an ax?" Turtle said: "I do not fear an ax." Some one said: "Pour water on him." Turtle said: "Don't." Some one said: "Throw him into the water." Turtle lied when he said he was not afraid of ax, knife, and bow. He lied when he said that he was afraid of water, for that was the place from which he had come ashore. He was taken to the water. He carried the chief's head. He was thrown into the water. He sank. After a while there in the middle he emerged. He shook the chief's head in the water. Some one said: "It is Turtle." Turtle started for his tent. Turtle came home. Then Beaver made holes in all directions. He bit them off (the bows), he dragged them into his hole, then the manitous went back. (Their bows) were broken. (They said:) "My bow is bad."
17. Skunk and Panther[1]
Skunk went along. He saw Panther. Panther was afraid of Skunk. Panther pretended to be dead. Skunk went there. He
qake′ᵢne· ka′x̣ax̣ huqa.onι′łne· aqu′tał. qakiya′mne· yuᵤx̣akułx̣a′kił. qake′ᵢne· ka′x̣ax̣ maₐts. qakiya′mne· x̣unmitqu′łkił. słutske′ᵢne· ka′x̣ax̣ neᵢs kqa′ke· kqa.oʽnił aqu′tałsts aₐʽktsa′małsts t!a′wuʼs. słutske′ᵢne· neᵢs kqa′ke· k!o′ne·ł wu′o·s pa·ł ne·sts kqakeᵢkału′pkam. qa‵ox̣ałx̣u‵nanułkinι′łne·. nał·amkι′n·e· naso′ᵤkᵘe·ns. x̣unmitqułι′łne·. niktsnoqu′n·e·. qawunikι′t.se· qoʼs qayaₐqa′wo·s łaqaₐkałʼawa‵ₐkawa′ts!ne·. wan·qoᵤk.łaʼmkι′n·e· naso′ᵤkᵘe·ns. qakiya′mne· pa·ł nʼι′ne· ka′x̣ax̣. ts!ιnamι′łkił aₐʽkιt.ła′e·s ka′x̣ax̣. ła·łax̣a′x̣e· aₐʽkιt.ła′e·s ka′x̣ax̣. ta′x̣as sι′n·a nʼιtqanłιłq!aqo‵ᵤk!ameknι′łe·k. q!aₐnina′x̣ₐne·. aₐqo·k!ame′es qa‵nałtsa‵qanawιs·nukqu′x̣ᵤne·. łax̣a′x̣e· nϋpι′k!a. nʼumιtskinłι′sᵢne·. saha′n·e· kat!a′wu.
17. Skunk and Panther
Qa·na′x̣e· x̣a′x̣as. nʼu′px̣ₐne· swaʼs. swaʼ nʼonι′łne· x̣a′x̣as·. nʼυ′pse·k swaʼ. qaox̣a′x̣e· x̣a′x̣as. tsukᵘa′te· swaʼs nałx̣o′ᵤne·.
- ↑ See pp. 40, 48.
