CREATION MYTHS 

 1. Yeha^miyu^ 



Ctclone 

 (Told by Tom Jackson in 1910) 



Xa'mEt-s-niEsha'lslatsLo ya'tsx. Suda^'st ts-la'mxadook\ 



One it is a woman old "^is living. Five her children her. 



Qauwa^^ qa'altsuxs.- Xam tai^ mukwa^sll. MEa'ltxudaii'xaLx. 



All male (plural). One only woman. Continually big keep on they. 



Tern mi'siLx LEa'ltxudi'yu, temi'Lx pxeltsusai'nx ats-Li'ak"iLx. 



Finally when they big became, then they ask begin her that their mother their. 



"K'eI x'ulamtxai'm hau'k's %-tas le'wi'." — "K"ip-E'n ta'xti," 



"Will we travel begin will everywhere to over this world." — "Will you what do," 



5 ts-jEai'sk" as mukwa^slItsLo. "a'&. l-qauw^a^^ hi'k*e ta'xti." — 



her speech her the woman old. "Yes, we every just do." — 



"Sin ha'^'yauk',^ k'Ep 'Liya^ hi'k'e qauw^a^^ ta'xti liilkwalsa'a, 



"My mind inside, will you not just every thing do wll it, 



sips* ayai'mi. K'ip-E'n mu"'lii ta'xti?", ts-yEai'sk* as 



if you go will. Will you what by way of imagining do?", . her speech her that 



mEsha'lslatsLo. — "I'a, k'El Ipii'pEnhaut. K"Elts-axa^ 



woman old. — " Yes, will we shinny playing. Habitually we again 



LEya° 'hats lit; k"Elts-axa ita^ LEmk'i'lhixamt." " — ''K'eai'sa, 



guessing; habitually we again also dancing." — "All right, 



10 p-ayai'mi. . P-spai'di ku'pin qa'sint." Temi'Lx mu^'hii 



you go shall. You take her along will this your younger sister." Then they finally 



k'e'a i'mstE lt!a'msiyii. Temu^'hu'' yEai'nx xas mEsha'lslatsLo 



indeed thus agree quickly. And now tells her the woman old ■ 



ats-piya'tsEk". ''KiLx^ usta'a kuha'm ha'tloo. K'iLx * 



that her daughter her. "Shalt them follow (fut.) these thy elder brothers. Shalt them 



ts!ow^ai'Li-slo ^ xe'iLk'e, k'iLx *Liya^ na'k'eai qa°'yEkwai! 



watch (fut.) all over carefully, shall them not anywhere harm them! 



Tu! spai'tx tas ti'nExtsii! K"ip qo'tsE sa'lsxumi." 



Here! take along this cane! Will you it (as) magic power use it (fut.)." 



15 TsimyEai'sk" ^^ ats-piya'tssk* xas mEsha'lslatsLo. 



Her continual speech her this her daughter her the woman old. 



1 Compare Boas, Traditions of the Tillamook Indians, p. 138; Sagen, pp. 1, 16, 19, 47, 56, 63. 



2 qa'alt male being; -tsuzs collective. 



3 hain^ mind; -auk- suffixed particle inside. 



* sis conditional particle; -p 2d person plural. 



5 k-Ets temporal particle; -I first person plural; -axa suffixed particle. 

 ^L- prefix; TO- prefix; fc-iZfi- to dance; -i inchoative; -lawii infinitive. 

 ' Contracted for tern mun'hu. 



8 Instead oik-BxtLx. 



9 Stem ts.'ou- . . . -slo to watch, to notice. 



i»<s- possessive; m- continuativ e : ysa- to say; -oi inchoative; -s nominal; -k- possessive. 



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