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s-hi'tslEm k'is mu'^'liu tsitsk' !ayu'Ll, k'Ets 'Liya^ Limk" !e'ntEx. 

 K'is mu"'hu qalpai'm qas xa'mELl. Qlai'tsitxaunx mu^'hti hPsk" 

 ts-mEqami'ntisk' tas aili'k'i tsi'tsk' !a. Tern taP qas xa'mELl 

 limk' le'ntEx as qat^a. 

 5 Temi'Lx mu°'hu qalpai' as hak'I"'hiLx-auk' tsitsk* laj^u'Lx as 

 qat^a, te'mlta 'Llya^ Limk' le'ntEx xu'si. Temu"'hu qalpai'nx qas 

 xa'mELl. Na'mk'Ets Limk' li'iiLnx, k'is tsqausTyu'Ln. K'is mu'^'hu 

 qalpa'a qas xa'mELi. K'is mu"'hu mEya'saux xa'mELi. "Xani'x 

 xuna'." K'is mu°'hii k'e'a tsitsk' latxai'm. Xa'mEt-s-hi'tslEm tem 



10 hi'k'e tskwai'Lx Itsl'tsk' !at Is tsi'tsik' !. K'Ets Lxa ts!um lEmk' !e'- 

 ntEx as qat-a qas hI'tslEm sas mii^'hu tsitsk' !ayii'Lx. K'is mu°'hti 

 qalpa'a qas xa'mELl k'is mu^'hu tsitsk' !atxai'm. Na'mk" k'Ets 

 limk' le'ntEx, k'is tsqausiyti'ln. Temu'^'hti mEya'xaiix I'mstE. 

 K'Ets qlai'tsitxatinx mu'^'hu. Qau'k'eai hi'k'e tsa^'mE tskwai'LX 



15 Itsi'tsk' !at Is tsl'tsik- !, tem hi'k'e qa^'ltE Limk' le'naux as qat^'a. 

 K'is mu"'liu taxtai'm xa'mELl qalpai'm, k'is mu'^'hu tsitsk' lat- 

 xai'm.^ 



I'mstE qaml'n philkwai'sEx tas hI'tslEm. I'mstE t!auwal' tas 

 hi'tslEm hak'Eqami'n. Na'mk' mis mEqami'nxa tas hI'tslEm, tem 



20 I'mstE t!auwal', temi'Lx qat'a Is tsl'tsik' !. 



III. LTSi'XSQAUT ^ 



SPEAR THROWING 



K'Ets Iqinqe'lnx kus su'lha^k', na'mk' k'i'Lxats mu°'hu k'exk'al'. 

 K'i'Lxas mu'^'hu Ilui'xasxam. "S ^ u'k'eai hi'k'e tsa^'mE mEk' !l'nt * 

 is tsudai's, k'is qa^'ltE hi'k'e limk' !e'nauwi qaqa'tsE kus tsl'tsqati." 

 K'Ets mu"'hu Lxwe'hix kus tsl'tsqau. K'Ets qau'xank's Lxauwal'- 



25 stEx kus tsl'tsqau, k'Ets k'i'mhak's k' Lxwik' !xwal'lt!xayuslnx.^ 

 S qau'k'eai hi'k'e tsa^'mE tskwal'Ll Lxwe'Lxwat is tsudai's, k'is 

 hi'k'e qa^'ltE limk' ! I'll auwi. K'i'Lxats mu'^'hu tsltsqautxal'. 

 K'Ets mu'^'hu Lxauwal'stEx qau'xank's as tsl'tsqau. K'Ets qlai'- 

 tsitxaunx hPsk" tas hi'tslEm ts-mEqami'ntisk' qas limk' le'naux as 



30 tsl'tsqau. K'i'Lxats mu°'hu I'mstE phllkwal'sEX. Suda"'st-auk' 

 hak'i'^'hl temu'^'hu Ita^ suda^'st hak'I°"yauk' ; tem sau'tist ts-mEq- 

 ami'ntisk* Ilx. 'LaLxIya^ mELqu'xwat. 



1 And thus the game went on until both sides had spent their arrows. 



2 Played by men only. In this kind of archery the target is not stationary, and the players use spears 

 instead of arrows. 



3 For si.1. 



* Abbreviated from mEk\'i'ntxa. 



^Lxu-e- TO .spear: -lt!x reciprocal; -at inchoative; -Hsx accelerative; -irai passive. 



