] 10 MTTnOLOGIC TEXTS. 



Tchdkiak hcmc^ze : " hushutiinkapksh piVsli nfish hiVn gi" (msliashaltcliatk 



Tho boy said: ■•appriiacliint; im tliu nIj' mo ilwan" («(|iMrmiu;; «ero 



sha hu'nk, slileaiik nisliasli hislilakshka). Tchiii Tchasliira}-ak slituli' 



they, (liscovering a aiiui rel they almn.~t »liot Then Linlc Wiuool ailviscU 



each other). 



o I'makag m'na shli'tki Shkdlamtcliam linakag, "liii liiVt mish piin slili'wiitka 



little sou his to shoot of OW ilarteu the sun, "if he at ynu at;ain Hhoutii>)x 



gi'uapk." Shkc'laintcli sliuyuakta liunk iiamik Tchasligayakalam hc'm- 



sbouldhe." Old Marten liecanie aware (of the) whole of Lime Weaael's (lis. 



kanksli; tcluii pi' tcliisli shtuli' m'na li'nakag slilitki giug Tchashgayam 



course; and lie al o ordereil his little son to shoot Wean. Is 



(j linaka: "ha mish .shli-uapk, klii' pjatk gi'ntak i hu'tkalpalank shh'-uapk 



'""^' "■' yon he kills, dead though, von rising np again must kill 



hiViiksh." 



Iiiiii." 



Tehui mbu'shan pa'n gdna washlaltchuk; shbia sha Wc4shla, gJinta sha 



Then ne.xt day again they to hunt chipmnuka ; saw they a chipmunk, crept they 



went ' (atil) 



D at. Sk^lam iinakag t^wi, kd'hhian washla; wiggata i-ul^a Tchashgayam 



then. Martens little son shot, missing the chip ch.se to he struck Weasel's 



mtuik ; the groniid 



ii'naka. Tchashgayam uuak hiime^e : "vvak ta i giug shli'kshga nush?" 



to the .son. Weasel's little son said: "wheref.Te yon almost shot me?" 



Sk^him linak hemtchna: " shni'ulatchgankan hu'n gi." Guliashktcha pen 



Martens child replied: "glanciugoff it was." They st.arted (and) 



again 



12 gena sha, shlaa sha washla. Lilpuk pi'pglantana ganta shawaltankank 



travelled they, saw they a ehipiunnk. Both from ( pposiie sides crept np moving along the gronnd 



ta'wi; Skc^hxm unak shli'kshga Tchashgdyam unaka. TchashgAyam vi'inak 



shot; Marten's litilesou almost hit Weasel's little son. Weasel's little son 



slih'nk shiuga Shkelam vi'inaka; tchiii shp6ka mantchak Tchashgayam 



(then) killed Marten's child ; then lav on ground for seme lime Weaoel's 



shooiiiig 



15 linakag. Tgi'ts;)^ank shl^papka, ktikalmash wewatkuela lu'lp, k'maka tgii't- 



litlle sun. Standin,,' near ho i. oked (at tears flowed from (his) he looked while 



hiin), eyes, around 



gank liiitkok. Skdlam li'nak hii'tkal, shlfn at Tchashgayam viinaka 



niauding there. M..rtBu's son jumped up, shot then Weasel's child 



u'shutal ; Mpuk tchui k'l^kl;fatk i'pka 



in the hpast; both then dead lay the'-e. 



18 Tchashgai h^m'ta Skelash: "wak ta ma'nshaktch tAtaksni kji'gi wafta? 



Weasel said to Marten: "Why for .so long the children aieah. the whole 



sent da. ? 



tu'sh ak nen hu'k wdk ka'la?" Sk(ilamtch ka-i k^ktchank hu'nksh, shko'l- 



w ere (are! they some. doing?" Old Marten not answering him, recum- 



what 



pkank ktana Tch.ishgai gena kayaktchuk tatakiash, ka-i shleank gatpAm- 



bent slept We .sel went to look out for the children, (and) finding relumed 



not 



21 p6le Mantch=gitk Skelamtch guhashktcha tii gawtilpgli. Tch6;{apksh 



home. After a while old Mai ten started out far to And (tbem). Muideied 



out 



tatakiash gawalpalank itpampelg ; shuashnaktch6ta luinkshalshok miiiua, 



the children diocuvering he earned them with raournlug cries to oremate (them) they got 



borne ; ready, 



