26. Skunk and Panther[1]
There was Skunk. He was not afraid of anything. He went along. | He saw Panther. He was afraid of Skunk. He thought: "Skunk is bad; | Skunk may kill me." He lay down. Skunk went along, he saw | Panther. He looked at him. He thought: "Panther is smart; what || may have killed him?" Skunk took Panther. He put him into his bucket. | He carried him on his back. He started. He went along. Panther thought: "What | may frighten Skunk?" Skunk said: "I am afraid of one thing— | whistling." He went along. He put him down. He went along. Skunk squirted out his fluid. | He stopped there. Somebody whistled, and Skunk was scared. Skunk started. || Panther broke his bucket. Panther started. He thought | Skunk was bad. Panther started. Skunk was afraid. Panther went along. | There were trees where he went. He came back here. | When he went along, he came back where there were many tracks. Skunk went along. | He thought Panther had lied and that he was not dead. (Skunk) started again. || He got back to his bucket. His bucket was broken. He saw no | Panther. He knew that he was not dead. He saw his tracks. He started | (following) his tracks. Skunk went. There were many tracks. He did not | see where Panther was. He looked for him. His tracks were many. He saw his tracks. There were tracks. He went. He went quickly. || He thought: "I'll kill Panther." Panther came to a river. | He climbed a tree. Skunk arrived. He drank. He saw | Panther in the river. He shot him. He broke much wind. | He had no more fluid. He took back his fluid. He did it | and he broke wind again. He was tired. He lay down. Then he saw Panther || in the tree. He shot him. Skunk killed Panther. |
27. The Deluge[2]
There was a camp. There were many who picked huckleberries. | Chicken Hawk had a wife. She picked huckleberries. Chicken Hawk went. | He saw his wife. He did not know that | Yawo′nik! had taken his wife. Yawo′nik! had taken her. || He was angry. He shot him. He hit him. Yawo′nik! drank water. | There was no more (water). He took it again. There was no more water. | Yawo′nik! drank. Then Chicken Hawk took (pulled out) his arrow. Out came | the water. There was a flood. All the people went up the mountains. | The water reached there. All the people thought || they would die. Chicken Hawk took off his tail. He put it up. | He said: "If there is no more tail, then we shall all be lost." | The tail had four stripes. Then there was one left. | He said: "If there is no stripe on my tail, then we shall all die." | It reached there. The water stopped. Then || it went down. The people went down.[3] |
