18. IQATSE'LXAQ li'KXANAM. 

 The Panther his Myth. 

 A'lta io'c iqatse'Lxaq, imo'lEkuraa ia'k;ewula. Ka'uauwe i 



Now there was the panther, elks hunter. All 



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LCaLa'ma atcia'wul imo'lEkuma. Le2, ka Ljap atca'yax ipe'naLX ka 



days he hunted them elks. Some and lind he did it a twig and 



time 



atciXpIene'uakd ka atce/xElukctgo ge'kXule ilEme'tk. O, masa'tsiLx o 



he twisted it and he threw it down under the bed. Oh, ' pretty 



x'ik ipe'naLX: "Ana' LgoLe'lEXEmk tayaX mxa'tx!" Wax 



that twig; "Anah a person good you become!" Outhenext 



morning 



a'yo-y- imo'lak ne'kEloya. Tso'yuste niXatgo'mam. A'lta Li'Xuc 



he went elk he went to catch In the evening he came home. Now there was on 



it. the ground 



Lue'loL. "A, qa'xewa Lx atgate'mani te'lx-Em? Iqa'lxal oxucga'liL." 6 



cedar bark. "Ah, whence maybe they came people? Disks they played.' 



Wax wiXt ne'ktcukte. WiXt a'yo-y- imo'lak ne'kEloya. Tso'yuste 



On the again it got day. Again he went elk he wentto catch In the oven- ' 



next it. ing 



morning 



niXatgo'mam. A'lta LE'Xaue Lue'loL: "Qa'xewa lx atgate'mam o 



he came home. Now much cedar bark : "Whence maybe they came 



te'lx-Eml Iqa'lxal oxucga'liL go tE'kxaqL." Wax ne'ktcukte 



the people? Disks they always play in my house." On the next it got day ^ 



morning 



iLa'Lone. WiXt a'yo. XiXatgo'mam tso'yuste. A'lta paL Lue'loL -j^q 



the third time. Again he went. He came homo in the evening. Now full cedar bark 



Li'Xuc go ta'yaqL. A'lta o'wa axo'ca. iLa'lakte a'yo. Laxo^o'Lax 



it was on in his house. Now counters they were The fourth he went. Afternoon H 



the ground ontheground. time 



ka ne'Xko. Qjoa'p atcta'xom ta'yaqL, o'kumatk atcaltca'ma. Ta'kE ^2 



and he went home. Jv early he reached it his house, batons he heard them. Then 



nixE'LXa. " Qa'xewa te/lx-Em, oxucga'liL iqa'lxal go tE'kxaqL." ^3 



he became angrj-. "Whence the people, they always play disks in my house." 



Qjoa'i) atci'tax ta'yaqL, ta'kE kja na'xax o'kumatk. Ta'kE 14. 



Near he came to it Jiis house, then silent they became the batons. Then 



niXko'mam, ayo'plam. A'lta-y- o'wa a'xoc go-y- oma'p. " Wu'Xi 15 



he arrived at home, he came in. Now counters lay on a i)lank. "To-morrow 



ka nxptco'ta, qii'xewa lx atgatcia'ya." Wax ne'ktcukte. 



and I shall hide, whence maybe they came." On the next it got day. 16 



morning 



NixE'ltXuitck. Ayo'pa. Ayo'La-it go tE'pco. Xige'qxaint, nige'qxamt; 



He made himself He went He stayed in the grass. He looked. he looked; 1' 



ready. out 



k|e, nikct atci'L^ElkEl LgoLe'lEXEmk. Ta'kE atcaltca'ma o'kumatk j^g 



nothing not he saw it a person. Then he heard them batons 



go we'wuLe. Ta'kE ne'Xko. Ta'kE atcickxa'nap !e. A'lta iqa'lxal 



in the interior of Then he went home. Then he looked into the house Now disks 19 



the house. through a hole. 



Lxcga'liL Lq;oa'lipX. A'lta io'kuk LE'Lapc uLa'Xematk a'LgotX. ^ 



he played a youth. Now here his foot his baton it struck it. 



A'lta Lxa'xo-il: 



Now he sang : 



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