A MYTHIC TALE ABOUT aISHISH. 101 



tsas i'kak ; waitash a tii'm i'kak, tsiii sa ga'mbgle, tsiii sa gdtpampgle 



kamtch won ; fill day long many they won, then they returned, and they went back 



stakes 



Idtsastat. At sa tsui ga'tak sdkla saMkiuk Alsisas. 



to the lodges. Then they qnit gambling, for tbey Alshish. 



missed 



Tsui Afsisam w^wanuish sudsuaktsa tsu'ssak, k'lewfdsha m'ndlam 3 



And Alshiah's wives wept constantly, (and) left their 



Idtchash sta-lldshuk. Shti'a sa nu'shtat shi'dsho wen^pi wdwanuish; ndsh 



lodges to dig roots. Pitch tbey on heads put four wives ; one 



toks Wa'-aks kd-i hli'la Aisisas. Tsui ludtpislals Kliti'sam Aisis tu'mgna, 



but Mallard not monrned Alshish. Then the weeping cries of Sandhill Alshish heard, 



Crane 



tsiii Aishish shuAktsa tii'mgnank. At Aisis tu' Mlo wika't, at k'l(iknapk G 



and Aisbish wept hearing (them). Now Alshish (was) sky close to, then be was mori- 



far away bund 



kak6 b6la ; at shl'tsa 1dpi w(^kwak tu' kalo wikdta ; at shlad Aisisas. Tsiii 



bones nothing then soared ^ip two butterflies far the sky close to; and (they) Aisbish. Then 



but; up aaw 



shitsliatx^pSle shla-61ank, tsiii gatpampglissa, tsiii sdpa, p'tis4 m'na sapiya : 



tbey flew back having seen (him), and returned home tbey, and told, to father their saying: 



"tidsi k'lji'kuapk hi'ssuaks; tu' ni kal6 wigdta shlaa hu'nk hissudksas kak6 9 



" a good will (soon) perish man ; far off I sky close to saw that man bones 



belat; ti'dsi hu'k k'lJi'kuapk ! " Tchissa shapiya p'tfsa m'ndlam. 



nothing good tbi^ will j)eri8h I" So tbey said to father their, 



but; (man) 



Hu'k p'tfssap sam shkiiyui shash mbu'sant at undk gd-ulakuapk ydkl 



The father Ibeir ordered them on next morning early to soar up a basket 



shldyamgnank. Tsiii slia gdna saptdlaltk, tsiii sa tii' gdtpa pds a I'yamnatk 12 



strung around (them). And went the sisters, and they up arrived food carrying 



' there 



ambuts I'yamnatk. Tsiii Aisisas liwatkal shnu'lashtat hu'nkant, tsiii wu'la 



water also carrying. Then Aisbish tbey raised in eyrie that. then inquired 



up 



hu'ksa wdkwak: "wdk i gdn gitk?" nd-asht sha wii'la. Tchiii Afsis 



these botterflies: "what are here doing?" bo they inquired. Then Aiehish 



you 



ham^%e: *'K'miik^mts an'sh p'laiwasli shtflta; tsiii ni k6ka kapka-dgatat, 15 



said: "K'miikanitch me after the eagles sent; and I climbed on the small pine, 



tsiii kedsnu'tan's ; k^dsha kapka koki'sh g^-u Tsiii nii hll'ak shlaa 



then it grew np under me ; grew up the pine daring climb* my. Then I (those) i^aw 



ing 



p'laiwashj sku'lalarn ta'ds n'u'nk shlaA tsl'liliks." Tsihunk Afsis ha'mkank 



eagles, of the lark only I found the young." So Alshish said, 



sa'gsuk hu'nkies. 18 



giving ex- to them, 

 planations 



At sa M'nk sldnkok shl6a tchakgldtat ks^oga sha Afshishas shewan6- 



Now they spreading a wild- in the willow- placed into they Aishisb after giving 



cat's skin basket 



lank pa's ambuts, tsiii sa sk^t^idsa, kailatat at gatpdmpgle. Tsiii f pka 



<hlm) food water also, then they took bim down on the ground he returned. And hol*iy 



in the basket sick 



ma'nts, at wa'mpele. • 21 



a longtime, then he recovered. 



