236 THE ELK HUNTER. 



[BUREAU OF 

 ETHNOLOGY 



1 na-ixE'lqamx qix* ie'qtcxam. A'lta uix-E'La it qix- imo'lEkuma 



he shouted that singer. Now they died those elks 



2 ka'uauwe2. A'lta aqigE'lxem e'wa maLxola' nxitcxa'x. 



all. Now it was called thus landward the wind blew. 



Q AtcigE'lxem qix* eiktcxa'm. Ayo'miptck qix- imo'lEkuma, cka 



He called it that north wind. They drifted ashore those elks, and 



^ paL ne'xaue ma'Lne go-y- e'lXam, Lia'maLna-y- e'lXam. A'lta 



fuU it got seaward at the town, seaward from i t the town. Now 



g a'tgELx tiil'colal. Qia'x aya'pXula, tcx-I la'xka aqia'xcx. Maue'x 



they went his relatives. If its grease, then it it was cut. When 



to the beach 



g io'LlElExt ka ia'mka ia'qco Laq° aqe'xax. Pa'2LEma iio'xox 



lean then only its skin take off it was done. Full became 



rj tloLe'ma, tga'oLema tia'colal. A'lta ka'nauwe iqe'tak, mane'x 



the houses, their houses his relatives. Now the whole year when 



g imo'lak atce'kElo-ix, ia'mka-y- e/m^EcX atcio'cgamx cka 



elk he went to hunt, only a stick be took it and 



fj. atca-ia'lEqEmax. Ma'nix niga'omx imo'lak, a'nqate ayo'mEqtx. 



'' he shouted. When he met it an elk, already it died. 



-j^Q Atcuxo'koko ka'nauwe qtga'xeqLax. 



He surpassed them all hunters. 



Translation. 



A youth was iu the habit of setting traps. He always killed bears. 

 One year he had set his traps [as usual], and when he went to look after 

 them [he heard] a woman crying in a trap. He reached her. Her 

 hand was caught iu the trap. She was a pretty woman. Her hair was 

 brown, her feet and her hands were tattooed. He opened the trap and 

 took her hand out of it. She said to him : " You will excel all the 

 poeple. You have caught even me in your trap. You will be a great 

 hunter." The youth said: "I shall carry you to our town." Thus he 

 spoke to his supernatural helper. "I shall show you to the Indians." 

 Now he carried her home. His relatives saw her and all died. He died 

 also. 



After many years another boy saw her. He had no father and no 

 mother. He was poor. He was a small boy. She said to him : " When 

 you have grown a little larger, you will excel all hunters. I did not 

 tell the first Indian [not to show me] and behold, he showed me to the 

 people. When you go elk hunting carry only a stick in your hand 

 and paint that stick." The boy grew up and became a youth. Then 

 he sang : 



"I did not tell him thus, the first one, and behold, he showed me to the Indians. 

 I did not tell him thus, the first one. Behold ! " 



He also sang : 



"If the orphan boy remembers what is told of olden times, 

 If the orphan boy remembers what is told of olden times, 

 He shall excel all others." 



The people helped him singing. An old man was brought there who 

 came to listen. He had been a hunter. He listened to the singer and 

 said: "Oh, help our boy sing; he saw a supernatural being. He saw 



