226 • THE GILa'uNALX. [Sologt 



1 mxElqE'mxaya. Mge'ina: 'A, GiLauiuiLXa' ta'kE na amcxE'La-it? 



shout. Say: 'Ab, GiLaunaLX then [int. are yon dead ? 



part.] 



2 A tqagEla/xElta';' mge'ma. Mo'kcti mge'ma, mxElqE'nixa." Nau'itka. 



Ah, the news;' say. Twice say, shout." Indeed. 



3 Kawe'X uixa'latck Lia'wiiX. Na-ixE'lgiLx. Nix'o'tam. Ne'tptega. 



Early he arose his younger He r.^ade afire. He went to He went inland, 



brother. bathe. 



4 Atciugdna/mam tB'LaqL, na-ixE'lqamx : "A, GiLaunaLXa' takE na 



He went to open the their house, he shouted: "Ah, GiLa'unaLX then [int. 



smoke hole part.] 



5 amcxE'La-if? A, tqagElaxElta'." Mo'kcti na-ixE'lqamx. A'lta 



are you dead.* Ah, the news!" Twice he shouted. Kow 



Q nuxola'yutck qo'tac te'lx-Em. Atkto'cgam tga/XalaitauEiiia. 



they arose those people. They took them their arrows. 



7 AtkLo'cgam Lta'mEq;aL; atkLo'cgam LmoL;ane'. A'lta a/tge e'wa 



They took them their bone clubs : they took them lances. Now they went thus 



g qO'ta ta/yaqL qix- iLS'Xak; Ema iia. Xugo'kXo-im qo'tac te'lx-Ein: 



that his house that their chief. They said those people: 



9 " E'kta e'xax? QtVxewa atgate'mam tqagEla'xElf?" Ne'k-im qix- 



"What is it? Whence came they the news.'" He said that 



IQ iq;oa'lipx': "X'ita'o, x-ita'o tqagEla'xelt go qo'La qoa'iiEin 



youth: "These, these news in those five 



j-j^ Lkue'tx'Ema." A'lta ixe'nXat e'Lxan. la'xka LkLXa'nak ige/1'otitk, 



large baskets." Now they stood smelts. That one he had it on elkskin armor, 



there 



12 ia'xka aLgixauia'kox. Ma'nix c'ola'l LckLxa'nax, ia/xkati 



he carried it in the fold When a ground-hog he had it on, tkere 



of the skin. Ijlanket 



2^3 aLgixk|e'uiakux qix- e'Lxau go qo'cta c'ola'l. Ma'nix o^onac 



he wrapped them up those smelts in that ground-hog When a raccoon 



blanket. blanket 



^. LkLxa'nak, qe'xtce aLgixk; e'uiagux, ayatXui'tciiwa-itx go qaX 



he had it on, intending he wrapped it up in it, they fell through in that 



15 

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oLa'kXana*:. Ka'nauwe-y- e'ka qo'tac te'lx-Em no'xox. A'lta 



his raccoon blanket. All thus those people thej' did. Now 



iioxo-iLxil'lEm qo'tac te'lx-Em. Aqio'tXEinit eXt iqa'etEma e'wa 



they ate those people. It was placed upright one young spruce thus 



tree 



-.„ mai'eme. Aqio'tXEinit eXt iqa'etEma e'wa k"ca'la. La'maka 



down river. It was placed upright one young spruce tree thus up river. Onl.y they 



-.r, GiLa'unaLX aLgiupa'yaLx e'Lxan. Pa'LEma no'xox tE'LaqL. 



-*-" the GiLa'unaLX they gathered them smelts. Full became their house. 



-.q ALgio'kcEm. Ka'nauwe tia'lEXam atgiupa'yaLx. 



" They dried them. AU their people gathered them. 



A'gdn iqe'tak ka wiXt o'lo agE'Lax GiLa'unaLX. La'mka 



One more year then again hunger acted on the GiLa'unaLX. Only 



them 



9-, LE'kXal*:pa aLkLa'xo-itx k;a-y- opE'nxaLX. XixE'ltcEmaox qix* 



^^ skunk-cabbage they ate it and rush roots. He heard about it that 



f>o iLa'Xak;Emana. A, ta'kE pa'LEma no'xox tloLe'ma go Iqa'niaq. 



their chief. Ah, then full they were the hou.ses in Rainier. 



oq Qia'wul e'Lxan. Atcta'x tE'm>:EcX e'cgan ogo'kXuix ita'Lelam; 



'^ They were smelts. He made sticks cedar made out of ten; 



made [caught] them 



f>- qoa'nEm o'Lqikc, qoa'nEin Lpa'qxo-ikc. Atcto'lXam tia'colal: "Ai'aq 



■"■1 five fish ducks, five shags. He said to them his relatives : "Quick 



amcxE'ltXuitck. Lxo'tctola, Ixdwa'Lj 'ama." ALe'gEla-itx eXt 



25 make yourselves ready. We will go up now, we will go to get food." They were in a canoe one 



ikani'm paL, ia'qoa-iL ikani'm. ALo'tctolax, aLo'yamx Soguame'ts !iak. 



26 canoe full, a large canoe. They went up the they arrived Tongue point. 



river at 



97 E'ktcxEm aLo'ix. AtcLo'lXam glLa'cgewal: "Ma'nix 



■^' He sang his con- they went. He said to them his companions ; "When 



jurer's song 



