80 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 67 



mu'^'hu k'e'a ptinx. Temu^'hu halklwai'nx kus xa'mni temu^'hu 

 ma'yExa. "Hanhu'u k'in phainsai'm itsai'sik's, k'-qa^ axa mu'^'hu 

 k'e'a wili'saltxam sin qwan." Temu'^'hu ayai' ya'sau: "Xei'Lk'epst 

 Lhaya'naus!" ^ K'Ets hi'k'e tilo'qwal yai'x-auk* is hai°^ mEha'it. 

 5 Temu'^'hu mis wi'lx itsai'sik's temu'^'M qaai', temk'au'k'Ets^ hai'^k" ■ 

 LEyai'xayii Lk'iltli'sik's. Temu'^'hii piltkwai' tern pxeltsusai'nx 

 kuts-qwa'nk' ; "La'tqax-E'n axa wi'lx?" — "A'a, qa'kus yu'ltsuxsiLx 

 axa stiyti'tsx qxe'nk's mEqa'mpst !Ext-auk'^ as xa'mni ts-La'qusink* ." 

 Teinu°'hu aili'k'i tli'ltEX kus k' !il. Temu^'hu mis tsa^'mE t!ili' kus 



10 k' !il, temu^'hu k' liqtsai'nx. Tem hi'k'e La^'mxa kuPai'nx hi'k'e 

 hi'tsLEm ts-haihaya^tisk' . Temu'^'hu mis Lxayai'tx, temu'^'hii lo'- 

 qutEstx kus mEha'it tem-auk* mu'^'hti qaupayii'Lnx kwas xa'mni 

 ts-La'qusink*. Temu'^'hii Lxauwai'stx-Em hak'qau'x kwas k" !il. 

 Temu'^'hu sinptu'yususx qaku's La'qusin.^ Temu'^'hu 'Liya^ qa^'tsE 



15 temu'^'hu 'Laxaya^ ts-ha'nak' alk' isti'k'Ex, Temu'^'hu axa k' lo'quti- 

 stx-Em tem k" !xauwai'stx-Em ko'kus. Tem hak' li'tsitxai ^ tem 

 Lpuhii'yut tem ^ ni'sk' ik's ko'k"s. Temu'^'hii mis wi'lyEm, tem hi'k' e 

 qa^'tsE tspuiti'yEm ko'k" temu'^'hu Lxupu'joi.^ Temu'^'hu-axa haya'- 

 ntx k' le'tsik's tem-auk' mu°'hii t'.xai'nx ts-hai^'k". "K'in hi'tE 



20 mu"'hu na'k' s ayai'mi ? A'a, k' in qau'wis xa'mni tsqainii'yEm k" ilu'- 

 wasi temu'^'hu si'ns-axa wil hai'ts, k'ins mu'^'hu axa le Vik's ayai'mi. 

 Namk' si'ns mu'^'hu LEi'lt !idi ^ tas le'wi' a'mta, k' ai'i mu'^'hu na'k' eai 

 k'Ets sa*'nqat-s-la* itsai'xa, k'ins mu°'hu qauwa^* yiixe'i." Temu°'- 

 hti k'ti'k"-slo ayai'. Temu°'hu na'mk'Ets wi'lx na'tk'ik's, k'is 



25 mu'^'hti hi'k'e qa^'tsE tspidtii'm, k'is mEhaya'nixam. Temu'^'hii 

 k'Ets k'eai', k'is mii^'hu xe'tsii. Temu°'hu k'Ets qalpai' wi'lx na'- 

 tk'ik's, k'is mu'^'hu I'o'tsu qa^'tsE tspidtii'm. Tem hi'k'e mu'^'hti 

 qa^'tsE i'mstE ayai'. Temu'^'hii 'Liya^ qa^'tsE tem-axa mu'^'hii wi'lx 

 temu'"hu hi'k'e qa^'tsE tspidiii' ko'k". Temu'^'hii *Liya^ qa^'tsE tem 



30 LEai'sunx kus xa'mni %'tspi'utx ko'k". Is i'mstE tem kus i'mstE 

 ts-hilkwai'sk' kus xa'mni.^ Na'mk* k'Ets x'ti'lam, na'mk' k'Ets wi'lx 

 haluwi'k'siyuk's, k'is k'a'^'tstis qa^'tsE tspidui'm.^" Temu^'hti k'a^'- 

 tsiis qa^'tsE ko'k" tspidui' tem-auk' mu^'hti tixai'nx ts-hai°k'. 

 "K'in na'k's hi'tE mu'^'hti-slo ayai'm, sins k' le'tsik's wil? A'a, k'in 



35 k'a'k"-slo qau'wis ayai'm." Temu'^'hii k'e'a k* liqai' kus xa'mni, 

 temu°'hii mis k' le'tsik's wi'lx, tem-auk' mu^'hii k' lilhai' kus hak'- 

 xa'mni. Temu'^'hti mis k' !e'tsk'is wi'lx, tem-axa mu'^'hii qasuwai'nx 

 kus xa'mni ko'k"s, ya'sau: "K'ex hi'k'e mu'^'hu ko'k" x'u'lamtxam, 



1 " Lest I fall into the fire." 



2 k-Ets + -auk-. 



3 Evidently mis-heard for rriEqau'pst.'Ext-auk;- m- . . . -t to be with; qaupst/ blanket; -x infixed con- 

 sonant; -auk- suffixed particle. 



* Because of the heated rocks. 



5 Literally, "it begins from the East"; hak-- + k-lets -)- - J + -tx -t- -ai. 



6 Tpu'- TO BLOW. 

 ' XUp- TO SPOUT. 



8 L- prefix; lit!- to examine; -t auxiliary; -I future. 

 8 This sentence refers to the spouting of whales In summer. 

 10 Here ends the explanatory sentence. 



