108 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. (57 



pa'stuwit !, sin tema/msu ? " Tern k"Ets mu'^'hu ma'jExa kus mena'- 

 tEm. "Ma'xalsxail, ma'xaisxail, ma'xaisxail ! " Tern k'Ets mEha'- 

 nixya'sau: "K"itnak*s-E'n?" Tern k'Ets mu°'liuLEai'sx kus inl'yii, 

 tem-axa, "Ini'yuk"sil-auk', ini'yuks'EL-auk', inryuk"sEL-auk', mE- 

 5 qe'^'hlyuxasxa'yauk'/ mEqe°'hiyuxasxa'yauk' , mEqe°'hIyuxasxa'- 

 yauk', ini'yu!" Temu'^'hu mis k'iLx 'Liya^na'k's tsk'uidi'yusxam, 

 temi'Lx mu°'hu hak'i'm qauxank'sai'. Is i'mstE tern kusl'Lx-axa 

 hak'Eqau'x pi'usxai kus yo'ltsuxs, la'ltasiLx k'i'mhak's tsk'iu'tEsal. 



7. The Origin of the Yakonan and Siuslawan Tribes - 



(Told by William Smith in 1910) 



Hak'Eqami'n. Na'mk" mis qami'n tiut!huna'lnx tas le'wi', tem- 



10 u°'liu k"exk"a'Lnx tas lii'tslEm; ts-mEqami'ntisk' tas hi'tslEm. 

 Temu°'hu is Lxat-s-hi'tslEm tem Itsa'mausxa: "Is la'tEq hi'tE 

 tsaHi tem tasi'^L k' exk' a'Liix ? " — "Aa, 'Laniya^ mEia'nx Is la* 

 ts-kwa'bik'. LEya'saubix, k"-hi'k'e hak'au^ k'exk'a'Lii tas hi'- 

 tslEm." Temu"'liu mEk'a'xk'aux-slo ts-hi'tEk'. Xa'mEt-s-hi'tslEm 



15 k'is ami'tsll Ildi'm. "Is la'tEq hi'tE tsaHi tem tasi''L k'exk'a'Liix 

 tas LEya'tsit, ts-mEqami'ntisk' tas lii'tEslEm?" 



Temu'^'hu niEk' axk" au'x-slo ts-hi'tEk" . Hamsti^ hi'k* e mukwi'sta 

 tas lii'tslEm. Hamsti- hi'k'e tas intsk'i's tem Lhilkwai'sunx. 

 K"Ets iEyoTat sili'kwEx, LEya'sauLnxaLx. "Na'mk" slis Ik'a'xk'I- 



20 yusxam, k"-liau'k's qasuwa'Lii tas hi'tslEm." FmstE LEya'sauLnx. 

 Ts-mEqami'ntisk' tas hi'tslEm mEk'a'xk'aux tas hi'tslEm. Tem is 

 xa'mEt-s-qamli's temu'^'hu lEyulat si'lkustEx. "P-tskwa'yuts is 

 intsk'i's tem tasi'n k'a'xk'etnx tas hi'tslEm. K'-Liya^ qa'^'tsE 

 k'inau'k's k'aii'k's qasuwa'a hi'k'e hamsti^ tas hi'tsJEm. K"-Liya^ 



25 qa'^'tsE k"is mEqami'nxam hi'tslEm tas liu'''k'i. K'i'pin qasuwa'yii, 

 k'i'pin hi'k'e hau'k's qasuwa'yti." Tas tskwai'xasxamt tas hi'tslsm 

 tsimqami'ntisk* ''K"ip 'Liya^ ha'^'lqa ayai'm. Na'mk' sins tqaia'ldl, 

 k'i'pauk's^ Lqlai'm k'au'k's." Lt!a'xsalt-auk' ts-hai%' * tas hi'ts- 

 lEm, "K"-qa^ iltqaHit-slo k'lis mu'^'hu wi'li?", ts-hai°k"-auk" tas 



30 hi'tslEm. "Qwon tl'wit! sin Ian. Qa'nhapin tiwi'tlhunsalyu'x". 

 K'-qwon ti'wit! sin la'ni." Ts-llll'dauhisk' tas hi'tslEm. Temu°'hu 

 mis qalpai'xatit-s-k'a'xk'etisk' tas hi'tslEm, ''K"-Liya^ qa^'tsE pins ^ 

 mu°'M ik'xe'yu. Namk" sipi'ns mu'^'hu qasuwa'yu, k'is hi'k'e 

 LEmkwa^stExltlEnu't k'ins mu^'M qasuwa'a. K'ipi'ns mu'^'hu 



1 TO-; qen'Myu darkness; -xasx reflexive; -ai imperative; -auk- suffixed particle. 



2 This myth has all the characteristics of Smith's fault}' style of narration. It is poorly told : the identity 

 of the Creator is not divulged, the story is full of unnecessary repetitions, it ends abruptly, and, seercingly 

 without any reason, it is connected with another myth, that of the "Flood." This myth resembles to 

 some extent the account of the Creation as obtained among the Maidu. See Dixon, Maidu Texts, pp. 

 15 et seq. See also Teit, Traditions of the Thompson River Indians, p. 20; Traditions of the Lilloet, p. 342. 



3 k-is + -p + -auk-. 



* Singular instead of plural. 

 ■'• Contracted for fc-i'prn.s. 



