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k'e'a. K'Ets xiis hi'k'e mEaya'tsIx, k'is-axa k'im Itsai'qayusxam. 



K'au'xus-axa mu'^'hu qalpa'a mik' !a'a-auk' . K'au'xuts qalpai'nx 



yasau^yal'nx. "Qa'lpEx mEaya'tsIxai!" K'is mii"'hu k'e'a hllk- 



walsa'a, k'u'k"s-axa mu°'hu qalpai'm Itsai'qayusxam. Temu°'hu 



5 suda*'stk"emyuk' tern mu'^'hu Li'qayu. "Mu^'hux Li'qayu, aya'- 



tsixwa'xa mu'^'hu!" Suda^'stk'emyuk* is pi'tskum temi'Lxmu°'hu 



k'eai'. Temau'x inu°'hu yasau^yal'nx ts-ta'ak". "K'-k'a'k" ham 



Ian. K'EX tai^ xas LEmk'i'lhixamt llqe'stu xas qalpai'xat-s-hi'- 



tslEm." Temu^'hti tpai', k"a^k" Lowa'txayu. Temau'x mu'^'hu ats- 



10 la'mxadook* temau'x tsqe^'x Lowa'txayti, 



Tai^ mu°'hu. 



11. The Story of the Dog-Children 



(Collected by Farrand in 1900) 



Xa'mEt-s-hl'tslEm 'k'aux ya'tsxaux ts-mukwa^slik' . Tem hi'k'e 

 qauwa^* is pi'tskum tem aya'ltxa pxami'nt kus qa'alt; xe'Lkts- 

 qxe°'sk*/ xam^ mukwa^'sli. Temu°'hii qaai'tsk'it ts-ayai'sk" tem 



IK pkusui'. Temu°'hii mis k'eai', tem haltlai'nx qa'kuts-tsqxe°'x kiits 

 pkii'sk*. Temu^'ha 'Liya^ qa^'tsE tem mEqaai'dix kus tsqe'^'x. Tem 

 aili'k'i ma'mhatst^ kuts-mukwa^slik' . Temu°'hii 'Liya^ qa^'tsE 

 temu^'hu pa'mhatsai ^ kutsqxe°'sk'.* Tem *Liya' qalpai'nx k"aha- 

 i'nx kuts-si'tEk" qaku's mukwa^sli is pxami'nt, la'lta muku's ^ mE- 



r)r) qaai'titxanx kutsqxe°'sk'. 



Temu°'hu hamsti^ is pi'tskum tem hi'k'e aya'l Ltiwi't'.'waiit is 

 kwi^. Temu"'hu ik*suda*'stk"emyuk' ts-aya'Pyaisk' te'mlta tskwa- 

 yii'LX kus hi'tslsm 'k'pi'usxai liak'Eqau'x. "Qo'^'tsiixs k'Exs qo"'- 

 tsuxs." K"is mu"'hu ha^'tsE mEhaya'nixam, k'ilta's 'Liya-' xu'si 



2c la^ LEai'si. K'is-axa mu°'hu tsimxaixwai'm. K'ilta's hi'k'e hau- 

 wi'i qo"tsux\vai'm, k'is-axa mu°'hu qalpa'hi pi'iisxa^ya'hi: "Qo"'- 

 tsuxs k'Exs qo^'tsuxs." K'is mu"'hu qalpai'm mEhaya'nixam, 

 k'ilta's 'Liya^ la* LEai'si. Temu"'hii suda'^'stk'emyuk" te'mlta tsk- 

 wayu'LX kus la^. Hi'k" e hata'mE xti'uxwaa." Temu°'hii haya'ntxa, 



Of. te'mlta aili'k' i hi'k* e au'L. Temu'^'hii k'imai'xasx, tem tai^' ts-Lo'k'ik' 

 Limk' le'ntEmux". Tem hi'k'e tai^ na"yEm pu'tstEx kuts-Lo'k'ik'. 

 Is i'mstE tem kus pa'halt ts-Lo'k'ik" kus k'a^k'. Temu^'hu suda*'- 

 stk'emyuk' fem-uk" mu°'lui tsiqa'lnx. Is i'mstE tem kus-uk" niE- 

 tsi'qtuwaH' kus k'e^'hiLa^ kwas kaka'ya^ 



Tem is i'mstE tem is xa'mEt-s-pi'tskum tem 'Liya^-axa wi'lx. 

 Temu"'hu a'ng'i temau'x phamsai'nx qaku'ts-La'mxadook", la'lta 

 mis 'Liya^ namk' imi'stal. Temu'^'hu misau'x wi'lx na'k'eai kus 

 tiwitlSvan kuts-ta'ak'aux, temau'x mu"'hu Lxiii'nx 'k'tsk'i'x yu'- 



1 Simplified for ts-tsqxei>'sk-. 



3 Transposed for mEma'hatst. 



3 Transposed for pEma'hatsai. 



* This version agrees with the previous story (No. 10) in practically every detail, with the single 

 exception that here Wood pecker 1 egets one child each from his wife and his dog, while in the former narra- 

 tive both boys are the ofYspring of the dog. 



Footnotes continued on p. 137. 



