164 IQE'sQES KjA lo'l THEIR MYTH. [EXHNOLoar 



2 Ma'uix actauwita'qtEtx, atcauwiqE'mxLOLx. Ta'mka tkamo'kXuk 



When they met oue, he shouted. Only bones 



2 atakXa'La-itx. AcXko'mani. A'lta nage/guiptck go-y- uya'xk'im. 



"vvere in the canoe. They arrived at home. Now he carried them up to his elder sister. 



o AkLo'kXuiptck, LE'qalEma qarax o'eon. 



She carried them up, fall salmon partly silver-side salmon. 



Wax ne'ktcukte. A'lta a/yo iau'a qix- e'lXaiu iqe'sqes. O, 



Next day it became day. Now he went there that town blue-jay. Oh, 



n o'Xuit tkamo'kXuk go qo'ta tloLe'ma. Xa'poiiEui. "A, e'kole 



many bones in those houses. It got dark. "Ah, a whale 



Q L;ap aqa/yax." Agaya'lot oqoewe'qxe uya'xk'un. Agio'lXam: 



And it is done." She gave it to him a knife his elder sister. She said to bira: 



rj ''Ai'aq mE'xEnko! E'kole x-iau Ljap aqa'yax." ISTe'xaiikd ta'kE 



"Quick run! A whale that find it is done." He ran then 



g iqe'sqes. Ayo'yam go tkamila'lEq. AyukotJI'om qo'tac te'lx-Eiii. 



blue-jay. He arrived at the beach. He met them those people. 



g Atctuwa'amtcxoko. Tcipak atctuwa'aintcxoko; tc;pak atcto'lXam: 



He asked them. Loud he asked them; loud he said to them: 



jQ "Qaxe' x-ik e'kole ne'xax?" Ta'inkXa tkamo'kXuk noxo'La-it. 



"Where this whale is?" Only boues lay there. 



2]^ AtcuguLtE'qo-im qo'tac t'auaqcta'akc. Ayoe'taqL. Kula'yi ue'xar.ko. 



He kicked them much those skulls. He left them. Far ho ran. 



22 WiXt tgo'uikc ayugota'om. AtcauixqE'muXLOL Ta'inkXa 



Again others he met them. He shouted much. Only 



23 tkamo'kXuk iiuxo'La-it. Tca'2xeL e'ka atci'tax qo'tac te'Ix'Em. 



bones lay there. Several times thus he did to them those people. 



24 Ta'kE ayagfi'om qaX o'mf^EcX; a'qoa-iL qaX o'm^^EcX. Lo'nas 



Then he reached it that log; large that log. Perhaps 



15 8"6ye' itca'xeLawunX qaX ugo'ElEm. A'lta cka paL te'lx'Em 



thus thick that its bark. Now and full people 



26 tcju'XtcjuX 4gaxt qaX oolE'm. AtcauwiqE'muXLoL iqe'sqes. 



peel ofl" they did it that bark. He shouted blue-jay. 



27 Til'mkXa tkamo'kXuk nuXo'La-it. La'mkXa Lk"ckue' qaX oolE'm. 



Only boues lay there. Only pitch that bark. 



Tcju'XtcjuX a'tcax Lo'nas qansi'x. Atca'kxona mokct. Xe'Xko. 



Peel otf he did it I do not how much. He carried on his two. - He went 



know shoulder home. 



XixLo'lEXa-it: "Xxe'luX qe naue'tka-y- e'kole. TaL; umqci'ckan." 



He thought: "I thought if indeed a whale. Look a fir." 



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yQ Ne'Xko, uiXko'mam. K"La'xaue atcaXE'kXue uya'alEm. A'yop!. 



He went home, he arrived at home. Outside he threw it down his bark. Ho entered. 



21 Atco'lXam uya'xk; un : " Xxe'lux qe naue'tka-y- e'kole, taL; OolE'm. 



He said to her [to] hiselder sister: " I thought if indeed a whale, look bark. 



20 Agio'lXam uya'xk'un: '' E'kole-y-e'kole. Mxe'lux nay- oolE'm?'^ 



■^ She said to him his elder sister: "A whale, a whale. You thiuk [int part.] bark?" 



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Xo'pa-y- uya'xk'un. A'lta mokct ia'qiLqfp e'kole e'Xoc. Xa'k-im 



She went his elder sister. Now two its cuts whale were on the She said 



outside ground. 



24 lo'i: "Maca'tciLx e'kole. Qana'xL aLia'xELawEuX X'ik e'kole." 



" lo'i: "Good whale. Very thick this whale." 



Atcia'qxamt iqe'sqes. A'lta-y- i'kole-y-e'Xoc. Xe'Xtako iqe'sqes. 



•<^" He looked blue jay. Now a whale was on the beach. He turned back blue-jay. 



XiLE'lltaqt LgoLe'lXEmk iqe'sqes, Lgo'ctxot oolE'm. AtcaLE'lqamX. 



26 He met a person blue-jay, he carried on bark. He shouted. 



his back 



Ta'mkXa tkama'kXuk nuXo'La-it. Atcio'cgam qaX oolE'm^ 



Only bones lay there. He took it that bark, 



atca'qxona, ne'Xko. NiXko'mam. A'lta e'ka atci'tax qo'tac 



^" he carried it on he went He arrived at home. Now thus he did them those 



his shoulder, liome. 



29 tEmeuwa'lEma. Ala'xti e'xoe-y- ia'kole uixa'lax iqe'sqes. 



tjhosts. In course of time much his whale became to him blue-jay. 



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