THE ELK HUNTER. 

 E'Xat igoLe'lEXEmk iq;oa/lipx- guil'iiEsum Lka'waot atcLa'xo- 



One person a youth always traps he always 



2 ilEiiia-itx. Atciute'niLa-itx ee'tcxotEma. A'gon iqe'tak wiXt atcLa'x 



made them. He always killed them bears. One more year again he made 



them 



3 Lka'waot. Tce'xeL atcLo'kctamx Lia'Xawaot. A'lta La'qxulqt 



traps. Several he went to see them his traps. Now she cried 



4 L'^a'gil go qo'La Lka'waot. NiLga'dmx. A'lta uLa'ksia Lage'laktciit 



a woman in that trap. He reached her. Now her hand it was caught 



r qo'La Lka'waot. Ltlo'kti Lsa'gil. SquL LE'Laqco, tE'Lasko ka'nauwe 



that trap. A pretty woman. Brown her hair, her tattooing all 



n La'Eo-it, tE'Lasko go La'pote ka'nauwe qo'La LSa'gil. AtcLo'latcgux 



her feet, her tattooing on her hands all that woman. He lifted it 



y qo'La Lia'Xawaot, Laq° aLxa'x qo'La La'kcia qo'La LSa'gil. 



that his trap, take out he did it that her hand that woman. 



Q ALgio'lBXamx : "Lax amta'xo, moxogo'ko x'itikc te'lx-Em. Aka 



She said to him : "Pass you will do you surpass tbem these people. Thus 



them, 



q nai'kXa aLEiige'luktcu LEine'Xawaot. Moxogo'ko ka'nauwe te'lx'Ein. 



I it caught me your trap. You surpass them all people. 



jQ TEme'xeqLax tEmxEla'xo." Ne'k'im qix* iq; oil'lipx* : " Iamo'k"T[a go 



Tou a hunter you will be." He said that youth: " I shall carry you to 



2^1 intcfi'lXam." Atco'lXam qaX uya'Xawok : " lamuxfmima'ya 



our town." He said to her that his supernatural "I shall show you [to | 



helper ; 



JO Nate'tanue." A'lta atco'k^^x go ia'lXam. Atga^E'lkElax tia'colal, 



the Indians." ' Now he carried her to his town. They saw them his relatives, 



-IQ ka'nauwe nuxo'La-ltx, ka ifi'xka aytl'mEqtx. 



all they died, and he he died. 



Qantsl'x Lxqeta'kEina ka wiXt LE'gon aLge^^E'lkElax Lk;asks. 



How many years and again another one he saw Ler a boy. 



Nekst La'mama qo'La Lk;asks, nekst La'naa, La'xauyam. Ka 



-'-'^ Not his father that boy, not his mother, his poverty. And 



., . iLanu'kstX qo'La Lk; asks. AkLo'lXamx, qec mank ma'qoa-iL pos 



■*-^ small that boy. She said to him, if a little you large then 



^r- ka'nauwe amuxo'kuko tga'xekLax. Nakct e'ka anio'lXam qix* 



-*- ' all you surpass them the hunters. Not thus I told him that 



.JO ia'newa Ite'tauue. Tate! atcenuxo'uema te'lx-Ein. Mane'x 



-*■" the first one Indian. Behold! he showed me the people. When 



-jq inigElo'yamx imd'lak, ia'mkXa-y- e/m^^EcX miucgEle'Lx, onua'LEma 



-^" you go hunling elk, only a stick you carry it in your paint 



hand, 



ma-ila'xo-ie qix- e'mSEcX." la'qoa-iL ne'xax qix- ik;a'sks. Iqoa'lipx* 



■^" you will do it that stick." Large he got that boy. A youth 



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ne'xax. A'lta ne'ktcxam: 



he became. Now he sang: 



'^Ane'ekctce go -y-eeka -y-anio'olXam qix* ia'newaj 



"Not [int. part.] there thus I told him that first one; 



||:"Ata'tc!a atinaxa'tEnema Nate'tanue. || 



" Behold ! He showed me to them the Indians. 

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