^"boasT blue- jay and Io'i MYTH TRANSLATION. 167 



atcta/qxam te'lx-Em. Go-y- dkula/lam, go-y- I'Lukuma oxocgfi'liL 



he saw tlietn peoi.le. There they sang, there ihtlukuiu they played 



iiiuch, 



go y- oomE'ntld oxiicga'liL; go tiViiEmckc e'mEla-e oxucgtVliL ; go-y- 



theie heaver teeth they played there women's ilitluknin they played there 



much ; n'luch ;' 



i'pk;ala oxucgfi/liL; go iqa'lxal oxucga/liL; go wa'cakoa i r»xucga'liL ; 



hoops they played there ten disks they played there wa'eakoa-i they i)layed 



m\ich; much'; inuch; 



go-y- o'kotcxEin iau'a kula'yi eXt e/lXani. ItcauitcE'iiiElr't iqe'sqes. 



there they sang con- there far one town. Ho heard them blue-jay. 



jurer's songt 



Oxiiiwa'yul knmm, kuinm, kumm, kunim, dXiiiwa/yul. A'yo qe/xtce 



They danced kumm, kumm, kumm, kumm, they danced lie went intending 



much much. 



go qo'tac ugola/lam. Qe'xtce iiigEla/lam na-ixE'^iEinXLoL, 



to those singers. Intending he sang he shouted, 



aqiao'uim iqe'sqes. Ewa' qe'xtce ayo'ix atcaiiiqE'mXLoLx, 



he was laughed bluejay. Thus intending he went he shouted always at them, 



at 



aqiao'nimx, A'ydp! go te'LaqL, go ta'yaqL ia'qxix-. A'lta 



he was laughed at. He entered in his house, in his house his brother-in- Now 



law's. 



Lka'nax, masa/tsiLx Lga/k'ikal lo'i. Agif)'lXam: " K;a ia'xka qiau a 



a chief, pretty her husband lo'i's. She said to him: "And he when 



LEk" me'xax ia'tuk." "QulE'tc igo'LgEli tcaxt lo'i. Qa'xewa xq 



break you did it his neck. ' "Alwaj's lies shemakos lo'i. Whence 



nate'mam Xak dkunl'm? Masa'tsiLx dkuni'm." "K|a ia'xka qiau n 



theycame those canoes? Pretty canoes." 'And this when 



ma/xo-il tga'xamiuguX." "QulE'tc igo'LgEli tcaxt lo'i. Ka'nauwr 12 



you always they had lichens." "Always lies she makes lo'i. All 



said 



ta/iuix Lxoa'pLxoap, qamq tga'xamiuguX." "Amo'mEqt, amd'mEqt," 1,3 



the others holes, partly they had lichens." " You are dead, you are dead," 



agio'lXam iiya'xk'uii; "mm, amo'uiEqt." "QulE'tc igo'LgEli tcfixt 14 



she said to hiiu his elder sister; "mm, you are dead.' "Always lies she makes 



lo'i." Qe'xtce atcaiiiqE'mXLULX qo'tac te'lx'Em, cka atgiao'nimx, 15 



lo'i.' Intending he shouted at them always those people; and they laughed at 



him. 



Ta'meiiua iiexa'x, k;a nexa'x. AyaxE'l'iomEqt Lga'wuX, ig 



Give up he did, silent he became. She forgot him her younger 



brother, 



agio'xtkiiiEmam. A'lta go q;oa'p atcta'x qo'tac dXuiwa'yul. ij 



she went to look for him. Now then near he was them those dancers. 



Qoii'uEmi aya'qxoya-e, ala'xti ne'ekdp! gd (^o'tac dXuiwa'yul ]§ 



Five nights, then he entered at those dancers 



iqe'sqes. Agixil'laqLe-y- uya'xk'un. A'lta ia'wil e'wa tE'k"cala ]{> 



bluejay. She opened the door his elder sister. Now he danced thus up 



tia'^owit, e'wa e'ck; ematcx'. Na'xtakd-y- uya'xk'un, iiagE'tsax. A'lta '_o 



his legs, thus head downward. She turned back his elder sister, she cried. Now- 



wiXt wuk; ayd'mEqt. Ayd'mEqt kja wiXt ini'mokcte ayd'mEqt. 21 



again really he was dead. He died and again a second time he died. 



TransJation. 



There were Blue-Jay and Id'i. One nigbt the ghosts went out to 

 buy a wife. They bought Id'i. [Her family] kept the dentalia [which 

 they had given] and at night they were married. On the following 

 morning Id'i had disappeared. Blue-Jay stayed at home for a year, 

 then he said: "I shall go and search for my sister." He asked all the 

 trees: "Where do people go when they die?" He asked all the birds. 



