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sik' Ixuyu'lnx as ildi's pxe'ltsustaux sis tqaia'ldi LEya'^'hats !it, k'is 

 Lq!ayu'Ln. Temu'^'hti wustlinai'. Temu°'hu qauwa^'^ Itsai'sik's 

 ayai'nx kuts-la'tEqlalk", temu°'hu ti'ut!hunai'nx- kuts-la'tsxak*. 

 Mis yu'xu 'Liya^ tsqaiwi'lt lalI'Lnx/ hak'Eqe'xan-u qaai'nx kuts- 

 5 k'i'yalk' kwa'k'Ets-la'tsxak',- temu°'hu kuts-ql'npak" tern hak'P'hl 

 tsk" itxayu'LX, temu'^'hu kuts-lk Iwa'ank" tern hak" P'hi-slo tsk' itxe'nx 

 tem-axa kuts-k'iyu'^'salyustlExk'. Temu^'hu p !i'xanx qa'kuts-ti'- 

 k'extitsLok' kuts-hu'l"k' ^ 'k^ya'tsx pEa'lauwist, mis k*-tsqe'wuhi 

 pqwi'ltsitxunst kuts-k'e'pauk'aux hak'au'k'. 



10 Temu^'hu mis-axa wi'lx, te'mlta aili'k' i k' a'xk' estEx-slo, Temu"'- 

 hu Iquxwayu'Lnx is a°'qayu, temu'^'hu xutsa' Iqiixwaixwai' is a"'- 

 qayti. Te'mLta 'Liya- tqaia'lclEmux" kuts-a'^'qaik* ; tqaia'ldEmux" 

 sis Iqtixwa^ya'a kuts-lk Iwa'ank' tem-axa kuts-ql'npak' . Te'mlta 

 'Liya^ tqaialtEX sis Iqiixwa^'ya'a. Temu'^'hu yEa'lnx. ''K'eai'sa, 



15 k'-hi'k'emu'^'hti talk' a'^'qayu Lin Lqti'xwa." La'ltamismELa'nLiix, 

 laxs 'Liya^ Itsa'siyutEm kuts-Lk Iwa'ank* tem-axa kuts-ql'npak' tem- 

 axa kuts-qani'nalk' / k'iLxa'ltas^ mu'^'liu Lxu'ntitEm, na'mk' sisLxa- 

 ma'nstoxs. 



Temu^'hu LEya'^'hats !it si'lkustEx. Qauwi'siLx tsilhai' kus hak'- 



20 au'k'itiLx, temu'^'hu qwa^ma tsilhai' kus Kuta'mlyu. Temu'^'hu 



'Liya^ qa^'tsE tern Itsaslyu'tnx. Temu'^'hu ati'L is Lama^'tit-s-qam- 



ll's temu'^'hii taxtai'nx kuts-k'ilhi'k' tem-axa kuts-qa'altk'-auk'.® 



Temu^'hu hllal'.^ La'k'Ets mu'^'hu ha^'tsE hau'k's Ita'sinLnx, k'ilta's 



*Liya^ xii'si Limk' le'nauln.^ Tern k'Ets mu^'liu ma'yExa kus mena'- 



25 tEm. "Xe'ilk'est Ita'siniyti kus lEqa^'lqayau!. K'il tk'itsa'yu- 



tEmts ^ qa'kus lEqa^lqayu," Te'mLta hi'k* e mu'^'hu tsistxwai'. Tai^ 



hi'k'e mu^'tiu xam^ kuts k'i'lhik' llii'wausx : ^^ "K'in Kuta'miyu, 



k"ui Kuta'miyu." Temu'^'hu k'Ets Lqa'Uliyu, k'is mu'^liti qa'halt 



Limk" !e'nln. K'ilta'smu'^'hu xutsa'' kus hak" I'maLiyauk'^qalmi'm.^^ 



30 K"is mu°'hu hyuwi'in: ^'Haana', haana', k"i]: Ik'itsa'yutEmts, k"it 



Ihaqwa'yutEmts '^ qaku's lEqa^lqayaii." Temu^'hii mis tsqiinkwal' 



1 Passive. 



2 Consists ol kwas + ik'ts-la'l.sxdk'. 



3 For example, Kingfisher. 



* qanl'nal knife, a Siuslaw word. Grant occasionally used Siuslaw words and phrases. 



6 fc-is + -LX + -Ita. 



6 qd'alt malj:, a term applied to the marked stick employed during the "guessing game." For a full 

 description of this pastime see p. 204. 



' Ml- TO MISS, a term indicating that the guesser failed to point out the hand in which his opponent kept 

 the marked stick. 



8 mEk-.'in- to hit, denotes that the guesser succeeded in indicating the hand m which his opponent kept 

 the marked stick. 



9 k'Ets particle . 



"> hlw- TO whisper. 



11 Consists of hak-- from; k-im there; -li nominal; -auk- suffixed particle. 



ligalm- to play, refers to that stage of the game in which the losing player turns over the sticks to his 

 opponent for further play. 

 13 xqu- TO take, to drag. 



