15. IQE'SQES KjA lO'I ICTA'KXANAM. 

 Blue-Jav and Io'i theik Myth. 



Cxela'-itx* Io'i kja Lga'wuX. QaxLx iia'pol e'k-it atjja'yax < 



They were tliere Io'i and her younger One uiglit Imying tbey did 



brother. a wite 



tmemElo'ctikc. Aqo'niEl Io'i. Aqa'2tutk tga'xaiiidta. la'xkate 2 



tlie ghosts. She was bought Io'i. They were kept tlieir dentalia. There 



po'lakli aqa'xo iktcgo. Ne'ktcukte, a'lta k;e Io'i. lo'Lqte iie'xax .^ 



at night she was married. It got day, now notliing Io'i. A long time he was 



iqe'sqes. EXt i(j[e'taq, a'lta iie'k-ira: " Nii'xtkinEmaiua ogu'xk'un." ^ 



blue jay. One year, then he said: " I shall go to search her my elder sister." 



A'lta qe'xtce atctuwa'aintcxogT) ka'iiauwe tE'in^EcX: " Qa'xewa 5 



Now trying he asked tlieui all trees: "Where 



aLo'ix LgoLe'lEXEmk lua'iiix aLo'mEqtx?" Atctuwa'amtcxogd 



goes a person when he dies'" He asked them ^ 



ka'iiauwe tElala'xukc. Xa2kct atxElgu'Litck. A'laxta utca'nix r. 



all birds. Xot they told. Xext thewedgi' ' 



atcuwa'amtcxokd. AgiO'lXam: "MEugEinge'ktia ! Ianir)'k"qa." Qdgii o 



he asked her [it]. She [it] said to him : "Payuie! ' I shall carry you." Wheni 



itca'q;atxala aya'xElax utca'iiix. A'lta atcagE'iiiEgiktr'. A'lta g 



her [its] badness came on her [it] the wedge. Now he paid it. Now 



aga'yiik"!: e'wa tEmewa'lEma. Actd'yam utca'uix kja iqe'sqe.s 



it carried him thus [to] the ghosts. They arrived the wedge and bluejay 



ia'2qo-iL e'lXam. K';e tXiit qi\- e'lXam. Gd kE'mk'iti tix* t!dL, ^x 



[at] a large town. No smoke that town. At the last that house. 



ta'qoa iL t!dL, a'lta ia'xkate tXut ated'^ekEl. A'lta ia'xkate a'yup!. ^^2 



a large house, now there smoke he .saw it. Now there he entered. 



L;ap a'tcax iiya'xk'un ia'xkate. "Aua' LgawuXa'," agid'lXaiii. j^^ 



Find ho did her his elder sister there. "Ah, my younger brother," she said to him. 



"Qa'xewa aiiite'mam? Md'inEqtna?" "A, uekct and'iiiEqt. UtctViiix ^^ 



"Whence did you come! Are you dead?" "Ah, not I am dead. The wedge 



agEnae'tkctXam. A'lta atciuxd'lalqT: qd'ta tIdLe'ma ka'aauwe-', jg 



brought me hereon its back. Now he opened them those houses all. 



Ta'DikXa tkamd'kXuk pa'LEma qd'ta tIdLe'ma. lakEnqeua'-itx- 



Only bones full those houses. It lay near her 



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Iiya'xk'un eXt iauwa'qcta k;a tkamo'kXuk. " I'kta atsuwa' ..- 



his elder sister one skull and bones. "What now -*- * 



amiugue'xa tik tkamd'kXuk k;a x-ik iauwa'qcta?" Agid'lXaiu ^^ 



will you do with these bones and tliis skull?" She said to him ^^ 



\ hem 



uyil'xk'un: "Ime'qxiX, ime'qxiX." -'Qu'ltci igd'LgEl itca'Xt Id'i. j^g 



his elder sister: " Your brother- yourbrother- "Always lie she does Io'i. 



inlaw, inlaw. ' 



Etci'qxiX iauwa'qcta agEiia'xo-il." Nd'2pduEm; a'lta iioxula'yiitek 



My brother-in- a skull she always says to me." It got dark; now they arose 



law 



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qo'tac te'lx'Ein, cka paL ud'xox qo'ta t!oL. iLa'Lelam LE'kXaua 



those people, and full became that house. Ten fathoms 



qd'ta t!dL. Atcd'lXaiii uya'xk'un: "Qa'xewa atgate'mam tike cy<^ 



that house. He said to her his elder sister: "Whence they came these '^~' 



te'lx-Em?" Agid'lXaiu uya'xk'un: "AmxE'LuxEiia te'lx-Ein? 



people?" She said to him his elder sister; " Do you tliink people? 



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Tme'iuEloctikc; tine'niEloctikc." Agio'lXam uya'xk'un. Io'L<}te 9^ 



Ghosts; ghosts." She said to him his elder sister. Long *^ 



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