162 IQE'sQES KjA lo'l THEIR MYTH. [ethnologt 



ayo'La-it go-y uya'xk'un. Agio'lXam uytVxk'un: " Qoi amxuxo'qjul^x, 



1 be stood at liis elder sister. Sbe said to liini his elder sister: "Future imitate them, 



aiuxaxp la/omx." "A'ka anxE'Lux." i>fr>'poTiEm ka nixE'ltXuitck. 



-^ fish ill dipuet." "Thus I think." It got dark and he made himself ready. 



ALxE'ltXiiitc-k Le'Xat LkjAsks, cka wu-u-u-u, iioxo-itcuwa'ya-itx 



" He made himself ready one boy, and wliispering they spoke 



qd'tac te'lx'Ein. Na2kct atcuxotcE'niElitEina-itx. Agio'lXam 



4 those i)eople. Not he understood them. She said to him 



uya'xk'nu: " LEme'qoqcin Xo'La mtd'ya." Agio'lXam: "Nekct 



5 bis elder sister: " Your brotherin- this you two will go." She said to him: "Not 



law's relative 



mLupala'wulalEma; ac k;a mxa'xo." A'lta ri'cto. Qoa'p ackta'xom 



t> speak much to him ; and silent be." Now they went. Nearly they reached 



them 



r- te'lx-Em ogulil'lam tgE'tc; tcuwama. A'lta atcugo-exd'teii iiigEla'lam. 



• people singing going down river in canoe. Now ho helped them be saug. 



Q Kja no'xox, Ne'k-ikct e'wa go'qxoiama. Ta'mkXa tkamo'kXuk 



Quiet they were. He looked thus in stern of canoe. Only bones 



ta'kXac go'qxoiama. A'lta wiXt ayo'tctclo. A'lta kpl iie'xa.x, 



9 they were in in stern of canoe. Now again he went down Now quiet he was, 



canoe stream. 



ayo'tctc!o. Go'yi ne'xax, nix'Ena'nakoc e'wa go'qxoiama. A'lta La'guc 



he went down Thus lie did, be looked back thus in stern of canoe. Now he was in 



stream. the canoe 



-^^ wiXt qo'La Lkj asks. AtcLo'lXam, cau atcE'Lax. "Qa'xe-y- umca'aLf 



again that boy. He said to him, low voice he made. "Where your weir?' 



-J9 atcLd'lXam, Lawa'2 atcLo'lXam. ALgio'lXam qo'La Lk;asks: "Go 



he saiil to bini, slowly be said to him. He said to him that boy: "There 



ma'eme." A'cto wiXt. AtcLo'lXam, tc!pak atcLo'lXam: " Qaxe'go-y- 



13 downstream." They again. He said to him, loud he said to him: "Where 



went 



umca'aL?" Ta'mkXa tkamo'kXuk atakXa'La-it go go'qxoiama. 



li ynurwcir? ' Only bones they were in the canoe at the stern of the 



canoe. 



WiXt k;a ne'xax iqe'sqes. Ne'k-ikst, a'lta wiXt La'guc Lk;asks. 



15 Again silent lie was bluejay. He looked, now again he was in the boy. 



the canoe 



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WiXt ca'u atci'Lax, atcLo'lXam: "Qaxe'goy- umca'aL?" 



Again low voice be made, he said to him: " Where is your weir? ' 



ALgio'lXam: "lo'kuk." A'lta acxaxE'pIa. Ne'x-gEla i'kta niyi'La-it 



1' Hesaidtohim: "Here." Now thevflshedin He felt some- wasintbenet 



(lipnet. thing 



gd-y- uya'nuXcin. Atco'Latck uya'nuXcin. A'lta La'mkXa 



in bis dipnet. He lifted it his dipnet. Now only 



L't^'k"tEqL'ix' mokct aLayi'La-it. Wax atci'Lax go Ltcuq. Ka 



branches two were in the net. Pour out he did them into water. And 



mii'nx'i LjEinE'n atca'x uyn'imXcin. PilL naxa'x tE'kXon. Wax 



after alittle into water bo did it his dipuet. Full it got leaves. Pour out 



while 



atctfi'x, qamx atkqa'taXitx qo'ta tE'kXon. ALktome'tckix qo'La 



.21 be did them, part tliey fell into [the tliose leaves. He gathered them up that 



canoe] 



Lkj risks. L'e'k"tEqL'ix' aLayi'La it uya'nuXcin. Wax atciLa'x go 



boy. A branch wasintbenet dipnet. Pour out lie did it into 



Ltcuq. Ana' tE'kXon atayi'La itx; wax atcta'x. Qamx wax no'xox 



^<^ the water. Some- leaves wen? in it; pour he did them. Part poured they be 



times out out camo 



go ikani'm qo'ta tE'kXon. ALktome'tcqix qo'La LkjAsks. Mokct 



•^'* in canoe those leaves. He gathered them up that boy. Two 



<];at atci'Lax qo'La L'e'k"tEqL'ix- " x-iLe'k uLalo'kLa lo'i; 



25 like be did them those branches. "Those I will take them Jo'i; 

 " to her 



LaxElge'Lxaya." Laqoa'iLa qd'La L'e'k"tEqL'ix- AcXgd'mam. 



26 she will make tire with Large those branches. They came home. 



them." 



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