ELK HUNTING. 

 -. Ma/nix aLgifi'wa'^ox Lii'xekLax imo'lak go kula'yi, ma'uix 



Wheu he has killed it a hunter an elk at far, when 



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e'k'ala imo'lak aLgiaVaf^ox iLa'Lelamiuks igo'ii amo'kctikc 



male elk he has killed it ten others two 



o atgiiigo'lEmamX. Ma'nix ef^e'kil imo'lak aLgia'wat^ox, akstuXtke'nikc 



they go to fetch it. "When female elk he has killed it, eight 



. atgiogo'lEmamx. Ma'iiix mokct aLgiute'uax La'xekLax ka 



they go to fetch it. "When two he has killed them a hunter then 



f- oXo'etikc atge'ix, atgiuga'lEmamx imo'lak. Ma'nix e'Xaue 



many they go, they go to fetch it the elk. "When many 



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aLgiute'nax La'xekLax ka ia'xka go aqio'kcEmx ma'Lxole 



he has killed them the hunter then that there it is dried inland. 



,-. Xe'x'caox, tcx-I iiuxo'gux. Ka'nauwe aqiowe'magux qo'tac 



It is dry, then they go home. All it is distributed among those 



c te'lx'Em. ALgio'magux iLa'k;etenax kLa'xekLax. 



people. He distributes it what he has killed the hunter. 



Mane'x LqLa'xElt LSa'gil, nakct Lgitcga'liL a'yaqtq, tga'k'iLau. 



When menstruating a woman, not she takes it its head, it is her taboo. 



always 



--^ Nakct iLxe'tElax ia'mEmkunEmatk L^^a'gil, La'mkXa LE'k-ala 



-'■" Not she eats it its tongue a woman, only a man 



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aLgia'x. Niikct ca'ca LktEtx go tia'pote tia'XamokXuk. Go2 kula'ji 



he eats it. Not break they do it at its forelegs its bones. There far 



aqto'kT:x tkamo'kXuk, taua'lta aLgoe'kElax LkLa'xit tkamo'kXuk. 



]^2 they are car- the bones, else she sees them a menstruating the bones. 



"^ ried . woman 



Mane'x aLkta'x tqc'o'cutk LkLa'xit, pslx aLxa'x kLa'xeqLax. Ma'nix 



13 When she eats hoofs a menstru- unlucky he gets the hunter. Wheu 



them ating woman, 



aLkcikLka'nanukLx imo'lak a'yaqtq LqLa'xit, o'Laaliqct na'Lxalax. 



14 she steps across it often an elk its head a menstruating dropsy comes to be on 



woman, her 



A'ka Lq;ela'wulX, Xakct Lge'tqamt imo'lak, o'Laaliqct nji'Lxalax. 



15 Thus a girl who is menstru- Not she looks at it the elk, dropsy comes to be on 



ant for the first time. her. 



Ma'nix aLx-cE'mgEmax La'xekLax, nekct qa'nsix aLo'Lx La'Xa. 



16 When he i,s unsuccessful the hunter, not [any]how it goes to his child. 



the water 



Ma'nix aLo'Lx La'Xa, a'lta e'Latcla nixa'LElax, nau'i aLo'uiEqtx. 



17 AYhen it goes to his child then its sickness comes to be on it, at once it dies. 



the water 



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Ma'nix aLxugoma'qjauwox ka cgapE't noxo'x La'aa kja 



When he goes hunting then motionless they are his children and 



La'k-ikal. Nakct qa'xewa aLo'ix La'k-ikal La'xekLax. Ma'nix 



his wife. Not [any]wliere she goes his wife the hunter. When 



acoxoe'nx-ax La'a, ka Le'Xat e'Latcla ne'LxElax La'Xa 



^" they make noise his chil- then one its sickness comes to be on it his child 



dren. 



21 ma'nix aLX'CE'mgEiiax. 



when he is unsuccessful. 



Translation. 



When a hunter has killed a male elk far away, then twelve men go to 

 fetch it. When he has killed a female elk, eight go to fetch it. When 



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