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mEk"ilaH'." Temu"'hu k'e'a hilkwaisai'nx. Sipt!ai'nxaux qauwa^* 

 hi'k'e as kwi^ Las xa/lux" te'mltaux-uk" sipt!al'nx.^ K'au'xus 

 mii°'hu siyai'm. K'is mu"'hu tsalaPya'a ts-qe'yak". "Helie', 

 la'tqai-E'n ku Lami'stiwau tern kus qa'^'ltE Ltsa'lalx kuts-qe'yak' ?," 

 5 ts-yEai'sk' as mena'tEin. K'au'xus-axa qalpai'm k' !ilhai'm temau'x 

 mii"'hu pta'msa^'yal. "K"i'st-E'n mu"'hu iltqai'm? K'ist 'Ll3^a^ 

 la^ ^tsk'ui'tlyusxam. Tar' slis tsu'nstuxs, k'i'stis mu^'hti Lxamna'a." 

 Temau'x mu"'hu I'mstE tt!a'ms!yu. Tern k'au'xuts-axa mu"'hu 

 siyai'. ^Liya^ qa^'tsE LEmtsla'xaxamt sili'kwEx, temu"'hu k'eal'-slo. 



10 Temi'LX mu"'hu ayal' Ltsi'nust qauxa'nk's-auk'. 'LaLxTya^ qa^'tsE 

 tsu'nstEx, te'mlta k"-uk" pa'kantxaim. " ^Liya^M TkaT'ltxan," 

 ts-vEai'sk" as mukwa^'sll. Te'mlta hi'k'e qaidi' a'tsk'al. Temu"'hu 

 mis tsa^'mE a'tsk'EstEX, temu"'hu pxeltsusai'nx ats-mil'tsk'ak'. 

 '"K'ist mu"'liu Lxamna'a. K'ex qani'x spa'yudi kusti'n ta' ts- 



15Lo'k"ik'." Temu"'hu k'e'a Lqaita'yux"-uk" ts-Lo'k'ik*. Temau'x 

 mu"'hu Lk' la'lhiyusxa. Spai'txwaux-axa ats-ta'ak'aux ts-Lo'k'ik*. 

 Temau'x mu"'hu Lq!ai' k'au'k's, tsk'ui'tiyusxaux-axa mu^'hu. 



Lqou'tsxa as mukwa'slitsLO. "He, pin k'i'lti 'k'tuhi'." Wa- la^. 

 "A'tsk'uyuxup-a' tsa'? Pin k'i'lu 'k'tiihi'," ts-yEai'sk' as mEsha'- 



20 IslatsLo. "Qe'it-auk" !," tsimyEai'sk" xas mena'tet ts-ma'hatsk"-. 

 Temu"'hu k'e'a hllkwaisal'nx. Xiits hi'k"e mis-auk* Lqel'3'u, tern 

 LEai'sx xas niEsha'lslatsLo. ''He + , pu'tstEx, pii'tstEx tai%" ts- 

 yEai'sk' as mEsha'lslatsLO. "Kwa^'la'' ha pu'stEx? I'mstE sa'siii 

 pawa'k"utEX, te'mltax hi'k'e ya'sauwal, 'K"i'mhat-s-ma'mkusll 



25 ts-hllkwai'sk",'" ts-yEai'sk' as mena'tEm. Temu"'liu tk' !e'-slo 

 ts-hl'tEk'. K'-mu"'hu Lau'stitut si'lkustuxs. K'Ets hauwi'i Lku'- 

 ijix as kwr', k'is k'im siLl'yusxam. K'Ets Lkii'LUx xa'lux", k'ilta's 

 hi'k'e niELi'mLimauxam. Iltowai'-slo mi'siLX mu^'hu La'qIstEX. 

 Lau'stitut k'Etsmu^'ha si'lkustEX. "WV la''. Tem mi'siLx wi'lx as 



30 Lau'stitut, Lx-Liya^ la* iltqai'm; i,x-Llya^ la** qxe'nk's wll. 



Tem mi'saux-axa wl'lx na'k'eai 'k'a'saux Lowa'hasal, temau'x 



yiixe'nx xam^ tsi'tsik" !.^ Wi'lsxaux-axa mu°'hu. Temi'LX mu"'hu 



qtuwai'.. Tl'iitlhunal'nxaux mu'^'hu ats-ta'ak'aux. Lqinqe'yux- 



waux tEts-L5'k'ik' Is wal ts-La'qusink' . Temau'x-axa Is ts!am mi- 



35 k* !a'yux" tats-Lo'k'ik'. "Mu"'hu mEaya'tsIxai!" ^ K'is mu°'hu 



' Compare Boas, Sagen, pp. 210, 242. 



2 They took off arrow after arrow until they had removed the entire chain. 



3 aits- TO SHAKE HEAD. 



