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kus pqe'stxus/ tern k'Ets mu^'hu ma'yExa kus mena'tEm. "K'-Li- 

 ya- i^qe'tsusai'ln-slo," k'-hc"i'alqa Lxama'nstoxs." K'ilta's hi'k'e 

 yEa'Lii: ''Ta-'muqwa hi'k'e, k'i'mli k'a-." La'k'Ets hauwi'i ma'- 

 jExa. "Hill, kin qanha'yti ^ kuts-Lk Iwa'ank" ." K'is mu'^'hu 'Li- 

 5 ya-qa^^'tsE k'ismu^'huqalpai'mma'vExa. "K'iii taha' kuts-ql'npak" 

 qanha'yu." K'is mu'^'hu xii'si hi'k'e Ita'mqwayusxam/ k'is-axa 

 k'im qalpai'm ma'yExa. "K'iii taha' tsa-'ti kuts-qanl'nalk" qan- 

 ha'yu." Tem k'Ets mu"'hu ^Liya^ qa'^'tsE tern qalpal' ma'yExa. 

 "K'in taha' kuts-k'n^u^'salyustlExk'." Temu'^'hii LEya°'hats!lt 



10 sili'kwEx qa^'ltE. Tem k'Ets mu^'liu 'Liya^ qa^'tsE tem k'Ets mu^'hu 

 ma'3^Exa. "A'lk'utEp a' ! K'm qan qa^'ltE tEsina'a kus lEqa^lqayu." 

 Tem k'Ets mu'^'hu k'e'a qo'tsE qa^'ltE tEsinai'nx. La'k'Ets hauwi'i 

 kulai'xasx, hi'k'e-uk" mEtslVa'saux^ kuts-Lo'k'ik' 'k' ts-kwa'lxas- 

 xamsk' ; la'ltas kuts-qa 'alt-auk' Ikwa'laltEmux" ® kwa'k'Ets-Lo'- 



15 k'ik',^ te'mlta ^Liya- mEia'nx. 



Temu'^'liu 'Liya- qa^'tsE temu'^'hii wahaya'Liix kus pEiii'k', te'm- 

 Itau ilxi' kus mEhaya'dau. Temu°'hu hi'k' e qaux tskuli' kwas 5'^a''qa 

 k'Ets hi'k'e Iqauwa'xalsx.^ Temu"'hu 'Li37^a' qa'^'tsE tem-auk" mu"'- 

 hu tpai' k'ii'k"s, temu'^'hu hak'i'^'hi Lpa'ltquyu kwa'k'Ets-k' !e'pEk'. 



20 K'Ets Iqauwa'xalsxa mis pa'ltqustEx. Temu^'hii 'Liya^ qa'^'tsE 

 temu°'hii tsilhai' kus mEhaya'tau. "Ha'ltcatc ni'i, ha'ltcatc ni'i, 

 la'kutsxatci kwitu'!'' ^ Tem-uk" mu^'hu ayai' k'u'wak's kus mE- 

 sha'lslatsLO tem-uk'^ k'an'wi'nx kus le'wi'. Temu'^'hu mis Lxayai'- 

 tEx, tem-axa mu^'hii ayai' kuts-k' le'pik's; temu^'hu mis-axa wi'lx, 



25 tem-uk" mu°'hii tpai' qauxa'nk's kus mEhaya'tau i'lta, tem-uk" 

 mu°'hu xwe'^'siyustlExk's Ik' !a'lhiyii. Is i'mstE tem kus i'mstE ts- 

 hilkwai'sk' kus mEtsada-t'. Tai-' k'Ets yaahai', k'is i'lstaitxam kwas 

 qam.li's temu'^'hu ita^ Lk'a'mk'imausx ^° kwas xwe°'siyu. 



Temu^'hu tsxwa'tiyii si'lkustoxs. Tem k'Ets mu'^'hii kus a°'qayu 



30 tpayii'Lx qa'kus mena'tEm, te'mlta tai^ piya^ tsxuli'tx. Tem k'Ets 

 mu'^'hu qalpai'nx tpayu'Lx kus Iklwa'an, te'mlta mu"'hu I'o'tsti 

 mu'^'hti i'mstatxu. Tem-auk' mu°'hii ha^'tsE ustal-ya'lnx is itsai's 

 kushi'tsLEm pa'xt!a isk'i'yai, te'mlta 'Liya' xu'sina'k'sx'ima'sLiix, 

 la'ltas hi'k'e tsa^'ma'siyu utxai'xasx. Temu'^'hu 'Liya' qa^'tsE tem 



1 qcns LIGHT. 



2 qC- IT GETS LIGHT. 



3 qan I. 



* la^muqwa to be still. 



s tsUlUS- TO BE BUSHY. 



6 kul- TO REACH, TO TOUCH. 



' For kivas + ik'ts-Lo'k'ik'. 



8 qaux ABOVE. 



9 Farrand claims that this sentence consists of Siuslaw words. This assertion is only partially correct. 

 The first word (ha'ltcatc) is not a Siuslaw vocable, nor can it be etymologized as an Alsea word. The second 

 word is an Alsea pronoun something, la'kutsiatci is a Siuslaw word and consists of laku- TO take; -tsx 

 imperative; -tcl 2d person plural, kwitu' is a corruption for the French cowZcow, knife, borrowed through 

 the medium of Chinook jargon. 



10 k-im- TO expose. 



