''''ZIT] stikua' myth. 137 



Mank kekula' tia'q; 6xi,Ema, na- igE'nkako. Laq" na'exax, atcae'taqL. - 



A little b«low his knees, it was too small. Takeoff he did it, he left it. ^ 



WiXt a'yo, kula'yi a'yo. Atciga'om inine'x-o. la'mae atce'lax. ^ 



Again he went, far he went. He met it a bald-headed Shooting it he did it. 



eagle. 



Mo'kcte ia'ma': atce'lax; ayoe'luktcu. Tc;ux atca'yax quL nexa'lax. „ 



Twice shooting it he did it; it fell down. Skin he did it put on he did it on '^ 



to himself. 



Q; oa'p neXE'kXa ka nigE'nkako. Ayu'ko uixk; 'a'wakct. Ke'kXule ^ 



Nearly it fitted and it was too small. He flew he attempted. Down 



ayo'ko, nikct ayola'tckuix-t. iLa'mokct Laq ne'xatx, a'lta tl'aya' _ 



he flew, not he rose. The second time turn he did, now good '-' 



ayo'ko. A'lta ne'xLako i e'wa ma'Liie Gotl'a't. Q;oa'p nexLa'koine. 



he flew. Now he went around thus seaward Got!'a't. Nearly he came around v> 



the point from the point. 



Ta'kE ata'yiLa tXut; krEX qo'ta tXut. XexLa'kome, atci'L^^ElkEl „ 



Then he smelled it smoke; smell of fat that smoke. He came aiouud the he saw them 



point, 



qo'tac giLa'lEXam. Go kula'yi ka ayugo'La-it. A'lta atcLa'qxamt r. 



those the people of his There far and he sat on top of Now he saw them 



town. a tree. 



e'wa ke'kXule. ALxge'ktcikt. A'lta aLxxxa'lEm atcLa'qxamt. ^ 



thus below. It was done. Now they ate he saw them. " 



Qjoa'p aLE'Lx-oL; ka ayo'ko. MXLo'lEXa-it: "Iqe'sqes tayax --^ 



Nearly they finished and he flew. He thought: "Blue-jay: oh if 



tcin'e'tgElax ! " Goye' ne'xax iqe'sqes, a'lta LEla'lax Lo'kol. "A, . -. 



he would see me ! " Thus he did Blue-jay, now a bird flew about. ''Ah, 



LEla'lax qLgE'lxetuwa'Lam." WiXt Laq"* nexa'x. Qoa'nEmI Laq^ ^^ 



a bird it comes to get food from us." Again turn he did. Five times turn 



ne'xax, a'lta ke'kXule. Atcio'cgam eXt igite'tcxal iqe'sqes. " x-iau ^o 



it did, now down. He took it one piece blue-jay. "This 



amE'l^em," atcio'lXam qo'La LEla'lax. CXX aLE'te qo'La LEla'lax. ^. 



I give you to eat," he said to it that bird. CXX it came that bird. 



LkE'pLkEp atcio'cgam qix- igite'tcxal. A'lta aLo'ko qo'La LEla'lax. ^p- 



Grasping it took it that piece. Now it flew that bird. 



Xe'k-im iqe'sqes: "Taqe LgoLe'lXEmk tE'Lapc." ALaqcta'yo iqe'sqes, ^a 



He said blue-jay: "Just as a i)erson its feet." They became blue-jay, 



satiated 



aLk;'e'witx-it. WiXt atcio'picut ikoale'x-oa eXt igite'tcxal. iy 



they went to sleep. Again he hid it the raven one piece. 



ALxEl'o'yoko iqe'sqes tso'yuste. A'lta wiXt aLxLxa'lEui. A'lta 



They awoke blue-jay in the evening. Now again they ate. Now 



wiXt atix-E'lgiLx iqe'sqes qo'ta Lxga'itix-it. Tso'yuste ne'xau, 



again he burnt it blue-jay that what they had left. Evening it became, 



aLgiupa'yaLx itgue'ma k;a enia'matk, ka aLi'Xko. MXko'mam 



they gathered small mussels and large mussels, and they went home. He came home 



Eau'i nixo'kctit. Qjoa'p e'lXam aLgia'xom iqe'sqes. Ta'kE nexE'lqamX f>, 



at once he lay down. Near the town they arrived blue-jay. Then he shouted 



iqe'sqes: "A, Stikuaya', imca'niamatga'!" TEmm aLi'Xaua. A'lolx. 



blue-jay: "Ah, Stikua', your mussels." Noiseoffeet they ran. They went -^■^ 



down to the 

 beach. 



A'lta aLgio'kXuiptck itgue'ma k;a enia'matk. Qe'xtce aqia'qxots; ^,0 



Now they carried them up the small and the large mussels. Intending he was roused 



mus.sels 



qix* ikj'a'sks. Nakct nixa'latck. 04 



that boy. Not he rose. 



Wax wiXt ne'ktcukte. Kawi'X ka no'xuitXuitck. A'lta wiXt 



On the again it became daj'. Early and they made them- Now again 



next morning selves ready. 



atgo'cgiLx uta'Xanima. Id'ktik qix- ikj'a'sks iLa'xakjEmana ia'xa. 



they pushed the their canoe. He lay in that boy their chief his son. 



canoe into the bed 



water 



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