230 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY Tplll. G7 



24. Exorcisms During a Thunderstorm 



(Told by William Smith in 1910) 



Na'mk" k'E'Lxats mii°'liu ya'tsx 'k' ts-Itsal'sk' / is Lxatowai'-slo 

 k'Ets hi'k'e ' tsa'^'mE Lla'xusEx, na'mk" Ets-axa qala'minsk'ink'ai' 

 s-leVi'; k'Ets hi'k'e qa^'ltE xu'da; k'Ets hi'k'e hamstl^ Lliilkwal'- 

 SEX qas le'wi'; k'Ets ita- tsli'li s-le'wi'; k'Ets-axa qala'minsk'ink'ai' 

 5 s-le'wr. K'Ets mu"'hu mEla'nhix iltqa^tit-s-5'xun, mis hi'k'e tsa*'- 

 niE sa^'nqa k' au'k' Ets yai'x-slo is hai"^ xu'da. K'is-a'xa ita^ Lla'xusi 

 yai'x-auk' -slo Is hai"^. Na'mk' Ets lla'xusEx, k'is mu'^'lil Lla'xusi 

 psi'nLxat-s-pI'tskiim. Temu°'hu is xa'mEt-s-Lqami'Laut k'au'k'Ets 

 yai'x-slo is hai"^ Lla'xusEx, k'is-a'xa Ita^ ts!ili'txam s-le'wi'. K'is 



10 mu'^'hu mEqami'Lauxam s-leVi'; k'is mu'^'hu qamli'm. Mu'^'hii 

 k'Ets qa'mltEx, k'is mu"'hii pl'usxa^yal'm ma'lk'sta hi'k'e xu'lI 

 as yu'ltsuxs. K' au'k' is ^ mu'^'hu I'mstE txayu'ln Is hai°^: "Xuts 

 tsqwa mu°'hu yu'ltsuxsai'm s-le'wl'." K'Ets mu^'hu pl'usxa^yai'xa, 

 k'is mu"'hii mEhaya^nalxam s-le'wi'. K'is mu°'hu mEtsa^'mauxam. 



15 Na'mk' Ets tsa'^'mE hi'k'e pi'iisxa^yai', k'Ets pi'usxaPya'lnx, k'is 

 mu°'hu mEya'sauxam kus hi'tslEm. "Xe'ilk'ep Lhaya'nausxai k" 

 Namk' k'Ets Lhaya^niyusxa, k'Ets ta'mE hi'k'e tas Lk'ill't!a. K'is 

 mu°'hii pI'usxaPya'hi, "Hya'lxasxayu,^ sin anal's! X-au 'Llya^ 

 Lpu'^'k luxasxam, sin anai's!" K'Ets tsa'^'mE pl'usxa^yal' qalpai' 



20 ts-pl'usxamsk' . K'isk'imyasau^ya'ln. "Hya'lxasxayu, sin anai's!" 

 K'is mu'^'hu k' !ilhal'm Lxat kus LEya'tsit. Na'mk' Ets Lhaya^nlyu, 

 k'Ets hai'^'k' Lxunl'yti kus itsal's. K'is mu'^'hu quxwa'ln as itsal's; 

 k'Ets mu°'hii k'ilhi'-slo ts-hi'tEk' pEni'k'. Na'mk'Ets quxwa'lnx 

 kus Itsal's, ''Tuhi'tEp ku'pin k'i'lo, p-hamsti' hi'k'e tuhl'i pin k'i'lu, 



25 k'is-axa Ita^ pp'tqit!a'a ku'pin puti^ya." Na'mk'Ets Lhaya^niytisxa 

 s-le'wl', k'Ets mu°'lil Iqtal'txa kus Itsal's. K'Ets xa'mEt-s-hi'tslEm 

 hi'k'e qa'^'ltE I'ldistal, k'Ets imi'stal s-leVi'. '''Llya^ la^, yu'ltsuxs 

 hi'k'e. ^Llya^ na'mk' la'tqal s-le'wl'." 



K'is-axa mu°'hii mala'k'tuwauxam * s-leVi'. Ik'Limk'i'lhixamt 

 QQ as LEya'tsit. Hauk's Lhaya'nilnx. Na'mk" k'Ets imi'stal s-le'wi', 

 is Lxatowai'-slo k'Ets hi'k'e tsa^'mE yti'ltsuxsitxa; I'mstE k' au'k' is 

 hi'k'e tsa^'mE tEmU'liHihi Ishai"^, na'mk' k'Ets yti'ltsuxsitxa. K'Ets 

 mu^'lii xe'Lk'it-s-hl'tslEm i'ldistai, na'mk' Ets imi'stal s-le'wi'. 

 "*Liya^ hi'k'e qa^'ltE imi'stal s-le'wi'. Is Lxatowai'-slo k'Ets yu'- 

 35 Itsuxsl s-le'wi'." K'Ets I'mstE Ildl' kus xa'mEt-s-hi'tslEm, "^Liya^ 

 intsk'i's philkwai'satxanx qas le'wi', muklwa'hiisla hi'k'e I'mstE 

 philkwal'sEx s-le'wi'." 



Temu'^'hu I'mstE ts-hilkwai'sk' ^ kus hi'tsLEm qaml'ni. 



1 Singular instead of plural. * alk-tu- to be still, calm. 



2 k-is + -auk-. s Singular instead of plural . 



3 Contracted from hya'liaszai-u; hll- to miss. 



