194 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 67 



as mukwa^'slltsLo. "A'a, tsima-ma'. Nu'nsit!." Temu'^'hu k'e'a 

 nunsai'nx. "Hanl'k't-E'nhamla'tqa ?" ^ — "A'a, qami^nt tashu°'k'i 

 'k"ta's Lxaya'ts." — "rmstE taM Tern k'in ati'L pkutsu'u." — 

 " 'Liya^ Xa-'Liya^ la^ Lxu'ndidi. Tai- kwas tka'hitist hi'tslEm qas 

 5 xunu'dinx. Sxas tqaia'ldi pku'tsitxaist, k'i'nauks ^ yuxa'yEm xam^ 

 kuha'ms k' lik's."— "K'eai'sa." Temu'^'hu k'e'a imstl'nx. Tem- 

 auk' mu"'hu k'tsla'yux" ats-k" Il'k'ik' tem-axa mu'^'hu tsk'tii'dwu.' 



1 Literally, " Whence is thy sometliingness? "' 



2 k'is + -n + -auk-. 



3 Jackson was of the opinion that the story contained additional episodes wliich, however, he did not 

 remember. 



