122 MYTHOLOGKJ Ti:XTS. 



kt4na ksheluyank hVlukshtat. " Mbu'shant tchek mdlsh nil tatdkiash sh4ke- 



weiitto lying near the Arc. '■Tomorrow at last with ye I childmu will nliiv 



Bleep "^ •' 



luiyuapk pshepslia Id'lpatka tchek"; tchiii n4-asht gfulank sku']j;ank 



»««'"<* in daytime, seeing sharp then"; and so speaking (and) lying down 



3 ktdndslia. Tclu'ii wl'warhag ktdnhuish sliiltuyakitia dnkutka; tamil'dsh 



she got asleep. Then the joung antelopes thesleeping one bombarded with sticks; whether 



ktAndslii shcwuk shutuyakiea. Tcbui slia ka-i shi'ktgislit tu'shkansha 



she was asleep trying, they throw (them). And they not she moving about ran out of 



ku'metat, tii'shtchna sha palakmdlank ; vu'shnk Shtishapamtchash m'nalsh 



the cave, ran away they at a quick pace : afraid (that) Old Srizzly them 



6 pin6dslmapksht Shu'kamtcliash sha hamekiipka, kiVtagsh stil'kapksh galaH- 



miglit overtake Old Craue they hallooed at, minnow-fish gigging skirting the 



n6ta: "nki'llank n41sh, kukui, sko'tki, hu'ktakag nalsh kpu'dshapka pi'nod- 



water: "very fast us, uncle, crossover, 'she' ns is chasing (and) will 



shuapk ricilsh at" Tchiii Shu'kamtch sku't^a shash; wiwalag luish^gsha 



overtake us now."' And Old Crane crossed over them; the young explained 



antelopes 



9 Shu'kshash. Tchiii Shu'kamtch pniutakta shash shl6kishtat, ka-ukawd 



to Old Crane. Then Old Crane blew them into a whistle stick, (and) rattled 



sha latchashtat aggdyank shi'namshtnuk. Wiulagalam shapiyash Tchd- 



they inthelodge being hang up for fear. Of theyouugante- upon the message (that)Old 



lopes 



washash shiiigsht ShAshapamtchash, Shu'kamtch ndshenshkdni tchish 



Antelope was killed by Old Grizzly, Old Crane the young ones too 



12 shuaslmaktcha. Shu'kamtch shuaktcha: "(i-ush tchiwd, ^-ush tchiwd!" 



"■^P'- Old Crane wept (crying) : "lake water, lake water!" 



Ndshenshkani tchish shuashuaktch: "c-ush tchi'tchu tchi'tchil." 



The young (cranes) also wept: "lake wa- w.v water" 



At hu'k tchiii Shashapamtch mantch=gitk s;{ishu'lank te'lhi ku'mgtat: 



Now then Old Grizzly after a time awakening looked in the cave: 



15 "ga tuti niuk tatakiash shakemiyuapk i)shL']isha lii'lpatka; u'nagin shash 



"rather hard mjsell' with the children I shall play a game iu the <lay time when able to see; long ago, after they 



genuish tu'toks hu'ksha gatpa Shu'kamtchamksh." Tchiii pen guhud- 



left (the cave), ont there they reached to Old Crane's home." Then started 



shktcha Shdshapamtch haitchnuk wiwalagsh; kueish sham haftchna. 



<>"' Old Grizzly to follow the young antelopes; the tracks of them she followed. 



18 GAt^apshank k6k6tat vu'la Shu'kamtchash : "t;im tatdkiash shle'sht?" 



Reaching to the river she asked Old Crane: "if the children ho had seen t" 



Shu'kamtch \mm6ze: "ka-i nu shla4 tatakiash." G^ a kuent^apsha tdtakiam 



Old Crane said: "not I saw the children." Here (were) the outgoing of the children 



tracks 



gclt^apshuish; hii'mtchna na-asht Shdshapamtch: "aishuig ta'dsh i shdsh 



having reached (there); hallooed so Old Grizzly: " to conceal then yon them 



21 nen; ki'llank ish s;^u'tkl!" Shu'kamtch hiim^ze: "kagi ge-u vii'nsh"; pan 



(want); quickly me set over!" Old Crane said: " None is tome canoe"; again 



ShAshapamtch: "kfUank skil'tgi ish! kiHank i'sh sku'tki!" Tchiii mdntch-gitk 



(said) Old Grizzly : "quickly cross me! fast me set over!" And after a while 



Shfi'kamtch sp<i'kua m'na tchCi'ksh, mdksha ndklank (ka'liak hii'nk vd'nsb 



Old Crane spread ont his legs. a skull-cap carrying (on leg) (withont (he) canoe 



