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K'EtsLxa tai- xam^ pa'stEx kus qo'Ila. K'Ets LEmk' !i'niyu. Kis 

 mu'^'hu qalpai'm xa'mELi, k'Ets hilai' mu°'lii stida^'stk' em . K'is-' 

 axa mu'^'hu qalpai'm xa'mELl. K'Ets hllal' mu'^'lii laqai'stk'em. 

 K'is-axa qalpai'm as tas xam-. K'Ets Lxa hilai' psi'nk' Ixek'em 

 5 laqai'stk'em ^ as tas xam^. K'au'xuts mu°'hu mEtsau'tsuwautxal'. 

 K'au'xuts Lha/lditxaunx. K'is-axa mu°'hu qalpai'm tas xam^; 

 k'Ets hi'k'e tsa^'mE hilai' qa^'tsE. K'Ets a'mtanx kus qo'ila. 



Tsti'nk'xatsuxt ts-mEqami'ntisk' kus tsau'tstiwati, tern hi'k'e 

 hamsti-" t'.Ema'sEx. Xe'Lk'ELiyaux LEya'saulnx qa'altsuxs temau'- 



10 x-axa xe'Lk'ELi tern LEya'saulnx tsa'siduu. Temi'Lx mu'^'hii tsau'- 

 tstiwau kwas tsti'nk'xatsuxtit-s-tsaii'tsuwau. Temu°'hu qlai'tsit- 

 xaunx kus qo'ila. Sau'tist tem-axa xe'Lk' ats-qo'ilak'iLx kus Itsau'- 

 tsiiwaiit. Qa^'ltE hi'k'e iiu'ns ts-La'qusmk' k'au'xuts la'tsxax, na'- 

 mk'auxuts tsati'tsiiwau. Na'mk'Ets qauxa'nk's tqwai'xk'iliyii kus 



15 qa'altsuxs, k'Ets xe'Lk' ihi'lnx kus qo'ila. Na'mk'Ets xe'Lk' Lpi°'- 

 tqayu, k'is ihi'ln xe'Lk* kus qo'ila. K'Ets Ltqwaya'xk'iltxa kwas 

 xam', k'Ets xam- pi^'tqax, k'Ets 'Liya^' ihi'yEmux" kus qo'ila. Na'- 

 mk'Ets hi'k'e hamstl^ Lpi°'qayut!Em, k'is tsii'nk'xatsuxtit-s-qo'ila 

 ihi'ln. Temu'^'hii k'Ets tqwai'xk'ili'yutlEm, k'is tsu'nk'xatsuxtit- 



20 s-qo'ila ihi'ln. K'Ets laa'mtiyii kus qo'ila, k'is Itsa'siyusxam kus 

 hi'tslEm. 



VII. lxa'lxauyaut 2 



WHIPPING-TOP 



K'i'Lxats mu'^'hu k'exk'ai', k'iLxats mu°'hu ilui'. "K'il Lxa'- 



Lxauyautxai'm." K'i'Lxats mu°'hu mELxa'Lxauyautxai'. Wal ts- 



t!e'xk' Ltiwi't!'wansxamsk' tem ltiwi't!'wanlnx Lxa'Lxauyau, la'lta 



25 mis hi'k'e tsa^'mE tskwai'LX limkwai'txamt ^ qas wal ts-t!e'xk'. 



Is i'mstE tem hi'k'e hamsti' qas hi'tslsm Ltiwi't!'wanx, la'lta 



mis hi'k"e tsa^'mE aqa^^t Lxa'Lxauyausxamsk' . Kus i'stEkwal 



Lxa'Lxauyausxamsk" , wal ts-t le'xk' . I'mstE tem hi'k' e qas hi'tslEm 



qas hamsti' Lxa'Lxaiiyaiix. 'LaLxiya^ mELqu'xwat. K'i'mhak's 



30 mu'^'hu wuli'tsx. 



VIII. lowa'sat 



SPINNING-TOP 



K'Ets Lowa'sat sili'kwEx. Hi'k'e hamsti-' tas hi'tslsm tem-axa 

 ita^ La'mxadoo k'i'Lxats mu'^'hu wa'satxai. K'Ets hi'k'e mEqami'nt 

 k'a'xk'ex tas hi'tslEm, k'Ets Lowa'sat sili'kwEX. Na'mk'Ets-axa 

 mama'taux * kus o'xun, k'is mu^'hii lowa'sat sili'kwEx. Tem 



1 The compound numeral has been dismembered here into its component elements; it should have been 

 psi'nLx laqaVstk-em. 



2 The tops used in this particular game were made of cedar knots and were round, not unlike the whipping 

 tops used by the Crow and Cheyenne Indians. They were kept m motion by whipping with a small cjuirt . 



'Literally, " How to dance"; Icuit- to dance. 

 * For mEa'matauz; a'mta entirely. 



