668 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETrfNOLOGY [bull. 40 



qax^* ue'xatk^^ aLo'ix;'^ nogo'goimx ^^ gita'kikElal:^ "O, 



that trail it went; they say those who have the "Oh, 



power of seeing: 



Lo'mEqta,^^ taL!!"^^ Ma'nix^ iau'a" qinqlearaa'^" ayo'ix^^ 



he will die, nevertheless!" When there to the right goes 



iLiVxanate:^" "O, tla'ya*'' qLa'xo."^" 



his soul: "Oh, well some one will make 



him." 



Aqig-a'^omx" qigo^* naLxoa'pe^* ile'e." la'xkate"" aLkLE- 



Some one reaches it when the hole ground. There they always 



^E'mcta-itx''^ traemElo'ctikc.''^ Ma'nix'^ aLkLa'mctx''"' ge'LatcIa^'^ go^* 



drink it the ghosts. When he has drunk it the one who has there 



his sickness 



qo'La^'^ Ltcuq,"^' a'lta'^*' nekct qa'nsix"^ t!aya'*^ aqLa'x.^ Qe'xtce"* 



that water, then not (any) how well some one Endeavoring 



makes him. 



ka'nauwe"® tgfi'qevvama^" ataLge'la-itx,'^^ nakct" Llpax^^ aqLa'x.^ 



all their shaman .songs they treat him, not well .some one 



makes him. 



iJap'^^ aqe'ax^* iLa'xanate *'' qo'La^^ LkLamctx**^ Ltcuq."^ 



Find some one does it his life that it has drunk it the water. 



Aqio'cganix,^*' ifi'qoa-iL'^ qix*^* ikana'te.^*' Noxotii'kux" t^a'xawok^^ 



Some one takes it, it is large that lif^. They return their guardian 



spirits 



gita'kikElal.^ la'qoa-iL^''' qix*^^ ikana'te.^" A(iio'cg-amx^'' qloa'p" 



those who have It is large that life. Some one takes it near 



power of .seeing. 



ia'kua^*' Nate'tanue" ka^** iano'kstx^'' ne'xElax.''^ Nogo'go-imx^^ 



here Indians and its smallness comes to be on it. They say 



51 o- aorist; -z,- neuter subject; -o- directive; see note 2. 



=2 n- aorist before vowel; -o- plural before k sound; -go introduced before k stop (§ 19.26); -k-im, -gim to 

 SAY, in which -o- is introduced in harmony with preceding o (§ 7); -x usitative. 

 »3 L neuter subject; -o- directive; stem -mEqt dead, -o future. 



64 See § 50. 



55 a- aorist before eonsonantic y, which stands for intervocalic -i- third person masculine subject (see 

 note 51). 



5" 5'- indefinite subject; -t- neuter object; -a-directive before fc soimd; -istemTODO; -o future for -o after 

 k sound (§26.1). 



5' a- aorist; q- indefinite subject; -i- third person masculine object; -ga- adverbial prefix (?); -^ stem to 

 meet; -6m for -am after k sound, completion of motion (compare note 34). 



58 no- prefix for local names (§ 40.3); Lxoap ononiatopoetic term, to dig; -e suffix. 



53 Stem -elr, masculine; on account of accented vowel following the cluster -h, the x is dropped (§ 6.2); 

 -e suffix. 



60 See § 44. 



SI a- aorist; -Lk- neuter transitive subject with following fc somid (§ 19); -L- neuter object, implying 

 water (see note 65); -qamct stem to drink, here modified by accent into -^amct; -a-itx alwats (§ 31.10). 



62 See note 4. The stem -memElost dead was used occasionally by the narrator; t- plural; -ike plural 

 ending (§ 38.1). 



63 See note 61. This form stands for aLkLE'^F.mctx. 

 M Demonstrative adverb (§ 44). 



65 Stem -tcuq; neuter. 



66 See § 47. 

 6' See § 44. 



68 Adverb indicating an action perfonned, but not attaining the desired end. 



^9 Indefinite numeral (§ 51). 



'» See note 24. Here the stem -qrwam is retained in its original form; tga- plural, possessive third person 

 plural; -ma plural. 



" a- aorist; -t- third person plural intransitive subject; -l- neuter object (see note 31). 



'2 nEkct not, with rhetoric emphasis nakct. 



'3 Attribute complement. 



'4 a- aorist; q- indefinite subject; -e- masculine object; -a directive before fc sound; -x stem to do. 



'5 i- third person masculine singular continuative; -a directive before fc sound; -qoa-ii stem large. 



'6 Demonstrative adverb of the groups e'wa, iau'a. ia'kwa (§ 44). 



" Pliu-al in na-: stem -te'tanue (§21). 



'8 Intransitive verb; w- aorist; -c- contracted from i-i he his (§ 12); -x- reflexive; -I- to; -a- directive 

 before fc sound; -x stem to do, to be. 



