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k'opE-tk-'e'Lk". G-e'ipdeL«» snia'x-tg-e*^ La^^ t'a'k-deL"" hwi'ldetg-e^^ 



the little children. They ate it the meat when they forgot what they did 



La^^ hwagait-k'uL-da'uLdet^^ aL hwagait-lax-se'kla/" 



when way but about they went at way out on ocean. 



Nig'P lig'i-tsagam-de'Ipk^det,''^ aL lig-i-lax-ts'a'L*'^ ak*s. 



Not anywhere landward short they at .some- on edge of water. 



where 



NLk*'e La hux k'^elL® sa de-nExna'xdeL^' wi-xsto'ntk". K*'e 



Then when again one day also they heard great noise. Then 



k-si-Lo'oL"*' k'opE-tk-'e'Lk". GwiniVdeL, an-tgo-le'lbik'sk"''^ 



out went the little boys. Behold the whirlpool 



hwil La«« lo-le-d'Ep-yu'kdet.«^ NLk-'e jVd'ik-sk^L"'' hwiP^ 



where when in on down 'they went. Then came the 



slg'a'tk"det^3 La" lo-dV.p-he'tk^L^"*' wl-ga'n aL dEiii^'^^ ^-Loqk^L 



their crying when in down stood the great tree to future swallow 



(them) 



an-tgo-leibik'!sk"." 



"the whirlpool. 



NLk-'e La" lo-d'Ep-he/tk-'t/"" de-uks-ba'xL k-'alL^^ g-a'tg-e.^"'' 



Then when in down it stood, also sea- ran one man. 



ward 



Q'aiii-k-'e'lLi"^ asa'eL^" g'a'tg-e.i"^ NLk-'et g-aLk^L*"* wl-ga'n aL^^ 



Only one foot the man. Then he speared the ' log with 



great 



qala'st.^"^ K'^et tsagam-dfi'iiigantg'e;^'"' de-le-ma'tgiiL^°^ g'a'tg'e.^"^ 



his harpoon. Then he ashore pulled it; he saved them the man. 



NLk-'o bax-Lo'cL^o^ k'opE-tk-'e'Lk" aL ts'Em-hwi'lpL^o'' g'a'tg'e. 



Then up went the little children to inside of house of the man. 



NLk-'e yuk-txa'q'Ens"° Q'am-k-'e'lEm-asa'e.i" 



Then began he fed them Only-One-Foot. 



88 g-ctp to eat something. We should expect here t g-c'ipdel smax\ 



M smax- venison; -t its; -g6 absent. 



so Vak- to forget; -det they; -L connective. 



91 hwU to do; -det they; -<j-c absent. 



92 hivagiut'- way off; k'uL- about; dduL to go; det they. 



93 ;/(7-(- somewhere, indefinite place (§8, no. 20); <soj'xm- landward (§.s, no. 9); dclnk^ short, near; 

 -det they. 



91 Ug-'i- (.see note 93); lax- surface; ts'dL shore, edge (nominal term corresponding to tsagam). 



95 de- also (precedes transitive subject); nsxna'x to hear. 



96 iae (plural k'/o) to go (§46). 



97 an- prefix indicating place (§ 12, no. 157); l<j<>- around; li'lbik-xk'^ to flow (?). 



98 hivil La where in the past. 



99;o-in (namely, inside the whirlpool); If- on (namely, on the surface of the water); d'E}) down- 

 ward; t/w/c to begin; -det they. 

 iooio- in; d'Ep- down; het to place upright: hctk'^ to be placed upright, to stand (§ 17). 

 "•1 ai dEin to the future—, final sentence (§§ 59, 67); i. e., to the future swallowing of the whirlpool, 

 io'i/'o^man; -177' absent. 

 193 q'am only; k''el one flat or round thing. 



19* g'aiku to spear; the preceding t is the subject, the terminal -l conneate predicate and object. 

 105 Terminal t either pronom or close of .sentence. 



196 tsagam- shoreward; dd'mgan to haul. 



197 mdtkit (plural le-md'tk>i) to save (§ 45). 



198 bax- up along ground (§8, no. 1). 



199 is'Em- the inside of (nominal prefix). 



119 yuk- beginning; txdoxku to eat (plural) (see note 20); -En causative suffix. 



Ill See note 103. Here q'am k-'el is used as an attribute, not as a predicate, hence the connective 

 -am instead of -l. 



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