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Is i'mstE tern kus I'mstE ts-hilkwai'sk* kus kusu'sau/ la'lta mis 

 imi'stal kus ta'niEnk' ink' . La'k'Ets hi'k'e Is ila'-slo, k'ilta's^ 

 Iqaa'yusxam.^ 



4. Su'tN ts-qe'k'ik"* 



Grizzly His Story ^ 



(Told by Tom Jackson in 1910) 



K' exk" ai'-slo ts-hi'tEk\ Mu'^'lii Lau'ltsut.^ Qauwa^^ hi'k'e la* 

 5 k'exk'ai'. K'-Lxama'nstoxs kus su'ln. Temu'^'hti ke'a i'mstE 

 lt!a'msIyii-slo. Temu'^'hii waltsa'hix ko'kus-Em. Temu'^'hti mis 

 Ik'a'xk'iyii-slo, tern pxepxeltsusi'ltlxamt si'lkustEx. ''K'-uk" u'k'- 

 Eii qauwi's Lohai'm?" ** Temu'^'hii yasau^ya'hix. ''K'-uk" mE- 

 haya'tau mEt!olii-t'^ qau'wis Lohai'm." Temu'^'hii k'e'a hilkwai'- 



10 sai'nx. Tern hak'i'm * tem qauwa^^ hi'k' e la'tEq Lohai'xa. Temu°'- 

 hti is Itowai'-slo temu^'hti yasau^ya'lnx. "K'-uk'' kus xe'ltkwat-s- 

 hi'tslEm Lohai'm." Tem iLasxai'xa.® Temu'^'hii yasau^ya'lnx. 

 "La'^'s-uk" kus kusii^tsi Lohai'm." Temu'^'hii k'e'a hilkwai'sainx. 

 Temu'^'hti mis Lo'hastEx, tem^ tsilhai', Tem-axa hak'Eqau'x wahau'- 



15 hinx, "Lo'hEx-au sin anai's!" K'u'k'^ts^" mu'^'hu qa'halt Lohai', 

 te'mlta ^Liya^. K'U'k^ts ^"^ qa'^'ltE Inai'x, k'is-axa k'im sipliii'm. 

 Tsumu'sumyuk' is pi'tskum tem hala'tsi i'mstatxu qalpai'. Temu"'- 

 hii siida^'stk'emyuk' is pi'tskum temu'^'hu tla'mstxam^^ k'-ta'axti 

 mu'^'hu Lxama'nstoxs. Temu^'hu k'e'a hilkwaisayii'lnx. Te'mlta 



20 hi'k'e 'Lta'hana iltqa'lnx, temu'^'hii tsk'ui'tiyiisxa, yi'hiiyai. Qalo'- 

 sik'slo ^^ px'ilmisai'. Tsitsk* layii'lnx, mis ta'ptEx qalo'sik's, te'mlta 

 hiltxa'lnx. Temu'^'hii Lpilsui' tsla'yEqa ^^ hi'k'e kii'kus-auk'-slo. 



Tem Ik'a'xk'examt si'lkustEx. K'-Lhanai'ln, na'k'-slo ^* mu°'hii 



px'ilmisai'm. Tsa^'mE ni'sk' kti'k", temu^'lm tsliqai' k'a'k"-sl5.*^ 



25 Temu^'hii pxe'pxeltsiisi'lt!xamt si'lkustEx, k'-qaii'k'-E'n mu'^'hu 



p!e'xai as mEhaya'tau.^^ Te'mlta hi'k'e qauwa^* u'k'eai siliii'xasx^ 



1 An explanation of "Wren's small size and his ability to enter even the smallest places. 



2 k-is + llaa . 



3 In the original manuscript the collector left space in which to fill in the remainder of the story, but evi- 

 dently did not have an opportunity to carry out this purpose; hence the rather abrupt ending of the myth. 

 This version differs from my own (see next story) in that here Grizzly's death is accomplished by means of 

 pouring hot pitch into his mouth instead of boiling water. For parallel stories among the other tribes of 

 this region see Leo J. Frachtenberg, Coos Texts, in Columbia Univ. Contribs. to Anthr., i, pp. 101 et seq.; 

 Lower Umpqua Texts, ibid., iv, 94; Shasta and Athapascan Myths from Oregon, in Journ. Amer. Folic- 

 Lore, xxvra, 214 et seq.; Sapir, Edward, Tatelma Texts, pp. 123 et seq., and Yana Texts, pp. 203, 216. 

 A similar story was recorded by me among the Molala Lidians. 



4 This story is a fuller version of the second episode of the previous myth. See p. 56. 



5 waits- TO INVITE. 



6 The narrator has evidently left out a considerable portion of the story, which may be supplied from 

 the Coos version. There a toboggan-Uke stone structure is put up on the top of a hill, and the different 

 animals are asked to climb up and slide down. On the top of this structure some one is stationed, armed 

 with an ax ready to kill Grizzly should he climb up. See Frachtenberg, Coos Texts, pp. 90 et seq. 



' Literally, "He continually purrs." 



8 hak-- + k-im. 



9 Literally, "He (says) no to himself." 



10 k-Ets-+-uku, 



Footnotes continued on p. 61. 



