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Temu°'hu 'Liya^ qa^'tsE temi'LX wi'lx qalpai' LEya'tstik's. Tern 

 k'Ets mu'^'hu hala'tsi ma'jExa kus mEna'tem. "Wili'mxal ^ k*a^, 

 k'in phainsai'mi." Te'mlta k'Ets iriu^'hu hala'tsi yEa'Lnx. "Amd'- 

 stls ta^muqwa!" Te'mlta k'Ets^ hi'k'e mu'^'hu tixui' ma'yExa, 

 5 "L'o'tsun i mu'^'hu phaya'nsEX." Tern k"Ets mu'^'hu mEtsa'saux, 

 tern k'Ets mu'^'hti k* !iqai'. Temu'^'hu mis k' le'tsik's wi'lx, tern 

 yEa'Liix. "^Liya- na'mk' u'k'eai hai'ts wilal." Tern k'Ets mu'^'liu 

 pxeltsusai', "Qaila'a xutsa'?" — "A'a, xe'Lk'it-s-tsa'sidu k'aux 

 ya'tsx temau'x hi'k'e ama'tsnx" is hi'tsLEm." Tern k'au'xuts 



10 mu'^'hu pxeltsusai'nx.^ "Na'k'aux-E'n ya'tsx, k*i'naux ai'i phain- 

 sa'a?"— "'Liya^. ^Liya^ na'mk' ti'k'eai aya'sal k'i'mhak's. Ama''- 

 tsitxanxaux hi'k'e tas hi'tslEm." Te'mlta k'Ets lii'k'e mu^'h-Q 

 tixwi' ayai' ya'sau: "La'tqaux-E'n xutsa' temau'x 'Liya= xas 

 hi'tslEm ts-lawi'lsalisk' ?" •* Temu°'hu mi'saux tsqe'wiLx, temau'x 



15 pxeltsusai'nx, "Ta'xtEx-En?" — "Hi'k'epstinphainai'stux'*." — "A'a, 

 k'xans-En^ ai'i iltqa'yEmts ? " — "K'i'pstin Ita ai'i hi'k'e LEai'stii. 

 La'tqaixapst-E'n mu'^'hii?" — "A'a, hu'^k'xan ya'tsx, te'mxan hi'k'e 

 qauwa^* qaii'k'eai Ikwa'hasaldEmtsx.'' Temu'^'hu qaii '' k'x'ants* 

 k'wa'yEmts, k'is hi'k'e pa'lhiiyii kuts-k' eii'sk' xakuxa'n spai' k'is 



20 Iqaiti'yut !Emxus/ k'is qe'ntoxs. Tern is i'mstE te'mixan 'Liya^ 

 qaii'k'eai Ikvva'hasaldEmtsx qalpa'yEmtsx." ^° Tem k'Ets mu'^'hii 

 k' !ilhai'-axa kus mena'tEm, tem k'Ets mu°'hii x'iltxwai' is k' !il. 

 Temu'^'hii mis LxQi'nx tsa'kulantit-s-k' !il, tem k'Ets-axa mu'^'hii 

 qalpai' qaai', tem k'au'xuts mu'^'hii yEai'nx. "Hanhu'u, k'ipsti'n 



25 tsima'yii k'wa'yii." Tem k'Ets mu'^'hu qau'wis kus qala'xstet 

 k'wai'nx. Tem k'Ets qaayu'x" kus k* !il, tem k'Ets mu'^'hti t!xu^- 

 yai'nx hatsi'l mis fqaai'tux". Temu^'hu mis Itslila'yu, tem k'Ets 

 mu°'hu k'e'k'e kVai'nx kwa'k'Ets-k' eii'sk' .^^ Temu°'hti mis 

 Lxai'nx, tem yEai'nx. "K'ex hi'k'e tai^ mu'^'hu limi'staltn. Na'mk' 



30 sxas Ikwa'hasalln, xas hi'k'e i5wi't!altxam, k'Exau'k's^^ qauxa'nk's 

 sa'yali ^^ hams k' !ik's." Tem k'Ets mu'^'hu qalpai'nx kus mena'tEt 

 tem k'Ets mu'^'hii ita^ hi'k'e imsti'nx. Temu°'hu mis Lxayai'tx, 

 tem k'Ets-axa mu°'hu Ikui'. Temu'^'hu mis-axa wi'lx, tem k'ELxa'ts 

 mu'^'hii xe'tsux". 



I Contracted for will'yEmxal. 



* Note the frequent use of the continuative particles ksts and I- is. Practically all texts obtained by 

 Farrand were narrated in the continuative tense. 

 » pieltsusa'yuLX would have been more correct. 



< Literally, "Not to them two the people (had) their approach"; aul near. 

 *k-is + -xan + -En. 



6 fc'w- TO COPUXATE. 



' Abbreviated for qau'k-eai. 



8 k-Ets + -xan. 



siqait- TO CVT off; -i inchoative; -w<i accelerative; -t.'^m transitive; -i«s future. 



10 An Alsea version of the Dentata Vagina motif. Compare Boas, Sagen, pp. 24, 30, 66; Farrand, Tradi- 

 tions of the Chilcotin Indians, p. 13; Lowie, The Northern Shoshone, pp. 237, 239; Teit, Traditions of the 

 Lilloet Indians, p. 292. Similar stories have been obtained among the Molala and Kalapuya Indians. 



11 Consists of fcwa«; k'-; ts-k-ell'sk-. 



12 k-is +-X + -auk'. 



1» si- TO ROLL EYES. 



