78 BUREAU OP AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 67 



hi'k' e mEtsa'kulinauxa kus ko'x^. Temu^'hti 'Liya^ qa^'tsE tem-axa 

 haya'ntEX qxe'nk's kus hi'tslEm, te'mlta aili'k'i qau'x nisk'. Tern 

 k'-mu'^'hu 'Liya^ la* iltqai'xasxam. Temu^'hu ^Liya^" qa*'tsE tem- 

 uk" mu'^'hu Lkula'yti kus kots qauxa'nk's, tem-uk" mu'^'hu klui'tiyu 

 5 kwas la^. Temu'^'hu qau'wis kus kaka'ya'" wi'lx qauxa'nk's-ti. 

 Temu°'hu qalpai' kus hi'tsLEm. Tem-axa mu'^'hu sinptui' qxe'nk's 

 kus kots.^ Tern k'Ets mu'*'hu a'niyux" kus S^u'ku. ''Aqa'j^ususx 

 qauxa'nk's kus kots qa'kusin qwan." 



Temu^'hu ha^'tsE hau'k's x'iltxwai' is hi'tslEm, te'mlta 'Liya-' na 



10 mE'LxutEX is hi'tslEm. Temu°'hu 'Liya^ qa^'tsE te'mlta tink'ai'nx 

 kus suda*'stit-s-hi'tslEm.2 Temu"'hu pxeltsiisa'Lnx. "Na'k"sEx-E'n 

 ya'xau?" — "A'sl, 'Laniya^ na'k's ya'xau, hi'k'en x'i'ldux" is hi'- 

 tslEm." — ''Hak'ni'k'EX-E'n wili'sal?" — ''A'a, qa'kus kots hawa'- 

 qsalyusEmtsx qauxa'nk's hak'qe'xan, tem k'in *Laxaya^ la* wil qxe'- 



15 nk's." Temu'^'hii yEa'Lnx. "Temx-a' tqaia'ltEx, sxas-axa ayai'mi 

 qxe'nk' s ? Sxas tqaia'ldi, k' ils hi'k' e axa ha*'lqa aya'yii qxe'nk' s." — 

 "A'a, tqaia'Itxan sins-axa ayai'm qxe'nk's hani'k'eai 'k'kus-u ha- 

 wa'qsalyEmtsx." Tem-axa mu^'hii aya'yusLnx nak" 'k'kus-uk" 

 kli'utEsal ^ kus kots. Tem-auk' mu'^'hti qaupayu'Lnx is xa'mni ts- 



20 La'qusink", tem-auk' mu'^'hu qali'Lnx ku'k", temu'^'hu axa siiyu'Lnx. 

 Temu^'hii yEa'Lnx. "Namk' sxas-axa wil qxe'nk's, k'xas tsiya- 

 xwi^ya'a * kuxa'm qali'." Temu^'hu k'e'a mis-axa tsk' itxa'yut '.Em 

 le'wi'k's, tem tsiyaxwi-yai'nx kuts-qale'k" , temu'^'hti Lkui'nx tem- 

 axa mu'^'hii ayai' itsai'sik's.^ 



25 Temu'^'hiimis-axawi'lx, te'mauxpxeltstisai'nx. "Nak'-E'nmu'^'hu 

 tE'pstin titansLo!"— "A'a, is qa'nuk" ya'tsx."— "La'tqai-E'n?"— 

 '•A'niyux" hi'k'e qa*'ltE." — "Tem la'tqal-E'n mis qami'lal."— "A'a, 

 a'yal itsai'sik's tem tsila'hal tem-axa kwi'yatx hamsti^ is qamli's 

 tem-aux axa ita^ tsk' isuyii'LX kuxa'n Li'yaux." •'— "A'a, pst-p !e'xai,^ 



30 pst-LEa'lauwi ^ misi'n-axa wi'lx." Temau'x mu'^'hu k'e'a ayai' kus 

 La'mxadoo. Temu^'hii misau'x tsqtinkwai' kus qa'niik's, temau'x 

 mu'^'hii tskwayii'Lx kuts-ti'k'extik' aiix 'k' pi'usxai tsila'hak* ,* ''Hawa'- 

 qsalyusxxaskots sin qwan qauxa'nk's," Temu'^'hu misau'x tsqe'wuLx, 

 temaux LEa'laux mis-axa wi'lx kuts-ta'ak' aux. Te'mltaux^ hi'k' e yE- 



35 ai'nx. " 'Laxaya^ la* wil, qauxa'nk's hawa'qsalyusx xas kots." — 

 "A'a, wi'lx-axa. Lhaya'nauxax tas xa'mni wa'sxan nti'nsitxanx. 

 Qo'tsE axa ts-wili'yiik' ." — "Hanhti'u, pti'sEpst a'!" Temau'x 



1 For parallel stories compare: Frachtenberg, Coos Texts, pp. 21 et seq.; Boas, Indianisclie Sagen, p. 17; 

 Teit, Traditions of the Thompson River Indians, p. 21; Traditions of the Lilloet, p. 308; the Shushwap 



■ pp. 622, 737; Hill-Tout, Studies of the Indians of British Columbia, p. 57; Farrand, Chilcotin, pp. 29-30; 

 see also Waterman, The Explanatory Element, p. 45. 



2 For example. Thunders. 



3 kluit- TO PASS THROUGH, TO PIERCE. 

 ' tslXU- TO SHAKE. 



5 Compare Boas, Indianische Sagen, pp. 18, 40; Frachtenberg, Coos Texts, p. 29. 



6 The Alsea believe S=u'ku is responsible for man's sexual appetite. 

 ' Future used as an imperative. 



8 Contracted for ts-tsila'hak-. 



9 te'mlta + -aux. 



