226 • BUEEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. G7 



"Hak'i'msins qaqa'u tqaia'ldl lii'tEslEm, k'au'k'is ami'ts!l ymvi'- 

 xaltxam ts-k'a'ltsuk'." 



Tern hi'k'e qa'^'ltE qau'x-uk" ya'tsx Is na'tk" \ Tern is i'mstE tem 

 tqe'lk'taubix A'sin ^ ts-la'nk'. TmstE tem hi'k'e tsa^'mE tslilo'- 

 5 xwelnx hatsi'lkwal-auk' ^ qami'ni, la'lta mis tskwai'lnx, mis i'mstE 

 ts-ildi'sk' . Temu°'hii qami'ni tem Lo'qutanx xe'Lk'it-s-la'mxado. 

 Is i'mstE tem 'Liya^ mEk"a"hist^ la'mxado pEnk'i'sik's is qamli's, 

 la'lta mis hi'k'e is qau'wai-slo ya'tsx. Is i'mstE qami'ni tem qa^'ltE 

 hi'k'e mEqe'yat Itsa^'nt is qamli's. Is Lxatowai'-slo k'Ets tskwai'lnx 

 10 k'Ets pi'usxaitxa. Mu°'hu k'Ets tskwayu'hix, k'is mu"'hu tqailk'- 

 i'im ts-la'nk' ; " 'Laxiya' la"", A'sin xam Ian, qa^'ltEx-auk" hi'k' e ya'tsx 

 hatsi'lk"." Is i'mstE tem hi'k"e tsa^'mE ts lilo'xwehix. 



Na'mk' mis mEla'nx* qas hi'tslEm, mis qaqa'tsE Ipi'talx is sii°'- 

 Ihak' !iyu, k'is hi'k'e tsa^'mE sa^'nqa kus hi'tslEm, k'is hi'k'e 



15 ts !5\viya^tELl s-leSvi' Lowa'txayusxam. Na'mk* Ets qaqa'tsE ihi'- 

 yux" kus Lqalhl'sxam, k'is Lq lai'kiiyusxam kus mukwa^stELi. 

 La'lta mis qaqa'tsE LEi"yaldux" ^ i'mstE kus Lqaldiyai's, k'au'- 

 k'Ets ayai' hatsi'lk's kus hi'tslEm. Hamsti^ hi'k'e qas hi'tslEm 

 niEla'nx, mis i'mstE ts-hilkwai'sk' as ts liiwiya^tELi s-le'wi'. Is 



20 i'mstE tem i'mstE ts-hilkwai'sk' tas hi'tslEm qami'n, la'lta mis 

 hi'k'e qas hamsti^ qas hi'tslEm k'a'ts!iLX-auk' %'ts-hai"'k'. Na'- 

 mk' Ets pEyu'xa^yai' "^ kus hi'tslEm, qa'k'Ets mEla'nx, k'is ami'tsli 

 tskwayii'hi kus A'sin Lowa'hayuk's. K'Ets a'niyux". Na'mk' Ets 

 pEyu'xa^yai', qa'k'Ets mEla'nx. K'Ets tskwayu'lnx, k'Ets mu°'lii 



25 mukwa^stELi k'Ets a'niyux": "He'^+, he'^^, he'^+." 

 Tai^ mu^'hu. 



22. Exorcisms During a Moon Eclipse 



(Told ijy WilUam Smith in 1910) 

 Na'mk" siLX ya'tsx, 'Liya^ na'mk" xam^ tai^ itsai's; k"Ets psi'iiLxat- 

 s-itsai's, na'k"ELxats ^ ya'tsx. Na'mk' k'E'Lxats LEai'sx kus o'xun, 

 k'Ets qas xa'mEt-s-hi'tslEm qauwi's LEai'sx is qamLi's. K'is hi'k'e 



30 tsa'^'mE pi'usxa-yai'm. ''K" !ilhi'yExap-auk", k' !ilhi'yExap-auk' !, 

 Lxama'nstEx k'Ets mu'^'hu kus o'xun." Tem LEya'saulnx, mis qas 

 al Lxama'nalx kus o'xun tem-axa ita^ qas mukwaltsiH' tem-axa 

 ita^ qas qoq5'miis tem-axa ita^ qas Laml°'sii. Hi"sk' ts-mEqami'- 

 ntisk" te'miLx hi'k"e hamsti^ k"a'hak'aP kus kaka'ya^, na'mk' mi'- 



3F> siLx Lxama'nalx kus 5'xun. 



1 That is to saj', "The one who Uves in creeks." 



2 hatsi'lkn WOODS, forest; -al continuative; -awfc" suffixed particle. 



3 fc-a'- TO ALLOW. 



* Literally, "knows." 



Sf. TO GIVE. 



^yUX- TO DISAPPEAR, TO DIE. 



' Contracted from nak- + k-Ets + -lx. 



^k-exk-- TO ASSEMBLE. 



