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Tern k"Ets mu'^'hu qalpa'Lnx ustita'Lnx, te'mlta k"Ets I'o'tsu mu^'liu 

 i'mstatxu. Temu^'hu k"Ets suda^'stk'emyuk' teiii yu'xti 'Liya^ 

 tsquna'klnx. Te'mltak'Etsmu°'hu qalpai' tpai'k'i'luk-s. Temu°'hu 

 mis tsqe'wuLnx ^ na'k's *k"kus ta'psal k"ilo'k"s, temu'^'liu lia^'tsE 

 5 x-ildi'Liix, te'mlta 'Liya^' na'k's LEai'sunx. Temu'^'hu ^Liya^ qa^'tsE 

 tern LEai'sunx 'k-aili'k"i nisk*. Tem-uk" mu^'hu Lqxa'yutLnx Is 

 hai"^", temu^'hu ta'axti Lxai'Lnx. Tem-axa mu^'hu yipai'-slo ts- 

 hi'tEk". Temu'^'hu mis-axa tsqe'wuLnx ^ kus hi'tslEn kwas 

 Lxama'nLnx, tem-axa tai^ ts-Lo'k-ik' spai'tEmux".^ 



10 Temu'^'hti-axa ya4sai' kus pa'stuwi^t!. Temu'^'hti mis-axa 

 tsqunkwal' na'k-s qai'kusaux^ aya'sal temu^'hu mis Lxui'nx kuts- 

 ha^'t!ak' ts-yai'xait!Exk*, temu°'hu ainal', Temu'^'hti mis-axa wl'lx, 

 temu'^'liu LEa'laux kuts-ta'ak"/ mis qani'yEmux" ats-ha^'t!ak'.' 

 Temu'^'hu ainai' kuts-ta'ak*. Temu'^'hti qalpa'Lnx LEa'lauLnx kus 



15 S^u'ku, mis Lxamna'yEmux" kuts-qwa'nk*. Te'mlta 'Liya^ ainai', 

 tem-auk' lii'k*e txai'nx ts-liai'^k*. "Qas la'tEq hi'tE iltqai'nx asi'n 

 qwan, tem k'in 'Laxaya^ ® Lxu'ntidi?" ' Temu'^'hii ti'utl'wansxai', 

 k'ai'i ayai'm. Temu'^'hu k'a'^'tsus qau'wis xaipui'nx kus plya^ tem 

 qalpai'nx kus qa'sk" !lm tem-axa kusildai's. Temu^'hii mis Lxayai'tx, 



20 temu°'hu qaupai'nx temu'^'M ayai'. Temu^'hij mis ni'sk'xa, 

 temu°'hii ainai'. "Qas la'kwais ^ iltqai'nx sin qwan tem k'in 

 'Laxaya^ Lxu'ntidi?" Temu'^'hii *Liya^ qa^'tsE temu'^'hu wi'lx 

 na'tk-ik's. Tem k' !Eai'stsiLx kus kwi^ 'k'tspi'iidim.^ Temu'^'hii 

 k-a°'tsiis qa^'tsE pliii', tem-auk' mu'^'hti t!xai'nx ts-liai'^k'. "K'in 



25 hi'tE mu'^'hu ni'i tqelk'i'i? A'a, k'in tqelk'i'i as Hul5'hulo." ^^ 

 Temu'^'hii Valhai'nx. "Hulo'hulo, Loqutai'syEm ! " Temu'^'hu 

 k'e'a tqlai'. Temu°'hu mis wI'lyEm, temu"'hu pxeltsusa'Lnx. 

 "Hani'k'tEx-E'n ?" "— A'ahak'au'k'tin." '2— ''Temta'xti-E'n mu^'hu 

 sill'kwEx qai'k'Ex will'tx?"— "A'a Lqa'tut *k'sili_^k\VEX."— "La'- 



30 tEq-E'n ts-LhI'tslEmsxamsk. ^k'Lxama'nLnx?" — "A'a, S^u'ku ts- 

 qwa'nk' 'k'Lxama'uLnx." Temu'^'hii mis Lxai'Lnx qauwa^'* intsk'i's 

 pxe'ltsusi'mst,'^ temu'^'hu pxeltsusa'Lnx. "La'tqEx-E'n k' la'qal, 



1 Passive. 



2 It is not improbable that the above episode may refer to the story of tlie Theft of Fire. Tlie "ball" 

 guarded by Snail may represent the fire, as in the Molala version, where it is watched by Snake and stolen 

 by Coyote. My own informants claimed never to liave heard any story concerning the stealing of fire, 

 but the absolute absence of such a myth from Alsea is highly improbable in view of the fact that most of 

 the neighboring tribes have it. 



3 For qai'k-ikusaux; qaik- Yakwina equivalent for Alsea Mk-nl'k- whence. 

 * For example, Beaver. 



5 For example, S^u'ku's son. 



6 ijjiya^ + -axa. 



' XUn- TO RECOVER. 



s Evidently misheard by Farrand forZo^ kwas. 



s Contracted for tsjn'udlyEm; tspuit- to float; -I inchoative; -yEm transitive. 



1° Rendered by Farrand's informant as "sole" and "skate." Of my own informants, WilUam Smith 

 rendered this word "halibut," while Tom Jackson insisted that it means "flounder," in spite of the fact 

 that Alsea has another term for "flounder" (.ma'lml). 



u For Uak-nl'k-tEX-En; nak- where. 



12 Contracted for hak-k-au' -auk-tin. 



'3 Contracted for pEpxe'Ususl'yEmxust. 



