14. IQE'SQES K;A lO'I ICTA KXANAM. 

 Blue-Jay and Id i TiiEin Myth. 



Cxelfi'-itx- iqe'sqes kja uyfi'xk'un. Ka'iiaiiwr' L£aLa'ma ^ 



There were l)Uie-iay and liis elder sister. All days 



akLdla'lEpTra-itx ik;Ena'tan. "Qo'i tkalai'taiiEiiin mtax," agid'lXara 2 



she .always dug potentilla roots. "Shall arrows make," she said to him 



uyfi'xk'un. "Itci'potc atgiume'qLa-itx tlala'xukc, tqoexqoe'xukc, 3 



liis elder BKster. ^'My buttocks they always lick it the bird.s, ducks, 



tk;ElakEla'ma, tmouts;ikts;e'kuks." Ne'k-im iqe'sqes: ''A'ka 4 



geese, tail ducks." He said blne-.jay: "Thus 



anxE'Lux." N^e'ktcukte, wiXt iio'ya akLola'pam uya'xk'uu. Atci'tax p- 



I think." It got day, again she went she dug his elder sister. He made 



tkahii'taiiEma atcLo'kXoL;, A'lta a'yO. Atco'xtkiuEmam iiya'xk'im. ^ 



arrows he tiuished them. Now he went. He searched for her his elder sister. 



Ka kLola'lEpi lo'i, ti, le'xlex iLa'potc ne'xax. XaxE'Lxego, goye' n 



Where she always lo'i, ah, noise of her anu.s becime. She looked back. thus 



dug .scratching 



ua'xax. A'lta cix-Ela'tit iqe'sqes. Go itca'pdtc: "Aua'x, x'ix-i'k o 



she did Now he spanned liis blue-.jay. At her anus: "Anah, this 



bow 



kx*sia'kulq;'ast!" Aga exE'cgani uya/pL;ike. Agio'lXam: '' Xd'ta, q 



squint eye' She took it from him his bow. She said to him : "These, 



Xo'ta tlala'xukc oxoela' itx ." Ita'mas agia'wax. Isi'ma^ age'lax iq 



these birds they are." Shooting she did them. Shooting she did him 



them liim 



eXt Icime'wat. Aya'pXEla qix* icime'wat. Agio'lXam Lia'uX: i| 



one male mallard His grease that male mallard She said to him her younger 



duck. duck. brother: 



*'Ai'aq mE'XkO. Manix mXgo'mama cEmJi'lEq, cEma'lEq, ^.^ 



'Quick go home. " When you arrive at home nose ornament, nose ornament, 



autEl^e'raa. la'mqa iqa'uaks mcgangElo'tka k;a tga'pa-it.'- 10 



bring them to eat. Only a stone keep for me and its rope." 



*'A'ka anxE'Lux," ne'k-im iqe'sqes. Ne'Xko iqe'sqes. A'lta atce'klata ia 



"Thus I think, he said blue-jay. He went blue-jay. Now he plucked it 



home 



qix- icime'wat. AtcLa'2kXoL; atce'klata. Lcjui'MEmiks tga'a lo'i. ^^ 



that male mallard He finished he plucked it. Five her chil- lo'i. 



duck. dren. 



Ta'kE Lqiu'pLq;up atca'yax (px- e'pXill; ia'pXEla icime'wat. A'lta 1/^ 



Then cut he did it that grease; its grease the male mal- Now 



lard duck's. 



k';au'k-;au atce'Lgax qo'Lac Lka'cdciuikc, lo'i tga'a. Xa-ixE'lgiLx: ^r- 



tie he did It to them those children. lo'i her chil He made a fire: 



dren. 



"Ai'aq amcxa'nEmiL: o^^o'lEptckiX. Mckanauwe'tikc mcxLxe'go ^o 



"Quick put your faces to the fare fire. You all look into the tire 



iau'a ma'Lne." A'lta atciupo'iiit iqa'uakc, goye' ia'qa-iL. A'lta ^q 



there to the middle Now ho put it up a stone, that large. Now 



of the house." 



aLxE'Lxego iau'a y- o^^o'lEptckiX. A'lta ayo'sku-it qix- e'pXill. p^ 



they looked into there the tire. Now it became -warm that grea.se. 



the tire 



A'lta aLkLo'miqL Lia'qxatcau. Na'Xkd lo'i. Agixa'laq^e. AgE'L^ElkEl 01 



Now they licked it otl it fat. She went lo'i. She oi)ened the door. She saw them 



home 



tga'a. A'lta cxLa'llt cta'xost. Aksd'pEua iau'a we'wuLe. Yukp.a' f,r> 



her chil- Now Hushed their faces. She jumped then into the house. Right here 



dren. 



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