178 IQE'sQES KjA lo'l THEIR MYTH. [ETHNoix^oY 



J A'lta acxLxa'lEui. I^e'k'im iqe'sqes: " Qaxe'Lx uoxoela'-itX tike 



Now they ate. He said blue-jay: " Where may be they are those 



2 te'lx'Em?" Agio'lXam uya'xk'un: " Oxoela'-itX, oxo-ela'itX k|a 



people?" She said to him his elder sister : " They are there, they are there and 



iiikct ratE'tqamt." Na'pOnEm. Xe'k'im iqe'sqes: " la'xkuk txao'ya." 



3 not you see them." It grew dark. He said blue-jay: 



. A'lta acta'qxoya po'lakli. NixE'l'oko iqe'sqes, 



Now they slept at night. He awoke blue-jay, 



^ ayo'tXu-it nixau'yus, cka iakwa' aLxo'gua go 



^ he stood up he urinated, and here it ran down at 



„ uya'xk'im iqe'sqes. Xo'La-it go-y- ile'e na'xkj auwapa. Go aLo'tXuit 



" his elder sister bluejay. She sat down on ground she urinated. There stood 



_ qo'La Lga'xak; auwalpi;. L'ak atci'tax tia'^owit iqe'sqes: "Tcja'a! 



' that her urine. Spread he did them his legs blue-jay: "Look! 



o lo'i, qa'da Xuku iiE'xax. Atcxk;a'kax cia'kxo-itoc, acaxElae'Lxal 



" lo'i, how here I became. He pulled them his groins, she cried 



uya'xk'un: "Ahalia'y- i'tcitcia x-iq sia'kulqj ast." "A'xka ua itca'Lsa 



9 his elder sister: "Hahaha my sickness that squint-eye." "She [int. her body 



part. ] 



lo'i ka-y- i'tcatcia atciii'laut?" lo'Lqte ka age'nkjemEnako. 



-«■" lo'i and her sickness is on her?" Sometime and she took revenge on him. 



il 



Age'xk;a qix- ia'k; alx-ix*. "Ana'2," iie'k'ini iqe'sqes, "i'tcitcia lo'i." 



She pulled it that his penis. "Anah," he said blue-jay, "my sickness lo'i." 



"la'xka na tVyaL^a ka-y- a'yatcia ue'laut?" WiXt ack; e'witx'it. 



J.2 "He [int. his body and his sickness is on him?" Again they went to sleep, 



part.] 



., KawT'2X iiixE'l'oko iqe'sqes. la'xka ia'lko-ile e'k*ala qigd a'nqate. 



Early he awoke blue-jay. He the same man as formerly. 



|i NixE'1'oko-y- uya'xk'uu. A'lta wiXt oso'guil e'ka qigo a'nqate. 



She awoke his elder sister. Now again a woman thus as before. 



^r Nitca'lakuile. AqcEnk;e'mEnako iqe'sqes qigo atcuXuimo'cXEra 



She was well. It was taken revenge on him blue-jay as he teased them 



.jp te'lx'Em. "Tgtio'kti txgo'ya, taua'lta wiXt aqtXEnEmo'cXEmx." 



•*-" the people. "Good we go, else again thej' tease us." 



.,„ Agid'lXam uya'le: "Mai'ka nikct iine'xEtcii^mEle ka 



■'■ ' She said to him his elder sister: "You not you believed me and 



aqtxinEmo'cXEui." A'lta aci'Xko, acXgo'mam. Na'k-im uya'le: 



lo we were teased." Now they went home, they arrived at She said his elder 



home sister: 



J, J "TakE kapE't atxuwa'L; am." 



" Tlien enough we went visiting." 



Translation. 



There were Blue- Jay and his elder sister lo'i. " Let us go visiting, 

 lo'i," he said to his sister. " Let us visit the Magpie [?]." Early the 

 next morning they went. They came near his house and saw him on 

 the roof. They landed and went up to the house. Then they saw 

 ]\Iagpie on his house. After a little while he swept his house and 

 found one salmon egg. He put it into his topknot [made a firej, and 

 heated some stones. When they were hot he took a kettle, poured 

 water into it, and threw the dry salmon egg into the kettle; then he 

 boiled it. The kettle came to be full of salmon eggs. He placed it 

 before Blue-Jay and his sister and they ate. When they had half 

 emptied the kettle they were satiated. They carried away what was 

 left and started to go home. lo'i said to her brother: "Let us go to 



