INDIAN WARNING AGAINST DEMONS 



mesika nanich klatawa hyiu stone, wake kloshe klatawa 

 pe mesika teahwit tseepie alta mesika klatawa keek- 

 wulee pe mimoluse, keekwulee pe mimoluse. Mesika 

 klatawa hyas mesachie snow pe keekwulee hyas 

 mesachie illahee yahka Takhoma mowich halo klatawa. 

 Mesika klatawa hyas saghalie illahee hyiu stone chako, 

 hyiu stone chako, pe mesika mimoluse pe kokshut 

 mesika. 



Spose mesika klatawa kopa okoke saghalie illahee 

 alta mesika hyiu skookum pe cole wind alta yahka 

 mahsh mesika kopa keekwulee illahee pe mimoluse 

 mesika. Spose mesika mitlite mesachie iktas hyas 

 keekwulee tyee mitlite Takhoma mesika mimoluse pe 

 mesika mahsh okoke piah chuck. 



Wake mesika klatawa ! 



Mesika mamook nika tumtum kwass, spose mesika 

 klatawa Takhoma saghalie. Mesika mimoluse me- 

 sika spose klatawa Takhoma. Mesika mimoluse pe 

 mesika tilikum sollecks kopa nika. 



Wake klatawa ! 



Wake klatawa ! 



Spose mesika klatawa, nika mitlite mokst sun pe 

 alta nika klatawa kopa Olympia pe wawa kopa mesika 

 tilikum alta mesika mimoluse siah saghalie Takhoma. 

 Mesika potlatch pehpah kopa nika mamook kumtuks 

 mesika mimoluse wake nika mesachie. 



Kopet wawa nika. 



TRANSLATION BY GENERAL STEVENS 



Listen to me, my good friends. I must talk to you. 



Your plan to climb Takhoma is all foolishness. No 

 one can do it and live. A mighty chief dwells upon 

 the summit in a lake of fire. He brooks no intruders. 



Many years ago my grandfather, the greatest and 

 bravest chief of all the Yakima, climbed nearly to the 

 summit. There he caught sight of the fiery lake and 

 the infernal demon coming to destroy him, and he 



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