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kutenai tales
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"Now go ahead." She started, and he said to her: "Go up the valley and go across there." Coyote started. He ran. He got there. He stopped there. His wife came. He shot her and killed her. He butchered her and skinned her. There was a flat stone, and he sat down on it. He saw Wolf coming. He thought he would hit it. He was going to get up. He couldn't get up. He shot at that Wolf. He had no more arrows. He took off his bowstring and struck him with his bow stave. The Wolf ate that game. He ate it all. Coyote got up again. He went and took the bones. He thought he would break them up. He was told by (a bird): "Don't
strike them." Coyote stood there holding an ax. Then Badger pounded them. He finished breaking the bones and put the marrow into the tripe. Coyote was told: "Take hold of my tail." Coyote took hold of (Badger's) tail. (Badger) finished putting in the marrow. Badger started to run away. Coyote followed him. He
qak/lne* ta'xa b'nu. tslma'se*. qakr'lne* qou hankla'm'na'ke* He said to her: "Now go ahead." She started. He said to her: "There up the valley qo* tax hmtsqanalwatla'xe*. tslma'xe* sk^'n'ku'ts. tslm'a'kine'. there then you will go through across." He started Coyote. He ran. la'xa'xe*. qaogaqa'ane*. wa'se* t^lnamu"e's. mi'txane* n'^lwa'n*e*. He got there. He stopped there. She came his wife. He shot her, he killed her. nu'mitse'ite* konu'qlme*. qa'ktsHanu'kse* qaoxal'^akaUu'ne*. He butchered her, he skinned her. There was a flat stone; he sat down on it. n'f^'pxane* ska'se* ka'ake*ns. qalwi'3nie' ktsqanla'le't. ktsxal'o'uWuk. ^ He saw coming the wolf. He thought he would hit it. He was going to rise. qatal'uwu'kuue'. mi'tXaUe* nCiS ka'ake'ns. la'^Iitka'ane*. luk^r'ne* He could not rise. He shot at that wolf. He was without arrows. He took off tiawum'ka'es qanlalt^mu'ne* aa'k.lakwo'utes. n'^'kine* ka'aken his bowstring he struck with it his bow stave. He ate the wolf nCiS iya'mu's. qia'pXane*. la.uwu'kune* sk^'nkuts. qaoxa'xe* that game. He ate it all. He got up again Coyote. He went and tsuk^a'te* ma'k!^'se*s. qalwi'yne* ktsaqtsa'kxo*. qakla'pse- took its bones. He thought he would break them up. He was told by wa'ku'ks maats qanla'lte*n'. qa*qaw^tskm^'le*k aa*qu'ta*ls skr'n*- j^q (a bird with "Don't strike it." He stood holding an ax Coy- white spot on head): ku'ts. ta'xa tsm qOuS n'aqtsaxo'uue* na'lmet!. kulya'qla* ote. Then only there he pounded Badger. Having finished breaking qana"nte' aa*k.laqp^'sqaps aa^kinu'lmak. qakil^'lne* sk^'n'ku'ts he put them into tripe the marrow. He was told Coyote: haw^tsqatk/'nu. nawrtsqatkmka'ane * sk/'n 'ku ts. kulqana * "ne t "Take hold of my tall." He took hold of the tail Coyote. lie finished putting it inside aa'k^nu'lma'ks. nu*tsmqkupek^'me*k na'lme't!. m^teiXa^mt^mu- the marrow. He started to run away Badger. He followed k^a'ane* sk^'n'kuts. n'upslatnu'tm^y^muk^a'ane*. la.ilciqa^ninmitk- 15 him Coyote. He continued to run. It is thrown backward