*^"boas''] robin and BLUE-.IAV MYTH TRANSLATION. 151 



tcje'ktc;ek ugo'mokue qaX oho 't!aa. Take ayO'La-it iqe/sqes, A'lta 



almost out of her throat that virt;in. Then he stayed blue-jay. Now 1 



breath 



yukuela'eta-i : 2 



■ he cured her by means of sorcery : 



I'kta qia ya'loc qaii dk;d'skEs ko iia'xuiuLxid'gux dgd'iiiokue. 



js n\ J p n\j J J I J jnij j ju. nsn 3 



"What if in there that girl it gets curled up her throat." 



Ta'kE ne'k-im ska'sa-it: " x-ix-d'yax qe'La-it." AtcigE'utciakte qix- ^ 



Then he said robin: " That there somebody is in." He jtointed to it* that 



ia/qoa-iL iqd'mxdm. Aqid'ik"tcd iqd'mxdui. AqigEld'tx*Emit« ka'sa-it. 5 



large basket. It was taken down the basket. It was placed near him » robin. 



A'lta* e'ka iie'xax ka'sa-it; qiax ia'qoa-iL, tcx*i atcigEntcia'qtxe 6 



Now thus did robin ; if a large one, then he ])ointed at it 



iqd'mxdm. Laq" atei'ax qix- e'kta yan'd'L;dx. A'lta imd'lak j 



the basket. Out he made it that .something choking her. Now an elk 



uya'qi'oxL. Aqcilge'memtdm paL mokct dkuui'm LjdLe'ma cxe'lak g 



its knee. He was paid for curing her full two canoes meats mixed 



k;a-y- d'pXul. A'lta acl'Xkd. Id'L;L aci'xax a'lta. AcXgd'mam ,9 



and fat. Now they went home. Glad they became now. They came home 



go tE'ctaqL; actd'kXiiiptck qd'La LjdLe'ma. PaL iid'xox tE'ctaqL. jq 



to their house; they carried inland that meat. Full became their liouse. 



Translation. 



There were Blue- Jay and Robin. Once upon a time they were hun- 

 gTy. Blue-Jay said: "Make yourself ready, Eobin." And they went 

 to the sea wbere a slough was left by the receding tide. They were in 

 their canoe. Blue- Jay called: "Come ashore, sleeper!" [name of a 

 large fish]. The sleeper shouted [in reply], but it was far away from the 

 shore. Blue-Jay called again : "Why do you stay far from the shore? 

 Only the heron can carry [food] to you [if you stay that far from the 

 shore]." Again the sleeper shouted; he was nearer the shore now. 

 Blue- Jay repeated: " Why do you stay far from the shore? Only the 

 heron can carry [food] to you [if you stay that far from the shore]." 

 Blue- Jay called him liVe times; then he came ashore. Blue- Jay 

 speared him and he and his brother went home after they had thrown 

 the fish into their canoe. They reached their home and went ashore 

 Blue- Jay said to his brother, "Make a fire." Robin made a fire. 

 Blue-Jay went and carried the fish up to the house. He cut it and 

 Robin said: "1 will have its tail, I will have its breast, I will, have its 

 head." Then Blue- Jay became angry: "You want to have everything 

 for yourself; the Q; te'use* are going to eat.what has been killed for'you." 

 Then Robin cried; he took his work and left the house. He cried 

 outside. Blue- Jay finished cutting the fish. Then he called his elder 

 brother [and said]: "Come in, come in, you poor one, you shall have 

 the breast, you shall have the head, you shall have the tail." Then 

 Robin came in. When the fish was roasted they began to eat. 



After some time Blue- Jay dreamed, and he said to his elder brother : 

 "Robin, I dreamed people sent for us; I was to cure a sick person." 

 After some time people came in a canoe, wailing. When they had almost 



*An imaginary tribe. 



