114 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. §7 



sxam. K'-hi'k'e tsa'^'mEmEla'ni imstI'tit-s-intsk"i's,na'mk'sLEhilk- 

 wai'si qas le'wi' i'mstE. Temu°'hu k'e'a hamstr' tas intsk'i/s niE- 

 la'nx,na'mk*Etsyo'ltsuxsIs-le'wi' tsa^'mE. K"EtshI'k"ehamstr tas 

 hi'tslEm ts!ilo'xwax Is i'mstE ts-kwa'lnk'. "K'-Liya^ qa^'tsE k'is 

 5 Llxusai'm. K"is k" liqai'm tas k'i'lu hako'k".^ I'mstan LEva'- 

 sauLnx.^ I'mstE pis hi'k'e xe'iLk'e Lhaya'nausxam, na'mk's hi'k'e 

 tsa'^'mE Lla'xusi is le'wi', k' -hak' ta'ming' ink' k'is k' liqai'm tas 

 k'i'lo hako'kwauk' ." ^ Temu^'hu hi'k'e qlai'tsitxamix hamsti^ 

 hi'k'e is wull's-auk" . Temu^'hu lill'taiix hamsti- tas liI'tsLEm. 

 10 "Xe'iLk'ep Lhaya'nausxai ! K'-Liya' qa^'tsE k'is k' liqai'm liakfi'k" 

 tas k'i'lu. K'-hak'ta'ming'ink* k'is tslxu'Ln tas le'wi'." Tas 

 It limu'haxasxamst-auk' * ts-hai^'k', sas ^ i'mstE tskwai'Liix as 

 lii'tESLEm. Temu"'hii k'e'a na'mk* k'au'k'Ets axa wi'Lx-slo, k'is 

 i'mstE hi'k'e phllkwai'sxam tas hi'tsLEm. Lt limii'liaxasxamst- 

 15 auk' ts-hai'^k' tas hi'tsLEm, la'lta mis-auk' hi'k'e hamsti- qas 

 hi'tsLEm k' la'tsliLx 'k' ts-hai%' ," ni'tsk'ak" ^ su°'lhak' !i as hi'tsLEm. 

 Temu'^'hu k'e'a k'a'^'tsliLnx-auk' is hai°^ i'mstE, sas i'mstE yaa'lau 

 'k'ats-sii"'lhak' lek'-uk". Na'mk'Ets tsila'hax, k'is hi'k'e hamsti' 

 qas hi'tsLEm k'a'xk'eLi, sas ya'lautxa, k'-Liya^' qa'^'tsE s k' liqai'm 

 20 tas k'i'lu. I'mstE k'is hi'k'e hamsti'" qas hi'tsLEm k'a'xk'eLi, sas 

 tskwai'Liix k'-Llya' qa'^'tsE k'is k' liqai'm tas k'i'lo haku'k". Tem Is 

 .i'mstE tem I'mstE ts-hllkwai'sk' tas hi'tsLEm. 



Temu°'hii xa'mt-auk' Is iili's temu^'hii k'e'a 'Liya^ qa^'tsE 

 k' liqai'm tas k'i'lii haku'k". Temu"'hu k'e'a imi'stal s-le''Avi. 

 25 K' la'qisal as ko'kut-s-k'i'lu. Las qau'x tas tsk'i°'tsl, te'mlta hi'k'e 

 hamsti^ qali'xusau * mis mu°'hu k' liqai' tas k'i'lii. . . .'* 



1 Simplified for hak-Eko'k". 



2 According to the narrator the admonition contained in the preceding and following sentences was 

 uttered by an old man who had dreamed of the approacliing Flood. Itis not at all improbable that this 

 old man may be identical with S^u'ku, the Transformer (see No. 5), and that he may have caused the Flood 

 as a punishment for some evil act. In that case the Alsea version of the Flood would almost coincide with 

 the Maidu conception, in which Earth-Maker causes the Flood in order to kill Coyote. See Dixon, ;Maidu 

 Texts, pp. 39 et seq. In like manner the Molala believe that the Flood was caused by the Water People 

 in order to avenge on Panther the death of their daughter. 



3 Contracted for hak'-: koku; -auk-. 



4 t.'imu'- . . . -auk- ts-Tia'mk- to fear. 



5 Abbreviated for mi'sas. 



6 k-ts!- . . . -auk- ik--ts-liaink- to believe. 

 ' Instead oini'tsk--uku, 



8 qalzu- TO HIDE, TO COVER. 



3 The story ends at the most interesting point. Smith claimed to have forgotten the rest. He also 

 maintained that the Alsea Indians believed there were two Floods, but could throw no further light on 

 this subject. Compare Frachtent 3rg, Coos Texts, pp. 44 et seq. 



