176 IQe'sQES KjA lo'l THEIR MYTH. 



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 .ETHNOLOGY 



WiXt atco'lXam uya/xk'un: " WuXi' txua'L;ama go-y- o'lXaiu." 



^gaiu lie said to her his elder sister : " To-juorrow we will go visit- at the seal." 



ing 



Na'2ktcukte ka a'cto. Acto'yam go-y- o'lXaiu tE'kXaqL. Qui'iiEmiks 



•^ It got day and they They arrived at the seal her bouse. Five 



went. 



„ tga'a-y- o'lXaiu. AkLo'lXain o'lXaiii tga'a: "Araco'ya go ma/Lne 



»5 her children the seal. She said to them the seal her children: 'Go to seaward 



go aLXE'muit Ltcuq. la'xkati mcXxatlo'ya." A'lolx tga'a o'lXaiu 



4 to its edge the water. There lie down." Tlieywent her chil- the seal 



to the beach dren 



g go aLXE'muit Ltcuq. ALXxa'Xatq. Agio'cgam e'ln^^EcX o'lXaiu, 



to its edge the water. They lay down. She took it a stick the seal, 



iio'Lxa. AkLga'om tga'a, aga'owilx- qaX oxge's'ax go I'tcaqtq. 



6 "he went to She reached her chil- she struck her that youngest one on her head, 

 the beach. them dren, 



„ ALkLj e'wamEii tga'a. Lax aLi'xax, aLkta'yutck Lkanauwe'tikc 



* They dived her children. Come they did, they emerged all 



out 



Q tga'a o'lXaiu Lkanam Lqoa'uEiniks, AgoLa'taptck qaX ae'Xt 



" her chil- the seal together five. She hauled her ashore that one 



dren 



q aga'waf^a. AgaLk;E'tsXema. AkLa'kXuL; agaLk; E'tsXema. A'lta 



•^ she had killed She singed her. She finished, she singed her. Now 



her. 



jl^Q fi'kXaxc. LOU kci ogo'pXula. Ago'tcXEm, ago'tcXEm. No'ktcikt. 



she cut her. Three fingers her blubber. Slie boiled her, sLe boiled her. She was done. 



]^]^ Aqacinge'waLj amit iqe'sqes k;a uya'xk'un qaX o'lXaiu, cka qamx 



They were given food blue-jay and liis elder sister that seal, and part 



aci'kXax ka acta'qcti. Agio'lXam uya'xk'uu iqe'sqes: ''Ai'aq^ 



-*-^ they ate it aud they were satia- She said to him his elder sister blue-jay: "Quick 



ted. 



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niE'Lxa, uia'newa luE'Lxa." Atco'lXam: " Ma'newa mE'Lxa. Atcuwa'^ 



go to the you first go to the He said to her: " You first go to the Indeed 



beach, oeach." beach. 



kjoa'u mkex Xuk aqaniElf^e'raEniL," atco'lXam uya'xk'un: "Ai'aq^ 



14 always you are here you are given much to he said to her his elder sister: 'Quick 



wanting " eat, ' 



to stay 



^g mE'Lxa." No'Lxa-y- uya'xk'un. Ne'k'im iqe'sqes: "We'x-i mugo'lEinama> 



go to the She went to his elder sister. He said blue-jay: " To-mor- go and fetch it 

 beach." the beach row 



-,n Xak om^e'micX." " Xo'yaa," na'k-im o'lXaiu. Kawi'2X na-ixE'lgiLx: 



this your kettle." "I shall go," she saia the seal. Early he made a fire 



-.y iqe'sqes. Ayo-iLxe'wulx-t go ta'yaqL. "lo'itEt ikani'm," atco'lXam 



blue-jay. He went up on his house. " It comes a canoe," he said to her 



■lo uya'xk'un. "lo'itet qe'wa amia'owewuT;." Xixa'gila-e ikanl'ni. A,, 



his elder sister. "It comes because you told them often. ' It lauded the canoe. Ah, 



o'lXaiu Lxe'gela-e k;a tga'a. A'Luptck o'lXaiu. TakE ne'k'im 



the seal landed and her children. They went up the seal. Then he said 



from the shore 



20 iqe'sqes, atcLo'lXam uya'xk'un tga'a: "Amco'ya go aLXE'muit 



blue-jay, he said to them his elder sister her children: "Go to its edge 



oi Ltcuq. la'xkati mcXxat; o'ya." Ta'kE a'LOLx lo'i tga'a. ALE'Xxatq 



the water. There lie down." Then she went to lo'i her chil- They lay down 



the beach dren. 



09 go aLXE'muit Ltcuq. Ta'kE atcio'cgam e'm^^EcX iqe'sqes. A'yoLx, 



at its edge the water. Theu he took it a .stick blue-jay. He went to 



the beach, 



23 atca'owilx- qaX oxgoe's'ax. Mo'kcte atca'owilx*. la'xkate no'mEqt. 



he struck her that youngest one. Twice he struck her. There she died. 



OA Atcto'lXam uya'xk'un tga'a: "Ai'aq, amckL;e'mEn." ALkL;e'mEn, 



He said to them his eldest sister her chil- "Quick, dive!" They dived, 



dren : 



25 aLgE'tatck. A'eXat k;e. QoJi'nEml aLkL;e'mEu, goa'nsum no'mEqt. 



they emerged. One nothing. Five times they dived, always dead 



