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K'is mu°'liu k' !ilhai'm hi'k'e hamstF kus LEya'tsit. K"is mu^'hu 

 Lhainai'Lii. K'is mu'^'hu pi'usxaim ts-ili'diyuk' kus hI'tsLEm. 

 "P-hi'k'e hamsti^ tspuu'yuLi pin k'i'lu," ts ^ I'mstE pi'tisxai ts-Ili'- 

 diyuk' as hi'tslEin. K'is mu^'hti k'e'a imsti'ln. K'is mu'^'hu 

 5 quxwa'hi kus itsai's, k'is mu^'hu hamsti^ hi'k'e imsti'Ln as itsai's, 

 k'is mu'^'hu Ildi'im ats-mElana'stlyuk'iLX as LEya'tsit. "K'-hi'tE 

 tsa^ti intsk'i's hilkwisa'a qas le'wi' ? 'Liya^ na'mk' muk'.wa'inisla 

 Lxama'nlnx kus o'xun. Tai^ k'Ets mEa^qait-s-hl'tslEm ^ pLxa'- 

 mnatxaunx, k'is Lxa'mnitxaun kus o'xun.'' Mu'^'hu k'Ets k'eai' 



10 LEi'ldistait/ k'is mu^'hu niEya'sauxam. "P-tsimai'xasxam, p-hain^- 

 ya'a s-leVi', p-k'ilhi'mi." K'Ets mu'^'hu quxwa'tnx as itsai's, 

 phaya'naulnst * mu°'hu as o'xun. K'-Liya^ qa^'tsE k'is la'mtiyu- 

 sxam,^ k'Ets mu'^'lii mEqe""yaux-slo ts-ha'ldEmxusk' . K'Ets 

 mu'^'hii limtsa'lhixamt sili'kwEx. K'is mu'^'hti ildi'i kus ts!uya^- 



15 tELi-slo. ^''Liya^ intsk'i's. La'xs yiixe', k'itta's hi'k'e axa i'mstE 

 Itiwi'tl'waniyusxam iltqa^tit ts-lia'ldEmxusk" kus o'xun." Xa'mEt- 

 s-hi'tslEm k'Ets ma'yExa. '''Liya^ intsk'i's, sa'nqat-s-intsk' i's 

 wa^na'; hi'k'e aqa^^t-s-le'wi'. K'-auk' 'Liya^ ni'i pin hai°-." K'i'- 

 Lxas mu'^'hii k'eai'mi Lhaya'naulnst mu°'hu as o'xun. Xa'mEt-s- 



20 hi'tslEm k'Ets mEya'sauxa. "Lxai'hix mu'^'hu, k'il-axa mu°'hu 

 si'yaim itsai'sik's." Temi'Lx-axa mu'^'hti si'yai ts-itsai'sk'ik's as 

 LEya'tsit. 



23. Exorcisms During a Sun Eclipse 



(Told by William Smith in 1910) 



Na'mk'Ets Lxama'nstEX kus pi'tskum, k'is mu^'hii LEai'siin. 

 K'Ets ta'niE hi'k'e Lpa'haliyQ ts-hainai'sk' kus pi'tskum. K'is 



25 mu'^'hu ilu'hi. "La'tqatit hi'tE tsa^ti s-intsk'i's k'is hilkwisa'a qas 

 le'wi'?" K'Ets i'mstE ilui'-slo ts-hi'tEk'. La'lta mis mu°'lii qau'- 

 xat-s-mEa^qaitit-s-hi'tslEm kus pi'tskum, tem hi'k'e tsa^'mE la*, 

 na'mk' mis LEai'siinx i'mstE kus pi'tskum. Ltimu'axasxamst-auk" 

 ts-hai'^'k' tas hi'tslEm, na'mk' Ets LEai'siinx i'mstE kus pi'tskum, 



30 la'lta mis hi'k'e hamsti^ qas hi'tslEm k'a'ts!iLx-auk' %'ts-hai°'k' : 

 la'ita mis qaqa'tsE qe'iLX tas hi'tslEm hi'k'e hamsti^ is qau'wai s-le- 

 Svi'. Tem-au'k' hi'k'e hamsti^ qas hi'tslEm k'a'ts'.iLx %'ts-hai°'k* 

 i'mstE. La'ita mis i'mstE, na'mk' s yiixe' kus pi'tskum, k'is hi'k'e 

 hamsti^ ha'sk'i tas hi'tsLEm, na'mk' sis Lqe^hi'yiisxam s-le'wi'. 



35 Tem-axa ita^Ltuwi'ya'llnx ® kusk'i'lii; k'Ets hi'k'ehamsti^ tsput!a'- 

 Inx tas puii^ya, la'ita mis *Liya^ tqaia'ltlnx sis mEpii'stxaxam ^ kus 

 k'i'lu, na'mk' Ets Lxama'nstEx kus pi'tskum. Is i'mstE ts-kwa'hik' 

 k'is tspiit'.a'ln kus puii^ya. 

 I'mstE mu°'hii tai^. 



1 Abbreviated from k'Ets. * hain- to look. 



2 Contracted from mEa^qayut-s-hVUlEm a person ^ a'mta entirely. 



HAVING DENTALIA SHELLS. 6 fu,'- TO SPILL, TO POUR. 



3 ildiSt- TO SAY. ' pu'stEX BLOOD. 



