HOW CULTEE'S GRANDFATHER ACQUIRED A GUARDIAN SPIRIT. 

 LgE'qacqac Liil'mama itio'xoyal tia'qewani. Atco'ikEl tqe'wam - 



My grandfather his father strong man his supernatu- He saw it supernatural -'■ 



ral power. j)ower 



LgE'qacqac; atxie't^ElkEl ile'qjam; atca'f^ElkEl of^o'kuil okue'wucX; 9 



my grandfather; lie saw it a wolf ; he saw it a female dog; 



atce/s^ElkEl e'tcoyiict. A'lta ia'qoa-iL ne'xax; a'lta nixLo'lExa-it : o 



he saw it the evening star. Now large he became; now bethought: 



"Tgtio'kti a'lta Ls^a'gil uLucga'ma, ta'kE o'xoe tgE'Xawok." ^ 



"Good now a woman I shall take her, then many my guardian 



spirits." 



Noxoik; e/wulalEinam ta'nEmckc noxo-ewula'yeniam. Atgio'lXam ^ 



They went digging roots the women they went camping. They said to him 



tia'cikcnana: "TcuXoal xkxta'wax Xo'tac o'xoewula'yeniam." q 



liis friends: "Come, we will follow them those w lio went cami)ing.'' 



Ne'k'im: "l!Takct, taua'lta aqenome'lax." WiXt atgio'kd tia'cikciiana; j 



He said: "No, else I shall be scolded.' Again they asked his friends; 



him 



ka nixLo'lEXa-it: "Qa'dox uxElto'ma." A'lta atcta'wax qo'tac o 



then lie thought: "Must I go along." Now he followed them those 



tqjulipXEna'yu. Aqugo'om qo'tac ta'iiEmckc, ALgio'lXam Le'Xat g 



youths. They were those women. She said to him one 



reached 



Lqjeyo'qxut L^^a'gil: "TciniEla'xo-ix 11a Lme'mama Xuk" aniE'te'?" ^n 



old one woman: " He knows about you [int. your father here you came?" 



part.] 



"Niikct qa'da," ne'k'im. "A'Lqi iamiikle'tcgo." AtgE'qxoya ia'xkate ^^ 



"Not anyhow," he said. ' Later on I shall tell him." They slept there 



qo'tac tqjulipXEua'yu, ka ia'xka ay;i'qx6i6. Go of^o'lEptckiX 19 



those youths, and he he slept At the Are 



nixo'kcte, q;oa'p ocolEptckiX. Na'ktcukte ka iio'Xuko qo'tac in 



he lay down, near the tire. It grew day and they went those 



home 



tq;iilipXEna'yu, NoXugo'mam. ^a 



youths. They came home. 



A'lta k"La'xani ayo'tXuit, k;oa'c ne'xax, ayo'pla go-y- a'yam -.k 



Now outside he stood, afraid he was, he entered in his father 



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ta'yaqL. Atca ixa'laqLe. E'wa ta'nata qo'ta t!oL lakt t la'lEptckiX, 



his house. He opened the door. Then on the one that house four tires, 



side 



e'wa ta'nata wiXt lakt. Ksto'xtkiii tga'kxalptckix qo'ta t!oL. ^rj 



then on the other also four. Eight its fires that house, 



side 



!N^e'tp!a a'lta go qix* a'yam ta'yaqL. Ayaga'tlom qaX ae'Xt jo 



He came in now in that his father his house. He reached it that one 



o'o'lEptckiX. XixLo'lExa-it: "Qantsi'x- lx qa'da aqEnola'ma?" jg 



tire. He thought: "How long maybe how I shall be spoken to?" 



Ayaga'tlom a'goD o^o'lEptckiX. Aya'xatgo. Q;oa'p a'tcax aLa'Lon 20 



He reached it another tire. He passed it. Near he came it the third "^ 



oco'lEptckiX. Atcio'lXam Lia'miima: "la'xkati x-iau mE'tXuit. 9-. 



fire. He said to him his father: "There then stand. " 



Ta'kE na ka'nauwe tio'LEma amo'ekEl ka LEa'gil tqjex amLa'Xt?" 00 



Then [int. aU supernatural you saw and a woman like you do her?" 



part.] ' beings ' tbeni 



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