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"'"30x^1 BLUE-JAY AND ifjl MYTH. 177 



qaX iVeXat. A'lta aLxe'i.im lo'i k;a tga'a: "A." NiVk-itn d'lXaiu: -. 



that one. Now they wailed lo'i ami Ler chil- "Ah." Sbo said the seal: 



dreu: 



"Egun tan ix'Ela'xd iqt^'sqes." Aga'owilx- a'eXat ugo'Xd. "Ai'aq 2 



"One more thing he will do to blue-jay." She struck her one her daughter. "Quick, 



him 



amckL; e'mEu," iia'k'im d'lXaifi. ALgE'tatck Lka'uauwti Lqoa'iiEmikc. 3 



dive," she said the seal. Tliey emerged all five. 



Aga'Lk; tcXema ugo'xC). AkLsVkXuL; aga'Lk; tsXeina. A'kXaxc 4 



She singed her her daughter. She finished she singed her. She cut her 



agaLE'lltatkc. Akco'lXam : "XaXa'k ratga/xo." A'21ta aLkcxk; e/niako, 5 



she threw her be- She said to them : "This you will eat." Now they tied her up, 



lore theui. 



aLgE'ctotk Lme'mEldct Id'i Lga'xa. ALi'Xko-y- o'lXaiu. g 



they put her up the dead lo'i her child. They went home the seal. 



A'lta acxe'la-it iqe/sqes k;a uya'xk'un. WiXt o'lo agE'ctax: 



Now they stayed blue-jay and his elder sister. Again hunger acted on 7 



them : 



"Tcu'xa txuwa/L; amx, lo'i, go LE'qxaLa. Wux-i' txgo'ya." g 



"Well we will go visiting, lo'i, at the shadows. To-morrow we will go. ' 



Ne/ktcukte, a'lta ii'cto. Acto'yani go LE'qxaLa tE'LaqL. A'ctdptck. 



It got day, now they went. They arrived at the shadows their house. They went up 9 



from the beach. 



PaL qo'ta tk;e'walElqT: qo'ta t!oL. IXo'ca go LElx-eme'tk 



Full those provisions that house. They lay about on the bed 



iqaiiwik; e'Le. OXd'ca tqj etxa'pukc, oXo'ca tpayi'xaiua, dXo'ca 



large dentalia. They lay about coats, they lay about de^r blankets they lay 11 



about 



tqoa'qEma, oXo'ca f^ola/l'oma. Xe/k'iin iqe'sqes: "Qa'xewa lx ii'tgi 



mountain-goat they lay ground-hog He said blue-jay: "Where maybe they 12 



blankets, about blankets. went 



tike te'lx'Em?" Agio'lXam uya'xk'un: "Oxoela'itx- te/lx'Eiu k;a ^3 



those people? " She said to him his elder sister: " They are there the people and 



nekct mtE'tqEmt." Atcio'cgani qix- iqauwik; e'Le. " Hahaba o'go-utca, ^^ 



not you see them." He took them those large dentalia. " Hahaha my ear, 



iqe'sqes," aLE'xax LgoLe'lEXEmk. LjLjLjLj uoxowa'-itx te'lx-Em. ^5 



blue-jay," he did a person. Tittering they laughed people. 



Ateo'cgam csola'l. Atci'cxkja: "Hahaba cgd'ulal iqe'sqes. iq 



He took it aground-hog He pulled at it : "Hahaha my ground-hog blue-jay. 



blanket. blanket 



Nik; e'x-tkiu go ge'kXule ilEme'tk. L;LiL;L;, be'be no'xox te'lx-Em, j^j 



He searched for at under the bed. Tittering, laugh they did people, 



him 



Ateo'cgam oq;oe'Lxap okuux'ta'm: " Qa'daqa wiXt amd'latck ^g 



He took it a coat a woman's coat of "Why again you lilt it 



mountain-goat wool: 



ogu'q-jOeLxap, iqe'sqes?" Atcio'cgam ica'mEK Atce'xk;a iqe'sqes ^q 



my coat, blue jay?" He took it a nose ornament. He pulled at it blue-jay 



ica'mEls. "Hababa itci'ciraEli:, iqe'sqes." Ayue'luktcu eXt iqo'mxom 



thenoseor- "Hahaha my nose orua- blue-jay." It fell down one basket, 



nament. ment, 



Atcio'cgam, atce'xElukctgo ma'Lxole. ALo-e'luktcu L^a'pta. 01 



He took it, he put it up at the side of the house. It fell down salmon- roe. "' 



Atci'txalukctgo ma'Lxole. Nikje'x-tkiu e'wa gekXula' elEmi'tk. 22 



He put it up at the side of the Ho searched thus below the bed. "* 



house. 



A'lta wiXt be'be no'xox. L;L;L;L; aqiao'nimx iqe'sqes. Qe'xtce 23 



Now again laugh they did. Tittering he was laughed at blue-jay. Intending 



agio'lXam uya'xk'un: " PEt mE'xax. I'kta LEme'kxal LE'qxaLa? 24 



she said to him his elder sister: "Staying be. What thy names shadows? 



quietly 



LX poc nekct e'ka uugo'tkiX." Gdye' aci'xax, a'nqate dtX d'pXue. 



Maybe if not thus they do." Thus [they they did, already there salmon-roe. 



looked] stood 



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