9 gekaushSniVnk tiV ga-ulapg4p6le p^patchle; tat%elam-pani gu't;jitkt lu'lula 



112 MYTHOLOGIO TEXTS. 



shapiya m'na wanuuga: ^'wennini a tu4 gatpa wa'shi ati' ndlsh wini^itk!" 



(aud)aaid to Ihoir hoiis: "stranger some has come into the largely to us fluperiorl'* 



room, 



T%^-u L6me-ish hem^xe : "g4 tudta shkainihaktch g^tpa, nu' ak ya huri 



The oldest Thunder Raid: "whosoever stronger (man) liaa como. I (can) cer- 



tainly, 



3 shkdyent gi'ntak gu'hli'plit." Gdkansha at, ga-ulapg^p6le patcho'le na'shak 



strong tboui^h outer (where ho He went out then, cHmbtd np, stepped on one step only 



(hois), is)." 



w4kish, ki'shtchnank lmi'%ip6le. "Tiitutu !" hutcliampgluta Lem^-ish 



cd'iuside steppiug <m lu^ Imrried ont (Crying:) "tututn!" .ifter running homewards (tbi»») Thnnder 



laddrr, again. 



n4-asbt giuta, pdn iia'sh hem^;je: "tuatal shkafuiaks tchez<3ga'" G^kan- 



so reported, and another said: " some kind stronger one is sitting inside." Gt>ing 



one oi a 



(J shanank fcu' ga-ulapgap6le ]>a'patchle lapok wakfsh; p^tchtnank hui;{ip6le. 



out over bo went on op (of pnt his feet on two of inside ladder ; stepping on b<.* ran out again. 



there winter lodge), steps only 



'* Tiitiitu " ! hui^ipeluta, giilipeldnk shasli kAtiii shapiya : '* wenniai tiia 



"Tiitntu"! he6kipi)ed away, entering again, those being in he told: "stranger some 



the bAyata 



gatpa." Tatxelamni' tchkasli heme^e : "ka tuak shkaiueaksh tchiwi;^a?" 



has coiiio. " The one intermediatti too said : " what sort of a ntronger (man) is inside?" 



in ag-* 



U „,' 



G^ _ -_ 



(and) running out be went on lodge-top g and stepped down ; half-ways having climbed be rattled 



down np 



lnVkantchamp6lok. Sti'lhipgli shash katni ; na'sh tchkasli gekansha tu', 



to run out again. He reported to those in the (another) also went oat out 



kdyata ; one there, 



ga-ulapgap6li, guli'pele, g^l;^algitk hil'kansharapele tiitiitii-u'ta. *'Ya! ati' 



mounted up Ibo laddiT, wont in, having climbed be hurried out again while ttitutu-erying. "To hn hy far 



down sure 1 



1 2 a ua'lsh winni'^itk tua' ki." Tapi'ni tchkasli gekansha : " ka tuata 



than we stronger ( ne) some it is." The last one also rushed out: " what kind of 



shkainiaktchT' giilhi'pglank sh4hiashtal4 m'na tche'lkpgle hu''tkalshnank 



a stronger oneT' entering (the lodge) on couch his ho sat down, (then) starting np 



hu'kampSle. 



ran out again. 



15 Tchui ma'ntch=gitk tche'k K^-udshiamtch gatpampgle ; li'lhankshti 



Then some lime alter finally Old Wolf came home; some venison 



I'tpa. Lem^-ish h^m'ta Ka-utcbishash: "ati' a na'lsh tuA winni'^itk gdtpa". 



he The Thundera said toGrayWolf: "byfar than wo some stronger (one) has come", 



brought. 



Ka'-udshiamtcli ga-ulapgapgle, tchui hii'mele Skdlamtchish : *'shanatch- 



Old Wolf climbed the lodge, then shouted to Old Marten: "take 



18 vu'U tchuyesh !" Tchui Sk^lamtch shanatchvu lank ndl%a m'na tchiiyesh; 



off (year) hat!" And OU Marten, uubat.ting bim«elf, laid down his hat; 



nanuk hu'k wayAlapsh ka'gipgle. Ka'-udshiamtch gulhipgle tchiii, L6mc- 



j,ll the icicles disappeared Old Wolf entered (the upon this, Thnn- 



a^ain. lodge) 



ish tchish hu'k ndnuk gulhi'bSle, tchui sha shu'tchapglank pashota. 



ders too thoy all entered again, and they rebuilding a Are bad a moal. 



21 Hu'yuka sha hu'nk kta-i at, tchui sha mAklaks piielhi', md'nish sha kdla 



Heated Ibpy atones now, and they people threw in, a large they flat 



bucU«t 



