THE GILA'UNALX. 

 E'Xat gifi'unaLX ik;a'ckc aqa-E'ltaqL uya'k;ik;e go ^ 



One <;iLa-iinaLX boy she was left his {rrandniother at 



Soguame'tsliak. Tqa/mete na'kxoya ka aqio'lXam qix- ikja'ckc: 2 



Tougiie point. Six times lier sleeps and be was told that boy: 



^'A'kctam ome'k;ik;e. PE'nka mo'ya." A'lta ne/te mai'eme. 



" Go to see your grandmother. Afoot go" Now became down the 3 



river. 



Ne'xatco. Atca^'alkEl mokct o'Lqikc. Atcto'ktcan tia'xalaitaiiEma. 



He walked He saw thera two fish-ducks. He took them his arrows. ^ 



down river. 



NixLo'lEXa-it: ''Nakct itil'mac ania'lax, taua'lta ago'kLx 



He thought: ''Not shooting them I do them, else tliey carry k 



down to the 

 water 



ogu'xalaitanEina." Atcio'cgam iqa'nakc. NakLje^iwamEn qaX q 



my arrows." He took it a stone. They dived those 



o'Lqikc. Ne/xEngo ma'Lne. La'xLax na'xax qaX o'Lqikc. y 



ducks. He ran seaward. Visible thej' became those ducks. 



AtciagE'ltcim qix* iqa'nakc. Itca'mac atcia'lax go-y- e'tcaqtq- g 



He threw it that stone. Hitting it he did it at its head. 



Laq" ne'xax ia'ok. Ayaga'om. Yiikpa'2t Ltcuq nitElo'tXuit ka 



Take oflF he did it his blanket He reached Up to here water he stood in the and 9 



tbeni. water 



akco'ngue qaX o'Lqikc, nuwa'Xit. A'yoptck. A'tcukct. OXune'n 



they fluttered those ducks, they escaped. He went land- He looked. They drifted 



ward. 



e'k"caxala itca'wan. WiXt a'yiiLx. Ayo'gniXa. QjoHi'p atca'xdm 



up their belly. Again he went to He swam. Nearly he reached J-J- 



the water. them 



wiXt akco'Dgue. A'yuptck wiXt. Qoii'DEmi ayo'guiXa ka ^2 



again they fluttered. Ho went up again. Five times he swam and 



atco'cgam cka nixa'Lxigo ka k'je no'xox tia'xatakuX. A'lta ^^3 



lie reached them and he turned round and nothing became his mind. Now 



io'LEma atces'ElkEl. Nixigil'lax Iqamia'itx. NixE'l'oko. Go ma'Lxole ^4 



a sapernat- he saw it. He saw a super the tishemian's He awoke. At landward 



ural being natural being supernatural 



helper. 



yuquiia'itX. Itco'ktcau qaX o'Lqikc. la'Xkate ayiie'taqL qaX 



he lay. He held in his those ducks. There he left them those 



hand 



o'Lqikc. A'lta a'yo. Ayo'yain Sokuame'tsliak. Qjoa'p a'tcax 



ducks. Now he went. He reached Tongue point. Near he got 



uya'kjikje. Tga'Xte qaxe' qigo aqae'taqL. Ayo'yam go-y uya'k!ik;e. •,„ 



his grandmother. Her smoke where when she was left. He arrived at his grandmother. 



Atcd'lXam: "Ima'Xanate, taL; ." Agio'lxam: "Itca'Xanate 



Be said to her: " You are alive, behold! ' She said to him: "I am alive." 



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Qe'xtce age'lf^em. Atco'lXam: "Nakct o'lo geuE'tx" Aya'qxoye 



Intending she gave him He said to her: 'Not hunger acts on me." He slept 1" 



food. 



ia'xkate. Ne'ktcukte, atca'gElEinqtce uya'k;ik;e. O'Xue tE'mcEcX 



there. It got day, he gathered food for his grandmother. Many sticks 



her 



atctupa'yaLx ka ne'Xko. Ayae'taqL uya'k;ik;e. Tso'yiiste 21 



he gathered them and he went home. He left her his grandmother. In theevening 



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niXko'mam. Aqio'lXam: "O'lo na gEma'xt!" Ne'k'ini: "Kje; tEll 



he came home. He was told : " Hunger [int. acts on your' He said : "No; tired ■^-' 



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