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lotai'nx. K'Ets paxt !a'hix kiis hi'tsLEm, k'u'kus ^ hi'k'e LEvai'- 

 xayusxam ts-Lo'k'ik', k'is mu^'hu Loqutl'yudP qa'kus mEsha'lsla- 

 tsLo, k"u'k"s mu'^'hu qauxa'nk's aya'yusi, k'is-axa hak"Eqau'x 

 Lxau'widi k'Ets-k'u'n'wak'ik's,^ k'u'k"s muwi'liwi ^ "bum." K'is- 

 5 axa mu^'hu qalpa'a loquda'a kwas tsa'ms, k'u'k^s mu"'hu Lxau'widi 

 kus Lok' k'its-k'u'n'wak'ik's, k'u'k^s mu'^'hu I'o'tso muwi'liwi. 

 Temu"'hu 'Liya- qa^'tsE tern tai^ kus mena'tEm Lpa'stiyu. Temau'x 

 mu^'hu tsxudai' qa^'tsE. Temu^'hu 'Liya^ qa^'tsE tem-uk" tsxil- 

 ta'yEmux" ts-ya'halk', tem-uk" lii'k'e LEyu'lxuyli. Temu°'hu 

 10 tsk'ui'diyu temu^'hu wustita'hix. Temu'^'hu mis hi'ntsllnx ts- 

 hai"k', temu°'hu hi'k'e k'ehP'La tpai'. Is I'mstE tem kus-uk" lix"- 

 ya't' kus k'ehP'La. Is i'mstE tem kus I'mstE ts-hilkwai'sk' kus 

 lEqa^lqayu; na'mk'Ets hi'tsLEm Lowa'txayu, k'is sa'nxuk' iytisxam, 

 la'lta muk"s imi'stal kus Kuta'miyuLx ts-ma'hatsk' . 



13. The Lost Elk Hunters^ 



(Told by William Smith in 1910) 



15 Psi'iiLxaLx as lEmu'tsk'ExltlEnu't temi'LX mEya'sauxa. '"Kil 

 ayai'm pxami'nt." Tem as qomaHsELi ts-mu'tsk'ak' tem yasau-'- 

 yai'nx. ''La'xins'' 'Liya- ha'alqa wll, xalta's 'Liya- ha'iit!its." 

 Temi'Lx mu"'liu ayai' na/k's 'k'as Lxu3m'x"tanx as uims ts-yai'xai- 

 tExk'. "L-k'i'mhaisi ayai'mi." Temi'Lx mu'^'hu k'e'a k'i'mhaisi 



20 ayai'. "K"-u'k"-E'n Lina'hautxam ? K'-Lina'hautxam kusti'n ha'^t !. 

 K'in qwa'mautxam tEqwo'n." — "K'inau'k's hya"'kwP qwon." 

 Hamsti^Lx hi'k" e mEtsImi'xlat. Temi'LX mu^'hu wi'Ix na'k's 'k'as 

 Lxuyu'x^tanx asnu'ns ts-yai'xaitExk' ; te'mlta' Liya- qa^'tsE temi'Lx 

 Lxui'nx as nu'ns ts-yai'xaitExk' , sau'lta hi'k'e. ''Xa-hi'k'e xe'ilk'e 



25 Lhaya'nauwi kuli'n tsqax. Tsa^'mE hi'k'e suwa'lt ts-yai'xaltExk' ." 

 Temi'Lx mu^'hii wi'lx. Xe'Lk' aux as nu'ns Lxu'yux"Lx tsk" I'tExk" .^ 

 "Xa-xe'iLk'e Lhaya'nauwi kus tsqe^'x. K"-tai^ sau'xus ildui'mi, k'is 

 mu°'hu qatsqe'^'x wustita'a." K'iLX mu°'hu wastau^ya'a. Tsa'^'mE 

 hi'k'e haihaya't kus nu'ns ts-^'ai'xailExk" . "K'Ll3^a- nl'sk' k'lis 



30 mu'^'hu qwa'miLi. Tsa'^'mE hi'k'e sau'lta. Tsa'^'mE tsqwa hi'k'e 

 haihayaHit-s-nu'ns. Las pa'lk'stit-s-le'wi', te'mlta lo'lal ts-yai'- 



1 tc-is + -uku. 



2 For lEloquti'yudl. 



5 Consists of fc-- preflx; ts- . . . -fc" possessive 3d parson singular; k-u'n'wa nominal stem obtained from 

 k-anxu- to dig; k's local. 



* m- prefix; ivi'Ilyu place of the dead; -I future. This phrase refers to a belief held by the Alsea 

 Indians that a bad spirit on arriving at the other world fell into a giave dug for its reception and burst 

 wth a loud noise. See Farrand in A mcrican Anthropologist, in, 240, 1901. 



5 For parallels see Boas, Sagen, pp. 87, 119, 191 and next story in present volume. The narrator was 

 not certain as to the actual number of dogs taken along. Similarly, he seemed to be confused as to the 

 number of elks pili-sued. Sometimes he would refer lo one dog and one elk, while at other times he would 

 mention two dogs and two elks. 



6 Idxs + -n . 



''hlnku- . . . -auk- to be in middle. 



* Simplified for Is-tsk-l'iExk' 



