166 JBUEEAr OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 67 



14. The Lost Seal Hunters ^ 



(Told by William Smith in 1910) 



Na'mk" mis LEva'tsit sill'kwExkwasQtau',^ xe'Lk'it-s-itsal's tem- 

 axa xe'Lk"it-s-kwr k'iLxa'ts ya'tsx qami'ntELi LEya'tsisalxa'mtELp 

 kwas Qtau'. Temi'LX hi'k'e qa^'ltE ya/tsx i'mstE. K'Ets hi'k'e 

 hamstP tas la^ tl\vi't!'wantxa ^'as kwr. K'Ets ti'ut!huna'tnx kus 

 tsmvi'x. Xa'mni ts-hP'q!ak' Itlwl't'.'wansxamsk" lt!a'xust!- 



'^ xasxamsk'.* Mis hi'k'e tsa^'ms pa'Lk'st, 'Llya^ na'mk" Lxwa'sal. 

 I'mstE tern I'stEkwal tt!a'xust!hix, na'mk'Ets Lxwe'Lxwatxaunx kus 

 ma'lkuts.^ Na'mk'Ets Itla'msiyu kus la'quns tem-axa kus tsuwi'x 

 tem-axa kus Lxama'niyu, imsti-t ts-mEqam^i'ntisk' k'Ets Lha'- 

 IdEmxusx ^ qas xa'mEt-s-kwF. Temau'x ^ mu°'hu 'Liya^ qa^'tsE 



^ LEva'tsit, k'au'xuts lui'lxasxa.^ "Hak'i'mstis ** 'Llya^ hamsti^ 

 miiili'waltxam/" k'i'stis pi'tsilt!oxs. S" xam^ tai' muill'waltxam 

 is xa'mni, k'ist hi'k'e pi'tsiltloxs." K'au'xuts i'mstE yo'latxa, 

 k'au'xuts mu°'hu itsai'. 



Temu'^'hu mis qe'i s-le'wi', temu^'hu hi'k'e wa^na' xo'diyii is 

 -• Lqe'tsit. Tas xa'mni LEya'tsit 'k'as k' !il. Temau'x mu^'hu Lkui'. 

 Temi'Lx mu°'hu aya'yEm, temi'Lx mu'^'hii tsqunkw'ai' k' !i'Hk's. 

 Lx-mu'^'hu niExa'yusxam ha'alqa. Na'mk'ELxats mu"'hu wili'yEm 

 k' le'lik's, k'au'xuts xe'Lk*it-s-hi'tsLEm tsi°si'xa hak'Ekwi'yauk" 

 k' 'e'hk's. K'au'xuts mu^'hu Lohai', k'au'xuts tsiii'^xui'ltlxa. 



■"^ K'iLxa's mu^'hii tk'i'yEmxus as xa'mnitsLo, k'iLx-auk' tsi°si 

 Lqo'tsxak's ^^ as xa'mnitsLo. K'au'xauk's ^^ mu°'hu squli'm xe'Lk'- 

 itaux s-hi'tsLEm kwas hakiwi'k'siyuk", k'au'xuts yuli'ltlxa. ''K'- 

 tai^ sis haihaya'tELi haluwik'sai'm, xas mu'^'hii Lxwe'tsi." K'au'- 

 xuts i'mstE yuli'lt!xa. K'au'xuts si'qultxa, k'au'xuts qlai'tsitxanx. 



^^ Temu'^'hti ma'yExa as xa'mELi. "Atili'x-au mu°'hu haihaya-tELi. 

 Xa-qo'tsE mu'^'hu Lxwe'tsi." Temu'^'hu mis wi'Lxhaluwi'k'siyuk's, 

 temu^'hu Lxwe'tsmxqo'tsE. Temau'x-axa mu'"hu ayai' as kwi'k's. 

 Xe'iLk'e miltqai'sEx kus xa'mni. K'iLxa's mu^'hu aya'yEmxus. 

 K'au'k'Ets mu'^'hu pliii' as qa'tlou ts-hi'tEk'. Te'mlta ^Liya^ 



^^ qa^'tsE mis LEai'sunx as la'quns 'k'ya'xau. K'Ets qauxa'nk's tpai' 

 ha'k'as^* k'i'lii. Las i'La aii'hk's, te'mlta i'stik'i. K'-k'u'k"-slo 

 ayai'm as xa'mni. "MExai'sxail!." Temi'LX mu"'hu k'e'a. Temi'Lx 

 tsqilnkwai'nx as la'quns. K'Ets hi'k'e xu'si 6'xwal as xa'mni 



1 See note 5, p. 15S. 



2 A rock in the Pacific Ocean, some S miles north of the present to%vn of Newport. 



3 its- TO LIVE. 



* Ha'xust! ROPE. 



'^ Tlris story would make it appear as if the Alsea Indians occasionally engaged in actual whale hunting. 



B hd'ldEmxus looks, property. 



" Smith was not sure of the exact number of the hunters. 



8 For lEyo'liasia. 



9 hak'ims + -st. 



1" For mEullVicaUmra; wtl- to kill. 

 Footnotes continued on p. 167. 



