148 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. G7 



"AlEl-ala'lt-uk" Ms Lqa'ttit." (Repeated several times.) Temu"'hu 

 ha^'tsE qauwa^^ is la* niEk' a/k' imxtxuyE'mux" kuts-Lo'k' ik' ; te'mlta 

 To'tsu mii"'hu I'mstatxii: K"Ets hi'k'e hauwi'i x'ilii'misxai, k'u'kus- 

 axa k'im Itsal'qaj'usxain. Temu"'hu qalpa'Liix tsima'Liix kus ts lam. 

 5 K'Ets stita^'stk" em^mk" kus qamll's temu'^'hu k'e'k'i Li'qayu. Is 

 I'mstE tem kus-uk" kwa'xalt kiits-ya'halk' kus k'a"k', la'ita mis Is 

 ts!am mEk'a'k'imxtxall'yEmux" kuts-Lo'k'ik', na'mk" mis-uk" axa 

 k*a'ts!tEmux".^ 

 Tai- mu'^'hu. 



12. Kuta'miyu ^ 

 (Collected by Farrand in 1900) 



10 Tem* Is xa'mEt-s-na'tk' ' tem ya'tsx kus LEmu'tsk'Exlt!Enu't 

 hak' au'k'-auk' . Tem-auk' ita^ hak' au'k" ya'tsx kus LEmu'tsk'Exlt !- 

 Enu't. Temi'LX mu'^'liu kus Kuda'mlyu temi'Lx qauwa^* hi'k'e 

 iltqal' hamstrt-s-pl'tskum, tem-axa Is qamli's temi'Lx ya"'hats!i 

 'k"Ets-qa'nuk'iLX-auk'. Qauwa/tiLx ts-tE'xk" k'im k'a'tslinx; 



15 ts-a^'qalk'iLX ^ temi'LX-axa ts-ya°'hats!lk' ^ temi'Lx-axa ts-k'I'yalk' 

 tem-axa xa'mEt-s-ql'npa is ql'npaj^Emxt. Qauwa''^ lil'k'e ts-tE'xk' 

 k'im k'ts!ai'x: qauwa-'* ts-ta'mtEmk" tem-axa ts-t lEli'lk' , tem 

 hata'mE hi'k'e "Ba'lsxa, temu'^'hu hi'k'e puuH Is tsi'tsik' !. Temu^'hu 

 kwa'siLx k'au'k' ya'tsx kus LEmu'tsk'ExltlEnu't temi'Lx mu"'hu. 



20 ita- hi'k'e Iml'stal. Qauwa-^ Is pi'tskum temi'Lx hi'k'e qauwa^* 

 la* phllkwal'sxa : Lxwe'LxwIyautxaLx temi'Lx-axa qat^a. 



Tem k'Ets mu'^'hu Is xa'mEt-s-pI'tskum tem ma'yExa kus mena'- 

 tEm. "'Llya= a' si'Lxas qwiltsI'LU?" Tem yEa'lnx. "Ta^muqwa 

 hi'k'e. Al's mu'^'hu." Temu^'hu Is xa'mEt-s-pI'tskum te'miLX- 



25 Emk" pI'usxa^ya'Liix. ^''Laxlya^ a' tqaia'ltEx sins qwiltsl'yu, sin 



anal's?" — "A'a, sxa's tqaia'ldl." Temu'^'hti k'e'a Is xa'mEt-s- 



pl'tskum te'miLx mu^'hu Lq'.al' Lqwi'ltsut kwa'siLx k'au'k' kus 



■ LEmu'tsk'ExltlEuu't. Temu'^'hu mi'siLx wl'lx k'ati'k's, temu^'hu 



qauwa=* la'tqat lt!awa'It si'lkustEx: tas Iqat-'at tem-axa Lxwe'- 



30 Lxwiyaut tem-axa Itsau'tsuwaut. Temu'^'hu mis qamll', tem. 

 LEya°'hats!lt si'lkustEX. Temu'^'hu mis-axa qal'-slo, temu'^'hii 

 qalpal' qauwa^* la'tqat it!awa'It si'JkustEx. Temu°'hu Is suda*'- 

 stit-s-qamll's tem-axa pi'tskum tem hi'k'e mu°'hu qauwa^* ta'xtl 

 sili'kwEx. Temu^'hu ha*'tsE pk'aya'xtsustxunx' k'ina'mk's* aqa^*t 



35 si'Lxas hask'a'hi, k'iLxa's 'Llya^' xam^ tsk'ui'dlyusxam, k'iLx ai'I 



1 l-alal- TO WABBLE. 



2 Should read lk-a'ts!tEmux^'. 



3 A fabled animal regarded as a particularly jiowerful guardian spirit. 



«Some incidents of this myth resemble certain episodes contained in the Coos story "Spider-Old 

 Woman." See Frachtenberg, Coos Texts, pp. 59 et seq. 

 '-' Contracted for ts-d'qayiik-iLi) . 

 6 Contracted for is-yan'hais!iyuk\ 

 ' k-eaizts- to be ready, to decide. 

 s k'is + na'mk-. 



