110 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY

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111 notsee an_vthinof.onlyyouro-reat-giandfather, the ra))l)it.'" "'rhoso are

my

great-grandfathers," said]Minkto hiselderbrother.

"Quick, quick,go!" saidthePanther.

Mink

wasangry.

He

was laz3%and he was told several times to go.

Then

he went.

He

struck thesprucetrees.

Now

abuck

came

out.

Then Mink

shouted:

"There

itgoes! ithasanthn-s,it jumps." His elderIjrotherlooked, and, indeed, a male deer was coming.

He

shot ^it and it fell down.

The}- cut it and its stomach

was

very fat.

They

cut it and

Mink

received

some

fat.

Xow

heatemuch.

They

roasted the deerantlei's

over the fire and the Panther ate them.

Mink

lookedat his elder brother. His handswerefullof grease.

He

thought: '"Heiseating- allthegrease."

He

.said: ''He gave

me

allthedrypartstoeat.''

Then

thePanther gave

him

theantlers.

He

tried toeatthem, buthe could notdo it,and threw

them

away.

He

.said: ''He gave

me

something verj'toughtoeat."

Itgotnight,anditwasverj'clearweather.

Mink

hadeatenenough.

met

tan ine'qElkEl. la'ema ime'tcjEmax ikanaXmE'ne."

not anything Isawit. Only yourgreat-grand- the rabbit." 1

father

"Tia'tciEmaxuana taya'x." itcio'lXam e'yalXt iko'sa-it.

"His great-graudfathers those," hesaid tohim liiselder mink. 2

brother

"Ai'aq, ai'aq ami'ya!" inio'lXam iko'.sa-it.

IgiXE'LXaq

iko'sa-it. n

"Quick, quick go!" hewastold mink. Hebecameangry mink.

Ilcx q;am.

Qa'watiX

iqio'lXam,koale'we io'ya. Lia'qLjaq itci'tox

Hewas lazy. Several times hewastold, only then he went. Strike hedid 4

them taXi

tEma'ktcXEmax. Aqa

io'ya e'kala enuI'cEn.

Aqa

ixE'lqamx _k

those sprucetrees. Then hewentthemale deer. Then he shouted ^{'^}

iko'sa-it: '"Aqa

vaXi

ioittti'! Lia'qtcaiu; itsopEna'na." Ige'kikct r.

mink: "Now tliatone iscoming! Ithasantlers; itjumps." Helooked ^ e'yalXt.

A'qanuwe

e'kalaema'cEn ite't. la'maq itce'lox ac kopii'

hiselder Indeed amale deer came. Shoot he didit and there 7

brother.

igixe'maXit. Icge'yuxc, ac qjE'cqiEc aya'pXEleu e'yamxtcpa. o

itlay. Tney'cutit and dry ^* itsfat itsstomachat.

Aqa

icgl'yuxc; iqa-ilqoe'mniLtck apXE'leu ik6',sa-it.

Aqa

^

Then they cutit; hewasgiven food grea.se mink. Then

igixLXE'lEmitck iko'.sa-it. Lja'Lja itci'Lox

LaXi

Lia'qtcam ema'cEii.

heate mink. Roasted hemade those itsantlers the deer. 10

over thefire them

iLixE'lsmux

yaXi

ik;oayawa'. Itcl'yukct

yaXi

e'yalXt iko'.sa-it.

Heateit 'that panther. He sawit 'that h'iselder mink.

H

brother

PaL

Ltja'tcau taXi te'vakci. la'ema Lga'qatcau tixela'x. Ige'kim iq

Full fat that hishands. Only itsfat heateit. Hesaiil

iko'sa-it: "Nai'ka itciuE'lqoem acaefijE'cqjEc." IqLe'lot iko'.sa-it 1.3 mink: "Me hegavemeto eat toodry." Hewasgiven mink

LaXi

LqE'tcain.

Ke'nuwa

iLXE'lEUiux. Liix itckLa'koa-it. ^_|.

those antlers. Try heateit. Hecouldnotdoit.

ItcLxe'ma. "Ta'nki itcinE'lqoim aca-iqjE'lqjEl."

Hethrewit "Something hegavemeto toohard." ^t.O

away. eat

Igo'ponEm. luqjoa'lak;

tEmE'm

iuqioa'lak. lo'qctiaqa iko'sa-it. ^^

Itgotdark. Itwasclear clean itwasclear He was then mink. ^J-"

weather; weather. satiated

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He

asked his elder brother:

"'What

isthe

name

of the place

where we

sleep?" "It isforbidden tomention thename; it begins torain

when

the

name

isuttered."

"Oh,

tellme!"

"No,

the

name must

not be mentionedinwinter. Itis forbiddento mentionthe name,else a longspellofrainy weathei-will

come

on."

Mink

said:

"Oh,

whisper the

name

into

my

ear."

"I

willtell

you

the

name when we

arrive at our next camp."

Mink

said again:

"Oh,

whi.sperthat

name

intomj'- ear."

Then

hiselder brothertold

him

inalowvoice:

"The name

ofthii.

lakeisTa'ix,"' and

Mink

said:

"That

isgood;

now

I

know

the

name

ofthislake."

Now

thePantherdid not

know

where

Mink

hadgone.

Mink

shouted: "Ta'ix is the

name

of the lake, on the shores of which I and

my

^brothei' are goingtosleep; Ta'ixisitsname."

He

shouteda.sloudashe could.

Then

Mink'sbrotherwasangry.

"Oh,

thatbadfellow! Quick, gathersticks,that

we may

sitontop of

them

^!"

He

^{gathered sticks.}

He

gathered many.

He

sat

down

on top of

4

Itciuqu'mtcxogoa e'yalXt:

"Qa

ia'xElewix' qa

atxoqo'yaf

1 Heaskedhiin liiselder "How itsname where wesleep?"

brother:

o

"Nact

aqiupqEna'xiX. Tga'kjeLau. ImEla'lkuile alix5'xoa."

^ _"Not itisnamed. It isforbidden. Arainyspell itwillbe."

o "Qa'txoa amxanElk^e'tcgoa." "Kja'ya nict aqiupqEna'xiX ma'nix

*~* "Must youtellme." "No not iti.snamed when tca'xElqliX kja qa ia'xEleu tayax ikakjo'LitiX. Tga'kjeLau

W'inter what itsname that lake. It isforbidden

K aqiupqEna'x. ImElil'lkuile nixo'xoax," iqio'lXam iko'sa-it.

'itisnamed. Arainyspell itgets,'' hewastold mink.

f. "Qa'txoa Lawa' amiupqEna'ya." "A'Lqi anxkie'tcgoa; ange'ma

"Must low voice youcallit."" "Lateron Ishalltellyou

;

Ishallsay fr 3nXa'pa into'qoj'a, kjoaLqil' ia'xElewiX."

"A

sa'osao

* there wcsleep, thus itsname." "Ah low voice

amiupqEnJl'ya."

Aqa

itcio'lXam e'yalXt:

"Kja

nict tcjpaq

8 ^{nameit." Then hesaid tohim liiselder ".\ntl not loud}

brother:

Q amiupqEna'ya. Ta'ix ia'xEleu tayax ikakjo'LitiX." Ige'kim

"

younameit. Ta'ix itsname that lake." He.said

lA iko'sa-it: "Qoa'Lj iginlo'Xuix"it ia'xEleu tayax ikakjo'LitiX."

Aqa

mink: "All right Iknowit itsname that lake." Then igiuna'xLatck iko'sa-it. Itciunii'xLatck e'yalXt. Iga-ixE'lqEmx

11 hewaslost mink. Helosthim hiseldcr Heshouted

brother.

iko'sa-it: "Ta'2ix ia'xEleu ikakjo'LitiX antixqo'ya we'tcilXt. Tii'ix

12 mink: "Ta'ix itsname thelake wesleep' -myelder Ta'ix

brother.

,o ia'xEleu, Ta'ix ia'xEleu." Tcjpak iga-ixE'lqamx.

IgiXE'LXaq

itsname, Ta'ix itsname." Loud he shouted. He grewangry e'yalXt iko'sa-it: "

Na yaXi'yaX

ta'nki gia'niEla! Ai'aq tge'lkuiq

li his elder mink's: "Oh, this thing bad! Quick tnose tosit

brother on

^f. tpje'yaLx, Lga'pEla tE'mqo tpje'yaLx." Itctopje'yaLx

yaXi

e'yalXt

J-^ gatherthem, many sticks gather them." Hegatheredthem that hiselder brother ig iko'sa-it; Lga'pEla itctopje'yaLx. Ca'xaliX tge'lkuiq itixE'lux.

mink; many hegatliereSthem. High that tositon became.

1Alakeiutheuiouutain.sneartheheadofCowlitzriver.

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113 thciu. Mi?ikyathoreclonly;ifew andlaydown.

Now

^thenoiso of rain washeardandafivshctcame. In themorning-

Mink

haddisappeared.

Ho

drifted

away

with the water.

Now

^{Mink's elder} brother went

down

^{the river}and cfied.

He

went a long-distance and eanie toa jam.

He

.searchedforhisyoungerbrotheratthatjam. Therehesaw

him

between thelogs. His stomach was fullof water.

He

blew on

him

andhe recovered. "'I slept and that fellow

waked

me. Iwill shoot him." "^Did

you

^sleeps

You

were dead.

You

drifted

down

the river."

Then

they

came

tothe Panther's wife andtherethey stayed. There was anoldman, oneofthe woman'-srelatives.

Mink

wasteasing

him

all the time.

Now

the Panther's wife gave birth to a child.

The woman's

relative said to Mink:

"Let

u-s go to get wood." ^link said: "All right,

we

will go." Early the following

morning

they

went

acrossthe water. Therethev

made

afireatthefoot of afirtree.

NoLj ka itctopje'yaLx iko'sa-ii, aqa kopa' igixo'kcit. Icto'ko-iLte,

Alitne only he gatheredit mink. then there helay do.vn. Jt ruined. t

tc;ric. tcjac. tc;ac, Luwa' iLE'xox. Ige'tcuktiXaqa k;a'yaiko'sa-it. ^

noise of rain, afreshet itbecame. Daycame tlten nothing mink. ^{*^}

lo'Xune. lyagE'La-it e'yalXt, aqa io'stsS e'yalXt iko'sa-it.

Hedrifted. He wasthere h'iselder then hewent ^Itiselder mink. 3

brother, downthe brother

river

lo'qulqt, io'stso ikjoayawa'. IvEla'iX io'ya. ItcLo'cgam i.tca'iuu"^.

Hecried, hewent thepanther. Far he went. Hefoundit ajam. _J.

downthe river

Itcio'naxL

ia'mXiX

kopa',

LaXi

Ltcii'unepa. Kopa' itcio'cgam Researched ^hisyounger there, that jamat. There liefoundhim O

forhim brother

iauiqja'j'aqt

LaXi

Ltca'unepa.

PSl

ia'wan Ltcu'qoa. Po. po. po.

hewasbetween that jamat. Full hisbelly water. Blow, blow, blow. ^ them

po itci'vux. ItcilXa'takoa iko'sa-it. "Na'qxoyo, itcino'qxoLcq _j

blow he did him. Herecovered mink. "Islept' hewakedme

taj'a'x, ia'maq anelo'xoa."

"Mo'qxoyo

na^ Imo'maqt; imo'Xune." _g

thatone, shoot Ishalldo him." "Vouslept [int. Youwere dead; youdrifted." "

part.]?

Aqa

wi icto'ya qa'eqamiX. ₉

Then again theyw'ent downthe river.

Icto'yam

wuXi

aj'a'kikalpa ikjoayawa'. A((a kopa' ic.\e'la-it. ^o Theyarrived that ^'hiswifeat thepanther. ihen there theyslaved.

Iqjeyo'qt

yaXi

ia'qoqoin iko'sa-it.

Ka'nauwe

(lii'tgemax qatce'xax An^ol'dman 'that hissister-in- mink. .Ill kindsofways hedid to

law's relative him

yaXi

ia'qoqoin. Qa-itcix'inEmo'tx"Ema-itx. LiiJr, aqa igakXE'tom -.^^

"that hissister-in- Healwaysmadefunofhim. Some then shegavebirth ^{'-•^}

law's relative. time,

aya'kikal ikjoaj^awa'. Itcio'lXam ia'qoqcin: "O'la aqa tE'niEqo .., 'his wife thepa"iither. Hesaid tohim his relative's "To-mor- then wood ^{^'^}

brother-in-law: row

atxo'ya." Ige'kim iko'sa-it: •'Qoa'Lj atxo'ya."

Kawi'X

^acja ., wewillgo Hesaid mink: "All right! wewillgo." Early then ^i'*

for."

icte'gosix'. Ictigo'samix'.

Aqa

icgia'lEgiLx amqci'ckan.

LXuan

_^^

theywent Theycameacross. Then they burntit afir. Perhaps "

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The

treewa« that thick. Afteriilittlewhile it fell. Itfell toward the water.

The

old

man

said to Mink: "'Run towardthe water."

Mink

ranandthedryiirfelljustinthatline. Itbroketopieces and

all the bark

came

off.

The

old

man

^thouirht:

"Thus

Ikilledhim."

Thus

he saidto Mink.

The

old

man

putthedry

wood

in piles and tookoff allthe bark.

Then

he

went down

and

came

to hiscanoe. It wasalmostfilledwith dry wood.

Mink

had piledthe

wood

upinthe canoe.

Then

the old

man

.saidtohim: "Littlera.scal!"

But Mink

said:

"You

are an old

man

and

you

are strong, notI."

They

put the dry

wood

intothe canoe. It was full.

Mink

thought:

"Where

shall I stay?

The

canoeis full.''

The

old

man

.said:

"I

willput

you

intothe basket withour wedges."

He

putstonesinto thebottomof thebas- ketandplaced

him

ontop.

He

putthe

wedge

[basket]ontop of the wood.

Now

they

went

across.

When

they

came

tothemiddleof the

ii'wa itcapElatax agaqalEmq. as

noLjiX

aqa igoitco. Igo-itco

1 thus thifk itsbark, and alittle then itfell. It fell

while

„ e'wa inaLnata'.

Aqa

iqio'lXam iko'sa-it:

"Mr/kta

e'wa maLnata'."

^ thus toward the Then hewastold mink: ^"Run thus towardthe

water. water."

.1 Ige'kta iko'sa-it.

Pa

iga-elo'yumXit

wuXi

aqs'lEmq igo'itco.

Heran mink. There justin thatline that itsbark fell.

^ Limil'nLjman iga'x

wuXi

amqci'ckan.

Ka'nauwe

Laq igaxa'x

Brokentopieces was that fir. All comeoff did

K aga'qalEmq. IgixLo'Xoa-it

yaXi

iqjeyo'qt: "Qoa'Lj aqa

"

itsbark. Hethought 'that oldman; "Allright, now

n iyamo'waq." Iqio'lXam ik5'sa-it. Itcaxtqoa'lalEmtck

wuXi

"

Ikilledhim." Hewa,s told mink. Hepileditup that

Y aqE'lEmq .yaXi iqjeyo'qt. Saqj tcju'xtcjux itco'xoa

wuXi

bark ^'that old'man. All stripoff he didit that

uqE'lEuiq.

Aqa

io'Lxa. lo'yam icta'Xanim. Qjoa'p paL alixo'xa

C bark. Then hewent Hea'rrived theircanoe. Nearly full itwas

downtothe at goingto

water. be

q aqa'lEmq. ItcakXatqoa'la iko'sa-it. Itcio'lXam iil'qdqcin:

"Lqa

^ _{bark. He hadpileditup mink.} Hesaid tohim hissister-in- "Maybe

law'srelative:

tanki mxela'l

LaXi

Lqoe'tgaitgai." Ige'ldm iko'sa-it:

"Mqjeyo'qt

1" some-. you do that little rascal."" Hesaid mink: "Youareanold

thing man

ma'yax alamxelo'l.'' Icga'kXatk

wuXi

aqE'lsmq. Pai. icta'xanim.

11 ^{you youdoit." Theyputintothe that bark. Full theircanoe,}

canoe

-,9 IgixLo'Xoa-it iko'sa-it:

"Qa'xpa

Lq anakuVeta?"

PaL

ige'xox

'•-' Bethought mink: "Where maybe Ishallstay?" Full was icta'xanim. Itcio'lXam ia'qoqcin: "Gipa' gi t.xa'qcqEiuapa 13 theircanoe. Hesaid tohim his relative's "Here these our wedgesto

brother-in-law: ^

ayamElge'tga."

Iqo'mxom

te'loxt taXi tcta'qcQEma. ItcLE'lgitk

1.4 Ishallput vou." Abasket theywere those theirwedges. Heputthem

in intoit

LqE'nakc. LE'gigoala itci.E'lgltk.

Aqa

itce'lgltk ia'qoqcin.

15 stones. Below them he puttheminto Then he puthim his relative'

it. intoit brother-in-law

Iqe'lgltk iko'sa-it. Caxala' tE'ctamqopa itciakxa'ema.

Aqa

16 Hewasi>ut mink. Ontop theirwood he puthimintothe Then

into^it canoe.