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a'sin ha^^t!. Ha^'tsEii ha'ntliLx nak" k'i'stEmtsx. Ya'sauyEmtsx, 

 mis k'i'stEmtsx. 'Xa-tas liu"'k*i ya'tsi, k'iii k'a^' phainsai'm to'- 

 qwes-uk",' I'mstE ya'aauvEmtsx, mis k'i'stEmtsx. Qas kusuHsI 

 hi'tE Loqudi'nx, 'Laniya^' Lhaya'nix tslai'qa." Temau'x mu'^'hu 

 5 ainai' as mEhai'c],oo. K'im mEya'saux mu"'hu ats-ta'ak". "K'in 

 a'ng'i phaiiisai'm hak'Eiii'k'eai 'k'ku's k'i'stalyux"." Temi'Lx 

 mu'^'hti ayai'; mu'^'lii psi'nLxat-s-hi'tslEm tem-axa as ma'hats. 

 Hi'k'eLx mEtsI'tsk' !it. Temi'Lx mu°'hu wi'lx na'k's 'k'as k'i'stanx. 

 "Tas hak'P'k'I mis k'i'stEmtsx." Temi'Lx mu"'hu xe'tsux" hak'- 



10 i'm. K'iLx mu'^'hu wusta'yu ts-yai'xaitExk' . K'Ets xu'si hi'k'e 

 isti'k'i is qau'wai s-leVi' ats-yai'xaitExk* . Te'mita xa'mEt-s- 

 lii'tslEm tem ma'yExa. "Hi'k'e a' muklwa'lnisla mis tas i'mstE 

 philkwisai' ." Ts-yu'lk'iLx. "K' lis la* na'k's wasitala'a." Temi'Lx 

 mu°'hu k'e'a i'mstE ilui'. Temi'Lx-axa mu^'hii yalsai'. Temi'LX 



15 ita^ ts!ilo'xweLx pau'sitalist ^ as kusiiHsi, la'lta mis hi'k'e qa*'ltE 

 Loqudi'nx hi'tEslEm qas kusuHsi. Temi'Lx-axa k'im yalsai', temi'- 

 Lx-axa mu^'hu wi'lx itsai'sik's. K'iLxmu'^'huk'exk'ai'mk'i'mhak's 

 tas hi'tslEm. "'Liya^ xu'si na'k's Lxiii'mux" ts-yai'xaitExk'." 

 Lx-mu°'hii i'mstE mEa'lauxam, na'mk'siLx-axa wi'lx itsai'sik's. 



20 K'-mu'^'hu ildi'hi as hi'tslEm a'tas yiixe'tsx ts-ma'hatsk' . "K'it 

 hi'tE la^ iltqa'a ? K'lau'k'is ^ ItLxai'si 'k'h'n hai"^-." 

 I'mstE tai- mu"'hu. 



17. Coyote in a Hollow Tree ^ 



(Told by Thomas Jackson in 1913) 

 Is xa'mEt-s-pi'tskum tem yai'x-auk' is hai''-' tlitxusal'txai. 

 K'-Liya' xu'si na'k's ayai'mi. Te'mita LEai'sx as wal k'u'k^' ^ spaH 



25 qe'xan. Temu"'hu k'i'mhak's ayai'. Temu"'hu k'im itsai'. 'Liya'" 

 tsa'^'mE qa*'tsE qaai'x, te'mita hi'k'e mEpuu'waux tas tli'lxus. 

 Tem yasau-yai'nx as wal. "K'i'hik'sxasxai!" Temu"'hu k'e'a 

 k'i'k'sai'; te'mita hala'tsi hak'i'm qalpai' xudui', tem k'Ets mu"'hu 

 qalpai' mEpuu'waux as t!i'lxus. Tem yasau'yai'nx as wal. "Lti'- 



30 msiyusxaya' ! " ^ Te'mita mu'^'hu k'e'a Iti'msiyu. 'Liya--axa 

 na'k'eai xu'si spai'x. Tem k'Ets mu°'hu tsiqui'xa. "Haha', 'Liya^ 

 namk* Itsa'siyutEmts suwi't. A'yEx a' lEwa'hayayu'sxai!" "^ Tem 

 k'Ets mu"'hu k'e'a lowa'hayayu, "Lti'msiyusxaya' axa!" Tem 

 k'Ets mu'^'hu qalpai' Iti'msiyii. 



1 ml- TO FOLLOW. 



2 k-is + -I + -auk-. 



3 This story is probably a continuation of a narrative omitteii from this volume. According to the Kala- 

 puya version the Frog-Women, enraged at a trick played on them by Coyote, cause a snowstorm to come 

 up. Coyote seeks safety in flight; but seeing that he can not elude the swift wind he crawls into a cedar 

 tree. This type of " Disiniegration" motif has been found thus far only m northern Cahfomia and Oregon. 

 See Dixon, Maidu Texts, pp. 37-38; Sapir, Takelma Texts, pp. 91 et seq. A similar srory was recorded 

 also among the Molala. 



* k'- adverbial; -uku suffixed particle . 



6 Contracted from Itimsl'yusiai+a'. 



" Literally, " Go on^ please, become open!" 



