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qax-^ ue'xatk,^'^ ka^" qo'La^'^ iau'a" klimta'^^ aLktoplEna'x^^ 



that trail, and that one then behiml he utters it 



La'^ewacn.^* Cka^** mE'nx'P^ nopo'nEmx^" ka-*^ atogoe'la-itx,^^ tatc! 



his song. And a little while it is dark and they treat him, how- 



ever, 



a3Hi'ktEliL^^ io'itEt^^ ka^^ aqita'^om^* iLJi'xanato ^"^ qo'La^^ ge'LatcIa.^^ 



the morning comes and some one his life that one who has 



star reaches it his sickness. 



Aqio'cgam^*' iLa'xanate.*" Noxota'kox^'^ toa'xawok^^ gita'kikElal.^ 



Some one takes his life. They return their guardian those who have 



it spirits power of seeing. 



E'xtEmae^" mo'kcti^" aLJi'^oix,''^ e'xtEniae^^ e'xti^^ aLa'^oix^^ ka^^ 



Sometimes twice are between, sometimes once is between and 



aqe'tElotxax'*^ iLa'xanate^^ qigo''* noxota'komx^'^ qo'ta*^ tga'wok.^^ 



some one gives his soul as they return those guardian 



him to them spirits. 



Tla'ya*^ aLxa'x^^ ge'LatcIa.^^ 



Well he becomes one who has 



his sickness. 



Ma'nix^ aqia'wax^** iui'xanate ^^ ge'LatcIa,^^ atge'ix^ gita'kikElaP 



When some one pursues his soul one who has his they go those who have the 



him sickness power of seeing, 



ma'nix^ aqia'wax^^ iLa'xanate ^^ ge'LatcIa;^'^ iaii'a" qiqlE'tcqta^" 



when some one pursues his soul one who has then to the left 



him sickness; 



21 Demonstrative feminine, absent past (§ 44); the corresponding masculine is gix. 



22 u-e'xatk trail. Stem probably -fx. 



2'> a- aorist; L- indefuiite (neuter) subject; -k- indicates l as transitive subject (§ H)): -/ them; -6- directive; 

 stem plEna (Upper Chinook -pqEna). 



2< L-qt'wam shaman's song. Neuter possessive (S 23); since the accent is thrown back before the g, it 

 is weakened to ^ (§ 6.3). 



25 qoLa, neuter demonstrative, absent invisible past (§ 44). 



26 The connective conjmiction appears as ka, k.'a, and cka. It has not been possible to give a satisfactory 

 explanation of their uses. 



2' Then. J)emonstrative adverb related to e'wa. 



28 See note 23, with usitative suffix -i (§ 32.11). 



29 mank a little; with adverbial ending -T, the k is always aspirated. 



30 Irregular formation from the feminine stem -pol. It would seem as though the directive -o had been 

 inserted in the verbal form in which the aoristic n- appears liefore a vowel (§ 17.1). This n- has assimilated 

 the -I of -pol (§ 8). The explanation is, however, not satisfactory. 



31 a- aorist; t- tliird person plural intransitive subject; -o- third person plural object before -g: -gc- prefix 

 eliminating one object (?) (§ 26.4): -la-it stem, perhaps -l-{—a-it (§ 29.1). 



»2 Intransitive third person masculine singular before vowel, when the /- takes a consonantic character, 

 so that the aoristic a is retained; -u directive; stem -ktElii. 



M i- third person masculine singular before vowel, -o. 



3< a- aorist; -q- indefinite subject; -/- third person masculine singular object; -to« stem to pursue; -om for 

 -am after k soimd, to arrive (§20.1). 



35 See e'latda (note 18); g- personal noun (§ 17.6). 



36 a- aorist; -5- indefinite subject; -i- third person masculine singular object; -0 directive; -eg- stem TO 

 TAKE; -am completion of motion. 



3' n- aorist before vowel; -0- third person plural before k sound; -x reflexive; -0 probably short and intro- 

 duced after preceding x: -t stem to come; dko around, back; -x usitative. 



38 1- plural; tgd'- third person plural possessive; I'kawok guardian spirit. 



39 lit one; -ma distributive; -e adverb. 



■•0 mokct two; -i (= -e) adverb. 



<i a- aorist; L- intransitive third person neuter subject; -a- directive, for -o- before k sound; stem- ^oya 

 BETWEEN; -X usitative. 

 . ■'2 fji one; -i (= -e) adverb. 



■"3 a- aorist; -q- indefinite subject; -e- him; -t- them; -I- to; -6- directive; -tz to give away; -x usitative. 

 This form is imusual in so far as the two terminal x's are not contracted and the accent is not on the ultima. 



" Demonstrative adverb g- invisible; -i- masculine; -go there. 



<5 See note 37; -om for -am after fc sound and perhaps contracted with -ako: -x usitative. 



« See note 25, plural. 



<' See § 46.3. 



« a- aorist; -L- neuter; -x- reflexive; -a- directive, for -0- before k sound; -x stem to do. 



»9 a- aorist; -q- indefinite subject; -i- third person masculine object; -a- directive, accented before w: 

 -wa- TO pursue one; -x usitative. 



5° qiq.'E'tcgta left; qinq.'eama' right. Particles. 



