12. O'PENPEN ITCA'KXANAM, 

 The Skunk hkr Story. 



A'lta na'ktcXEm qaX ukO'nax. A'lta tlOL agE'tax, ta'qoa-iL 



I\ ow she sang her con- that chieftainess. Now a house she made it, a large 



juror's song 



2 t!oL, agE'tax. A'lta ago'xuqtc te'lx'Em. Ta'kE atxe'gela-i te'lx-Em. 



house she made it. Kow she invited them people. Then they landed the people. 



3 Tcia'xuwaltck iqe'sqes qaX iiko'nax. "A, akcEma x-itac 



He helped her singing blue-jay that chieftainess. "Ah, who there 



4 oxuiwa'yutcgo ? " "Ay- o'moa x-iLa'c kLX'iluwa'yutcgo." A'lta 



they dance?" "Ah, maggots these they dancing. Now 



Lgitxta'mae o'mOa: 



" they entered the the maggots: 

 house to dance 



"Antsgio'lats, autsgio'lats iqo'tEn, iqo'tEii. Antsgio'lats, antsgiO'lats 



" TTe make it move, wemakeitmove [ ?] [?]. Wemakeitmove, wemakeitmove, 



7 iqo'tEn, iqo'tEn." 



[?] [?]." 



TakE nix'ino'ten iqe'sqes. AqLilge'qxo-im LeXt Lqoa'k. Atco'lXam 



Then he joined their blue-jay. He was given in pay one mountain- He said to her 

 song for his help goat blanket. 



Q uya'k-ikala: "LuXLXa'nago', oq;oyo'qxot!" TakE na'k-im: "L;lop 



his wife: "Put it on, old woman! " Then she said: " [ ?] 



Ljlop nex nextcutcu!" "K;a naue'tkaa," ne'k'im iqe'sqes, "Le'Xat 



IW [?] [?] [?] [?] [?]!" "And indeed," he said blue-jay, "one 



ua qLiVqewam LE'x-aot, pos namXLXa'nago itio'kte?" WiXt 



11 [int. conjuror assembles, if you put on a good one?" Again 



part. ] _ 



atkto'pEna tga'ewam te'lx-Em go-y- icq iqe'plal. "A, akcEma x-itac 



they littered their song people at infront doorway. "Ah, who then 



of house 



.,., oxniwa'yutcgo'?" "A, Lk; Elak; Ela'max x-iLac k Lx-Eluwa'yiitcgo." 



"^ they dance?" "Ah, the geese these they dancing." 



... A'lta aLgio'xtamai Lk; Elak; Ela'ma : 



Now they entered the the geese: 



house to dance 



II: Antsga'yilEme'matsq e'maL uya'tstpa gu'tstpa gu'tspa: || 



. ;i J. ji ij J ij / ^ij ji J ji J J I 



We pull it out and it drifts the bay its sea grass, grass grass. 



AqLe'luqL iqe'sqes Lk; Elak; Ela'ma kLkex L'ok. XoXuina'Xit go 



They carried to him blue-jay geese being blanket. They stood _ at 



l^j iqe'plal te'lx-Em: "A akcEma x-itac oxuiwa'yutcgo?" "A-y- 



the doorway people: "Ah, who then they dance?" "Ah, 



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-ijj imo'lEkuma 



the elks: 



Xa'caika' antcga'wicila' poqo'XumaX, acila' ci'le, acilii' 



"SVe we hiss [on] bluffs, hiss, zz, zz, 



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J-J- 



Ta'kE uix-Eno'te iqe'sqes; 



Then he joined their song Blue-jay: 

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