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this 



heL" 



said 



qa-dz'a'gam," 



our noses, 



mant^* aL 



rub it at 



ts'oba'qL 



feet of 



k-'alL 



one 



riL 



thev future 



9 Lgo-tk-'e'Lk":^ "Am-^» 



little child: " Good 



dEm k"'e^^ iLa'eLaat,**^ 



dEp' 



then 



dEp*' 



dax'L^^ 



outside of 



wi-ga n. 



great * log. 



la'tg-e."^'^ 



on it." 



qe wun 



gulls 



qa-dz'a'qdet."! K-'e a'd'ik-sk"L«« 



their noses. Then came 



ma'ndet^° aL wi-ga'n. NLk''e 



rubbed it on the great' log. Then 



Nl 



They 



NLk-'e 



Then 

 being 



la'mdzixdet^^ 



thev entered 



bleed, we 



dEm k*'e''^ 



future then 



bwi'ldetg'e. 



they did so. 



iLa'eLaat.*'^ 



they bled. 



aL 



at 



NLk-'e 



Then 



la'6t.i« 



on it. 



Loqs,^® 



the sun, 



qe'wun. 



the gulls. 



d6qL^° 



tooli them 



ad'a'd'ik'sk^L**^ wi-he'ldEiu^^ qe'wun. 



came many gulls. 



K''e tq'al-gulgwa'lukL^^ as'isa'it.^* La^ 



' d^isd'e'sL^o 



strike 



dEm k''e 



future then 



tq'al-hathe't'"' 



against stand 



D'isd'e'sdeL«« 



They struck 



NLk-'et "k-'ilq'al- 



Then they around 



t.s'a'wuL 



the inside of 



great 



NLk-'e le-hwa'nt^3 



Then on they .sat 



sEm-bagait-d'aL''^ 



wi-ga n. 



the log. 



Then against dried their feet. When very middle was 



nLk''e hux k'saxL" Lgo-k'^a-wi-fe'st.^^ NLk'^e leba'yukL*^ 



then again went out little really great large. Then flew 



Ni'g-it='" daa'qLk"deL^8 dEin leba'yukdetg-e.''« NLk-'et 



Not they succeeded future they flew. Then he 



k-'alL^^ Lgo-tk-'e'Lk".'' NLk-'et lo-haL-t'uxt'a'qL«i t'Em- 



one little child. Then he in along twisted their 



la'nix-t*^ gul-gane'L^^ 



necks all 



da'LEt«^ aL hwil — ^'^ 



put them at where holes 



wi-he'ldEm" qe'wun. NLk-'et 



great many gulls. Then he 



nano'oL^^ wl-ga'n. NLk-'e lo-am'a'niL®^ 



great ' log. Then in good 



lo-d'Ep- 



in down 



qagcVoL" 



hearts 



56 The introductory t- of the demonstrative i.s the subject of the transitive verb; he. 



5' For hct-L. 



58 dm good; used here as a periphrastic exhortative: it would be good if we (§ 65). 



63 dEp plural of transitive subject (§ 48). 



^d'cs (plural d'isd'e's) to strike (§ 42). 



6' d~'ag nose; plural qa-dz'ag (§ 43) ; -m our. 



62nLt'r (note 17) appears here divided by the future particle dEm. 



^3 iLue blood. 



^^dEp mant we rub it (§ 48) (subjunctive). 



'5 ddx- surface, outer side. 



^ tq'al- against (§ 9, no. 35); hct (plural hnthe't) to stand. 



s' Idt oblique case, 3d person pronoun; -g-c absent (because the outer side of the tree was invisible 

 to the speaker). 



«8 /iiif(7 to do; -dei they; -f/'e absent. 



^^ d'd'lk-sku (plural dd'd'd'tksku) to come. 



™ k''ilq'al- around; man to rub (transitive verb). 



" ts'en (plural la'mdzix) to enter. 



" ivl-he'lt many (see note 5); usually used with adjectival connective -m, not with numeral connec- 

 tive -L (§22). 



" tq'al- against; gwa'luk to dry. 



'< asa'e (plural as' isa'e) foot. 



'5 sEm- very (§ 15, no. 168); bagait- in middle; d'a to sit (used to express the idea of to be in a posi- 

 tion, for round objects. 



'"' sun or moon. 



" k-sax to go out (probably related to ksi- out of [§ 8, no. 8]) . 



'8 L^o- a little; fc-'d- really; m- great; /'cs large (almost always combined wither?-); -< probably close 

 of sentence. 



'9 da-aqik"; aqiku to attain. The prefix da may be the same as in dc'ya he says thus (§ 49, d). 



^gou (plural doq) to take (§ 46). 



81 Id- in; hai along (§ 9, no. 50); t'aq (plural t'ExVa'q) to twist; -l connects predicate with object. 



t'^t'Em- prefix indicating certain parts of the body; probably from Cam sitting (§33). 



83 See note 21. 



8< 10- in; d'Ep- downward (§8, no. 4); ddL to put. 



85 See note 8; nano'd is here plural. 



86 Id- in; dm (plural avi'd'm) good (§42). 

 8' ^d'ot (plural qagd'ot) mind, heart, 



