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KUTENAI TALES

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started to run away quickly. Coyote went along. There was a (body of) water. Coyote jumped into the water. He dived. The Bull came to the water and drank. He stood there drinking. He drank it all. Coyote started. He went along. He said : "Where are

you, manitous?" He heard speaking, and was told: "Nephew, come, our (?)." The two went. There was a little rosebush. Coyote went. He sat down on top of it. The Bull arrived. He butted it. He couldn't break it. Again he butted it. He tore it into shreds. Coyote said: "Now let me go; I will fill a pipe for you." The Bull said: "I don't smoke." Coyote said: "I will fill a pipe; I don't know what the Bull likes to smoke." Coyote was told: "I smoke tobacco. When I finish filling the pipe, I hold it up to the sun. It catches fire. It catches fire by means of the sun." (Coyote) was afraid. (The Bull) smoked. He continued to smoke. The Bull said: "I had a wife


ne*. no'tslmqkupek^'me'k sk^'n'ku'ts. qana'xe* sk/nku'ts sk/k- He started to run away quickly Coyote. He went along Coyote where lay qlnu'kse*. nulnmm^tqu'lek sk/n*ku*ts. klanwa'tslne*. xuna'xe* a lake. He jumpedinto the water Coyote. He dived. He came to the water ni'lsik nciqu'lne*. qa'w^tsku'Xune*. n'okouku'Xune*. tslma'xe* skr'n*- the bull and drank. He stood drinking water. He drank it all. He started Coy- ku'ts. qana'xe*. qake'iue* km'aqasaqa'^lqa ntip^^klan/'nte'k. nul- ote. He went along. He said: " Where are you, manitous?" He pa'lne* tsxa'se* qak.ta'pse* pa*t! qaowakaxa^'me*n' kaquxma'la. 5 heard speaking and was told: Nephew, come our (?)." qaw^tsk/kiue* sm'qa'pse* sqlo'mowokna'nas. qaoxa'xe* sk^'nku'ts. They went where was a little rosebush. He went Coyote. nuqousaq Imaxo'ume'k. laxa'xe* ni'tsik. qonanoxo'nlamaneya'- He sat down on top of it. He arrived the bull. He hit it with his head (?). Xane*. qata^raklo'une*. laqonaxonlamaneya'xane*. mta'mklo'une* He could not break it. Again he hit it with his head (?). He tore it into laam's. qake'iUe* sk/nku*ts ta'xas qa'qask^'n'u. hutsku^lnakluk- shreds. . He said Coyote: "Now let me go. I'll All a pipe for ts/sine*. qake'ine* ni'lsik atuqa.^knoq^^'kune*. qake^ne* sk/n- 10 you." He said the bull: "I do not smoke." He said Coy- ku'ts hutskulnaklo'une*. hoqa.u^pxami'lne* qa'psinsts I'e'kinoq^^'ko* ote: "I'll fill a pipe. I do not know what he may smoke ni'lsik. qakil/tne* sk^'n*ku*ts wasa'qaUa'n huts!rknoqi>'kune the bull." He was told Coyote: "Tobacco (?) I smoke. nulkulnaklo'une* qaoxaw/tsxaue* nata*'mk!s. tsukj^'pxane*. s^ltsu- When I finish filling the I hold it up toward the sun. It catches fire. It catches pipe kwpxamy'n'e* nata*'n^k!s. n'om'lne*. n'^knoqw'kune*. qa'krl'^kno- fire by means of the sun." He was afraid. He smoked. He continued qy'kuUe'. qake'ine* ni'lsik. hunala'Hk'tine' husl'aqak.lam'ala'- 15 to smoke. He said the bull: "I had a wife where my head

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