CHINOOK"! 

 BOAS J 



THE GILA UNALX. 



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qElxEnge'waLj 'amita, 



■we are given food, 



uekct amcxLXE'lEma." ALo'yamx ka 



not eat." They arrived then [at] 



Lifi'ecaLxe. ALqegela'xe go y- e'lXam. ALo'ptck. Ne'gimx : " Go qaxe 



They landed ' at tlie town. They went up. He said: 



X'ik e/Lxan?" "A ma'ema Iqa'niaq, ia'xkati 



'Ah, 



e'Lxaii 



below 



Lia'ecaLxe 



aqia'wul 



are made these smelts?' 

 f caught J 



Qe/xtce aqio'lEktc 



Intending they were roasted 



giLa'cgewal: "Ai'aq 



his companions: "Quick 



qjoa'p id'ktcikta x-ix* 



nearly they are done those 



wuX ntcxexa'txama-i." 



tomor- we shall go ashore for 

 row awhile." 



te'lx'Em, tgia'wiil e'Lxau. 



people, they made it smelts, 



[caught] 



ALE'gimx Le'Xat LgoLe'lEXEmk : "PaL 



He said one person: "Full 



LjEx ixa'xo. Atcuwa'-y- o'lo Lix*L 



burst it will. Ha ! 



iLa/Xawok atcLo'lXam 



At where 



aqifi'wul." 



Rainier there they are made 



[caught.] " 



q;oa'p ayo'ktciktx. Atcto'lXam 



the smelts ; nearly they were done. He said to them 



Ixo'tctowula." AqLo'lXam qe'xtce: "A'lta 



we will go up." They were spoken to intending: "Kow 



e'Lxau." Ne'k'im: "A'ntcxElxulama. A'Lqi 



smelts." He said: " We will go at once. Later on 



ALo'ix k"ca'la. A'lta naii'itka aLogo'omx 



Kow indeed they reached 



"them 



aLkta'x qo'tac te/lx*am. 



they got them those people. 



They went 



k"ca'la. 



up river. 



Qj oa'p 



Near 



his guardian spirit he said to them his companions : "Slowly 



Ka'nauwe aLgaxgo'c qaX okuui'm ka atoLo'lXam: 



All they passed those canoes then he said to them : 



them 



A'lta aLk^e'watck 



Now they paddled 



Iqami 



msKTEe'watcgo." 



paddle!" 



"AmckT;e'watck 



"Paddle 



ma'Liie." 



awav from 

 the land." 



ma'LHe. 



away from 

 the land. 



E'wa 



Thus 



e'natai 



on one side 



qix* 



that 



ikani'm 



canoe 



qoa'DEm atcuXo'tqoax qo'ta 



live he put them into the those 



water 



qix* ikani'm. lu'Lqat ita'Lan. 



that canoe. Long their rope. 



ita'Lan qoa'nEm. Atctd'lXain 



their rope five. He said to them 



nuguk^e'watck giLa'cgewal. 



they paddled his companions. 



tElala'xukc qo'ta tE'in^^EcX 



birds those sticks 



aLXgo'mam ka ne'ktciikte. 



they came home and it got day. 



qoa'nEm 



five 



eXt 



tElala'xukc; e'wa e'natai 



birds; thus on the 



other side 



EXt ita'Lan qoa'nEm, wiXt 



One their rope five, also one 



tia'colal: "Amcknce'watck ! " A'lta 



his relatives : "Paddle!" Now 



T !a'qe uaue'tka-y- atxa'Lgowa 



Just as indeed they swam 



ugo'kXuiXt tBlala'Xukc. Q; oa'p 



made birds. Nearly 



Qone'2 tqoneqone' go Lil'maLne. 



Gull gulls at seaward from 



them. 



lifo'ponEm. Ne'k-im: "M'Xua, mci'Lxa! Nau'itka ua x-iau a'nitk"-! 



It grew dark. He said: "Well, go to the water ! Indeed [int. these did I carry 



part.] them 



x-iau e'Lxanl" A'tgELx giLa'lEXam, atE'kXukL uta'Xanim, ska 



these smelts?" They went to the people of his they launched their canoes, and 



the water town, them 



mii'nx-i ka pa'Lma na'xax. ALgio'kcEm e'Lxan GiLa'unaLX, 



they were. They dried them the smelts the GiLa'unaLX. 



full 



after a little and 



Pa'Lma no'xox La'uLema. 



Full they were their houses. 



KopE't atga'yamx. 



Enough they arrived. 



GiLa'unaLX, ta'ke 



the GiLa'unaLX, then 



X'ik e'Lxan qix 



those the smelts that 



K 



qix* 



these 



pa'Lma 



full 



LgoLe'lEXEmk. 



person. 



e'Lxan. 



None these smelts. 



no'xox 



are 



gia'xamia-itx." 



the one having Iqamia'- 

 itx." 



la'Xka, x'ix'i'x* ne'k'im; 



He, this one he said. 



aqLome'lax 



they were angry 

 with him 



qo'La 



that 



''Atcuwa' o'lo LE'XLa-itt 



"Ha! hunger they starve 



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e'xax itci'tsoitk. Ala'xti 



is my dipnet. Soon 



a'it GiLa'unaLX." Iqamia'itX ^q 



hunger they starve the GiLa'unaLX." Iqamia'itX 



giLa'cgewal: "Lawa' 



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 Qe'xtce aqio'Xtkin go k"ca'la Qauile'tcq. oo 



Intending they were at up river Cowlitz. *^ 



searched 



Nuxoe'tcEmaox te'lx*Em: ^'A 



They heard the people: "Ab 



La'uLema. Atca'yuk"-! taL; 



their houses. He carried them, behold! 



A'lta 



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