MISCELLANEOUS TALES 

 9. Mi'q!"! 



VULTUKE 



(Told by Thomas Jackson in 1910) 



Hau'k's hi'k'e xu'lamtxa ^k'ta's le'wi^ Temu^'hu is xa'mEt-s- 



le'wi' wl'lx tern itsai'xa. Kwas tsqeViLx tern mELa'mxadoot. 



Mena'tEm mukwa-'sll tern qo'tsE la'yayu'Lx.^ Tern yasau^yai'nxaLx. 



"Tqaia'ltxan kupi'n ha'kumxus." — "K'eai'sa, xa-mukusllya'a." 



5 Temu"^'hu k'e'a mukusliyai'nx tern qa^'tsE itsai'. 



Suda'astk" emyuk" Is pi'tskum temu'^'hu txanai'nx ts-qu'm'tuuk". 

 <-'K'ilayai'mipitsai'st." — ^"K'eai'sa, pinusta'yu." Temi'Lx mu'^'liu 

 k"e'a ayai'. Temi'LX mu'^'M wi'lx ^'Ilx ^ ya'xau. MEhaya'nIxa is 

 qauwai^-slo. Hi'k'e tti''yEx* tas qe'kus. K'Ets ta'mE ^Liyai ts!- 

 10 owai'nx-slo. 'Liya' xiis ni'i i'ltistai. Limla'ntx ^ la* ts-qe'kusk' 

 kwas tuwi'hix: hI'tsLEm ts-qe'kusk'. "Wi'lxal mu°'hu sin qu'm- 

 hat. Hu'^'k"! tEii'n tsimi'xayu."— "K"in-E'n mu"'hu iltqai'm?"— 

 "A'a, 1-pitsa'a tas kots." Temu'^'liu k'e'a imsti' qauwa"'"^ is pi'- 

 tskum. Temi'LX-axa yalsai' is Lqami'laut. 



15 Temu'^'hii mis-axa qai'-slo, tern Lxats hala'tsi ayai' qalpai', te'mlta 

 hi'k* e i'mstatxu qalpai'. Qalpai' Lxats hala'tsi tsiltxwai' : Ltowai'- 

 slo tem-auk' lxusu'j-u ^ as k'ila^ "A'a, sin qu'mhat, x-auk' qaayu'- 

 Li.'' Te'mlta hi'k'e xiltli'nx is ku'x". ''^Liya^' i'mstE! Lo'qiixat 

 'k'ham ta'mtEm!" Temu'^'hu lEyu'liyusx-au qauxa'nk's temu°'hu 



20 Loqudi'nx. Yu'xu 'Liya^ a'mta It la'xusalsx, te'mlta Ik'imsi'yii as 

 kiits. Hai"k" Ik'imsi'wtlEm ts-ta'mtamk'-uk". Tem psini'k' !xEk' - 

 emyuk' is pi'tskum tem Lxats mu'^'hti i'mstE hala'tsi. (This was 

 done for four consecutive days.) Temu'^'hu suda'astk' emyuk' tem- 

 u'^'hu Lxu'nttnx. Lk'imsi'yutlEm hatsi'lk" is kots. ^Liya^ la* ilt- 



25 qai'xasxam. Qauwa'* la* wahau'hinx, k'ilta's yasau'ya'ln, '^Liya^ 

 la* iltqa'yu." Tem yasau^ya'tnx, "K'in-uk" qasuwa'a as mEhaya 

 dau k' a'^'lits ! " Temu'^'hu k' e'a wi'lx, qaltsixwai' haEp'nk' . "K'in 

 ^Liya' la* iltqa'yu. K'in-axa k'i'stQ, k'in-uk" qasuwa'a as k-a^k'." 

 Temu'^'hu k'e'a wi'Lx. "La'-E'n k'Ex tqaia'ltEx?" — "A'a, k'Ex-au 



30 lEi'k'its 'k'ham hai'^^" ^—"La'tqaltxax-E'n te'mx hu^'k'i?"— ''A'a, 

 xasi'n qu'mhatiLx k!wayE'mtsx." Temu"'hu qaltsixwai' hapE'nk'. 

 'Liya^ qa*'tsE qa'ltsitxanx, te'mlta mu'^'hu k'e'a sp!a'yu.^ Yahau'- 



1 The Alsea version of the Test of Son-in-law motif. For parallels see Boas, Sagen, pp. 39, 67, 70,118, 

 136, 198; Chinook Texts, pp. 33-35; Kathlamet Texts, pp. 113 et seq.; Dixon, Maidu Myths, pp. 67 et seq. 

 Frachtenberg: Coos Texts, pp. 27 et seq.; Shasta and Athapascan Myths from Oregon, pp. 211-212. 



^lahl- TO LOVE. 



s Abbreviated for nd'k-itx. 

 Footnotes continued on p. 119- 



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