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hI'tslEm tsqauwi'sk'. K'Ets mu'^'hu kumu'kwaliltlxa as Lpu'pEn- 

 haut. K'Ets xti'si hi'k'e miiiai'x xwa^yai'tlxak's. "Xe-'iLk'ep 

 Lhaya'nausxai ! " K'is mu^'hu k'e'a xe'iLk's Lhaya'nautn tas Itsu- 

 i"'xuilt !xamt. K'Ets 'Liya^ qa^'tsE k'Ets mu'^'hu Va'itsxa. 



K'Ets I'mstE Lpu'pEnhaut sili'kwEx. Is Lxatowai'-slo k'Ets su- 

 da^'stk'em kus pu^pEnhauyai's. K'Ets Lquxwai'ltlxa tas hi'tslEm 

 'k' tsu'lquk' / k'is-axa ts-qa'qat!Exk', k'is-axa a'^'qayu. K'Ets qai'- 

 tsk'it tsimal's xa'mEt-s-Lqii'xwa. K'is-axa ita^ k'i'yai ts-Lqu'- 

 xwak' . K'Ets-axa Ita^' kumtui's Lquxwa'hix, k'is-axa ita^ Lquxwa'ln 

 tsi'tsik' !, qauwa^* la** k'is Lquxwa'hi. 



II. LQAT-AT 2 



TARGET-SHOOTING 



Na'mk's mu^'hu Lqat^at silkustoxs, k'i'Lxas mu°'hu ilui'xasxam 

 tsimlana'stlyuk'iLx, "L-qat^atxai'm, k'il I'mstE tiau'txaim." 

 K'is mu°'hii ma'yExam atsimlana'stlyiik'iLx. ' ' A'a, k'il k'exk'ai'm 

 Is xa'mEt-s-pi'tskum, k'il qat^atxal'm. K'is hak' ta'ming' iiik' k'lis 

 k'exk'ai'mi." K'i'Lxas mu°'hu k'exk'ai'm. K'Ets k'exk'a'yustnx 

 tas tsi'tsik' !. K'Ets mu°'hu k'exk'ai'-slo ts-hi'tEk'. "K'-auk' 

 'Llya^ tsa^'mE nl'sk'Eiit! still qat'a." Ts-lui'lxasxamsk' ^ atsiml- 

 ana'stiyuk'iLx. K'ismii^'hu ti'utlhuna'bi as qat^'a. K'Ets Ikunkwi'- 

 bix kus su'lha^k", tsaai'ts! ts-la'nk", kus qat'a. Imstl^tit-s-su'lha^k' 

 ts-la'nk' k'Ets Ikunkwi'hix pqataHxus, kus tsaai'ts!. K'is mu°'hu 

 qali'ln Is ko'x" hak'aii'wauk' * kus qat'a, *Liya^ tsa^'mE qau'x kus 

 le'wl'. Na'mk'Ets LEmk' !l'nliix, k'is mEtsiya'xwexam ^ kus qat^a. 

 K'is mu°'hCi tsmiyu'bi liak'au'wauk'. K'Ets mu'^'hu Lqiixwal'lt!- 

 xamt silkustEx; tas a°'qayu k'Ets Lquxwa^ya'bix, tas tsi'tsik' ! 

 k'Ets Lqiixwa^ya'lnx. K'i'Lxas mu^'hti qai°hai'm. 



Hak*P"yauk' tern laqal'stit-s-hi'tslEm as Lqat^axamt, tern Ita^ 

 i'mstE hak'P"yauk'-slo. K'iLx mu^'hu wll na%'s %'as k'iLx 

 qat^atxai'm. K'i'Lxas mu'^hu Lqu'Lquxwai'ltloxs. K'i'Lxas mu"'- 

 hti squli'mi. K'is mu'^'hu Itsl'tsk' !at si'lkustoxs. K'is inu°'hu 

 tsitsk' !ayu'hi kus qat^a. K'Ets qau'wis tsl'tsk' !atxai kus liak'P'- 

 'yauk' s-le'wi'. Xa'mEt-s -hi'tslEm tern siida^'st tsi'tsk' !ik' . Ham- 

 stl'Lx lii'k'e i'mstE tsi'tsk' !ik' ts-mEqami'ntisk' as Lqat'axamtiLx. 

 Temi'Lx mu°'liu squli'. "K'-u'k'-E'n qau'wis tsk'Ii'txam? A'a, 

 xani'x." Temi'LX mu^'hii k'e'a tsitsk' latxai'. K'Ets xa'mEt-s- 

 bi'tslEm k'eai', k'is xa'mEt-s-hi'tslEm qalpai'm. Na'mk" k'Ets 

 limk' li'nhix, k'is tsqausiyii'ln. Temu°'hu tsitsk' !ayu'lnx. Xa'mEt- 



1 Simplified for k-iU-tsu'lquk-; !••-; ts- . . . /;•; isil'lqu blanket. 



2 Played by men only. 



3 Contracted for is-lEyu'lxasiamsk-. ' 

 < Consists of hafc'-; ftau^ everywhere; -auk\ 



6 tsixu- to shake, to tremble. 



