184 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 67 



mEya'xauxa. K* -auk" mu" 'hulk' tsiayu'tELp 'k'ts-hai^'k'. ''Mu^'hti 

 tsqwa k'e'a I'mstE te'min tasmu'^'hu LEai'sx niEqami'iit tas iiu'ns.'' 

 Tem-axa mu'^'hu tsquiikwal' ts-itsai'sk'ik's. Tem-axa mu'^'liu wi'lx 

 hak'ni'k'eai ^k'as aya'saltxa. Tem-axa mu"'hu wi'lx ts-Itsai'- 

 5 sk'ik's. Hamstr" lii'k'e tqe'tqaiLl ats-hl'tslEmk* , mis-axa mu°'hu 

 wi'lx. ''P-Liya^' tqe'tqaiLlxam. 'Laniya^ yuwi'xsal, hi'k'en a3"a'sal 

 nak" kus Itlawa'itsili'kwEx. K'i'mhak's spaya'salyEmtsx xas nti'ns. 

 Hak'i'mm-axa wi'lx. Hamsti'tin hi'k'e iiitsk'i's LEai'sx k'im." 

 Na'mk" mis-axa mu°'liii wi'lx, tem-axa mu"'hii yasau^yai'nx ts-mH'- 



10 tsk'ak*. '*Hak"i'mslis ^ LEhilkwai'si antii'u tas intsk'i's, k'-liliya^' 

 qaii tsa'siyEmts. Sin pa'xtliyti k'ins tEma'si, na'mk" slis pti'pEn- 

 hautxam. K"-liliya^ na'mk" qaii tsa'siysmts." Temi'Lx mu"'hii 

 k"e'a i'mstE philkwisai'. "K"-liliya- i'mstE Lhilkwai'si is yu'xwis 

 Lin k"ina'xait!. K*-tai^ is tsa'msit-s-milhudai's k'lis mu'^'liQ i'mstE 



15 mEhilkwa'yasi.^ K"-Liya^ yu'xwis sin k'ina'xait! i'mstE mEhilkwa'- 

 yasi." Ts-hi'tEqhisk" ts-lili'daubisk" ats-mu'tsk"iik"aux. K'iLx 

 mu'^'liu LEa'lauwi atsimlana'stiytik" . Tcm mEya'sauxa ts-mElana'- 

 stiyuk'iLx. "Mis intsk'i's mEla'ni qas xam^, k'is hi'k"e tsa'^'mE 

 aqa^'^t. K" in mu'^'lii qau'x sin x" a'mxasxam. Na'mk" sins aya'ltxam 



20 tsa'msik's is milhtidai's, k'-Lij^'a^ na'mk" qau tsa'siyEmts." Ts- 

 ildi'sk" atsimlana'stiyuk"iLx. "Tsa^'mE hi'k"e aqa^^t sips xam^ 

 intsk"i's mEla'ni. K"in mu'^'lii hi'k'e qau'x qwon." Ts-ildi'sk" 

 atsi'mlana'stiyuk"iLx. ''Qa^'ltEn hi'k'e tsa'sttinx. Na'mk' En ts * 

 ayai' qaha'lk's is milhudai's, k"ins hi'k'e qa'^'ltE tsa'si. Tem tsa^ti 



25 sip mEla'nx xas xam^" intsk'i's tiauyai's. La'xs ni'sk'ik's ti'ltas ^ 

 aya'ltxam Jtlauwa'it." Ts-ildi'sk' atsimlana'stiyiik'iLx. 

 Tai^ mu^'hu. 



16. Qas Qa'alt Mukusliyai'nx as Kusr^Tsi" 



The Man Married Her The Bear 



* (Told by William Smith in 1910) 



Temau'x mu'^'hu yasau^yai'nx ats-ta'ak'. "K'-xan mu"'hu 



ayai'm. Xan-ayai'm Lxwe'Lxwat is tsudai's, sxans ^ k'eai'm 



30 Inu'nst." Temu°'hii niEya'saux ats-Li'yak'aux. "K'-tsa^'ti si'pstis 



ayai'm Lxwe'Lxwat. Tsa'^'mEn tt'k' e tqaia'klEx tsudai's sulta^stELi." 



Temau'x mu"'hu ayai', temau'x mu^'hu wi'lx is na'tk' auk's. 



Temau'x mu"'hii muqlwe'laux^ 'k'as na'tk' au. Temau'x k'i'stnx 



ats-kwi'sk',k'au'x hi'k'e tskwa'hal ayai'm. Temau'x mu'^'hu k'e'a 



35 ayai'. ^Lauxiya^' la'' Lhaya'nix, mi'saux mu"'hu muq!we'lauxa 



'k'as na'tk' au. Temau'x mu'^'lm mEva'xaux a. K'Ets hi'k'e sati'lt 



1 k-ts.'- . . . -au'" Is hain^ to believe. 



2 hak-'i'msis + -I. 



3 That is to say, "Use the tamanamous shinny sticlcs." 

 < Contra'r'ted for ndmk- k-Eiits. 



5 Abbreviated from k-Ultas. Consists of k-'is + -I + lla. 

 Foot notes continued on p. 1S5. 



