218 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 67 



tas LEja'tsit. Mukwi'sta itsai' tas hi'tslEin ko'k" Is k'i'lii. I'mstE'L 

 itsai'. Las is k'i'lti tsk'i'x kus kots, te'mlta tkElltsli'. I'msta'L 

 philkwisai'. 'Liya^ u'k'eai tkEllts!i', hi'k'e hamsti^ aqa^'^t. Xe'- 

 Lk' it-s-ts !auwi'stELi-slo hi'k'aux hamsti^ is qamli's ktiya'tEx. 

 5 La'ita mis tqaia'ldEx sis LimLa'nti is le'wl', i'mstE tern a'saux 

 kuya'tEx as xe'Lk* ts'.oya'tELi is le'wi', liak'ni'k'eai mis auLi' kus 

 Lk'ili'tla. I'msta'L philkwai'sEx." K'aux I'mstE ts-hi'tEqLnsk' 

 LEa'lauLn. 



Tem-axa mu'^'hu mEisti'k' aiix-slo ni'sk'ik's, tem-axa mu°'hii 



10 yuxe'tsx a Lk'ili'tla. Mii°'lii sau'tistit-s-pi'tskum mis Lqe"hi'yu 

 s-le'wi'. K'au'x-axa mu'^'hu yalsai'm a'ng'i. Las hailiaya^tit-s- 

 leVi', te'mlta hi'k'e tkEllts!i' as leVl', tkElltsli' as Lowa'hayu is 

 qau'wai-slo. Temau'x-axa mu°'hu yalsai'. Temau'x-axa wilx na^ 

 'k'a'saux ya'tsx. Tem xe'Lk" it-s-hi'tslEm ya'tsx. Hi'k'e hamsti^ 



15 ko'k" itsai' tas hi'tslEm. "Phainai'stxaii tem ta'sxan wi'lx. ^Liya^ 

 li'k'eai tkElltsli'; hi'k'e hamsti^ aqa^^t tas hi'tslEm. Ts-sa'nqatisk' 

 intsk'i's 'k'hilkwaisai'nx qas le'wi'. 'Liya^ na'mk" imi'stal s-le'wi'." 

 Temi'LX ^ mu'^'hii xe'tsux" hak'i'm, temi'LX-axa mEya'xauxa. 

 Temi'Lx mu'^'hu ma'yExa. "L-mu'^'hii minstai'mi." Hamsti^ hi'k'e 



20 tas la'' Lhaya'niLiix ko'k" tkElltsli' tsit, te'mlta tskwa'hal. Temi'LX 

 mu"'hii miiistai' k'im, Tsla^m.- Temi'LX mu'^'hii xe'tsux" hak'i'm, 

 mis qe'i s-le'wi'. Hi'k'eLX tsa^'mE tsola'qantxa. Temi'LX-axa 

 mEya'xauxa. ''L-Ya'xaik'ik's minstai'm." Temu'^'hii k'e'a yiku'- 

 kwEx as pi'tskum, temi'LX minstai' k'i'mhak's, Ya'xaik'ik's. Tem 



25 mis qei'-slo, te'miLx mu'^'hii xe'tsux". Temi'Lx mu°'hu mEya'xauxa 

 'k'as iiEqa'xamxt!. Te'mlta 'Liya^ qa'^'tsELX-axa mu°'hii wi'lx 

 Wusi'^'k's. Tem LEya'tsit sili'kwEx is haluwi'k'slyiik", temi'LX-axa 

 mu"'hii wi'lx. 

 Temu°'hu tsqa'mtiiyu. 



20. The Death of U. S. Grant, an Alsea Indian ^ 



(Told by William Smith in 1910) 



30 Temu'^'hu mi'sin-ii wili'sal hak'ii?ocfc Creek, ^ temu°'hu wa^iia' 

 \i'e'a, Qi^ Glant;^ aya'sal JbZe'^ok-s "^ "K'-axa hi^hu''' is Lqami'laut 

 wil," k'-i'mstE yasauyE'mtsx qas mElana'tstiyu. "K'Ex-axa qal- 

 pai'm a'ng'i wil." Te'min-axa yalsai'. 



1 The two people whom they found at the Siuslaw River joined them. 



2 A small creek, south of Yahach River, called at the present time Ten Mile Creek. 



3 From a linguistic point of view this narrative is the most important and interesting text in the present 

 collection. It is a good example of colloquial Alsea and shows the beginnings of a disintegrating process 

 that has taken place in the native tongue owing to the introduction of Enghsh. For the convenience of the 

 reader all English words or parts of words have been itaUcized. 



* A small creek about 10 miles north of the Siletz xigency. 

 Grant was Farrand's informant. Smith refers to him as "younger brother," although no actual rela- 

 tionship existed between the two. It was common among the Alsea to refer to members of the tribe as 

 brothers and sisters. 



6 The county seat of Lincoln County, situated 9 miles east of the agency. 



