^^"boas'^] the skunk story TRANSLATION. 147 



ne'k'im ka'sa-it: " lii x-ix- e'kik. Ma'inkXa na ma'kxEmt? A'xka 



he said robin: "la this one. Yon alone [int. you see it ? 8ho 1 



part.] 



xElge'iiiai i'kta-y- axagEla'xd." Qoa'iiEini atcio'lXam ia/xk'un 



she will say what she will do herself." Five times lie said to liiui his elder 2i 



herself ' brother 



iupa'ya. Niikct ayo'pa skfi'sa-it. A'lta iia-ixa'lqamx iqe'sc^es: 



he shall go Not he went out robin. Xow he shouted blue-jay; O 



out. 



^'Ugo'oicqc o'pEiipEu. E'tcats;a agia'laut qa ikiuano'm agia'xo il.'' 



"She a farter skunk. Her sickness shemakeson when potlatch she always 4 



hira makes.'' 



Po naxE'lwicqc, ac ia'xkate ac e/k-;ilapx-il nicilga/kxo-it e'kole. 



Blow- she farts. and then and falling over he lay on his back the whale. O 



ing 



Atcio'pewe iqe'sqes. Ayugoo'L; o it ayawea'yakuit. A'lta aqa'yaxc (; 



He blew him away blue-jay. He dew away and he was squeezed into Now it was cut 



stuck to it a hole. 



qix- e'kole. Kaiiauwe' te'lx'Ein atga'yaxc. Qa2xtce na-ixE'lqamx „ 



that whale. AH people they cut it. Intending he shouted ' 



iqe'sqes: "Laq" nE'xa ka'sa-it." Aqi(5'tctXam, ka'iiaiiwe aqa'yaxc, q 



blue-jay: "Takeout dome robin." It was finished, all it was cut, 



tcx'i ayoe'wulXt ka'sa-it, tcxi Laq" atca'yax. A'lta ia'tukXa qix* ^ 



then he went up robin, then take out he did him. Now only that 



e'Lwule atca'yaxc iqe'sqes. ,,. 



its meat he cut it blue-.jay. ^^ 



Translation. 



A chieftaiuess sang her conjurer's song. She made a large house and 

 invited the people. The people landed. Blue-Jay was the chorus 

 leader of the chieftai^iess. " Who are those outside who want to 

 dance?" "Ah, the maggots; they will dance." Kow the maggots 

 entered ; they sang : " We make move the rotten meat; we make move 

 the rotten meat." Blue- Jay joined their song and they gave him a 

 mountain goat blanket in payment. He said to his wife: "Put it on, 

 old woman." But she replied ; "Llop, Llop, neq,neq, tcu, tcu." "Cer- 

 tainly," said Blue-Jay, "when conjurers assemble it is better not to 

 put on beautiful clothing." Xow other people sang in front of the door. 

 *'Who are those who want to dance?" "Ah, the geese; they want to 

 dauce." Now the geese entered; they sang: "We pull out the sea- 

 grass, the sea-grass, the sea- grass, and it drifts away." They gave 

 Blue-Jay in payment a blanket made of geese skins. Other people 

 stood at the door. "Who are those who want to dance?" "Ah, the 

 elks; they want to dance." Xow they entered and sang: "We hiss 

 on bluffs; we make z-z-z on bluffs." Blue- Jay joined their song: "You 

 hiss on bluffs." They gave him a blanket made of the skin of a young 

 elk in payment. He said to his wife: " Put it on, old woman." She 

 replied: "Llop, Llop, neq, ueq, ten, tcu." "Certainly," said Blue-Jay, 

 ^'when conjurers assemble it is better not to put on beautiful clothing." 

 Again people stood at the door. " Who are those who want to dance?" 

 "The wolves; they want to dance." They entered and sang: "We 

 <;arry deer- fawns in our mouths; we have our faces blackened." Blue- 

 Jay joined their song and they gave him a wolf blanket in payment. 



