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mi'sEx-axa wi'lal kau'k's? Yuxwi'sEX-a k'la'qal?" — "^Liysi-. 

 Hi'k'en Iku'wallLnx, te'mm Lt !i'LnalLnx ^ k- le'tsik's." Temu'^'hu 

 mis Lxai'Lnx, temu'^'hu Lxama'nstEx, temu^'hu qlnpi'Lnx. Temu°'- 

 hu mis ql'iipbix, tem Lxauwai'stEx k'ilu'k's, ya'sau: "K-ex ^Liya^ 

 5 la^, k--tai^ Hulo'hulo xam Lan. K*-nu'nsitxu qas hi'tslEm." Temu°'- 

 hu mis Ik'tsIai'tEmux" 2 kuts-La'qusink*, temu'^'hti mElantai'nx 

 kuts-la'tEqlalk" qa'kus hi'tslEm.^ Temu'^'hu kuui' temu'^'hu lq!al'. 

 Temu'^'hu mis wi'lysm k*au'k"s, tem-auk- hi'k-e ktii'nx kuts-xwe'- 

 xwek-. Temu'^'hu ^Llya^ qa^'tsE temu'^'hu. Lkuwi'Lnx. Temu"'hu 



10 mis k- le'tsk-is wi'lsLnx/ temu'^'hu xkwai' tem ayai' itsai'sik's. 

 Temu^'hu "Llya^ qa^'tsE ya'tsx Is itsai's, temu'^'hu mEhaya'nIx 

 hau'k's, Temii'^'hu 'Llya^ qa^'tsE temLEai'sx kuts-qwa'nk- ts-Lo'k-ik- 

 'k'-uk" qale'tsx is xwe'^'siyust!. Temu'^'hu pk-ilwai' ^ ts-k- !i'k-ik-, 

 Te'mlta k-Ets ma'yExa kus mena'tet. "Ka'lauxtsa^ tem kus 



15 liata'mE tem kus-uk" LEai'sx kus Lok' 'k'qale'tsx, tem kus ainal' 

 kus mEha'It?" Temu°'hu ma'yExa as mEhai'titsLo. "A'a, sxas 

 mEhai'di, is i'mstE xam hilkwai's Lowa'txayusxam. Namk' sis 

 Itsi'mxatu kus xwe'^'siyu, k'is pk'ilii'xam xams k' !i'k"s." Temu'^'hu 

 qamli'. Temu^'hu 'Liya^ qa^'tsE temu^'hu Itsila'haisxamst ^ si'- 



20 IkustEx. Qau'wis kus LEmlana'stiyusxamst tsilhai'. "Lowa'qat- 

 auk* kus S-'u'ku ts-qwa'nk'ts-Lo'k'ik'." Temau'x-uk" mu'^'hu is 

 pEni'k* hak'au^ pilai' kus xe''Lk"it-s-mEliaiMoo, kus tska'tina tem- 

 axa kus Hulo'hulo,* qauwa'taux mEqe'yat. Temu'^'ku mis qaii'- 

 ktEx^ kus qe'^s/*' tem LEa'tskuyu'xwiyut ts-hai°k" si'lkustEx. Tem- 



25 u'^'hti auL is Lqe'yaut, temu'^'hu Itsila'yu kus qe'ya. Temu°'hu 

 LEa'tskuyu'xwiyiitsi'lkustEx. Temu'^'hti mis-axa qe'Lnx kus qe'ya, 

 te'mlta wa^na' ku Hulo'hulo.^ Te'mlta tai^ ku tska'tina pila'tkwax 

 xa'mk' !. Te'mlta ita^ kus Lok* wa^ Temu'^'hu Lts!ui°xwe'lt!xamt 

 si'lkustEX. "Ha^'lqast wustitai't, k'-k'im^ lEni'sk-iyusxam." 



30 Temu'^'hti qau'wis kus tska'tina k' !ilhai', te'mlta k"im tsqwasai'. 

 "A!, Lpowa'yiisxa sin siya^." Tem-uk" hi'k'e mu'^'hti qa^'tsE 

 'uyiii'xasxa," temu'^'hti yEa'LUx, "Yu"wat!ilai'tist hi'k'e!" Te'- 

 mlta Lxu'mtiyu/2 temu'^'hu k' lilhai'. Temu'^'hu mis pEiik'i'sik's 

 wi'lx, temu^'hti k* loqutiyii'Lx kuts-la'qunsk* tem Lkiii'xa. Tem 



35 mElima'kwalxa kwas natk' ' Lxwe'Lxwat. Is i'mstE tem kus i'mstE 

 ts-hilkwai'sk' kus tska'tina, na'mk' k'Ets ts!uwi'x, k'is Lima'- 



1 tlin- TO LIFT. 



2 Passive. 



5 For other Skin-Shifter episodes see Frachtenberg, Coos Texts, pp. 150 et seq.; Lowie, The Northern 

 Shoshone, pp. 241 et seq.; Waterman, The Explanatory Element in the Folk-Tales of the North-American 

 Indians, p. 47. 



* Note the constant use of the passive voice, which is characteristic of Alsea style, especially when it is 

 desired to denote actions performed by plural (and unknown) subjects. 



s Literally, "He begins to make water"; fc-j'ZiZ water. 



8 Evidently misheard by Farrand for qailaa xutsd' why he for his part? 



' tsilh- TO SING. 



6 The false Hulo'hulo, that is to say, S^u'ku. 



» An obscure word. Rendered by Farrand "one-sided." 



10 qenh- TO be dark; -s nominal. 



u He did this piurposely in order to give S^u'ku a good start. 



12 LXUmt- TO TEAR. 



