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SELISH MYTHS. 



In the following text I have adopted phonetic orthogra- 

 phy, adding two characters to express sounds not readily 

 reproduced in English, viz. : 



X, the sound of the German ch in nacht, the Arabic 

 ghain or Spanish mujer; q, being equal to ch in German 

 nicht. This is a softer sound than the preceding which is 

 coarse and guttural. 



Sen'-tshe-le' 

 [of the] Coyote 



Sg-huist'-tsSn'tshe-l ep 

 He was walking, the Coyote 



sko-le'-pi* to-o'-se, 

 they were cooking 

 s'a-a-tsu^ts 



[and] 



eggs, 

 we-titsht' 



he looked 



u-g-ol'-lii sen' -tshe'-le' 

 he went the Coyote 



while they went to sleep 

 [and] 



t'lus-kal-ep'. 

 from the cooking place. 



Then he ate 



o-ko-eV 

 [then] he took 



Phui'-hue-u-jl's 



the littie birdf 



/lus'-pe-lem'-tsis ; 

 the bill : 



so'-tumst 

 he pulled 



[stretched] . 

 o-we'wl' 



the Meadow 



[Lark 



o'k-tso'-tsis 

 he pressed 

 [the head 



so'-pot 



the tail 



ko'-tump't. 

 Story. 

 o-we'-tshes 



he saw 

 hui'-hue-iu 7 ; 

 many animals and birds ; 



es-ts!-a' 

 all of them 

 t'l'-ken-teV 

 removed the dirt 

 [from the eggs] . 



tsus'-p6n-os ; 

 everything ; 



e-hue'-u-g-l'sts 



he pulled 

 [crosswise 

 /lus'-en'k-tsu' ; 

 the Lynx ;| 



[and] 



[of] 



[of] 



the Panther ; 



kwa'-wi-li/lts' 

 yellow breast 



7los / -tshi-tshi-ma / -ii5'ts ; 

 the breast he made ; 



