixE'ltXuitck. ALgo'cgiLx uLa'xanlma iqe'sqes. Qe'xtce ayagE'La-it 



16 He made himself They hauled their canoes blue-jay. Intending he went into the 



ready. downto the water canoe 



qix- ik;a'sks. Atciaele'maL iqe'sqes. Atcio'cgam qe'xtce qix- 



17 that boy. He threw him into the blue-jay. He took it intending that 



water 



-JO ikani'm. Yukpa't tia'xEmalap !ix- nitElo'tXiiit. Qe'xtce atcio'cgam 



canoe. Up to here his arm-pits ho stood in the water. Intending he took it 



JO qix- ikani'm, atcta'aiiwilx-L tia'kcia iqe'sqes qix- ikj'a'sks. 



that canoe, be struck his hands blue-jay that boy's. 



20 l^igE'tsax, nigE'tsax qix- ikj'a'sks. A'lo- y-a'lta iq;e'sqes. 



He cried, he cried that boy. He went now blue-jay. 



La2 ka a'yuptck ikj'a'sks. Atcto'cgam tia'xalaitauEma. 



Sometime and he went up from the the boy. He took them his arrows, 



beach 



A'lta ixx,a'koi pEnka'. Atcaga'om iitcaktca'k, Le'el utcaktca'k. 



22 Now he went afoot. He met it an eagle a black eagle. 



around the point [ young | 



Itca'mac atcia'lax. Tcjiix a'tcax, qe'xtce quL naexa'lax. lo'kuk 



23 Shooting it he did it. Skin he did it, intending putting he did it on Here 



on to himself. 



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k"caxala' tia'qjOXLEma ka ua-igE'nkako. Laq° na'exax. WiXt 



above his knees and it was too small. Take ofi" he did it. Again 



a'yo, wiXt ae'Xt utcaktca'k ayaga'om. Itca'ma^ atcia'lax. 



he went, again one eagle he met it. Shooting it he did it. 



Noe'luktcu. Tkj op e'tcEqtq utcaktca'k. Tcj ux a'tcax, quL naexa'lax. 



26 It fell down. White its head the eagle. Skin be did it, put on he did it on 



to himselt 



