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A'ctr)])tck, E'XLXaut iqe'sqes, qe'wa ace'XEinkEna ALo'kcptcgam 



Tliev went ii]) He was angry blue-jay, because be had not caught He arrived carrying up -'- 

 from the shore. anything. 



qo'La Lkjfisks LE'cgo-ic paL opia'lo. A'lta aqO'lEktc qaX opia'lo. 2 



that boy- a mat full trout. Now they were roasted those trout. 



A'lta axk^e'l qo'La Lk;ask.s: "A, cka atcuXo'kXue, atctaE'lguiLxax o 



Now he toUl much that boy: "Ah, and he threw it away, he threw it out of the 



canoe into the water 



qo'ta inta/k;eteuax. LXpdc puL ne'xax iuta'xenim qe iiekctx cka ^ 



that what we had caught. Probably lull was our canoe if not and 



thrtu 



atcuXo'kXiie.'' Agio'lXam uya'xk'nn: '' Qa'daqa cka amiiXo'kXue 5 



he threw it away." She said to him hi.s elder sister: ■'^Yhy and did you throw away 



qo'ta imta'k; f'tenax." "AiiuXo'kXue qe'wa L'e'k'"tEqL'ix-." "Ta'Xka, q 



that what you bad caught." " I thiew it away because branches." "That, 



ta'Xka tk;e'wulElqL," agio'lXam; " MxE'LuXna L'e'k"tEqL'ix-? 7 



that food," sliesaid to him; " Do you think brandies? 



Ma'nix tE'kXtlii, a'lta opia'lo; manix L'e'k»tEqL'ix-, a'lta LE'qalEina." § 



When loaves, then trout; when branches, then fall salmon." 



Atco'lXam uya'xk'im: " iLamo'kct L'e'k"tEqL'ix' anE'LEtk"^, 9 



He said to her liis elder sister: "Two branches I brought here, 



LEmxElge'Lxaya." No'Lxa uya'xk'uu. A'lta luokct LE'qalEina iq 



you will make fire with She went to his elder sister. Iv'ow two fall salmon 



them.' the beach 



La'kXac. AkLo'kctEptck. No'p !am LE'qaLEma kLo'ktcan. Atco'lXaui ^^ 



were in I the She carried them uji. She entered fall salmon carrying in hand. He said to her 

 canoe]. 



uya'xk'uu iqe'sqes: "Qaxe' atsuwa' agE'Luxtk lo'i Xo'La ^o 



his cider sister blue-jay: "Where now she stole them lo'i those 



LE'qalEma"?" Agio'lXam uya'xk'un: "K;a La'xka ime'kjetenax." ^o 



fall salmon?" She said to him his elder sister: "And tliis what you caught." 



" QulE'tci igo'LgEl itca'xt lo'i." -.^ 



"Always lie she does lo'i." 



Nii'ktcukte. A'yuLx e'wa ma'Lue iqe'sqes. A'lta ola/ox 



It got day. He went to thus seaward blue-jay. Now they were 15 



the water on the beach 



uta'xenim qo'tac tEmemElo'ctikc. Ka'nauwe Lxoa'pLxoap, qamx a'lta -,f 



their canoes those ghosts. All holes, part now 



tga'xamTugax qaX uta'xeniin tinemElo'stikc. A'yuptck iqes'qes. -.- 



their lichens those their canoes the ghosts. He went up blue-jay. 



Atco'lXam uya/xk'uii iqe'sqes: " Qaxtsi'Lx uya'xeDim itca'k'ikal 10 



He said to her his elder sister blue-jay: "How his canoes her husband 



lo'i!" " Qoi cka kja mke'x, tkcEmina'ya te'lx'Eiii." "Ka'nauwe 



lo'i's!" "Tuture and silent be, they will become the people." "All 



tired of you 



arrive 



ka acto'yam. A'lta acxaxa'pla. A'lta atcLopa'yaLx L'e'k"tEqL'ix' ; 



and they arrived. Now they fished with Now he gathered them the branches; 



tiie dipnet. 



atctopa'yaLx tE'kXon, ka Lxaluwe'got ka paL ue'xax icta'Xanlm. 



he gathered them the leaves, and it became ebb-tide and full was their canoe. 



Ta'kE aci'Xko. A'lta atcuXuimo'cx-Eiu qo'tac tEmeuwa'lEma. 



Then they went Now he teased them those ghosts, 



home. 



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Lxoa'i)Lxoap uta'xanim tike te'lx'Em." Agio'lXam uya'xk'im: 



holes their canoes those people." She said to him his elder sister: 



"Te'lx-Ein na, te'lx-Em na? TEmeuwa'lEma." WiXt iio'pouEm, ^., 



"People [int. part.], people [int. part]? Ghosts." Again it grew dark, ^^ 



wiXt nixE'ltXuitck iqe'sqes; wiXt aLxE'ltXuitck qo'La Lk;asks. ^<, 



again he made himself ready blue-jaj ; again he made himself ready that boy. •^■^ 



WiXt a'cto. A'lta aLiXEiiEmo'cx-Em qo'La Lk;asks. Ka acto'yama 



Again he went. Now he teased him that hoy. Where tliey will 



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ka atcaLE'lqamx, ta'mkXa tkama'kXuk. Tca'2xeL e'ka atci'Lax 24 



where ho shouted, only bones. Several times thus he did 



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