PREGNANCY AND BIRTH. 

 2 Ma'nix aLti'wan Ls^a'gil niikct iu'Lqte aLao'ptitx. Kawi'X a'nqate 



"When pregnant a woman not long she sleeps. Early already 



2 aLxEl'o'kux. ALxEl'o'kux, nau'i aLE'xaluktcgux. ALgixEla'qL'exe. 



she awakes. She awakes, at once she rises. She ojiens the door. 



3 Ma'nix aLo'pax nakct aLo'tXuitx go iqe'plal. Nau'i aLo'pax. 



When she goes out not she stands in the doorway. At once she goes out. 



^ Ma'nix aLo'La-itx gaLa'wan, niikct aqLgumo'tXuitx iau'a 



"When she sits down a pregnant one, not they stand near her there 



5 iLa'kotcX. Ma'nix aLo'La-itx gaLa'wan, nakct aLxo'kctitx 



her back. "When she sits down a pregnant one, not he lies down 



Q LgoLe'lEXEmk e'"wa aLxtce'qLgux. A'ka nupo'nEinx. Ma'nix 



a person thus across. Thus it is night. When 



„ aLxo'kctitx LgoLe'lEXEmk ka iau'a-y- e'Laqtq, iau'a-y- aLa'^wit 



' he lies down a person then there his head, there her feet 



o gaLa'"wan. Mane'x aLiga'oinx e'qxeL gaLa'wan, mo'kcti 



the pregnant! one. When she arrives at it a creek a pregnant one, twice 



q aLksikpEna'kux. ]!^akct k"La'xani Lxatk"ctElt gaLa'wan; 



*^ she jumps across. Kot outside she lies down a pregnant one ; 



tga'k-iLau, taua'lta tqe'wam akLa'x o^o'Lax. Nakct qausi'x 



10 it is her taboo, else sending disease he does to the sun. Not anyhow 



her 



iLak|e'Lxot gaLa'wan, taua'lta niLeLxo'Xuitx iLa'amco La'Xa- 



J-l her necklace a pregnant one, else It is often around its its navel- her child 



neck string 



-JO Nakct qausi'x LE'Lakoale, taua'lta kjau nixa'tElax iLa'amco go 



Not ever her bracelet, else tied it is to it its navel-string to 



-lo La'kcia. Nakct akLe'tqamt Lme'msloct gaLa'wan, nakct i'kta 



its arm. Not she looks at it a corpse a pregnant one, not anything 



24 aLge'tqamt io'mEqtEt. Tga'k-iLau. Nakct iq;oala's Lge'tqamt; 



she looks at it dead. It is her taboo- Not a raccoon she looks at it j 



niikct inana'mukc Lge'tqamt; niikct i'kta Lge'tqamt 



not an otter she looks at it ; not anything she looks at it 



^Q gia'atcEkc gaLa'wan. Nakct Lkcitpe'XuniL ikcgo'matk 



stinking a pregnant one. Not she blows it up a bladder 



gaLil'wan. Niikct i'kta iLxe'tBlax gaLil'wan, ma'nix L;ap 



a pregnant one. Not anything she eats it a i)regnant one, if found 



aqia'x. Tgii'k-iLau. Nakct o'q|0-ix'iuo aLxe'tElax. Nakct 



it is. It is her taboo. Not trout she eats it. Not 



iqjoani'X aLxe'tElax. Tgii'k-iLau. Niikct aLxe'tElax Lil'k'ikala, 



19 steel head sal- she eats it. It is her taboo. Not he eats it her husband, 



mon 



ma'nix i'kta Ljap aqia'x. Niikct Lgituwa'qxemEniL iqjoala'c 



when something find it is done. Not he always kills it raccoon 



La'k'ikala gaLil'wan. Nakct LgaLk; atsXe'mEuiL o'lEXaiu 



her husband a pregnant one. Not he singes it a seal 



f>9 La'k'ikala gaLil'wan. Niikct Lktte'niL tElala'xukc Lii'k-ikala 



~'*^ her husband a pregnant one. Not he shoots them birds her husband 



gaLil'wan. Niikct LkLE'tqamt Lme'mEloct. Niikct 



a pregnant one. Not he looks at it a corpse. Not 



Lgituwa'qxeminiL inana'mukc, taua'lta ige'kckame nexa'x. E'ka 



. 24 he always kills it otter, else obtaining sickness it gets. Thus 



' by sjTupathy [the 



child"! 



25 iq;oala's. Ma'nix e'Latcla nixa'tElax Lk;ilsks, qjoa'p aLo'mEqtx 



a raccoon. When its sickness comes to be on it the child, nearly it dies 



238 



15 



17 



18 



20 



21 



23 



