CHINOOK! 

 BOAS J 



THE ELK HUNTER. 



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[then] 



xoa'o aqio'Li'a.' 



shall he is carried farther than others." 



AqigEno'ten a'lta. Aqri'Luk"T; 



He was helped 



He was carried 

 there 



Lq; eyo'qxut, 



an old man. 



Lxoutca'tkama- 



he went to listen. 



i'nqate 



long ago 



Lq; eyo'qxut, aLxigEliiwu'tcatk 



La'xeqLax 



A hunter 



qo La 



that 



Lq; eyo'qxut. 



old man. 



ALxuwu'tcatk 



He listened 



ie'ktcxEm. ALE'k-iin 



old man, he listened to him that singer. He said 



Lq; eyo'qxut: "O amcgigEiio'ten ilxa'k;ackc, atce's^ElkEl io'LEma 



qix- 



that 



qo'La 



that 



qo'La 



that 



old man : 



O, 



help singing 



our boy. 



he saw it 



a supernatural 

 being. 



TqeqLa'x atco'ekEl." Qoa'uEmi aya'qxoya-e ne'ktcxEm. AqLe'lax 



The hunte 



Lf^ue'loL. 



cedar bark. 



he saw her.' 



Five times 



his sleeps 



he sang. 



It was put on 

 him 



LpE'lpEl aqE'Lax qo'La L'ue'loL 



Red it was made that cedar bark. 



LpE'lpEl aqa'yax qix- e'uiCEcX 



red it was made that stick. 



kula'yi Ti/yO. E'ktcxam ka 



far lie went. He sang and 



Imo'lakEma. la'koa iLa'lXam 



elks. There his town 



Le'Xat: "Imo'lak x-ix- e'Lxam 



'An elk 



this 



it comes down 

 to the beach." 



Aqe'lax qix* e'm-EcX, 



It was put that stick, 



on hir.i 



a'lta ia'wa k"ca'la, go 



now there up river, to 



A'lta atce'Xatoa qix- 



Now he drove them those 



ka oqoela'etix- tia'colal. ALE'k-im 



and they were there his relatives. He said 



Atkto'cgam tga'XalaitauEma. 



A'yo-y- 



He went 



a'yuptck. 



he went inland. 



their arrows. 



They took them 



Igo'n wiXt ne'Lxam, igo'n wiXt ne'Lxam, igo'n wiXt ne'Lxam. 



One more again it came down, one more again it came down, one more again it came down- 



Aqia'q"la. aqia'q"la qix- imo'lEkuma. Si'uamokst LfiL aqifi'q^la 



they were 

 counted 



those 



the elks. 



They were 

 counted, 



ka uicxE'l'iomEqt. 



and they forgot [the num- 

 ber]. 



ia'ma': mcktEla'xo 



shoot do them. 



imo'lEkuma." Nixena'Xit 



the elks. ' They stood 



paL no'xox qo'ta tEmf^a'ema 



full got that prairie 



e'qtcxam. Atcio'cgam qix- e'm-EcX 



singer. He took it that stick. 



Seventy 



were counted 



ALE'k-im Lq; eyo'qxut: " la'c mci'kXiX, neket 



Ho said an old man: "Let do tliem, not 



alone 



Lo'nas ia'xka Xiau e'qtcxam, tciXua't Xiau 



Perhaps he this one who sings, he drives this oug 



imo'lEkuma go q;oa'p Ltcuq cka 



elks at near the water and 



go ma'ine. Ta'kE ne'Lxam qix- 



at seaward. Then he came down that 



Goye' atca'yax e'wa ma'Lne 



Thus ho did it thus .seaward 



qix- 



these 



e'wa Ltcuq ka mE'nx-i nixena'Xit qix- imo'lEkuma ka ayo'kuiXa 



thus water and a little while they stood these elks and they swam 



iau'a ma'Lne. Ka'nauwe2 ayd'guiXa. Ma'Lue ayo'yam ka 



then seaward All they swam. Seaward he arrived and 



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