150 SKa'sA-IT KjA IQe'sQES their myth. [ethnology 



^ aoxela'-it. A'lta Lo'itEt iLxEiixEiie/raate. Q;oa'p aLxe'gela-e^ 



-^ they two stayed. Now they came they who wailed while Nearly thoy landed, 



traveling. 



2 ackugoa/laqT a'lta dgoe/xgoex. Xexa'-egila-e. Aqio'lXam iqe'sqes: 



they two recognized now the ducks. They landed He was told blue jay: 



r, ''A, ayin'uya'xit imta'qix-. lamtga'lEinam, mlgela/eta-e." Ne'k-iin 



" "Ah, he chokes your brother- I came to fetch you, you shall cure him by He said 



in-law. ' means of sorcery."' 



, iqe'sqes: "nto'ya." A'lta acxE'ltXuitck iqe'sqes. A'lta a'cto. 



* blue-jay: "We will go." Now they made themselves blue-jay. Now they 



ready went. 



p. Atcio'lXam ia'xk'im: "Mge'ma ka'sa-it: ' EXt ikak;o'Litx* 



" He said to him [to] his elder "Say robin: 'One lake 



brother: 



^ gitxalBme'mtoma igo'n e'nata.' E'ka mola/ma manix auigela'-etae.'^ 



^ she will pay us for curing also one side ' Thus you will say when I cure him by means 

 him of sorcery." 



7 Ne'k'iin ska'sa-it: "A'yipe!" Acxe'gilae. A'lta cka ci'llcill uya'Lutck 



He said robin: "Well!" They landed. Now and rattling li is breath 



itcji'k-ikal Ogoe'xgoex. A'lta ayugue'la-it iqe'sqes: 



<5 lier husband the duck's. Now he cured him by blue-jay : ^ 



means of sorcery 



Ka iaXa'lak, ka iaXa'lagE' kaxiinta'gEmemto'ni agun a'nata. 



And both sides, aud both sides we are paid for curing him and its one side. 



2Q Kula'yi ta'uoxue oqoe'xqoex axEno'tem: "Qoe'x a'nata 



Far another [song] the female duck helped singing: "Qoe'x one side 



^^ LEmtaLtx-Eiia'n ! " A, Laq» atca'exax qax en'o'Ljo-it. T!aya' 



your nephews! ' Ah, out he made it that what choked him. Well 



atcfi'yax, t!aya' ne'xax. A'lta acktopa'yaLx cta'kerae'mtom 



12 he made him, well he got. Now they gathered what they had received 



in pay for curing him 



mokct okuni'in paL. A'lta aci'Xgo acgE'tokL. AcXgo'mam. 



two canoes full. Now they went they carried They came home. 



home them. 



.. Acto'kXuiptck tcta'at. Ka'nauwe acto'kXuiptck. A'lta acxe'la-it, 



They carried inland their roots. All they carried inland. Now they stayed, 



-IK acgE'tax tcta'at. Ackto'2tctXom ka'nauwe qo'ta tcta'at. 



they ate their roots. They finished all those roots. 



Ta'kE wiXt nix'ge'qauwako iqe'sqes: '' Ka'sa-it," atcio'lXam 



Then again he dreamt blue-jay: "Robin." he said to him [to] 



ia'xkj'un, "Nix-ge'qauwako aqEntga'lEmam, iioguela'etae." Mank 



17 his elder brother, " I dreamt people came to fetch us, I shall cure him by A little 



means of sorcery." 



-.4, k"ssl'xali na'xax os^o'Lax; acge'ElkEl ikaiii'm, a'k; amokctikc. 



up became the sun; they saw a canoe, two in canoe 



-|Q Nixa'2gila-e ikani'm. A'tgatptck a'lta mo'kctikc tq; 'ulipXiina'yu» 



It lauded the canoe. They came inland now two youths. 



20 



'' Kamtga'lEmam. OntcJl'hat !aii ayan'o'L; o-it.'" Ne'k'im iqe'sqes^: 



-'-»• "We came to fetch you. Our virgin is choking." He said blue-jay: 



''Nto'yaa." La2, a'lta acxE'ltXuitck iqe'sqes kja ska'sa-it, 



22 "We shall come." Sometime now they made themselves blue-jay and robin. 



readj' 



Atcio'lXam ia'xk;im iqe'sqes: ''Ma'nix nuguila'ita, ia'xka ia/qoa-iL 



23 He said to him [to] his elder blue-jay: "When I cure him by that large 

 , brother means of sorcery, 



iqo'mxom, ia'xka ]nigintcia'k"tia. Mge'max: 'x-ix-o'yax qe'La-it.'" 



24 basket, that point to it. Say: 'That there somebody isin 



it [spirit of 

 disease [.'" 



„_ Nek-im ska'sa-it: "A'yipe." Acxa'2gila-e iqe'sqes. A'lta cka 



•^" He said robin: "Well." They two landed blue-jay. Now and 



13 



Aca'2tptcgam a'lta LlEq;a'mukc Lcta'q;'olipx-, Aqio'lXam iqe'sqes: 



They came inland now the wolves their youths. He was told blue-jay : 



