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what he was carrying. He gave it to him. (Grizzly Bear) saw it. Grizzly Bear said: "Did you not see an old woman? She must have passed here." Coyote said that he had not seen anything. Coyote said: "It is Beaver, therefore it is fat." Grizzly Bear said: "It is not Beaver." Coyote said: "You ought to have said, 'It is the old woman.' " Coyote started to run. Coyote was going along. (Grizzly Bear) pursued him. Grizzly Bear thought : "First let me bite the little one." Grizzly Bear thought he was on the right trail. "Later on, after I have bitten him, I will bite (this one)." Grizzly Bear started. He pursued Coyote. Coyote went along. He was tired. He chased him around the tree. He fell down and thrust his hand into a (buffalo) horn. Coyote pursued Grizzly Bear. He overtook him. He struck him. Coyote turned back.

3. Coyote and Locust

Coyote went along. He saw Locust. He (Locust) carried his leg. Coyote saw it. Coyote thought: "Let me also break my leg."

namatιʹktse·. (He gave it to him.) tseᵢkaʹte·. (He saw it.) qakeʹᵢne· (He said) k.łaʹwła (Grizzly Bear:) kιnqa.upx̣aʹke·ł ("Did you not see) tιʹłna (an old woman?)
nas (Here) qa‵kiłqahaʹx̣e·. (she must have passed.") qakeʹᵢne· (He said) skιʹn·ku·ts (Coyote) łu·ʹne· (nothing) ła·tseᵢkaʹte·. (he saw.) qakeʹᵢne· (He said)
skιʹn·ku·ts (Coyote:) nʼιʹn·e· ("It is) sιʹn·a (beaver,) słaqałsιʹkᵢne·. (therefore it is fat.") qakeʹᵢne· (He said) k.łaʹwła (Grizzly Bear:) qa.ιʹn·e· ("It is not)
sιʹn·e· (beaver.") qakeʹᵢne· ( He said) skιʹn·ku·ts (Coyote:) x̣manqakeʹᵢne· ("Ought you to have said,) ᵢnʹ^ʹnᴇ. (It is) t\ʹłna. (old woman.'") no·tsιnqku- (He started)
pekιʹme·k (to run) skιʹn·ku·ts. (Coyote.) qanaʹx̣e· ( He went along) skιʹn·ku·ts. (Coyote.) mιtyax̣naʹpse· ( He pursued him) qałwiʹyne· ( He thought)
k·łaʹwła. (Grizzly Bear:) huʹpaₐks ("First) hułʼιt!x̣a (let me bite) na (this) ktsaquʹna. (little one.") qałwiʹyne· (He thought) k.łaʹwła (Grizzly Bear)
ksu‵kqanmιʹte·k. (he was on right trail.) taʹx̣ta ("Later on) hunułʼιt!x̣aʹmi·ł (after I have bitten him) kutsx̣a (I'll bite him.") tsłιnaʹz· (He started)
k·łaʹwła. (Grizzly Bear.) mιtyaʹx̣ₐe· (He pursued) skιʹn·k·ts·. (Coyote.) qa·naʹx̣e· (He went along) skιʹʹn·ku·ts. (Coyote.) nukᵘłuʹkᵤne·. (He was tired.)
aₐʽkʹts!łaʹe·ns (A tree) na‵kammιa‵notaʹpse·. (he chased him around it.) qanax̣uʹne· (He fell down;) qanaq!ałeᵢx̣o·ʹme·k (he thrust his hand into)
aₐʽkuʹqłoʹʼs. (a horn.) mιtyaʹx̣ₐne· (He pursued) skιʹn·ku·ts (Coyote (subj.)) k.łaʹwas. (Grizzly Bear (obj.).) łax̣anx̣oʹᵤne· (He overtook him.)
qanłaʹłte· (He struck him.) ła·łuqᵘałqaʹtse· (He turned back) skιʹn·ku·ts. (Coyote.)

3. Coyote and Locust

Qa·naʹx̣e· (He went along) skιn·ku·ts. (Coyote.) nʼuʹpx̣ₐne· (He saw) aₐʹkuk.łakoʹwumʹs. (Locust.) nałx̣oʹᵤne· (He carried)
aₐʽksaʹq!e·s. (his leg.) nʼuʹpx̣ₐne· (He saw it) skιn·ku·ts. (Coyote.) qałwiʹyne· (He thought) sk/n·ku·ts (Coyote:) aʹₐʽke· ("Also)

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