188 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 67 



Temii^'hu k"e'a ayai'. Te'mlta LEai'sx as mukwa^'stELi, te'mlta 

 Lohau'Vix ^ qas mukwa'stELi. Temu'^'hu ayai' k'i'mhak's. Tem- 

 u°'hu mis tsqwa''nkutEx, temu'^'hu wxe'. Temu'^'hu mis-axa 

 ItslauVitEx s-le'\vi',^ tern hi'k'e aqaHit-xu'mstan pila'tqwax 

 5 hak'P'hi. Temu^'hu Ildi'nx qas xu'mstan. "Qa'nhan hl'k'e 

 wi'lyux", tern ta'sEx ha'alts aynl'." — ^^'K'iii 'Liya^ na'mk* miiku- 

 sLlya'a ^ kusu^tsi," k"-i'mstE ma'yExam. "'Lanlya' kusuHsi," 

 k'-i'mstE yasair'yai' qas xu'mstan. "K'in-axa spai'du sin Itsal'- 

 sik's, k'in sidiya'yu." * Tem-axa mu'^'hu k'e'a spai'tx ts-Itsai'sk'- 



10 ik's. Temau'x mu'^'hii yalsai'. "K'-Liya^ imstPt xam ha'ldEmxus, 

 k'Ex Itsa'msiyusxam." TsimyEai'sk' , mi'saux-axa mua'txauxa. 

 Aqa-tit-s-mukwa^'stELl qas-axa spai'tx. Temau'x-axa mu^'hti wi'lx 

 Ttsai'sik's. "Imsti^t-slo k'in tas ya'tsx. K'ist pla'mxadowal'm tas 

 hu'^'k'i. Xa-'Llya^ imsti^t xam ha'ldEmxus. K"in sidiya'yu, k'ist 



15 tas hu"'k'i Itsai'm." TsimyEal'sk' ats-si'tEk' qas mukvva^stELi. 

 Temau'x mu'^'hu Itsai'. Te'mlta'' 'Liya' qa^'tsE hak'.LEya'tsit, 

 temu'^'hu pamhatsai' kus mukwa-stELi. ^Lauk'iya^ xti'si H!xai'- 

 sx-axa ■k'ts-hai'^'k' ats-ta'ak* qas hl'tslEm, temu^'M k'im itsai'. 

 Temau'x mu'^'hu pla'mxadowai' k'im. K'au'x-auk'Ets mu'^'hu 



20 wi'lyEm s-le'wi', k'au'xuts mu°'hu mEqami'nxam ts-la'mxadook', 

 sa'saux mu'^'hti Itsal'. 'Liya^ qa^'tsE LEya'tstaux, te'mltaux na'mk' 

 mEqami'nxa ts-la'mxadook" . Ya'tsxaux mu°'lil sau'dist wull's- 

 auk' tem-axa xe'Lk' , tern ita^ imsti^t ^ ts-mEqami'ntisk' ats-la'- 

 mxadok'aux. Temu^'hu Is I'mstE tern kus LEya'saulnx, mis hi'- 



25 tslEm kus kusuHsi, la'Ua mis sI'tEsal is hi'tslEm. K'i'mliak's 

 mu°'hu tai^ wuli'tsx.^ 



Hak'Eni'k'eai 'k'as k'i'stnx ats-mu'tsk'ak", tem-axa hi'k'e 

 yalsai' hak'i'm. Tsa^'mE hi'k'e Itslilxti^^u yai'x-auk' is hai°^, 

 temu'^'liu Is I'mstE tem ^Liya^ qtimlyu'Lx ats-ha'at!ak'. Tem-axa 



30 hi'k'e k'im yalsal' hak'i'm. Na'mk' mis-axa yalsal', tem hi'k'e 

 a'niyux". 'Laxaya^' spaitx as tsudal's ats-Lxwe'k'aux, tem-axa 

 hi'k'e yalsai'. A'niyux" sas-axa yala'sau. Tem-axa mu'^'hu wi'lx 

 ats-kwi'sk'ik'saux, tem-axa mu°'hii hak'i'm mukwe'sta 3'alsal'. 

 Temu'^'hu au'L is qamli's mis-axa wi'lx. Temu°'hii tskwayu'Lx qats- 



35 ta'ak'. A'niyux" sas-axa auk' !i'yEm. K'-k'im yasau^ya'a ts- 

 mukwa'stELik' . "Qaila' hi'tE tsa^'ti tem kus a'ni3''ux" ku'stin 

 ma'hats mu'kus-axa awi'Lau?" — "A'a, qas la'tEq tsqwa iltqai'nx." 

 Temau'x mu'^'hu tskwai'Lx ni'tsk' tk'entk'i'ntxanx ats-ha'at!ak'. 

 Temau'x mu°'hu Ikui' ko'k"s ats-ta'ak' tem-axa ats-Li'yak'. Tem- 



40 au'x mu'^'hu tsqe'wuLx ats-ma'hatsEk' . "Qas kusu'tsi Loqudi'nx 

 a'sin ha^'^t!. 'Laniya^' tslai'qa mEla'nx qas la'tEq hi'tE iltqai'nx 



1 wahau'- to invite, to beckon. 



2 Literally, " When agiiii he watoh2l all over"; t^.'o- . . . -slo to watch. 



3 For mukwa^stELiya' a. 



^ Literally, "I will make thee (my) husband"; hVI husb.vnd. 



6 That is to say, that pirt of the stiry which concarns the man who married the Bear- Woman. 



