"""BOAr] BLUE-.IAY AND lo'l MYTH. 157 



iqe'sqes: "Ma'nix mxgo'mama, ma'nix e'k-it mia'xo, nekct qa'nsix ^ 



blue-jay: "When you get home, when buying you do, not [any] how ■*- 



a wife 



La'miqco e'k-it mLa'xd.'" Ta'kE ne'xko iqe'sqes. MXko'mani iqe'sqes 2 



your hair buying doit." Then he went blue-.jay. Hearrived at home blue-jay 



a wife home 



go-y- nya'xk;im. Atco'k"T:am uya'k-ikal. • 3 



at liis elder sistur. He brought her his Mif'e. 



home 



La'qoa-iL Lga'wuX qaX oso'kuil. QaxLxnai^a'Lax a'Lo iaii'a kiihl'i. 4 



Large her younger that womau. One day he went there far. 



brother 



ALo'yam go iqe'sqes ta'yaqL. ALgiekXa'nap !e go naLxoa'pe. A'lta 5 



Hearrived at blue-jay his house. He looked into the bouse at a hole. Now 



atca's^ElkEl qaX iiya'xk;un go iqe'sqes cxela'itx-. Yukpa'2tEma q 



he saw her that his elder sister at blue-jay they two were. Down to here 



La'yaqco iqe'sqes iLa'Lqta. NiXgo'mam. qix* ik;a'sks. Nakct j 



his hair bluejay long. Hearrived at home that boy. Not 



nixgu'Litck. KawI'lix* wiXt a'yo. WiXt atcickXa'naple. A'xka j^ 



he told. Early again he went. Again he looked into the house. She 



atcugua'laqL iiya'xk;uii. Qoa'nEiiii a'yo qoa'nEm Lf^aLa'ma ka 9 



he recognized her bis elder sister. Five times he went, five days and 



age'^ElkEl uya'xk;uii. AgigE'lxem : ''Ma'tpla, nia'tpla, an!" ^^^ 



she saw him his elder sister. She called him : "Come in, come in, younger 



brother! '' 



agio'lXam, A'yop!; age'leem. A'lta ne'Xko. XiXko'mam; atco'lXam n 



she said to him. He entered : sha gave him Xow he went Hearrived at home; he said to her 



to eat. home. 



Lia'naa: "AgE'xk;un go iqe'sqes oc." Aqio'cgaui e'msEcX ka ^2 



his mother: " My elder sister at blue-jaj' she-is." It was taken a stick and 



aqixElge'lEX'Lako. XigE'tsax: " Nau'itka, nau'itka," ne'k-im, ,<^ 



he was whipped. He cried: "Indeed, indeed," he said, "^ 



"agEDE'ls^em; agEngE'lxem, a'nop! ka agEnE'ls^em/' Aqo'kctam ia 



"she gave mo to*eat ; she called me, I entered and she gave me to eat." Somebody went 



to see 



qaxe qigo a'qxotk. A'lta k;'e, ia'rnka ikanl'm iupo'nitX. AqLo'go 15. 



where where she had been Now nothing, only a canoe what was put He was sent 



put up. up. 



Lqjoa'lipx' go iqe'sqes ta'yaqL. A'lta nau'itka-y- oc ia'xkate go iq. 



a youth to blue-jay his house. Now indeed there was there at 



iqe'sqes ta'yaqL iLa'Xak; Emana uya'xa. A'lta ne'k-im iLa'Xak; Emana : 1 7 



blue-jay his house their chief his Now he said their chief: 



daughter. 



"Ai'aq amcgilXa'mam iqe'sqes. Ka'iiaiiwe x'i'La La'yaqco tcLEnlo'ta." ig 



"Quick go and speak to him blue-jay. All this his hair he shall give it 



to me. 



Qe'xtce aqiola'inam iqe'sqes: "A, La'meqco qLE'mxiiwakiix." 1^ 



Intending somebody went to blue-jay: "Ah, your hair is asked from you." 



say to him 



Niikct qa'da ne'k'iin iqe'sqes. Qoa'iiEnii qe'xtce pqio'lXam. A'lta 20 



Not at all he spoke blue-jay. Five times intending he was told. Now 



ne'k-im qix- ita'Xak; Emana qo'tac te'lx-Em : "Ai'aq, Ixo'ya. 



he said that . their chief those people: "Quick, we will go. 



LxgoLa'ta." A'lta a'tgi te'lx-Em. la'kwa aqo'cgam e'natai itca'potitk. o^ 



We will haul Now they the people. Here she was taken on one her forearm, 



her." went side 



la'kwa e'natai itca'potitk aqio'cgam Le'Xat, kana'mtEma tga'potitk 93 



Here on the other her forearm she was taken one, both her forearms "* 



side 



aqto'cgam. Aqo'tx-Emt. Qoa'p iqe'p;al ayo'ko iqe'sqes. Ne'xax 04 



were taken. She was put on her feet. Near the doorway he flew blue-jay. He became 



iqe'sqes, wa'tsEtsEtsEtsEtsE ayo'ko. Ia'xkate nuL; owai'o-it qaX 05 



a blue-jay, wa'tsEtsEtsEtsEtsE he flew. There she collapsed that 



o«o'kiiil. Qe'xtce aqio'lXam iqe'sqes: "Ome'k-ikal, iqe'sqes oft 



woman. Intending he was told blue-jay: " Your wife, blue-jay 



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