166 IQE'fQES KjA lo'l THEIR MYTH. [S^r 



^ Ayugo'ptcgam, Qd'ta tEin'a/ema go kE'mk-ite oxo'LXat. WiXt teXt 



-*■ He came up into the That prairie at eud burnt. Again one 



woods. 



„ ayugo'om lEmEa'ema. Atco'ekEl iau'a tce'tkuin oxo'LXat a'lta. 



•^ he reached it a prairie. He saw it there half it burnt now. 



o "Ta'xka taL; x*itik aktEnxE'lXam agE'xk'un.-' Wa'xwax atcLo'kxux 



"That look! this she said tome about it my elder sister." Pour out he did it 



. go qaX uya'eXatk. Naxa'tstXom fi'eXt uya'cgan. WiXt a'gdn 



on that his road. He finished it one buckrt. Again one more 



K atco'cgara iiya/ckaii, q;oa'p Xne't ua'xax ka nigd'ptcgame. WiXt 



he took it liis bucket, nearly half it became and he came up to the Again 



woods. 



6 teXt ayugo'om tEin-a/ema, La/Lon tEm^^a'ema. A'lta tci'tkuui pEt 



one he reached it a prairie, the third prairie. Now half really 



oxo'LXat. Atco'cgam ae'Xt uya'ckan. Naxii'tctXdm uya'ckaii; 



• it burnt. He took it one his bucket. He finished his bucket- 



atco'cgam a'gon uya'ckan. Xue't na'xax uya'ckan ka nigd'ptcgame. 



^ he took it one more his bucket. Half it became his bucket and he came up to the 



woods. 



g A'lta mo'kctka Lia'ckaiiEma agd'n Xue't. WiXt teXt ayugd'dm 



Now two only his buckets and more a half. Again one he readied it 



^^ tEms^a'ema. LEqc ka'iiauwe oxo'LXat. Atco'cgam qaX Xue't uya'ckan. 



■'■" a prairie. Almost whole it burnt. He took it that half bucket. 



-J.. Xaxii'tctXdm. Agd'n ae'Xt d'cgan atco'cgam, cka nigd'ptcgam ka 



^^ He finished it. One more one bucket he took it, and he came up to tlie and 



woods 



^2 naxE'tctXdm. A'lta ae'Xt ka uyil'ckan ugd'itX. Atcugd'din wiXt 



he finished it. Now one only his bucket was left. He reached it again 



23 teXt tEms^a'ema. A'lta ka'2naawe oxo'LXat. Wa'xwax atcLd'kXuk. 



one prairie. Now the whole burnt. Pour out he did it. 



14 Qi oa'p atctutctXd'mam qd'ta tEm^a'ema, ka nExE'tctXom uya'ckan. 



Nearly he came finishing it that prairie, and he finished it his bucket. 



15 Laq" ne'xax ia'itcxut. A'lta atciagE'ltcim qaX df^d'lEptckiX. Xixe'tEla 



Takeoff lie did his bear-skin Now he struck it that fire. It burnt 



blanket. 



-£g ka'nauwe ia'itcxut. A'lta La'yaqtq a'LElaxta, aLe'XLXa ka'nauwe 



the whole his bear-skin Now his head last, it burnt all 



blanket. 



^y La'yaqcd. A'lta ne'xLXa. 



hjs hair. I^ow he burnt. 



Ayd'mEqt iqe'sqes. Tcx'i nd'ponEm. Oc uya'xk'nn: 



He was dead blue-jay. Just it grew dark. There was his elder nister: 



"kukukukukuku Id'i!" Acaxa'llqeLx uya'xk'nn: "Ana', LgawuXa'," 



ly "Kukukukukuku lo'i!" She cried his elder sister: "Anah. my younger 



trot her," 



na'k'im; " takE ayd'mEqt LgawuXa'." E'wa e'natai qix- e'qxeL 



.^O she said; "then lie is dead my younger Thus on the other that creek 



brother.'' side 



21 Q^S^ nd'Lxamit qaX ue'Xatk. Agid'cgiLx ikani'm, agiugd'lEiuain 



where it led to the that road. She launched a canoe, shewent to fetch him 



water 



(,r> Lga'wuX. Naiga'dm Lga'wuX. " Masa'tsiLx ikani'm, Id'i." Agid'lXam 



■^■^ her younger She reached her younger "Pretty the canoe, lo'i." She said to him 



brother. him brother. 



uya'xk'nn: " K'a ia'xka qe'wa amid'lXam tia'xamiuguX." "A, lia, 



his elder sister: "And that when you said to it it had lichens." "Ah, ha. 



qulE'tc igd'LgEle tcaxt Id'i. Lxoa'p ike'x til'nuX XiauX, 



always lies she makes lo'i. Holes were the other ones those, 



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f>P- tia'xamiuguX." Agid'lXam: "Aind'mEqt ta'kE." "Nn qulE'tc 



■" they had lichens." She said to him : " You are dead now." "Nn always 



og Igd'LgEle tcaxt Id'i." A'lta aga'ynkL e'wa e'natai Lga'wuX. A'lta 



lies she makes lo'i." Now she carried him thus to the other her younger Now 



ager 

 side brother. 



