13. SKA'SA-IT ICTA'KXANAM K;A IQE'SQES. 

 Robin their Myth and Blce-Jay's. 



Cxela/itX cka'sa it. A'lta-y-o'lo-y- agE'ctax. QaxLxna^^a'Lax: 



There wa8 robin. Nov hunger it did him. One day : -L 



"Ai'aq, mxE'ltXuitck ka'sa it," ne'k-im iqe'sqes. A'lta fi'cto go 



' Quick, niake^youraelf ready robin," he said blue-jay. Now they two to 2 



went 



we'kua. Go-y-enLe'x-atk acxga'mita, TakE uaexE'lqamx : "A, o 



the ocean. lu a slough they were in canoe. Then he shouted: "Ah, 



inxatala'ptck gitsakxewa'm ! " TakE naxE'lqamx gitsa'kxewam. a 



come shoreward sleeper." Then she .shouted the sleeper. 



E'maLna neLa'et. TakE wiXt na-exE'lqamx iqe'sqes: "Xoa'u 



Seaward from she was. Then again he shouted blue-jay: ''Why 5 



him 



mxaLe'Lx'? QtuingElo'kstxa, iqso'tElotElo tia'swit." TakE wiXt g 



do you go seaward ? Something is carried [a bird with long legs] his legs." Then again 



to you, 



naxE'lqamx gitsa'kxewam. Q;oa'p e'maLna neLa'et. WiXt 7 



.she shouted the sleeper. Nearly seaward from him she was. Again 



atco'lXam: "Xoa'u mxaLe'Lx? QtumgElo'kstxa, iqs(")'tElotElo 



he said to her: "Why do you go seaward .< Something is carried to [a bird with <J 



you, long legs] 



tia'f^wit." Qoii'nEmi atca'lqamx. Ala'xti naxa-igE'cgiptck. ^^Ita q 



his legs." Five times he called her. Next she^swam shoreward. Now 



atca'lEk-ikc. Aci'Xko a'lta. Acgakqa'na-it icta'k; etenax. ^rv 



he speared her. They two went home now. They put it into the canoe what they had killed. 



AcXgo'mam; a'ctoptck. Atcio'lXam iaXk'un: "MxE'lgiLx, 11 



They arrived at home; they went inland. He said to him his elder brother : "Make fire, 



ka'sa-it!" Na-ixE'lgiLx ska'sa-it. A'yuLx iqe'sqes, atcoLa'taptck 



robin!" He made tire robin. He went sea- blue-jay, he carried it inland ^^ 



ward 



ia'kj etenax. A'lta nixE'lgexs iqe'sqes, Ta'ke ne'k-im ska'sa-it: 



what he had killed. Now he cut blue-jay. Then he said robin : 1" 



^'Nai'kXa Lga'lict, nai'kXa Lga'mokue, nai'kXa iigo'k'ultcin." 



"My my tail, my my flesh under the chin, my my head." -'-'* 



Ta'kE nix-E'Lx-a iqe'sqes: "MxElge'x-eale, mxElge'x-eale. Tgia'xo -.^ 



Then he became angry blue-Jay: " You ask for it, youaskforit. They willeatit "^ 



Qtte'use x-ik e'kta aqemE'lua," Ta'kE nigE'tsax ka'sa-it. -.^ 



Qite'nse this that it was killed for you." Then he cried robin. -'■" 



Atcio'cgam ia'xotckin. Ayo'pa. A'lta nigE'tsax k^La'xani. -.r. 



He took it lii.s work. He went out. Now he cried outside. ^ 



ALa'xoL; nixE'lgixc iqe'sqes. TakE atcigE'lxem ia'xk;un 



He finished he cut blue-jay. Then he called him his elder brother 



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^'Ma'tpla, ma'tp'.a Lme'xauyam Lma'mokue mai'kXa, Lma'mokXue 



"Come in, come in you poor one, your flesh under yours, your flesh under \Q 



the chin " the chin 



mai'kXa; oma'k;ultcin mai'kXa; LEma'lect mai'kXa." Ta'kE a'yop! 



yours; your head yours; your tail yours." Then heentered 20 



ska'sa-it. A'lta acxge'ktcikt icta'lEktcal; ta'kE acxLxa'lEm. lo'Lqte 



robin. Now it was done what they roasted ; then they ate. A long time 21 



acxe'la-it. Mx-ge'qauwako iqe'sqes. "Ka'sa-it," atoio'lXam 



they stayed. He dreamt blue-jay. "Robin," he said to him to 22 



ia'xkjun, "aqantga'lEmam; aux-ge'qauwako uuguila'ita." Ta'kE 



his elder "people came to fetch us ; I dreamt I shall cure by means Then 2o 



brother," of sorcery." 



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