212 QjELTE' LIa'qACQAC. [eZoZog? 



1 Aqayi'n^oL oco'yaL: "Ai'aq iga'wulXt x-ix- ipa'k-al. Qui'iiEmi 



It was thrown a cape: "Quick climb this niountaiu. Five times 



at him 



2 mao'ya ka mXatgo'ya. la'xkati tme'q;eyoktikc uta'Xawok nake'x 



your sleeps and you come back. There your ancestors their female is 



guardian spirit 



3 Ut lo'naqan." 



Utlo'naqan." 



Agio'lXam uya'Lak: "Ma'nix mikwu'lx-tama X'ix* ipa/k-al 



She said to him his aunt: "When you have climbed this mountain 



5 tE'qp!6p! mtuElpia'Lxa, ma'nix migwii'lx-tama x-ix- ipa/k-al. 



[a grass] gather it for uie, when you will have climbed this mountain. 



Q Atco'cgam qaX oco'yaL; . A'lta a'yo. A'yo, a'yo, a'yo, a'yo, 



He took it that cape. Now he went. He went, he went, he went, he went 



„ kula'yi a'yo, ka no'poiiEm. IcVxkati aya'qxoye. Ne'xEltcu, cka wax 



far he went, and it grew dark. There he slept. He talked, and in the 



morning 



g ne'ktcukte. Nekct i'kta atciltca'ma ka ue'ktcukte. A'lta wiXt 



it grew day. Not anything he heard and it grew dark. Now again 



9 a'yo, a'yo, a'yo. Niga'wulXt qix- ipa'k-al. Q; oa'p pat o^^o'Lax, 



he went, he went, he went. He climbed it that mountain. Nearly noon, 



-iQ a'lta qjoa'p igwii'lx-tama-e. A'lta i'kta atciltca'ma. A, oqo-ikE'miiXLut 



now nearly he had climbed- it. Now some- he heard it. Ah, howling 



thing 



-I-, atcaltca'ma. Nau'i L;'a a'yaL«a ue'xax, cka ruE'nx-i a'yu, ka wiXt 



he heard it. Hence feeling his body became, and a little he went, and again 



of fear 



12 oqo-ikE'mXLut atcaltca'ma. A'lta mank tc;pak oqo-ikE'muXLuL 



howling he heard her. Now a little really howling 



atcaltca'ma. K;a na'xax qaX oqo-ikE'muXLuL. A'lta tc4 



-L" he heard her. Silent became that howling one. Now [noiseoffall 



ing leaves] 



-,. uutXua'yutc o'qxoca. MxLo'lEXa-it: " O, iqctxe'Laut x-ik L;^ap 



they fell spikes of fir. He thought: "O, the monster, that tind 



1 r ania'xoye." MxLo'lEXa-it : "Qa'doxoe tcinuwu'lfaya, i'kta L; aqe'nxaua." 



I shall do." He thought: "Shall he devour me, what they planned 



against me." 



16 Ayo'La-it go k"ca'xali-y- e'msEcX ka na ixE'lqamx. ME'nx-i k;a 



He was on above tree and she howled. A little silent 



-jy ne'xax, wiXt oqo-ikE'muXLuL na'xax. A'lta q;oa'p kate' mank. 



it became, again howling she became. Now near very little. 



]^g K|a naxa'x oqo-ikE'muXLuL. Tc4 nutXo i'teax qaX o'qxoca. 



Silent became the howling one. [Noiseoffall- they fell down those spikes of fir. 



ing leaves] 



29 WiXt na-ixE'lqamx. A'lta ne'Xtako ayo'itco. NixLo'lEXa-it: "A'lta 



Again she howled. Now he turned back, he went He thought: "Now 



down. 



9^. niXko'ya." A'lta agigE'ta qaX Ut lo'naqan. Kula^yi ayo'yam, a'lta 



'^^ I go home." Now she pursued that ' Ut lo'naqan. Far he arrived, now 



him 



01 qjoa'p gia'xt qaX Ut lo'naqan. KaxE'lqamx, naii'i Lakj a'yaL'a 



near she came to that Ut lo'naqan . She howled, at once weak his body 



him [whispered] 



09 nexa'x. NixLo'lEXa it: " O, gEniiwii'^aya, taL;." Ne'lgaLx eXt 



became. He thought: " O, she will devour me, behold! ' He thought one 



of him 



ia'Xawok. Kula'yi ayae'taqL. A'lta wa2Xt tEll ne'xax. 



his guardian Far he left her. Now again tired he got. 



spirit. 



o^ Atca'xEluktcgo qaX oya'coyaL;. Agaga'om qaX oco'yaL; ka 



■^ He threw off that his cape. She reached it that cape and 



25 naxLa'nuki:, naxLa/nuki;. Atca'qxamt; a'lta wiXt ne'xanko. Qe'xtce 



she went aroundit, she went around it. He looked at her; now again he ran. Intending 



2g atcia'qxamt e'cgan, kaxe' tces^ElkEla'ya e'ckan ka io-oLxe'wula. 



he looked for it a cedar, where he will see it a cedar and he will go up. 



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