Kathlamet texts / by Franz Boas.

  • Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
Date:
1901
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Credit: Kathlamet texts / by Franz Boas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1-t 15 10 126 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bui.r.. 21) Avalking on the leg. When she came walking to the middle of the creek, she became afraid and he began to shake his leg. He turned his leg and she fell into the water. She drifted down the river. “Robin shall be 3^111- name; you shall not eat people.’' She drifted down. The crane said to her: “Robin shall be 3mm' name.” Far away she drifted ashore. A crow found her and began to eat her private parts. Then she recovered. She arose and painted her belly with her blood. It became all red. Then she went inland and came to a willow. She asked the willow: “Is nw painting becom- ing?” “Oh, how bad looks the blood of her private parts,” cried the willow. “Oh, 3’ou bad thing'!” she said, “when 3'our wood is burned it shall crackle.” She came to the alder. “Is mv painting becom- ing?” The alder .said: “It is becoming.” “Ah, sister,” she said, “when people make anything the3^ shall d3^e it red in 3'our bark. When 3'ou are di'3', 3mu will burn well.” She went on and came to the cottonwood. She asked it: “Is mv painting becoming?” The ia'qo-it. leg. yaXi that Qeqjayakpa' vaXi Middle on ' that e qaL creek ica xoLq. .she was afraid to fall. itci'yox he did it A.'qa Then itcixElta'mit he shook it Lax° Roll ia'qo-it. Aqa ica'xoixp his leg. Then she was afraid to fall. Igo'Xune aqa qa'eqamiX. She drifted then down the river. Igo'Xune She drifted 3^aXi ia'qo-it. that his leg. Igale'maLxex'it. .She fell into the water. Nact te'lXam Not people Amil'sgaga ime'xaleu. ‘ ‘ Robin your name. iqoa cqoac: the crane: amtuwu'lqjLX.” you shall eat them.” Ama'sgaga ime'xaleu.” ‘‘Robin your name.” a qa. now. Itco'lXam He said to her KEla'iX igo'Xune. IgoXu'niptck. Far she drifted. She drifted ashore. itca'qo-itXa. her vulva. 3^aXi (naqage'lak) that (vulva) IgaXE'latck. iLaxElge'matck She arose. She painted herself itcii'wanpa, ac upiil ige'x itcii'wan. her belly at, and red became her belly. itcilXa'takoa. she recovered. Lga'qawulqt ka'nauwe Igo'cgam atja'ntsa. IcgixE'lEinux “^She found the crow. She ate it her Kiiqa ixela'x aqa When she ate then LaXi that ^ her blood all Igo'3a, igo'ptcga. Iga-igo'qoam She went, she went She reached it inland. ela'itk. “La'nkucq tci LgE'qawulqt?” igio'lXam ela'itk. “Qantci'x the willow. “Becoming [int. my blood?” she said to it the willow. “When to me part.] iqoe'tXa lia'qawulqt po qaLcga'tcqoa-it. ” a vulva its blood if ugly on a person.” “Ma'nix aqamxElge'uxa aqa Lia'qLjaq “Whin you will be burnt then crackle iiqaxE'miuLx. “Tcu'xoa La'nkucq tci the alder. “Well becoming [int. to me part.] aqaxE'miuLx: “uE'mkucq Line'qawulqt.” the alder: “Becoming to you blood.” you “ma'nix ta'nki aqio'xoax aqa Lpal qioxo'lalEmx ame'qalEmx. Ma'nix “when some- is made then red it is made (with) your bark. When thing amXca'qoa aqa ime'x'EmaLXat.” Igo'ya wi't’ax. Igaego'qoam you are dry then you will burn.” She went again. She reached it “Na yaXi'yax,” igio'lXam. “Oh, ' that one,” she said to it. amxo'xoa.” Igago'qoam you do.” She reached LgE'qawulqt?” Iga'kim my blood?” It said “Aaa a'tce,” igo'lXam, “Ah, younger she said to it, sister,”