144 BUEEAU OF AMERICAN ETHXCLOGT [bull. 67 



ilqsi'sk'/ tern LEisti'kiyu kuts-k'iyaik" . Te'mlta k'Ets mu°'hu 

 ma'jExa kus mena'tEm. ^'l! MEk'ai't-auk" ta^ kusi'n ta'maxt." 

 Te'mlta hi'k'e psilo'qutsusai'nx - xakuts-Li'ak' . "A'a, k'ilaM 

 Qauwa-^ hi'k'e i'mstE ts-hllkwai'sk' tas Qai°'hausk'it-s-tsa'sidu, 

 5 qauwa't-auk" hi'k'e mEk'ai't." — ''Te'mltan hi'k'e hauwi'i LEai'sx 

 xatEqwo'n." Temu°'hu yal'x-auk' Is hai°^ ts!ilxui' kus mukwa^sll. 



Temu^'hu mis loqal' ts-hti'lhmiik'aux, temau'x mii°'hii pitsxwai' 

 hau'k's kwas itsai's. Temu"'hu mi'saux k'eal', temu'^'hu ayal' k'u'- 

 wak's kwas xam^. Tern hi'k'e Ihaya'nilt Ixayu'suix,^ mis k' lilhai'. 



10 Temu'^'hu mis wl'lx k'u'k's, temii°'hu wahayal'nx kus pEiiI'k'. Te- 

 mu°'hu mis LhainaI'Lnx, tem ma'yExa kus xa'mEt-s-mEsha'lslatsLo. 

 "Huhuhu, tsai'kits altqal',* li'ts-au k'-hu"'k'i qau'x pl'tsuxs kla'- 

 msLEm." Temu°'hu yal'x-auk' Is hai°'' qamlai' kus mukwa^'sll. 

 Qo'tsxuk" ^ tai- lou'lxasx. Temau'x ^Llya^ pxeltsusa'LUx kus tsa'- 



15 sidoo sau'xus ^ k'u'k's ita^ pl'tsuxs. Tem-uk" hi'k'e k' Ixau'wit !iLX 

 kus Iku'nkut !ls, as ho'lhum tem-axa mu"'hu ayal'. Temu'^'hti misaxa 

 wl'lx, tem-auk' mu°'hu t!ihi'. Temu^'hu mi'siLX k'eal' Liiu'nst, 

 temau'x mu°'hu ayal' qauxa'nk's-auk' Ltsinu'st. Temu'^'hu 'Llya^ 

 qa'^'tsE temu^'hu wl'lx kuts-sI'tEk'aux, temi'LX mu'^'hu tsinsui'. Te- 



20 mu^'hu 'Llya^ qa^'tsE temu"'hu lllxwl' kuts-sI'tEk'aux, tem-uk" 

 pkal'nx kus qala'xstet. Tem ma'yExa kus mukwa^sll. ''I'l! ala'- 

 k'us, hl'k" e mEtslal'qastaltxan." Temu"'hu qalpal'ux k' lilxwIyu'LX 

 kwas xam^, te'mlta k'Ets lo'tsu mu'^'hu I'mstE ma'yExa. ''Xa-ala'- 

 k" uyEmts hl'k' e. Na'mk' -En k' xa'nts ^ I'k* xa imi'stal ? " * Tem-axa 



25 mu'^'hu qaxt!al'xasx temu°'hu atsk'al'. Temu'^'hu • *Llya^ qa^'tsE 

 temau'x mu"'hu k' !ilhal' temau'x-uk" qauwa^'^ siptial'nx tas kwi^ 

 tem-axa qauwa^^ tas la*, qauwa^* hi'k'e tas. xa'lux". Temau'x-uk" 

 siptial'nx las tas puu'ya^. Temu°'hii mi'saux k'eal', temau'x-axa 

 mu°'hu ayal'. Te'mlta tsila'hax kuts-si'tEk'aux: "Qauxa'nk's-u 



30 a'yEx, nEkau'xsals ! " Temu'^hu mis-axa atsk' al', temu'^'hu tk' I kus 

 mena'tet temu^'hu Iqaitayu'LX kuts-ta'ak* ts-Lo'k'ik'. Tem-uk" 

 mu°'hu tsiqal'nx kuts-sI'tEk'aux qaku's qala'xstet. 



Temu'^'hu tsqedl' kus po'tstEX qxe'nk's na'k's 'k'ku's tsk'I'x kus 

 mEsha'lslatsLO. Temu'^'hu walhal': "Sin maHun, tuhl' tEha'm 



35 lo'qwa." Te'mlta 'Llya^ u'k' eai xu'sl pl'usxa^yai. Temu'^'hu qal- 

 pal' Valhal', te'mlta I'o'tso mu^'hu 'Llya^ qau'k'eai wustlina'yuLx. 

 Tem-auk' mu"'hu qel'nx kus Lk'ill'tla. Temu^'hu mis-auk' Lqei'- 

 tEx, temu'^'hu mis LEai'sx, tem ma'yExa. "Pu'tstEX Ua'." Tem 

 k'Ets mu°'hu ma'yExa kus mena'tEm. "Nl'tsk'xat xuts pu'stEX 



'^^ Lla'? Lo'xha° ^ LEya'saux mis hi'k'e ts-hllkwal'sk* tas k'i'mhat-s- 



1 laqs DRESS. 



2 silgu- TO BE COOL. 



3 A phrase difficult to render literally. Consists of: I- prefix; hain- to look; -l inchoative; It.'x recip- 

 rocal; -oi inchoative; -il«x accelerative; -tni passive. 



. < Hard to render. Evidently misheard for ts-haink- k-Ets iltqaV . 

 Footnotes continued on p. 115. 



