82 BUREAU OF AMEEICAISr ETHNOLOGY [bull. 67 



k"-tai^ is qauwa^ is wuli's-auk" k'xas k" la'qaltxam, k"is ai'i im'nstxu 

 kus hi'tslEm. K'xas hi'k'e tai^ 'LiyaH s !a-Va k' liqa'xam; tai^" na'k's 

 ma'qait-s-hi'tslEm 1 J'a'tsi, k'xas k'i'mhak's k- la'qaxam." - Te- 

 mu'"hu mis Lxayai'tx i'mstat-s-pEya'sauwist tem-axamu^'huLkui'. 

 5 I'mstEtem kus ^Liya^ hi'k'e ts!a^wa ts-k' !iqai'sk' kus xa'mni.'' 



Temu^liu k' !iqai' k' le'tsik's, tem-auk' tlxai'nx ts-hai°k'. "K'in 

 hi'tE mu'^'hu ma'ltEqta ? ^ A'a, k'in mu'mkuts !ut k'ins-axa mEtsi'- 

 tsk' lit k'ins-axa ita^ niEqli'iipat." Temu'^'hu k'e'a mEi'stEkwaLxa. 

 Temu^'liu mis k'eai' i'mstat-auk' ts-liai^k', temu°'hu ayai'. Tern 



10 ^Liya^ qa^'tsE temu'^'hu k'isk'ai', temu^'hu ma'yExa. ''K'in hi'tE 

 mu'^'hu la* nunsa'a? A'a, k'in mEk'i'lhuti nunsa'a qau'wis.'' Te- 

 mu^'hu mEliaya'nixa, te'mlta hata'mE hi'k'e pa'haltxa kus le'wi' 

 is mEk' i'lhudi.^ Tem k'Ets mu'^'hu tsk' i°hai' temu^'hu hi'k' e Lqopui' 

 qa^'tsE. Te'mlta ^Liya- xu'si tu'nstEx,*' temu'^'hu ma'yExa. "Qa- 



15 ila'*^ xutsa' tem ta'sin 'Liya^ tinii"\vau?'' Tem-uk" mu'^'hu inai', 

 te'mlta hata'mE hi'k' e pa'haltxa tas mEk' i'lhiidi qomaHs-u 'k' qo'tsE, 

 la'ltas-auk' hi'k'e quta'xa. Tem k'Ets mu'^'hu tslimk* exwai' is 

 su'lha-'k' tem k'Ets mu"'hu palLi'yuLx kuts-pa'halyust!Emk'. Tem 

 hi'k'e xu'Li sa'pnx. Is i'mstE tem kus mEpElu"pElut^ kus hi'tslEm 



20 ts-pa'halyust !Emk' , la'lta muku's ^ palLi'yuwiLx as su'lhak'.® Tem 

 k'Ets mu'^'hu qalpai' Lqopui', tem k' e'k' e xu'si to'nstEx. Temu^'hu 

 ^Liya^ qa^'tsE tem k'Ets mu°'hu mEhaj^a'nixa, te'mlta hi'k'e suwa'- 

 titsxa tas mEk-i'lhudi kus hak'ts-qa'lqalk'. Tem k'Ets mu°'hu qal- 

 pai' tslimk" exwai' kwas su'lha^', tem-uk" mu°'hu palLiyu'Lx kuts- 



25 qa'lqalk' . Is i'mstE tem kus-uk" niEpuTpElut ^ kus hi'tslEmk' ts- 

 qa'lqalk' . Tem k'Ets axa mu'^'hu qalpai' Lqopui'. Temu'^'hu k' e'k'e 

 tu'nstEx.i" Temu'^'hii mis k'eai', temu'^'hu xe'tsux". 



Temu^'hu ^Liya^ qa^'tsE tem wi'lx na'tk'ik's. Temu'^'hu qa^'tsE 

 plui' temu'^'hu ^Liya-' qa'^'tsE tem ma'yExa. "K'in hi'tE mu'^'hii la* 



30 qalpa'a nunsa'a ? K' -hi'tE mu°'hu qas la* ya'tsELi tas na'tk'* ? A'a, 

 k'-qas tsudai's la'ntik'si." " Tem k'Ets mu'^'hii k'e'a wahau'hitxa 

 kwas tsiidai's, Temu°'hu ^Liya^' qa*'tsE tem hi'k'e Lpuu'}^ kus 

 na'tk'\ tem k'Ets mu'^'hu ma'yExa. - "K'isk'ai'xan-ii, k'm ntinsa'^ 

 mu'^'hu kus tsudai's." Tem k'Ets mu'^'hu qalpai' ma'yExa. "K'in 



1 Contracted from rriEa^'qayiltit-s-hl'tslEm "a person having dentalia shells, a chief." 



2 According to an Alsea behef whales are washed ashore only in places where a chief resides. 



3 Here ends S^u'ku's role as a Trickster. Henceforth he takes the part of the Culture Hero, going from 

 place to place, creating all kinds of things, naming rivers, and filling them ■nith fish. Compare Frach ten- 

 berg, Coos Texts, pp. 21 et seq.; Dixon, Maidu Texts, pp. 27 et seq. 



* Transposed for m-Ela'tEqta; la'tsq something. According to the English version of this myth S^u'ku 

 first made for himself a blanket of deerskin, which became the prototype of ailTDlankets subsequently worn 

 by the Alsea Indians. 



5 It will be noticed that most creations are the result of a wish on S-u'ku's part. 



6 tinhu- TO BE SATIATED. 



' Literally, "Tsdth feathers are." 



8 For tem kus. 



9 A similar explanation is given by the Molala and Kalapuya Indians. See also Frachtenberg, Coos 

 Texts, p. 33. 



10 In the English version of this myth S^u'kuis not yet satiated, for the berries still drop out of his nose. 

 He then partially closes his nostrils with grass; this accounts for the appearance of hair on man's upper lip. 



11 Transposed for lEnd'ik-isi. 



