214 BUREAU OF AMERICAlSr ETHNOLOGY [bull. 67 



kus tsk'i°'tsi. Las ko'k" kus tsk'i°'tsi, te'mlta tkE'llts !axa, mis 

 mu'^'hu wi'lx ku'k"s a Lk'ili't!a. Hi'k'e na^ ts-qau'xatisk' tas kots 

 ts-k" le'pauk' tkEllts'.i'sk'.^ ''K'il la* hi'tE tsaHi iltqai'xasxam- ? 

 K"-u'k"-E'n hai'ts wi'li, k'lis qau LEa'lautEmts?" — "A'a, u'k'eai 

 5 lii'tE tsaHi k'au'k's ^ wa^ ts-k' a'ltstik" , k' is 'Liya^ ayai'm k' i'luk' s ? " 

 K'i'Lxats I'mstE yo'latxa, na'mk'Ets qamli' is le'wi'. Hata'mE 

 hi'k'e tsko'la s-le'wi' Lk"ili't!a ts-pi'usxamsk" . ''Tern k'iL hi'k'e 

 mu'^'hu itsai'mi. K'il lii'tE la'' mu'^'liu na'k"s ayai'mi?" 



K'Ets a-'niyux"^ a'sin ti'k"ext. Ts-hi'tslEmk" 'k'aya'niLx. ^'K'- 



10 lii'k'e tsqwa tkEllts'.i'm hamstP sin hi'tslEm." K'is k"im yasau^- 

 ya'a qats-ma'hatsk" . ''Xa-*Liya^ a'niyuxs, k'-auk' ila'tstau sin 

 k'a'ltsu iowa'txayusxam. 'Liya^ la'tEq sxans qwon tai^ sa'lsxam- 

 axa ku'sin mu'tsk'Exan." K"Ets I'mstE yasau^j^ai'nx ats-Li'yak' 

 qa'sin ta^*. Hamsti^ hi'k'e tas la^ko'k^s ayai'xa: tas nu'ns, kusuHsi, 



15 tern mEqalpaH', tkElltsli'tsit hi'k'e hamsti^ ts-pElu"pEliik' . Lim- 

 tsa'lhixamt a'sm ti'k'ext. "Intsk'i's hi'tE tsa^ti k'is hilkwisa'a qas 

 le'wi'." Na'mk' mi'sin a'tsk'Exa, k'-liliya^ na'mk' qas Lk'ili'tla 

 tsqe'wuts. K'Ets i'mstE ildi' a'sin ti'k'ext, "K'-auk' 'Liya^ ila'- 

 tstau pstin k'a'ltsu. Hi'k'e Lqe°hi'yu s-leVi'. K'-hi'tE tsaHi 



20 namk's-axa Lqai'yusxam s-le'wi'. Mu^'lii suda*'stit-s-qamli's mis 

 tkElltsla'xa s-leVi'." Tas Lk'ili'tla ts-pi'usxamsk' . Na'k'Ets^ 

 tsk'ix kus kots kwas i'nais, k'Ets k'i'mhak's sipu'yu ku Lk'ili'tla, 

 k'is k'im tkElltsli'm. 



Te'mlta-axa hata'mE mEtsa'laux ats-pi'iisxamsk' a Lk'ili'tla. 



25 K'Ets ta'mE hi'k'e tas kaka'ya^' ts-ha'haink' .* Lk'ili'tla hau'k's 

 ya'lal. K'Ets ta'mE hi'k'e iltqa^'^t ts-haihaya^tisk' ku Lk'ili'tla. 

 K'Ets hi'k'e au'L sipwi'yii ku Lk'ili'tla na'k'eai ku'si'L ya'tsx. Xe'- 

 ilk'e^ Ihaya'nauwi kus la'mxadoo, 'Liya^ na'k's k'ahai' xam^. 

 Hi'k'e k'a'axk'e ya'tsi kus La'mxadoo. K'au'xuts^ mu^'hu ilwi'. 



30 "K-liliya^ na'k's iltqai'm/ mEqami'nt lin nii'nsumxtELi." K'au'- 

 xuts mu°'hu ilwi'. "K'ist hi'tE la* iltqai'xasxam? Sa'nqat-s- 

 intsk'i's hilkwaisai'nx qas le'wi'. K'ist hi'k'e tas hu'^'k'i itsai'm 

 qa^'tsE. K'-tai^ s yiixe' ku Lk'ili'tla, k'i'stis-axa phainsai'm hak'- 

 ni'k'eai wili'sal." K'au'xuts i'mstE lui'lxasxa. K'i'Lxats hi'k'e 



35 hamsti-' i'mstE iliii'. ''Liliya^ sqa'tit na'k's ayai'm, k'i'L hi'k'e 

 k'a'axk'e ya'tsi." 



Hi'k'e tle'la yai'x-auk' is hai°^ as tkElltsli's. Hi'k'e Lpa'alta 

 pqe'^xsai'-slo ^ tas xwe'^'siyu ts-qe'^'xask*. 'Liya^ ni'sk'ik's qe'tsx 

 s-le'wi'. Na^ ^k'asya'xEx asya'xalinl, tem hi'k'e hamsti^ tkEllts!- 



1 Simplified from ts-tkEllts.'l'sk\ Thie exact sense of this sentence is as follows: "(Every) where (even) 

 the blossoms of the highest trees burned down." fciterally, "Just (everywhere) its height (of) the trees 

 their blossoms its fire." 



2 k-is + -auk-. 



3 Ck)ntracted for nak- k-Dts. 



* ha'hain reduplicated stem hain- to look, used here nominally. 



6 Supply k'is before xe'Uk-e. 



6 For example, my father and Ms younger brother. 



' Should have been ayai'm. 



8 qenx ODOR, SMELL. 



