56 EUEEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 67 



3. The Universal Change ^ 



(Collected by Farrand in 1900) 



Xa'mEt-s-pi'tskum qauwa^* hi'k'e la* k'exk'ai' is xa'mEt-s-le'wi', 

 Ltowa'sk',2 k'ai'i Limk'i'lhixamt si'lkustuxs is siida*'stit-s-qamli's. 

 Is xa'mEt-s-qamli's qauwa^* hi'k'e la* k'ilhi'. 



Tern xe'Lk'tEinxtit-s-liqe's wi'lslnx, k'ai'i hi'k'e qauwa^* 

 5 qau'k'.eai tsima'a. Qauwi's kus kusu^'tsi k'tslai'nx, tern kiiita'- 

 yususx. Temu'^'hu mis k' eai', tern hi'k' e qauwa^* qau'k' eai yEai'nx, 

 mis 'Liya^ L^a'mxayutx. Las hi'k'e ts!ilo'xwelnx,^ sis qo'tsE 

 mEtsai'tiyut,* k"is tsa^i'sxa mEts!u'lxust, sis qo'tsE mEtsai'liyut; 

 namk* sis kusuHsi Lowa'txayusxam, sis qo'tsE k'tsiayu'Li tas 



10 mEila'stEmxtau s-liqe's.^ Tem yEa'lnx, "K'-kus LahaiH! tsima'a." 

 Temu'^'hii mis lk"a'ts!iLX, tem kuita'yususx. Temu'^'hu mis k"eai', 

 tem hi'k'e qauwii^'* hi'k'e qaii'k'eai yEai'nx, mis tsa^ti Laa'mxayutx. 

 Is i'mstE tem kus Lahai^t! mEtsai'liyiit. 



Temu'^'hti qalpa'hix tsima'lnx tas mEhaihaya'tEmxt-s-liqe's. 



15 Tem qauwi's kus su'hi tsimai'nx. Temu'^'hti mis Ik'a'tsIiLx, tem 

 kwita'yususx. Temu°'hu mis k'eai', tem hi'k'e qauwa^* qaii'k'eai 

 yEai'nx, mis *Liya^ L^a'mxayutx, las hi'k'e mis tsa^hi'sxa mEtslu'- 

 Ixust, sis q5'tsE mEtsai'liyut, sis su'ln Lowa'txayusxam. Temu^'hu 

 qalpai'nx kus nuns tsimai'nx. Temu'^'hu mis k'eai', tem hi'k'e 



20 qauwa^* qau'k'eai yEai'nx, mis tsa^ti L*a'mxayutx. Is i'mstE tem 

 kus nuns mEtsai'liyut. Temu^'hu a'ng'i tem hi'k'e qauwa^'* ta'xti 

 si'lkustEx. Qauwa^* hi'k'e la'tqat Ltlawa'it si'lkustEx. Temu°'hii 

 mis qamli', tem k'Ets qalpai' Limk'i'lhixamt si'lkustEx. Temu^'hu 

 mis-axa qai'-slo, qalpai' tem Lpu'pEnhaut si'lkustEx, tem-axa Iqat'at 



25 tem-axa Lxwe'Lxwiyaut tem-axa LEya'^'hats lit. 



Temu'^'hu " mis tsqa'mtliyii qauwa-* ta'xti, tem k'-mu'^'hu 

 Lxama'nstoxs tas su'ln. Tem hi'k'e is qauwai'-slo tayayu'lnx. 

 Qaha'lt Lpti'pEnhaut si'lkustEx, k'auk'ai'i^ Liya^' ni'' ts-hai'^k*.* 

 Temu'^'hti tsxwa'tiyii si'lkustEx, tem k*-hi'k'e qauwa^* qaii'k'eai 

 Lxamna'a. Temu^'hu mis limla'ntsxasx,^ tem tsk'ui'tiyii tem 



1 A considerably abbreviated version of the previous story (No. 2). Another important point of difference 

 between these two versions will be found in the fact that Farrand's informant connects this story with the 

 episode of the " Death of Grizzly Bear," a narrative that has been obtained by me as an independent myth 

 (see No. 4). 



2 A former Alsea village, situated about 8 miles north of the Siuslaw River — the present site of the Heceta 

 Head Lighthouse. 



3 The passive voice is used extensively in the Alsea language. 

 * tsiya'llyu horn. 



6 It \vill be noticed that the informant uses alternately the terms feather and horn. A similar uncer- 

 tainty as to the exact identity of the object was displayed by the narrator of the previous version. 



6 Here begins the story of the "Death of Grizzly Bear." This part of the story is told very poorly. Many 

 incidents have been left out, which, however, may be supplied from the version obtained by me in 1910 

 (see p. 60). 



' k-ai'l + -auk-. 



8 Literally, "so that not anything inside his mind." 



9 mEldn- TO KNOW. 



