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NLk-'e" g-ig-a'k-SL^s wi-ga'n. NLk-'e uks-o'lik'sk^t.^^ Ni'g'it^" 



Then floated the great log. Then out to sea it drifted. Not they 



hwila'x'L^i k'opE-tk*"'e/Lk".'' YukL^^ gwanEin-qala'qdet^^ aL^^ 



knew it the little children. Beginning they were playing at 



lo-ts'a'wuL^^ wl-ga'n La^^ hwagait-uks-da'uL^^ aL^' hwagait-g'i'ks^® 



inside of great log when away out it was going at way off shore 



to sea 



La^^ uks-na'k"t.='' NLk-'e^^ k'si-Lo'otk^L^^ k'^alL^'" Lgo-tk-'e/Lk"." 



when out to sea far. Then out went one little boy. 



NLk-'et^^ g-a'at^" hwil La^^ hwagait-uks-o'lik'sk^t^^'^^ aL^^ 



Then he saw where when way seaward it drifted to 



hwagait-g-i'iks.3« NLk-'e^^ k-.si-qa'6deL^^ k'opE-tk-'e'Lk".* NLk-'e^^ 



way off shore. Then out went the little children. Then 



sig-a'tk"det;*3 qane-hwila^* sig-a'tk^det.*^ NLk-'e" k'uL-da'uL*^ 



they cried; always they cried. Then about went 



wl-ga'n^ aL^^ hwagait-lax-se/Elda.*" 



the 'log at way'off on the ocean, 



great 



NLk-'e hux k-si-L6'6tk"L^« Lgo-hwil-xo'osgum*' Lgo-tk'^e'Lk".'* 



Then again out was put the little being wise little child. 



NLk-'et g-a'aL*" hwil^^ leba'yukL^^ qe'wun.^» NLk-'e ha'ts^ik-sEm^" 



Then he saw where fle"w gulls. Then again 



lo-ya'ltk"t-^i aL ts^ii'wuL^* wl-ga'n. K-'et niaLt:^^ " Qa'ne-hwila^* 



he returned at inside of great ' log. Then he told it: "Always 



le-hwa'iiL" qe'wun^" aL lax-o'Eiii,'^^ aq-dEp-hwilJi'gutr'^-^ NLk*'e 



on sit gulls at top of us, without we [way of] doing?" Then 



'8 (I'lg-u'ks to drift. 



» uks- out to sea, from land to sea (§ 8, no. 6); -i intransitive, 3d person singular. 



3" n'url indicative negation; -t transitive .subject, 3d person. 



31 liHuld'.r to know; -dct (3d person plural ending has been omitted here). 



52 yi(k appears both as verb and as particle. 

 33 (jwanEm a prefix of doubtful significance. 



S'l ;o- a verbal prefix, appears here with the noun ts'd'wu the inside. It seems that this whole 

 expression is po.ssessive or verbal, because otherwise the connective would be -m (§ 22). 



35 hwagait- away (§ 10, no. 71); uks- seaward (§ 8, no. 6); da'uL to leave; perhaps the ending -t would 

 be better. 



36 hwagait- is both verbal and nominal prefix; g-iks the region off shore (a noun corresponding to 

 the verbal prefix uks-). 



" uks- seaward; 7iaku far; -t perhaps closure of sentence (§ 20). 



38 k-si- out (§ 8, no. 8); Lo'oiku. 



39 k-'(U one (numeral for counting human beings [§ 67] ; -l connective of numerals (§ 23). 

 *" g-a'a to see; -t it (object). 



■"i hwil La present and past participle forming nominal clause (§ 59). 

 <» ts('-out of (§ 8, no. 8); qd'od to go (plural); -det they. 

 *^ irregular plural (§ 46); singular wuyl'tk'K 

 " (jane- always (§ 10, no. 120). 

 <^ k' uL- about; da'nL to leave, to go. 



« /fK'aja//- way off (verbal and nominal prefix); lax- surface of (nominal prefix corresponding to 

 U'- on; (§ 11, no. 151; § 9, no. 30) S('-£Zda ocean. 

 " Lgo- little; hwil- being (§ .59); a-o'dst« wise; -m adjective connective (§ 22). 

 ^* g-iha'yuku (plural Icbd'yuk") to fly (§ 45). 

 ■18 Singular and plural same form (§ 41) . 



50 Adverb. 



51 This verb occurs always with the prefix Id- in. 

 ^"viaL to tell (transitive verb). 



53 Ze- ON corresponds to the nominal prefix lax- (note 46); d'a (plural hwan) to sit; -l indefinite 

 connective. 



5* lax- surface (corresponds to the verbal prefix Ic- on [note 53] ); o^ top; -m our. 



55 07- without, and also negation of dependent clauses (§ 11, no. 137); dEp- plural of transitive 

 pronoun; hwila'ku is a peculiar form; while it is apparently a passive of hwil, it is used as a transitive 

 verb; -t probably object 3d person. 



