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Lax'^^ Lqleyo'qt?* Lxiian^^ e'wa^" Naqe'lem" aLte'mama-* aLxitEto'tc- 



that old man? Perhaps thus Nehelim he will arrive he will see the 



xama,^° Lxuan^^ e'wa^" Tia'klelakix^* aLte'mama^^ aLxitElo'tcxama."^" 



dance, perhaps thus Clatsop he will arrive he will see the dance." 



Ig'o'ponEm.^*^ A'qa^^ wi'fax^" ig-uxuiwi'j'utck" ta-itci^° te'lxam.^ 



It grew dark. Then again they danced those people. 



Qe/qla^-aq^^ wjVpolpa,^^ a'qa^^ tElF^ igo'xoax^^ ta-itci^" te'lxam.^ 



Middle night at, then tired became those people. 



Ig'ugoaqe'witx'it.^'^ Lexa't^ Lqleyo'qt^ Lqage'lak^^ as^^ ho'lIix^* 



They rested. One old woman and a little" 



igo'ponEm^" a'qa^^ iLoqo'ptit.^^ Qlofi'p^'^ e'ktEllL" qiLXE'qo-itq''^ 



it was dark then she slept. Near morning star "she arose 



La'xi^^ Lqleyo'qt* Lqage'lak.^'' A'qa^^ ta'nki*^ ige'xox.*^ iLgiltcE'raaq*^ 



that old woman. Then something was (there). She heard 



q!a'e q!a'e qla'e*'' ta'nki^^ ige'xox^^ ici'qepa.''^ iLXLo'xoa-it^^ La'xi^^ 



noise of a crack opening something was the door at. She thought that 



Lq!e3'o'qt:^ "Lxiian^'^ saq"^* iqantci'txam.^^ Ni'xua'^" antcuqo'yntc- 



old one: "Perhaps war some one comes to Well 1 awoke 



make on us. 



qEma^' te'lxam,^" A'qa^MLktuqo'yutcq," ac" qEnE'mkatix^^ ta-itci" 



them the people." Then she woke them, and remaining quiet" those 



te'lxam^ Iguxoa'qo-itq^^ ta-itci^" te'lxam.^ IguxoaM'yutck.^^ 



people. They arose those people. They arose. 



25 Perhaps related to -loxo- to think (see note 21); compare mxLo'xuan lei q.'oa'pix do you think it is 

 NEAR? 26.5. 



26 Demonstrative adverb (see § 44). 



2' no- locative prefix (§40); -qelem stem for a place name south of Columbia river; Tqele'muks the peo- 

 ple OF Naqe'lem (neiielim), the Tillamook. 



28 ^ plural; -ia'- his; -k.'elak roasted, dried salmon; Ax adverbial ending; where there are their 

 roasted salmon, the native name of Clatsop. In the Clatsop dialect the name Ld'tsEp has the same 

 meaning; M- their; -tsEp roasted, dried,salmon. 



29 igo- transitional and directive; -pol night; -ponEm it ls always night (see § 8). 

 3» again corresponding to Lower Chinook weit. 



^^ qe'q.'ayak THE middle of a thing. 



'2 w- nominal prefix (§ 17); (7- feminine; -pol night; -pa at, in. 



33 Onomatopoetic particle verb. 



3< igo- transitional intransitive third person plural; -i- reflexive; -oa- changed from o after 6; -x to do. 



35 igugoa- third person plural before k sound (§ 19); -qewit to rest; -x-it suffi.x (§ 29). 



3« t- indefinite; -qagc'lak woman. 



3' as, ac connective conjunction, sometimes used for while. 



38 noL.' A little; no'L.'ix- adverb. 



39 ih- indefinite transitional; -o- directive; -qoptit to sleep. 

 *o NEARLY, NEAR BY; also q.'oa'pix almost. 



« Stem -ktEliL. 



<2 qiL- see note 6; -x- reflexive; -qo-itq to arise. 



*3<onwHAT; tan who; ia'mfci something. 



" ige- transitional third person masculine; -i- reflexive; -o- directive; -i to do. 



« iigi- it him; -I- is probably the prefix to (§ 25); stem -tcEmag to hear; the terminal -aq may also be 

 a suffix. 



« An onomatopoetic particle. 



<' i- masculine; -ct'qe doorway; -pa at. 



■•8 A particle verb (see p. 46). 



*^ i- transitional; -q- some one; -ntc inclusive plural; -t to come; -i to do; -am to arrive. 



M niiua corresponds almost exactly to the German "doch;" here it might be translated anyway. 



=1 a- future; -ntc- 1 them; -m directive; -qotcq ^pXmsX^-qoyutcq to awaken; -Em distributive; each one (?); 

 ■a future. 



WJLtHTTHEM. 



53 Perhaps qan quiet; distributive qauEma; -katii- adverbial suffix; compare Chinook ia'xkati right 

 there; ?/oo'pfca/i quite near. 



^* igo- transitional third person plural; -xoa- reflexive after o; -qo-itq to arise. 



55 igoxoa- see note 54; -latck plural; -Jayutck to arise; this word contains the inchoative -tck, and may be 

 the stem -I to move. 



