96 MYTHOLOGIC TEXTS. 



tu'la. Wa'kaltk h<i'kt ki. Tchiii Aishish g^na me-ishx^ni, tapi'tankni 



withal. ChildhaviDg this was. Then Aisbish wont to the digging- keeping behind 



prairie, 



gdldshui Tchfkash; Tchfkalam wii'ka shh'a mdhiash Afshisham, tchui 



he walked np toTchlkaj of Tcliika the child peireiveil the sb.idow of Aishish, and 



;5 p'ti'shalpka. Ktu'pka Tchi'ka m'na w^ka slilaraiuk; tchui Aishish hamdxe: 



rricd; •■ father! " Shipped T(*lka her child in wrath; whereupon AishiBh said: 



"wak 1' un giug' ktu'pkal" Shatalki^mria Tchi'ka, shlaa Aishishasli 



"why you (it) elapj" Looked around Tcbika, saw she Aishish 



huyegank, hit tan ku-ishevvank shla'pele; tchui Aishish spunshdmpgle 



eittmg down, ran she rejoicing to meet (him) again; then Aishish took home again 



() Tchi'kash stiya pi'l nu'sh gi'pksli Kletishasli pe'ii galdshuyank shatoiii- 



Tehika pitch on her head having. KI6tish also approaching be called Tlier) 



p6le; tchiii shash 14pok ti'mpele tchi'shtal' m'na. Tchiii shash tchi'sh;{eni 



homo; then them both bo brought towards home his. to them to his home 



i'tpampglank j'dmnash sli^wana, tchelish hu'nk liielank yamnashla; udan- 



having brought back neck-wear he gave, porcupines killing he made necklaces ; to 



1) ne'ntch hu'nk w(iwanshish ydmnash shewana. 



three (of his) wives neck-wear he gave. 



'J'chiiyuk K'mii'kamtch tiimena m'na linaka tchi'sht, mii'lua g^nuapkug 



TTpon this K'milkamtch heard (that) his eon was (still) (and) pre- to proceed 



alive, pared 



hdtaktala. Tchui Aishish unakdka m'na shtuh' pa'ks uutolalolatkiuk lu'- 



thore. Aishish to little son his enjoined the pipe to swing off into 



1 2 lukshtat K'mukamtcharn. Tchui K'mukAmtch gdtpanank tch^l;{a; Aishisham 



the fire of K'mtikamtcb. Then K'miikauitch arriving sat down ; Aishi,sh's 



hii'k wdka ku-ishe-uk hulladshuitdmna p'hiksha m'na. Tchiii hu'nk pa'ksh 



son rejoicing ran forth to and back from his grandfather. Then the pipe 



pakak61eshtka K'miikdmtcham ; p^n hiilMdshui K'miiktimtchash. Hu'nk- 



he tried to jerk ofl' of K'miikamtth; again he ran up to K'niiikanitch. For 



15 anti K'mukdmtch kii-ashtdm6na: "tchitchiks a hu't gi." Pii'n hu'ktag 



that K'mtikamtch reprimanded; ''stop thatmatterl" Again that child 



hu'llatchuyank pakak6Iank pa'ksli imtoldla lii'lukshtat; tchiii Aishish 



running up to him jerking off the pipe threw it into the fire; then Alshi.sh 



ke-ulAlapka nddshpaksht, tche'k kglewi. K'miikamtchash shi'uga tchiii 



pushed (it) fuither until burnt, then be quit. E'milkamtch be killed 



18 hii'masht gink, tchiii medsh4. 



by so doing, then be moved away. 



Ma'ntchgitk pdn K'mii'kamtch wdmpgle; pt' tchkash nd-ulakta m'na 



Long after again K'miikamtch became alive ; be then proceeded against hie 



linaka. Gen hunk n4nuk shti'ya pith'ga kdluat; tcliiii shnatgalka kdlo 



son. There (he) all over pitch daubed ontboeky; then he set on fire the sky 



21 hii'masht giiilank. Hii'nkanti Aishish tia kiuyiiga; hamt';{e: "ka-i nu'sh 



80 after doing. For this reason Aishish a tray held extended ; be said: "not me 



shiugat tdta," wc^wanuish m'na shi'namshtisht Sti'ya a'-usheltkal hfi'k 



bo m.iy kill ever," wives his being afraid. The pitch turned into a lake 



udnukash ktiila, Aishishamksh pl'l pahd Tcliiii Tfl'hush talpatk61a, sti'ya 



nil over the world. Alshlali's home only remained Theti Mud Hen put Its head out, the pitch 



dry. 



