124 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 6T 



10. The Story of the Dog-Children ^ 



(Told by Thomas Jackson in 1910) 



Xa'mEt-s-hi'tslEm ya'tsx. Xam^ tai' tsqxe°'sk" ^ ts!ilq. Na'm- 

 k'Ets k' lilhai'xa pko'st, k'is qumayu'Li xatsqxe'^'sk" . Temu'^'hu 

 k'Ets k'eai'' pko'st, k"is halt!a'a xatsqxe^'sk" ats-pko'sxat!ik" . Qau- 

 wsi^^ hi'k'e is pi'tskiim Limi'stalx. 'Liya^ qa^'tsE tsa^'mE tern mE- 

 5 qaaiMix atsqxe°'sk". Tern psank* tsuwai'nx is la^ tern mEqaai'dix^ 

 la'lta mis wa^na' tsa'ms ita^ tsqxe"'sk'. Te'mlta mu'^'hii k'e'a pla'- 

 mxadowai' atsqxe°'sk', te'mlta hi'tsLEm pla'mxaduwak" ^ atsqxe"'- 

 sk' , xe'Lk" aux qauwa'taux qa'altsuxs. Temau'x xe'iLk* e halsnai'nx, 

 temau'x mEhi'tslEmaux. 'Lauxiya^' qa^'tsE mEhi'tslEmau, temau'x 



10 mu"'hu LEa'ituxtiyu. Ti'utlhunayu'Lxaux is mu'kutslti tem-axa 

 ita^' is tsi'tsik' !. Temu°'hu mi'saux LEa'ltuxtiyu, temau'x qauwa^* 

 hi'k'e intsk'i's hilkwaisai'nx. 



Temau'x k'i'stnx pkwi'st. Temau'x-axa tsqe'wiLx is Lqami'Laut, 

 temau'x pxeltstisai'nx ats-ta'ak'aux. **Hani'k*EX-Eii-axa V — "A'a, 



15 hak^Ltiwi'tlVantiil-axa is kwi^" Qauwa^^ hi'k'e is pi'tskum te- 

 mau'x Ik'i'stalx Ltiwi'tl'want. Tsiimii'sumyuk' ts-uli'sk" te'mlta 

 tskwayu'LX as la** pi'usxa^yai^ Tern tskwai'salsxai; *Liya^ tskwa- 

 yu'Lx xe'iLk'e tas pi'iisxa^'yai'. Tem k'Ets-axa yalsai'xa. Tern 

 psini'k'Exk'emyuk' is pi'tskum te'mlta k'Ets qalpai' liala'tsi tskwa- 



20 yu'Lx. Temu^'hti tslai'qatx hani'k'eai ^ tas pi'tisxai, te'mlta 'Liya^ 

 tskwai'Lx ni'i as ili'diyu. Tem-axa yalsai' is Lqami'Laut. Tem- 

 u"'hu mis qai'-slo axa, tem k'Ets-axa hala'tsi qalpai' ayai' Itiwi't!- 

 Vant. K'im hi'k'e a'aqa wi'lau is pi'tskum, te'mlta k'Ets hala'tsi 

 qalpai' pi'iisxa^yai'. Tem tskwai'salsxai. Te'mlta mu°'hu k'e'a 



25 tskwayu'LX ni'i as ili'diyii. "Qo^'tsuxsk'Exs qo'^'tsuxs." Tem-axa 

 mu'^'hii yalsai'. 'Lauk'iya'^ xe'iLk'e ts-hai°k' tas tskwayu'LX. 

 "Intsk'i's hi'tE tsaHi? Hani'k'in tsqwa psa'nk' tsiitxtinx. K'in 

 hi'tE tsa^ti iltqa'Lii ? " Hai°k*' ^Liya='-axa ayai'xa, mis-axa qai'-slo 

 siida^'stk'emyuk' is pi'tskum. LEmqamini'yusx-auk' ts-hai°k*.* 



30 Te'mlta-axa Ita'xtiya'yusxasx/ ayai' qalpai'. *Liya^ qa^'tsE qo'''- 

 tsux*^, te'mlta k'Ets qalpai' pi'usxa^yai'. "Qo^'tsuxs k'Exs qd"*'- 

 tsuxs." K'Ets k'eai', k'is hau'k's mEhaya'nixam, k'i'ltas 'Liya^la* 



1 This story differs from similar myths obtained among many other tribes in one important respect. 

 While in all other stories the girl is impregnated by a dog or by her lover who assumes the form of a dog, 

 ill the Alsea version the process is of a reversed nature, as it were. Here a female dog is impregnated (unwit- 

 tingly) by a young man. Compare particularly Boas: Sagen, pp. 25, 93, 114, 132, 263; Chinook Texts, pp. 

 17etseq.; Kathlamet Texts, pp. 155 etseq.; Farrand: Traditions of the Chilcotin Indians, p. 7; Traditions 

 of the Quinault Indians, p. 127; Teit, Traditions of the Lilloet Indians, p. 316; Frachtenberg, Coos Texts, 

 p. 167. 



2 Contracted for ts-tsqzen'sk'; Isqenx dog. 



3 Simplified for ts-pla'mxaduwak-. 



4 For hak-nl'k'eai. 



5 ihiya^ + -auk-. 



6 Literally, "much became inside his mind." 

 ■ taxtl particle. 



