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16. IQE'SQES KjA lO'I ICTA'KXANAM. 

 Blue-Jay and Io'i their Myth. 



Lga'wuX Lxelil/itx- iqe'sqes, Io'i itca'xal uya'xk;'un. 



Her younger brother there were blue-jay, Io'i her name his elder sister. 



2 "Txuwa/Ljama Io'i," atco'IXam uya'xk'un, "go ipo'epoe." Kawi'x* 



" We will go visiting Io'i," he said to her his elder sister, "at magpie [?]" Early 



o ka fi'cto. Qoa'p acgia'xoin ipo'epoe. lo'goc ta'yaqL. Acxe'gela-i, 



" and they Nearly they reached magpie. He was on his house. They two landed, 



went. top of 



^ ri'ctoptck. Atcto'plani. lac ipo'epoe go ta'yaqL, cka lUE'nx-e 



they went up. They came into There magpie in his house, and a little while 



tlie house. was 



5 ayo'La-it ka atcio'giiixe. Atcto'guixe ta'yaqL. L;ap a'tcax aeXt 



he stayed and he swept it. He swept it his liouse. Find he did it one 



(J iimo'ekXux. Atca'LEn'iiya go Lia'xEmalaptckix'. ALe'x-eltuq 



salmon egg. He put it into in his topknot. Ho heated them 



7 Lqa'nakc. ALo'cko-it Lqa'nakc. Atco'cgani oom^e'cX, atcLa'lotk 



stones. They were hot the stones. Ho took it a kettle, be poured into it 



3 Ltcuq qaX oomEe'cX, A'lta atcanq<x'na-it qaX omo'ikXux go qaX 



water that kettle Now he threw theui into that salmon egg in that 



the water 



Q oomi-e'cX. A'lta atcLo'tcXEm, atcLo'tcXEui. PtlL iia'xax ooinee'cX 



kettle. Now he boiled it, he boiled it. Full became the kettle 



qo'La Lino'ikXux. AqLcgElgd'Lit iqe'sqes kja iiya'le. A'lta 



those salmon eggs. It was placed before blue-jay and his sister. Now 



them 



^^ acxLxa'lEui, acxLxa'lEm, cka Xue'te na'xax qaX oom^e'cX ka 



they ate, they ate, and half became that kettle and 



acta'qte. A'lta acgE'Lok"^, aci'Xgo Agio'lXam uya'xk'un: "Ai'aq 



1^ they wero Now they carried it, they went She said to him his elder sister: "Quick 

 satiated. home. 



txo'Lxa. Ma'newa uiE'Lxa," na'k-im qaX Io'i. Xe'k'iin iqe'sqes: 



let us go to Toil first go to the .slie said that Io'i. He said blue-jay: 



the beach. beach," 



-I A "Ma'newa mE'Lxa." No'Lxa uya'xk'un iqe'sqes. Xe'k-im iqe'sqes: 



" You first go to the She went to his elder sister blue-jay's. He said blue-jay: 



beach." the beach 



jg "We'x-e mEtga'lEmani Xak oomce'cX." Ne'k-iin ipo'epoe: "no'ya." 



"To-morrow come and fetch this kettle." He said magpie: ''I shall go." 



IQ AcXgo'mani iqe'sqes. KawI'X na-ixE'lgiLx iqe'sqes. AyoLxe'wulX 



They came home blue-jay. Early he made fire blue-jay. He went up 



27 go tE'ctaqL. A'lta ia'xkate ayo'La-it. TakE atcio'lXam uya'xk'un: 



on their house. Now there he stayed. Then lie said to her liis elder sister: 



-.o "IkEnl'm io'itEt." " lo'itEt qe'wa aniio'lXam itia'ya." Xixa'gela-i 



" A canoe is coming." " It is com- because yon said to him be shall He landed 



ing ' come." 



-jn a'lta ipo'epoe, A'yuptck ipo'epoe. Ayo'tXuit iqe'sqes. Atcto'kuix-e 



now magpie. He went uj) magpie. He stood there blue-jay. He swept 



to the house 



20 ta'yaqL. L;ap a'tcax ae'Xt onio'-ikXux. Atca'lEn'uya 



his house. Find he did it one salmon vug. He put it into 



21 Lia'xEmalaptckix*. AtcLo'kXuL; ta'yaqL atcto'kuixe. A'lta 



his lop-knot. He finished his house he swept it. Now 



ijo aLe'x'Eltiu| Lqa'nakc. ALo'cko-it Lqa'nakc. Atcio'cgain oya'amicX, 



he heated them stones. Thev were hot the stones. He took it his kettle, 



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atcLa'lotk Ltcuq. Atco'cgani qaX omo'ikXux atcaLEnqa'ua-it 



he poured into it water. He took it that salmon egg he threw it into the 



water 



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