CHINOOK 

 BOAS 



] BLUE-JAY AND Kj'l MYTH. 175 



ii'tcxut. ALe'x'BltEq iqe'sqes. ALo'cgiiit qo'Ln Lqa/iiakc, Lifi/xaiuikc i 



the bear. Ho lieated stoues blue-jay. They were hot those stones, his stones 



iqe/sqes. Atcd'kula-y- uya'qeweqe. Lq;op atci'Lax La'yapc, ac 2 



blue-jay's. He shaipcnt^d it his knife. Cut ho did it his foot, and 



ia'xkewa ne'k;elapx-ite, ayo'inEqt. Pa, pa, pa, aqa'yax, L;paq 3 



tlieu he fell down headlong, he fainted. Blow, blow, blow he was done, recover- 



ing 



atcilsVtakd iqe'sqes. Ne'k-im ii'tsxut: " EXt ka tan imx-e'lEx-ala 4 



he recovered blue-jay. Ho said the bear: "One only thing you will do 



iqe'sqes." AtcLo'cgam Lfi'yapc ii'tsxut, Lq;oa'2p atci'Lax, ia'niElk 5 



blue-jay." He took it, his foot the bear, slowly cut he did it, liis thijih 



l,q;oa'2p atca'yax. Lqiu'pLq;up atca'yax gEnE'm ka'nauwe. A'lta 6 



slowly cut he did it. Cut to pieces he did it small all. Now 



atcio'tcXEiB. AtcLa'kXoLj atciotcXEin, ayO'qtcikt. Atcici'lltatkc. 7 



ho boiled it. He linished, he boiled it, it was done. He threw it before 



them. 



Ne'Xkd ii'tsxut. A'lta e'LatsIa La'yapc iqe'sqes. 8 



Ho went the bear. Now it.s sickne.'ss his foot blue-jay. 



homo 



Tcii'xeL aya'qxoye, ta'kE wiXt d'lf) agE'ctax. Atcd'lXam 9 



Several nights, then again hunger acted on them. He said to lier 



uya'xk'un: " Wu'Xe txdwa'Ljaina go e^e'ua." Wax ue'ktcnkte. 



his elder sister: "To-morrow we will go visiting at the beaver." On the next it got day. 



morninji 



uya'xk'uu: '• Ikani'm io'itEt." " lo'itEt qe'wa amio'lXam itia'ya.' 



his elder .sister: " A canoe comes." "It comes because you told him he should 



come. 



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A'lta a'cto actuwa'Liam. Acto'yam go e^^e'ria. loc ei^e'na go ta'yaqL, -.^ 



Now they they went visiting. Tliey arrived at the beaver. He the beaver on bis house, 

 went ' was 



cka inE'nx-e acxe'la-it, ayo'pa e^^e'iia. Atci'tk"tc !am ela'enia, .^^ 



and a little they remained, he went out the beaver. He carried them to willows, ■*-' 



the house 



atcicgi'lxatEq. Atcio'cgam e'am. Ayo'pa. Atce'tk"tcani paL j^ 



he placed t hem before He took it a dish. He went out. He carried it to the full 



them. house 



e'LjUwalkLjUwalk go qix* e'am. A, nakct acga'yax ka aci'Xko. j^ 



mud in that dish. Ah, not they ate it and they went 



liome. 



Agio'lXam uya'xk'uu: " Ma'newa uiE'Lxa, taua'lta ateuwa' qa'da 1- 



She said to him bis elder sister: " You first you go to the else indeed how 



beach, 



amE'kiinx." Atco'lXain uya'xk'uu: "Ma'uewa mE'Lxa." No'Lxa-y- 



you always .say." He said to her his elder sister: " You first go to the beach." Shewentto 1^ 



the beach 



uya'xk'uu a'newa. Ne'k-im iqe'sqes: "We'x-e mioga'lEmama ^^ 



his elder sister she tir.st. Ho said blue-jay; "To-morrow go and fetch ' 



x-ig e'am." Ne'k-im e^e'na: "Nd'yaa. No'ya wu'Xe," ne'k-im ece'na. ^<j 



the dish." He said the beaver: " I shall go. I go tomorrow," he said the beaver. 



Kawi'^X uexE'lgJLx iqe'sqes, ayue'wulXt go ta'yaqL. Atco'lXam .q 



Early he made a fire blue jay, he went up on hi.s house. He said to her 



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JSrixa'2 gila-e -y- e^e'ua. Ayo'plam go tE'ctaqL. Ayo'pa iqe'sqes, cka ^i 



Helanded the beaver. He came into in their house. Hewertout blue-jay, and ""^ 



mE'iix-i k;a'ya ue'xax. Atce'tk"^am goya'2 Lia'pela ela'ema. 00 



a little nothing he was. He brought thus many willows. — "' 



AqigE'lxatk e^e'ua. Atca'yax tcxoa'ptcxoap, atcid'tctXum kauauwe'2 



He threw them the beaver. He did gnaw, he finished them all. 



belore liim 



Ne'xauko iqe'sqes ma'Lue, atce'kEloya-y- e'L;uwalkL;uwalk. 04 



He ran blue-jay sea-ward, he went to take it mud "^ 



AqigElgd'Let e^e'ua. Atca'yax, atca'yax, ka'nauwje atcid'tctXum. .>5 



He placed it before the beaver. He ate it, he ate it, all he finished it. 



him 



A'lta ue'Xkd ese'na. 20 



Now ho went th" beaver. 



