Boas.] 4.^ [March 1, 



Xuenemutsqto'o ta manstx wa stutix-ktuya ta mnastx. Ti 

 He recognized him the father of that one the son. He 



k'lx'is a ta siLinak'txs. Nitx'umsqto'o ta sta apso'LS ta 

 saw him at the salmon weir. They came to his house those of the town the 



x'q'ulx'tx. Aiots^to'o ta tsfiitste'tx nusqtsolimx'a'lstx. Ostxsqto'o 

 old one. He said the youth they should clean the house. He entered 



ta tsaatste'x ul ta sols ta manstx. Lats'a'xsqts tsaatste'lx 

 the youth at the house of his father. He related the youth 



wa stsais : " tu iqtx annai'kMiii tu smLk'tx. Ai5'tsau tu 

 to alloftliem: "the cedarbark they desire the salmon. They say the 



smLk-tx sk-a aLpstute'm x'ta iqtx." K-stute'mqx 



salmon and they eat it the cedarbark." They bit each other 



swintste'm xta mnmatsaito'o tu Lu'mstalx sx'ek-tno'mktuts 



they fought the children of the man they struck each other 



Lapskats. " II mnsta'iL sk*a sx'ix'lix-tE'ins " sk'a u'alix's 

 they went. "The our children and are angry" and she deserted 



ta qtEmtstx. 



the her husband. 



Iranslation. 



The father (of a youth) brought him always food. Then his stepmother 

 grew angry. When (the father) gave her to eat she threw the food which 

 he had presented to her down. She scolded his son. Then the youth 

 grew angry and left. He (went into the woods) without knowing where 

 he went. He went on and he tried to shoot a bird. His (arrow) hit a 

 Salmon. He heard the Salmon cry. When tlie youth came to the Salmon 

 the latter said : "Throw me into the water." The youtli took him and 

 threw him into the water. The Salmon jumped (but did not swim right). 

 Tlien the Salmon told the youth to look for one of his bones (which was 

 missing). At first tlie youth did not find the bone of the nape* of the 

 Salmon, but then he found it. He gave it to him and threw him (again) 

 into the water. Now he was perfect. Then the Salmon came ashore in 

 his canoe. He went down to the canoe. Tlie Salmon told the j'outh to 

 lie down and to pull his blanket over his head. "Don't uncover your 

 head," said the Salmon "I shall awake you when we come to a town." 

 They went and arrived at the town of the birds t'e.K'Lala'tx. They went 

 on and arrived at the town of the birds tsutsule'ttsx. They were singing 

 all the time. The Salmon said : " Wlien you like a country you must 

 tell me." Now he liked this one. They landed and went to the house 

 of the bird. Then they went on and paddled. They arrived at the house 

 of the bird qulExlele'ts, and she was a pretty woman. They left and 

 went on. Tliey arrived at a town (where there was) the house of tlie 

 bird qoaqoa'os. They went ashore and the youth went into her house. 

 He said : "She is pretty," and he married her. The Salmon forbade it 

 and said: "Nobody survives who marries tlie bird qoaqoa'os." The 



* This means probably the soul, which is believed to be located iu an egg-shaped bone 

 in the nape. 



