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Lpilsui' ko'k"s. Temu°'hu tsimkwa^sllk" ' tern k* !e'tsik"s tsk'ui'tiyu, 

 temu'^'hu as qa'alt tern ko'k"s Lpilsui'. Tern ha^'tsE Lxwe'tsinx Is 

 t!Ewa'qtit-s-k6'x", te'mlta hllal'nx, tern hi'k'e k' !il Lowa'txayu tas 

 ko'x". Temu"'hu mis hii'sk'Iyu, tern qastiwa'lnx kus mEla'hatu,^ 

 5 k'-qau'wis ayai'm WusP'k's LEa'laut, k'ai'I taI'Ln, sis k'i'mhak's 

 wil. Te'mlta hi'k'e xti'si kiimkwi', tern hi'k'e plui' tern hi'k'e 

 ya^'qa haya'ntEx. Tern is I'mstE tern kus k' Ets hi'k' e xu'sl kumkwl' 

 kus mEla'hatu, k'is k"im plui'mi, k'is hi'k'e Lhainai'du, la'lta mis 

 imi'stal kus ta'mink'ink".^ Temu^'hti qalpa'lnx qasuwa'lnx kus 



10 ruEti'yutxaut!!, te'mlta hi'k'e xu'si kumkwi' tem hi'k'e Lpa'ltkuyu 

 tem hi'k'e ya'^'qa haya'ntx. Temu"'hu qalpa'LUx qasuwa'Lnx kus 

 su'stsEmxt. Tem tsaHI nisk' ayai'. Temu'^'hu mis wi'lx Wusi°'k's, 

 tem tsqe'wiLx kwas mshaya'tau ^ 'k'ya'tsx xamk' ! haihaya^t 

 ts-itsai'sk" . Tem LEa'laux mis hi'tslEm 'k'tsk'itu'LUx^ hak'Ltowa'- 



15 sk" tem Lpulsa awl'lau. Tem yEai'nx k"-tai'Ll sis wi'li. Temu"'hii 

 'Liya^ qa'^tsE temu"'hu LEai'sx 'k' awI'Lau. Temu°'liu mis wI'lx, tem 

 qaai'nx ts-itsai'sk'ik's. Temu^'hu tkEllts iiyu'Lx. Temu'^'hu mis 

 tqulk'i', tematsk'ai'. Tem k'i'stinx Lx'i'ldut as Lpa'k'st!. Temu"'- 

 liu mis-axa wi'lx, tem tlili'nx tas Lpa'k'st! is xa'lux". Temu"'- 



20 hu tsimai'nx k'-la^ sis tsk'iii'tiyusxam. 



K'au'k'Ets" qaai' k"its-xama'liyuk', k'is-axa ts-kusnu'nhayust !- 

 Exk'ik's^ k' lilhai'm. Temu'^'hu k'Ets^ Itsai'^'xtiyii, k'is ma'yExam. 

 "Hu + ,'' la-E'n tsaHi k'Exio la'ltqaix?""— "Ta^muqwa hi'k'e sin 

 anai's. Xam pEnu'nsatxus k'in^° tsi°'stEnx. A'tsk'aihi'k'eqa*'ltE !" 

 25 Temu°'hu mis t!ili' Lpa'k'st, tem qudi'yux" ts-xama'liyuk"ik's. 

 Temu'^'hii mis stqwexwai', tem Lxuni'yu hata'hak' ts-itsai'sk* 

 temu'^'hu qe'ntxa. 



1 The people evidently intended to kill the male and female of the species. 



2 Literally, "he has a glass (eye)"; La'ha glass. 



3 This explanatory sentence was evidently interpolated by the narrator. 

 * Namely, Wren. 



6 Passive. 



« k-Ets + -auk\ 



' kmnu'nhayust! nose. 



8 The Alsea prefer to use in a narration the usitative tense, employing lor that purpose the particles 

 k-Ets and k-is. The latter invariably requires that the verb shall appear with a future suffix. 



9 An imitation of the bear's growling. 



1° The future prefix fc- is frequently introduced in the narration without denoting, however, a true future 

 tense. 



l^la'tEq SOMETHING. 



