112 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 67 



I''tEm, na'mk* sauk's-axa wi'laltxamisle'wl'. ^ K'i'pinhi'k'eqaqa'n 

 hamsti-' i^tEin nu'nsumxtELi." Temu^'hti k' e'a I'mstE philkwal'sEx 

 tas hi'tsLEm. Temi'Lx ^ mu'^'hu k'e'a hamstr' hi'k'e intsk'i's 

 Lhilkwai'sEx. Na'mk-iLxau'k'Ets-axa ^ wili'yEm-slo, k'i'Lxas hi'k'e 

 5 hamstr' intsk'i's Lhilkwai'sl. K'Ets pk'i'lhit sill'kwEx, k*is-axa Ita- 

 Lqa'ttit sili'kwi. Tern 'Liya= qa^'tsE tern mEqaml'naux tas hi'tslEm 

 'k"LEya'tsit. Na'mk'Ets* axa qala'msk'ink'ai'-slo, k'i'Lxas mu^'liu 

 Lxui'Lxwatxam, k"is-axa Lhu'^'squsut '^ sill'kwl, k"is-axa tspui'tinsut 

 sili'kwl, k'is-axa Lhi'tslinsut sili'kwl. I'mstE philkwai'sEx tas 



10 hI'tEslEm, k'au'k'Ets® axa wili'yEm-slo. "Xa-i'mstE philkwal'- 

 sxam, na'mk' sxau'k's ^ axa wilalyEmux" is le'wi'." Temu°'hu k" e'a 

 I'mstE hi'k'e philkwai'sEx hamstP tas milhudai's. "Hamsti^ hi'k"e 

 tas la^, hamstl^ tas tsudai's, ko'k"t-auk' s-tsudai's, k'ips nu'nsitxai. 

 Pin qaqa'n i"tEm. P-i'mstE phllkwai'sxam, na'mk' sips mEqami'- 



15 nauxam." Temi'Lx mu'^'hti k'e'a philkwai'sEx. "K'-hau'k's x'u'- 

 lamtxam tas hi'tsLEm. Qan k'i'pins wi'liyu. Pis i'mstE philkwai'- 

 sxam." Temu°'hu k'e'a Llillkwai'sunx i'mstE. 



^Liya^^ qa^'tsE LEya'tsit as hi'tslEm, tern hi'k'e tsa^'mE mEsana'- 

 qasalx is le'wi'. Hamsti't! is lla'xus tern Lhilksvai'sEx qas le'wi', 



20 na'mk'auk'Ets axa wi'lx s-le'wi'. K'Ets qas xa'mEt-s-hi'tslEm 

 niEla'nx, na'mk' Ets hi'k' e tsa^'mE Lla'xusEx. K' is hak' ta'ming' ink' 

 k'is xa'mEt-s-hi'tsLEm kii'yadi. Tsa^'mE hi'k'e ts !il5'xwebix, 

 la'ltas hi'k'e tsa^'mE mEqami'nt as xu'diyu. Is i'mstE k'is xa'mEt- 

 s-hi'tsLEm kii'yadi. Temu°'hii k'e'a i'mstE Lhilkwai'sEx-slo hak'- 



25 Eqami'n, na'mk' mis qai^iai' qami'n 'k' LEya'tsit 'k'ta's le'wi'. 

 Tem i'mstE philkwai'sEx. Xa'mEt-s-hi'tsLEm k'is i'mstE philkw^ai'- 

 sxam. Temu^'hti k'e'a i'mstE philkwai'sEx, na'mk* mis mEqami'- 

 naux tas hi'tsLEm.^ Tem hi'k'e hamsti^ i'mstE philkwai'sEx tas 

 hi'tslEm.^" K'is xa'mEt-s-hi'tslEmhi'k' e tsa^'mE mEsii'^'lhak' !etxam. 



30 K'is hi'k'e tsa'^'mE la*, la'lta mis hi'k'e tsa^'mE tskwai'Lx sii°'- 

 Ihak' !et. I'mstE philkwai'sEx. Hamsti^ is qau'wai-slo i'mstE 

 philkwai'sEx tas hi'tslEm. Xa'mEt-s-hi'tsLEmk'is i'mstE philkwai'- 



1 wll- . . . -auk'-axa. s-le'wl' the season changes. 



2 The subject matter, beginning with this sentence and including the rest of the paragraph, has no bear- 

 ing whatsoever on the rest of the story. It was evidently inserted for the sole reason that the informant 

 did not know how to bring the story to an end. 



3 Consists of Tio'mi',' k'Ets; -lx; -auk-; -axa. 

 < Simplified for «omfc-fc'£<s. 



6 Or Lhun'squtsut. 

 s For na'mk-auk-E(s. 

 ' sis+-x+-auk\ 



8 Here begins the account of the Flood. 



9 A sentence inserted by Smith at random in order to give him an opportunity to pick up the lost trend 

 of the narration. 



10 Note the continuous repetition of the phrase " thus the people act." It is not at all evident what kind 

 of actions the people performed, unless it be suggested that these actions consisted of dancing, striking 

 with sticks against the houses, etc., in order to ward off the threatening storm. The Alsea Indians believed 

 that by performing certain dances, by upsetting all the water buckets in the village, and especially by 

 hitting the walls of the houses with sticks, imminent eclipses of the sun and moon, thunderstorms and rain- 

 storms, and other celestial phenomena might be averted. See texts numbered 22, 23, 24 on pp. 226 et seq. 



