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-• x-ix'i'gik mka'nax tcBma'xo." Aqe/lot igo'inatk, ikamo'kXuk 



This here you chief it will make you.' He was given a bird arrow- bone 



head, 



2 igo'matk, okulai'tanEma itca'kXomatk. AqLe'kXoL; qo'ta tio'LEina. 



bird arrowhead, arrows their heads. They Vere finished these supernatural 



beings. 



o NixE'ls^oko, go ma'Lxole yuquna'itx* iau'a e'liatai. Nixa'latck. 



He awoke, at ashore he lay there on the other side. He arose. 



A'lta kawe'X. Pat o^o'Lax qigo ayo'kuiXa. Tatclau wiXt kawi'X 



^ Now it was early. Noon when he swam across. Behold! again early 



ka uixE'lcoko. Ayo'tXuit, nige'qxamt. Yuqima'-itX ia'mdlkan q;oa'p 



and he awoke. He stood there, he looked. It lay liis elkskin near 



blanket 



go ia'xka. Ayo'tXiiit. Atco'ckain ia'molkan. A'lta wiXt a'yo. 



at him. He stood there. He took it his elkskin blanket Now again he went. 



Ne'xko. 



He went home. 



Ayo'yam go I'tskuil cia'mict. Ne'kgix-ae. A'lta wiXt a'yo ka 



He arrived at Itskuil its mouth. He landed. Now again he where 



went 



Q iqa'lExal oxiicga'liL go Ik; aniyi'lXam. ALE'k-ikct Le'Xat 



'^ disks they played at Mythtown. He looked one 



LgoLe'lEXEmk: "Ee'tsxot X'ix* exE'iikou go x'ix* e'LjuwalkLjuwalk." 



per.son: "A black bear this runs about at this mud." 



^1 Atgia'qxamt qo'tac te'lx-Em. ALE'k'im qo'La Le'Xat: "Ee'tsxot iia? 



They looked those people. He said that one: ''A bear [int 



part] ? 



LgoLe'lEXEink Xo'La qLo'itEt. la'xkaLX x-iau aqce'taqL x-ix- 



i-^ A person that coming. He, I think, who was left this 



io'itEt." i^e'k'im qix* ixgE'kxim ia'xk'uu: "E'kta wiXt qtcia'wat? 



*■" comes." He said that eldest one his elder cousin: "What again does he want 



to do .' 



la'kimatctame." Ne'k-im qix* kcx-LEma't: " Qa'doxoe Lia'xaiiyain. 



14: He is one of whom we He said that the one next to " Let him his poverty, 



must be ashamed." the youngest: 



-.^ Qa'da atcimta'xt ka iiekct amtgige'tx-e?" Ayo'ptcgain go qo'tac 



-'■'-* How he did to you and not you like him ? " He arrived coming at those 



up from the beach 



te'lx-Em. A'lta iqa'lExal oxocga'liL. Go2 kE'mkXiti ka nixe'lotcx. 



people. Now disks they pUiyed. Then at the end and be looked at. 



-.r- Atciiiqoa'na-itx qix- atcio'ktcau igo'nia. la'xkati wiXt Le'Xat 



He put it down that what he held the bird arrow. There also one 



-|Q LgoLe'lEXEmk loc, Lxe'lotcx. Aqio'lxam: " Masa'tsiLx igo'matk." 



person was, he looked at. He was told; "Pretty arrowhead." 



"A, L;ap amVyax," ne'k'im. Le'giL'Et qo'La Le'Xat LgoLe'lEXEmk, 



"Ah, find I did it,'' he said. He always won that one person, 



qLo'L'Et qo'La Le'Xat LgoLe'lEXEmk e'wa qigo ayo'La-it. ALgio'lXam 



it was always that one person thus where he was. He said to him 



won of him 



oi qo'La Le'Xat LgoLe'lEXEmk: " Txo'xotleya, yamgEiuo'tga eXt 



that one person: " Let us bet, I stake against jou one 



oo igo'matk." AtcLo'lXam: "Mai'ka tEme'Xatakox," ka ma'nx-i ka 



"^ arrowhead." He said to him: " iTour your mind," and afteralittle and 



while 



aLE'k'iL, a'lta kadi'x- ne'k'iL qix* Lia'xauyam. Lo'ni ne'k-iL, la'kti 



■^<J he won, now this one he won tliat his poverty. Three times he won, four 



times 



rt, ue'k'iL ka ia'Lelam ue'xax qix* igoma'tgEma. AtcJl'yuL. Aya'qxoi-a. 



he won and ten they be- these arrowheads. He won them. He slept, 



came 



c,r Ayax'algu'Litck uya'k;ik;e: "Anio'mEl e'ela'ke ka aqiiixE'cgam." 



He told her his grandmother: "I bought it a sea-otter and it was taken away 



from me." 



2Q Xaga'2tcax uya'k; ik; e, agixuwalo'ta-it. Na'2ktcukte. " Tcdxoatc !a, cikc, 



She cried his grandmother, slie pitied him. It got day. " Come on, friend, 



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