CUSTOMS AND HISTORICAL NARRATIVES 

 18. Games of the Alsea Indians ^ 



(Told by William Smith in 1910) 

 I. LPU'PENHAUT " 



Na'mk'auk'Ets-axa wilyEm s-le'wi', hak'au'k'-auk' ya'tsx kwas 

 na'tk"' tas hi'tslEm, temu'^'hu k'i'Lxats tqaiaTclEx Ltlawa'it. Te- 

 mau'xxe'Lk" tsimlana'stiyuk' temu^'hti qo'tsE k'au'xuts ilui'. "K'il 

 hak'ta'ming'ink" k'Lis t lau'txalm." Ts-yu'lk'aux ats-mElana'sti- 

 5 yuk'iLX as milliudai's. Na'mk'iLxas tqaialdEx Itlawa'it, k'au'xus 

 ilui'm kuts-iTiElana'stiyuk'iLx qau'wis. "K'is ta'mEng'ink"it-s-pI'- 

 tskum k"Lis pu'pEiiliautxai'm. L-qau'wis k'au'k's Lpu'pEiiliaut." 

 Ts-yo'lk'aux atsimlana'stiyuk' . Hamsti^ hi'k'e tas la^k'Ets ti'tit!- 

 huna'Liix. K'is-axa ti'ut !huna'Ln tas pa'xtliyu. K'Ets qlita'hix 

 10 as pi'tskum. "Na/mk's tsqa'mt!lyusxam suda*'stit-s-pi'tskum, k'is 

 hak'ta'ming'ink* k'lis mu'^'liu k'exk"ai'm, k"lis mu^'hu tlautxai'm." 

 Lla'tqaisxam?t-auk" ts-hai'^'k" tas La'mxadot-s-hi'tslEm.^ "Ha'atqa 

 tpu'pEnhautxai'm." 



K'is mu^'hu k'e'a 'Liya' qa^'tsE k'Ets mu'^'hu tsqa'mt!iyu as 

 15 pi'tskum, k'is mu"'hu Lq!ai'm-slo ts-hi'tEk' k'au'k's, k'is mu'^'hu 

 ayai'm-slo ts-hi'tEk' na'k's k'is Lpii'pEnhaut si'lkustoxs. K'Ets qau'- 

 wis ayai' as hak'aii'k'it, k'Ets k'i'mhak's qau'wis k'exk'ai' as hak'- 

 au'k'it. K'is 'Llya^ qa^'tsE k'Ets mu'^'hu wi'lx as LEya'tsit as 

 hak'au'k'itauk'slEm.* K'is mu'^'hii k'exk'ai'm-slo ts-hl'tEk'. K'is 

 20 mu'^'hu tsima'Lii as puxwa^yai'tlxautoxs,'^ k'is mu'''hu pk' !a'Ln as 

 ko'x" hak'au^. K'is mu^'hu Lquxwai'ltixamt si'lkustoxs. K'au'- 



i This narrative has again all the earmarks of Smith's faulty style of narration. Some descriptions are, 

 incomplete and at times hopelessly confused. 



* Was played by men exclusively. For a full description of this almost universal game, see Stewart Culin 

 American Indian Games, Twenty-fourth Kept. Bur. Amer. Erhn., pp. 616 et seq. 



5 Literally, "the children people." 



< Consists of ftrtfc*; k-auk- across; -t; -auk-; -slEm. 



5 xwa^yait! goal. 



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