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Itgo'guiga^® tga'qamatcx." IqLo'lxam^^ Laxi^^ Lexa't:* " War^^ a'xa^" 



They took their arrows. He was told that one: "Light doit 



wu'xi^^ a't6L.«^" Wax^* iLE'kox^^ La'xi^^^ LgoaLe'lx."^ A'qa^^ ta'nki*' 



that fire." Light he did that person. Then something 



Lax^^ ige'xox** ici'qepa.*^ Lxuan^^ a'wima"* icta'qa-iLax''''' sia'xost**® 



visible became the door at. Perhaps thu.s its largeness its face 



La''^ LktemEna'kste.'^^ Igugoa'k'im'^^ ta-itci^'^ te/lxam:» " Iqctxe'Lau^o 



like the moon like. They said tho.se people: "A monster 



ya'xP alilxge'tpqa.''*" Ige'k'im^''ya'xi^^ iqe'qtcxam:^ "Iqcxo'Lautci?" 



that he will come in." He said that the one who sang "A monster is it? 



the conjurer's song: 



La'xka" La'xi*^ Lqleyo'qt* iLxetElo'tcxam^" iLgEmcitqoe'mam." '* 



he that old one he came to see the dance he came to give you food." 



Qoct^^ ige'pixL^" yaxi'yax" igixElo'tcxam.^* Tia'maq^^ iqte'lox,®" 



Behold a sea lion that he came to see the dance. His shots they made on it, 



kopa'^^ io'maqt.^^ KEhi'ix*'' ca'xalix^^ ya'xi^^ e'Lxam,* tatcia 



there it died. Far ' up that town, never- 



theless 



iuque'wulxt^* ya'xi^^ ige'pixL.'" A'qa" itgixE'lEmux*'' ta-itci^" 



it went up' that sea lion. Then they ate those 



te'lxam,* ta-itci^^ ige'taxelo'tcxe.^" Oxue'lutcx^® ya'xi^^ e'tcxampa. ^^ 



people, those who had come to see They saw the dance that song at. 



the dance. 



KIoaLqe' La'yuLEmax^^ a'nqa^^ Laxanakco'ngut^ nai'ka^ tgE'qIeyuq- 



Thus then supernatural long ago Laxanakco'ngut I my ancestors, 



helper 



tikc." 



56 itgo- THEY them; -qeI after o changed to -gui; stem -ga to take. 



s' t- plural; tga- their; -qamatcx arrow. 



58;2i-soME ONE HIM; -0- directive; -ham to .say. 



f'S Onomatopoetic particle verb. 



M Imperative of transitive verb without subject; n- feminine object; -x to do; -a future. 



61 a- feminine; -toL fire. 



62 Probably i- transitional; L- it; -k indicating preceding transitive subject; -a- her; -ito do. 



63 Probably from the stem -eh place, country. 

 ^e'wa thus; distributive d'joimai (?) 



65 i- masculine; -eta- their two sides, relating to the following dual noun face; -qa-ihax largeness. 



66 s- dual; -ia'; his; -xost face, eyes. 



6' La JUST LIKE. 



68 In Chinook okLE'men is used for moon. After the death of a man named K LE'mEn, whose guardian 

 Spirit was the moon, the Kathlamet discarded the word akLE'mEn, which corresponds to the Lower Chi- 

 nook form, and used aka'im instead (see Lkaemu'ks Kathlamet Texts 27.3). The word at this place corre- 

 sponds to the plural of the Lower Chinook, and should read perhaps LkLErriEna'ks (see Chinook Texts 

 245.18); the ending -te like (see § 55). 



69 igu- transitional third person plural; -goa- inserted l)efore stem in fc,- -k'im to say; see note 18. 

 '0 Stem -qche' Lan. 



" al- future before vowels (§ 17); i- he; -h- us; -get coming to; -pq into; -a future. 



'2 tci interrogative particle. 



"i^ia'Tka, a'xka, la'xka he, she, it. 



" i- transitional; LgEmc- it you; -t to come; -qoem tu give food; -am to arrive. 



'5 An exclamation. 



'6 Stem -ge'pixL. 



" Demonstrative, see § 44. 



'8 jjj- transitional intransitive; -i^Z reflexive on behalf of themselves; -6- directive; -toa»n to go to 



SEE. 



'9 1- plural pronun; -id- his; -maq the act of shooting. 



fo iqtel- SOMEBODY them on him; -o- directive; -x to do, to make. 



81 Perhaps better go-pa' there at. 



82 i- masculine; -o- directive; -maqt to die, singular. 



83 Both words contain the adverbial ending -ii. 

 81 From a stem -qe to go up; -wulxt up. 



8» i!gi- they him; -xe'Ieviux used here as a transitive verb; more commonly intransitive iliiE'lEnmx'niE\ 

 AT, IN reference TO HIM ; Stem -mux. 



86 See note 20; -xelotcx to witness a dance; o- third person plural; ge'taxelo'tcxe is nominal, probably 

 THE ONES "WHO HAD THEIR WITNESSING; g- nomeu actoris; i- masculine; -ta theirs. 



" See note 2; e'tcxam, the conjurer's song that is sung; -pa at. 



88 to- theirs; -yuLEma supernatural being. 



89 In Lower Chinook d'nqate. 



