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156 IQE'sQES KjA Kj'l THEIR MYTH. ' [ethnology 



atcia'xoiii e'lXara. Aqiltca'ma iqix'Ene'mate yo'itEt. AtgE'pa 



he reached the town. He was heard crying while traveling he came. They went out 



2 te'lx-Em : 'A, Lia'xauyam iqe'sqes, ixiuxEne'mate, Lo'uas Lga'xauyam 



the people: "Ah, poor blue-jay, he cries while travel perhaps poor 



ing, 



3 uya'le o'mEqt.'' Ixa/xo-il uya'k-ikal no'mEqt. Nixa'2gila-e iqe'sqes. 



his sister died." He said much his wife died. He landed blue-jay. 



4 "Ay- ogu'k-ikal no'inEqt." Aqio'lXam: "Qantsi'x*e ta'kE 



"Ah, my wife died." He was told: " How many then 



K na/qxoye?" "A, ta'kE la'kti ua/qxoie." A'lta a/qx6tcktc ka'nauwe 



sleeps?"' "Ah, then four times sleeps." Now she was washed all 



aqo'kxot. Kawi k*;e ne'xax itca'tcke. "Mo'k"T[a go Xo'Lac eXt 



t) she was Atonce nothing became her. stench. "Carry her to these one 



bathed. 



« giLa'lXam." A'yo iqe'sqes; kula'yi ayoyam; q;oa/p atcia'xom 



people of a town." Hewent blue-jay; far he arrived; nearly he reached it 



g e'lXam aya'qxoie. Kawi'2x- nixE'l^^oko. A'lta wiXt a/yo 



the town he slept. Early he awoke. Now again he went 



q ka dxoela'etx- tio'LEina. Iqix'Ene'mat atgiltca'ma. AtgE'pa 



where they were the supernatural A crying one they lieard him Tliey went 



beings. out 



tio'LEma. "A, Lia'xauyam iqe'sqes. Lo'nas no'mEqt uya'xk;'uii." 



10 the supernat "Ah, the poor one blue-jay. Perhaps she died his elder sister." 



ural beings. 



^l Mxii'gila-e iqe'sqes. A'tgELx tio'LEma. Ne'k-im iqe'sqes: '-A'xka 



He landed blue-jay. They went the supernat- He said blue jay "That 



down ural beings. 



-jo oi^o'Lax ano'mEl, a'xka o^^o'Lax ka uo'niEqt." "A, qautsi'xe ta'kE 



day 1 bought her, that day and she died." "Ah, how many then 



,o na'qxoie no'mEqt!" "A ta'kE qui'nEme na'qxoie." la'xkate ma'Liie 



nights she is dead?' "Ah then five nights." There seaward 



-ij^ ka aqage'la-it. MxeIe'1 e'tcamxtc. A'lta aqo'kctEptck. A'lta go 



and she was cured. It moved her heart. Now she was carried from Now in 



the water inland. 



t!oL aqage'la-it. AtcalXa'tako uya'k-ikala iqe'sqes. Ge'gula itca'potc 



15 the she was cured. She got well his wife blue-jays. Below her buttocks 



house 



jg LE'kXaqsd iLa'Lqta. A'lta aqia'cgoktc! iqe'sqes go ita'xk;un 



her hail long. Now he was brought into blue-jay to the eldest 



the house brother of 



tio'LEma. A'lta aqia'xotcki iqe'sqes. Yukpa't ia'potc La'yaqso 



17 the supernat- Now they worked on him blue-jay. To here his buttocks his hair 



ural beings. 



JO aqLe'lax iLa'Lqta. Aqio'lXam iqe'sqes: "la/xkayuk m^a'-ita! E'ka 

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nsai'ka mxa'xo. Qui'iiEm iLao'yiniLx aLo'mEqtx LgoLe'lEXEmk 



we do. ■ Five nights dead a person 



L-jpaq amLa'xo-ilEmx.'" Kawi'2x- ne'xElatcko qix- io'LEma. 



well you always make him." Early lie rose that supernatural 



being. 



01 Aqio'lXam iqe'sqes: " Ni'Xua LE'mkxo-it!" Qe'xtce atcLo'mEkxo-it 



He was told blue-jay: "Well spit!" Intending he spit 



22 iqe'sqes, ac ia'xkayuk aLuquna'etix't Xo'i^a Lia'muXte. 



blue-.jay, and there it fell down that saliva. 



23 AtcLo'mEkxo-it qix* io'LEma. LjEq e'wa ta'nata t!oL aLukuce'mx-it 



He spit that supernatural Striking thus the other the it struck 



being. side ot liouse 



24 qo'La Lia'mXte. Qoa'uEmi aya'qxoya iqe'sqes. A'lta atcLo'mEkxo-it, 



that saliva. Five times his sleeps blue-jay. Now he spit, 



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L;Eq e'wa ta'nata t!oL aLukuce'mx-it. A'lta ikak;Ema'na ne'xax 



striking thus the other the it fell down. Now a chief became 



side of house 



iqe'sqes. la'Lqte ne'xax ia'xkate. A'lta ika'kXuL atca'yax. Aqio'lXam 



blue-jay. Longtime he was there. Now homesickness atfected him. He was told 



