1886.1 *** -*• [Hoffman. 



sen'-tshe'-le', t'l'-ken-tes 7 t'lus-kal-ep'. TT-il'-qis 



the Coyote, [and] removed the dirt from the cooking place. Then he ate 



[ from the eggs] 

 tsus-penos ; o-ko-es' l'hui'-hue-u-ql's* e-hue'-u-ql'sts 



everything; [then] he took the little bird [and] he pulled [crosswise] 

 x'lus'-pe lein'-tsis ; o'k-tso'-t&is xlus'-en'k-tsQ'; \ 



the bill ; he pressed [the head] [of] the lynx; 



so'-tumst so'-pot xlos-qli-su'-mi-e ; % o-we'-wi' 



he pulled (stretched) the tail [of] the Panther; the Lark 



kwa'-wi-lixlts' xlos'-tehi-tshi-ma' uqts ; o-huist'-xlu' sen'-tshe-le' 

 yellow breast the breast he made ; he walked away the Coyote 



tshil-kut' xlak'-tshilsht we-x'l-stla'-xlsht. Ka-liqts' 



a short distance he sat down [and] he looked at them. They awoke 

 xlu-hui'-hue-xults. Se'-tsish-tshel', ha'-xle kle'-ke-o'-wl-tse 



all the birds and animals. What is the matter, already we ate all 

 u'-ke-tltsh'? We'-kol-kwg'-tshi-na' ta'-sin-sd-hui'-ne- 



before we icent to sleep f Talked one they could not under- 



min-tem'.g Kwemt'-po-rnin-tsuqt. 

 stand him. Then they all scattered. 



The following is a list of Indian tribes best known to the Selish, and the 

 names which they apply to them : 



Pend d'Oreille, Kalispel'. 



Banak, Aquit'te, " Gopher-skin-blanket. " 



Shoshoni, S'nu'ue. 



Blackfeet, S'tshu'kue, "Black-feet." 



Nez Perces, Saap'tln. 



Arikare, S'quies'tshi. 



Dakota, Nuqtu'. 



Absaroka — Mountain Crows, Ste'amtshi. 



= River Crows, S'kuistshi. 



Arapaho, N'tslri'ltshi'lu'su, " Hair -par ted-in- 



the-mid-dle." 



Cheyenne, ASA'&'kai'use, "Spotted-arrows." 



Kutenai, Skalse', "Water-people." 



Cceur d'Alene, Tshi'tsaui. 



*The Crossbill. It is said the bird lost his speech at this time. 



fThis act of the Coyote accounts for the fiat face of the wild cat— Lynx rufus. 



JThe Panther received his long tail; was a Lynx previously and had a short 

 one. 



I The Crossbill, previously mentioned. 



