204 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 67 



IV. ltsi'tsiqhanaut ^ 



CUP-AND-PIN GAME 



Na'mk'Ets-axa tsqe'wyEin kus o'xun,^ k'is mu"'hu Itsi'tsiqlianaut 

 si'lkiistoxs. K'Ets hi'k'e k'exk'ai' tas hi'tslEm. K"Ets qa^'ltE 

 hi'k'e mis qamli's k'Ets Lhllkwal'sunx. K'Ets qlai'tsitxaunx 

 mu'^'hu. K'Ets qas xa'mEt-s-hi'tslEm tsa^'mE tskwaI'Lx ItsI'- 

 5 tsiqhanaut. K'ELxa'ts mu^'hti k'exk'ai'. ''Tsa^'mE hi'k'e hai- 

 haya^tit-s-intsk' I's 'k'qwo'nha'L Lin tlauyal's." Na'mk'auk'Et?- 

 axa wi'lyEin xa'mEt-s-o'xun,k'is I'mstE lt!auwa'It si'lkustoxs,la'lta 

 mis qe'k'Iyu tem hi'k'e tsa^'mE la*, na'mk'Ets It lauyai'shix i'mstE, 

 la'lta mis hi'k'e hamsti^ qas hi'tslEm k'a'ts!iLx-auk' ts-hai"'k'. 



10 Xa'mEt-s-hi'tslEm k'Ets hi'k'e tsa^'mE tskwai'Lx. K'Ets qlai'- 

 tsitxaQnx. Namk' k'i'Lxats mu'^'hii k'exk'ai', k'Ets qas xa'mEt-s- 

 hi'tslEm qlai'tsitxanx. 'Liya^ tsa^'mE mEqami'nt tskwai'Lx a Itsi'- 

 tsiqhanaut. K'is mu^'hii qo'tsE LEya'sauhi tsa^'mE hi'k'e Lqe'tk'ix 

 a Itsi'tsiqhanaiit. Siita'^'stit-s-hi'tslEm k'i'Lxats pilai'x, k'is-axa 



15 ita^ siida'^'st hak'i""yauk' . K'i'Lxats mu'^'hu tsi'tsiqhanaiitxai'. 

 K'Ets mu"'hii ti'iit!htina'lnx kus tsi'tsiqhanaQ, kus q!ayuP ts-la'- 

 mxadook'. K'au'k'Ets qlitii'hix ko'k" is ko'x", k'is hak'i'm qali' is 

 tsk' exe'yii. Hi'k' e hamsti^ i'mstE tiwi't IhtintEx kuts-tsi'tsiqhanati.- 

 k'iLx. 



V. leya^'hats !iT ^ 



GUESSING GAME 



20 Mu°'liyaux xe'Lk'it-s-hi'tslsm mElana'tstiyu. Na'mk' k'i'Lxas 

 tqaia'ldEx LEya'^'hatsIit, k'au'xus mu"'hu iliii'm. "K'il ya'^'ts!- 

 ai'm ta'mEnk'ink'." K'i'Lxas mu"'hu k'exk'ai'm, k'i'Lxas mu"'hu 

 Lqii'Lqiixwai'ltloxs. K'au'xuts mu'^'hii mE^'a'sauxa as mElana'- 

 stiyti. ' ' St-xe'iLk' e hi'k' e haya'nauwilt !oxs, hi'k' e xe'iLk' e t !awa'- 



25 itxam." K'i'Lxas mu°'hii Lqii'Lqiixwai'ltlxam. Tas a'^'qayu k'Ets 

 Lqii'xwa^yalnx, k'is-axa tas k'i'yai, k'is-axa tsi'tsk' !i3^ust!, k'is-axa 

 ita^' tsi'tsik' !, k'is-axa k'im ts-mii'kuts !iik' . K'i'Lxas mu'^'hii ya"'- 

 tslai'm tas lui'lat.* "P-Liya^ yai'tsxawi'lt !oxs, p-hi'k'e xe'iLk' e 

 t!awai'txam. 'Liya^ u'k'eai tsa'msit-s-hi'tslsm, xa'mtEl s-milhii- 



30 dai's. I'mstE k'Ms hi'k'e xe'ilk'e t!awai'txam." K'i'Lxas mu"'hti 

 ya'^'tslai'm. Temu^'hu Ikwi'ntsinst ^ ats-qa*'alt-auk' . Tem-auk' 



1 No clear conception of the nature of this game can be gamed from Smith's description, nor was he able 

 to describe it to me clearly in English. It seems to have been a variety of the cup-and-pin game. 



2 That is to say, the month for playing this game. The Alsea divided the year into periods corresponding 

 more or less to our months. The name of each month was usually determined by the particular berries 

 picked or by the varieties of games played during the period. Thus, February was called "the month 

 for spearing"; March was known as "the month for top spinning"; April was referred to as "the month 

 for rolling hoops"; May was called "the month for picking salmonbernes"; July was indicated as the 

 "month for picking salal-berries," etc. 



3 Played by men only. Smith's description of this game is lacking in clearness and completeness. See 

 Culin, op. cit., pp. 239 et seq. 



< Transposed for lEyo'lat. 



6 Should have been Ikalnu'tsant. 



