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Bureau of American Ethnology
[Bull. 59
[Nos. 48-50. Told by Mission Joe and Felix Andrew]
48. The Animals and the Sun
Qa'k.lu'uiiam n'^watltka'ane* iiaso'uk"en. qake'ine*: "qa'la's tsxa'rms nata'n^kls?" ta'xas nakqly^'tiiie". k!o'k!we' qake- Mne*: h^^ntsxaP/ne/' ta'?:as tsxanatamna'mne* neis k!o'- k!we* ktsxa'l'in* nata'nvkls. ta'xas qla'pe* nulpahiet^tiia'nme' 5 nei ktsaqanr'ket. ta'xas tslma'xe* nei k!^wa't!tel kts?:aTm nata'n^kls. qarat/hie* qo'k^i'n. ta'xas ts!m*a'xe*. ta'?:as kts^lmi • 'y^t . kkanmi • 'y^t nakilw^tskil/hie * ktsi VakmEnu'qka*. ta'xas yuwa'kmnuqka'n'e' qatalso^k"aka^t.l^t^tine'ine' net k l^kt^^kmnu'qka ; n'u^psla^tiyi'thamqoq lu^kul'a^akat.te't^tiiie^- 10 ne* nei k^yQ*'kweit; n'upsla^tiy/lqaqa'ane'ts kwalkwa*'y^t. lawa'- xe* nei nata'nvk!. qakya'mne*: ^'silsaha'n'e* na'sts klaqa'qa k lupslaHiyithamqoq !u^ku'l'akat.le't/tine qakya'mne'ts qa.- ^'n'e*. tseikat/bie', n^cklwe'ine* n'dwatlt^'tne*. n^/ne* ^'nla'k. kts^lmi'y^t.s, ta'xas ts!m*a'xe' ^'nla'k. kkanmi -'y^t yuwa'kmE- 15 nuqka'ne*. ta'xas kl^kt^kmEnu'qka*, namak!tsakat.le*t^tine'i- ne' na . a'm'ak. n'upslaHiyilqaqa'ane'ts kwalkwa'ye't. ta^xas kts^hni*'y^t.sts tawa'xe* nei nata'nvk!. qakya'mne* tsxalqa.^'n'e* s^sa^hanle./tine*. k^t !qaoxa'xa*mts k.taha'kq!ye*t. qake'ine*^ sk/'n'ku'ts: '^hutsxal'/n'e*. qakya'mne*: "so'ukune*/' tsxaltsk- 20 n*a'xe* sk^'n'kuts. ta'xas ts!m*a'xe' sk/n*ku'ts. ktsAniy^tts qlu^mne'na'mne*. kkanmi* 'y^tts yuwa'kmEnuqka'ne'ts kanu'q- ka*. n'o'k l^^nlaHit^utimele/tine-. tslma^kle'ls^ru^imeie^'tine*. ta'xas kiu'kiye't, aqtsma'kimk ! n'^tk/n'e* ke*'ek. tsxa'n'e* nei nata'nvk!; qake'ine*: tsxalhaqa'ane* kakwe'sm*/' nulpatn^'hie* 25 neiS klaqa'ke* kfsxalha'qaps kw^s^'n'es. m^'ka n'oniloxa- xa'mna'm n/le'ts at n'u^tme'le^'tine*. ta'xas at n'^la'ne* Ika'm'u neiS ko'uknaps nata'nvkls. at naqktsiya'mne*. qalwi'ynam ktsxatsOukts pai qaqa^naFutime'ikune*. ta'xas qaqala^tilqa- qa'ane* ya'qala^til'onanuqka'ke*. luq^alaHil^uHimete^'tine* nei 30 kwatkwa'yet. ktsilmi'ye't qa'nm^lxu^nena'mne*. tu'?:"a n'o^kwii'iJpkwu'nme'. lawa'xe* sk/'nkuts. qakit/tne*: h^nts- qa./n*e*. h^nsaha'n*e*. ts!ma%!e*ls^l'uHimete./tine' m'nko*." qa'n^t.la'ane* k!u'k!we pa'lkei; n'asqa'tte*. qakla'pse*: '^huts- xaltslmaxala'ane* qo* ya'k^l'^tiya'mke* nata'nvk!/' ta'xas tsk- 35 nak/kine*. k.ta'xamts qakiL'lne*: "qa'psein k^nse'ilqa'ts?" qa- ke'ine*: '^hu^nutpatne'^t^tinata'ne* net ksak^t'^'tyam nata'nvkL" qakil/ine*: "so'ukune*. hmtsxaltslm-a'xe*/^ ta'xa n'/n'e* nei kw/lqa, ta'xPuS tslma'xe*. ta'xas q!u'mne*na'mne'. kkanmi'ye't ta'xas yuwa'kmEniiqka'n'e*. nata'^te*^qo't!a^mat'e^'tine* w^'i- 40 na'm. ta'xas kl^ktikmEnu'qka* n'upstaHiyitso^k^it'oxonat^tine'i- ne*. ta'xas kiu'kiyit n^utim^tie/tine*. n'^tkini'yam m'le'ts at
sOukM'o'^xona^t^tne'ine*. yaaka'qktseik at qa-^n'mdxone'ine* iit