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Handbook of ameeican Indian languages 



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he ha'^'skaska^^ c'a no°wa°'^^ tato'heya^° 



horns long that was swimming against the 



sort current 



mAiii' eP^ ta'ku" wa" 



water there what a 



(or something) 



hiya'ya.^^ Yu^'k'a'^^ ak'e' heya',^" "To'ki^^i k owa'kata'^i^ maka'^^ ni^^ 



■'Oh! that on the other side I sit might 



passed by. And then again 



n//;';n24 TioTiTo'4in "25 



eci"'c 1"'* nawa zi 



thinking often Island," 



Yu'^'k'a^^ ic'a'nl^^ 



And then just then 



he said as 

 follows, 

 ' 26 



e3"a 



he said. 



ta'ku he 



something horns 



ha'^'skaska 



long 



the 



e na 



ki" 



the 



le 



this 



k'te^*^ 



will 



na heci'j^a,^^ "Ho, mAni' 



and said to him "Ho! water 



as follows, 



ta'ku wa°zi' iwa'ktac'iyi'*' ^^ 



certain one I cause you to be on 



thing guard against 



ki'^ heya', "Ho'wo! misu'''/^ to'k.^a*^ 



the said as "Come! my younger by and by 



follows, brother, 



ec'e'l*^ ec'a'mo"*^ k'te lo," eya'. 



so I do it will ," said he. 



o'p'ta 



across 



lo," 



ac lyi" 



I take you 



ina^zi'' 



there stood (or 

 stopped) 



" k'ta, tk'a 



will, but 



41 



Yu'^'k'a^ Ik'to' 



And then Spider 



sni 



not 



"Ho! to'ha^ni p'a ta'^ka'P^ hiyu'ye 



" Ho! whenever head outside send'it 



wau'''^^ we lo. He'd'el waraiye'dikita' 



I am indeed . So you be on the watch 



for me 



Ho he'<5'es wana' "To," eya'. 



So it happened now "Yes," said he. 



eciya/ 



he said to 

 him. 



ta'ku ec'o'^'-ma'ya^i'^* ki^*^ 



what to do you command the 

 me 



C'a^k'e'*^ wana' hedi'ya, 



So now he said to him 



as follows, 



ogAna'^^ no^wa°'- 



in swimming 



iiiAni 



water 



k'te 



will 



lo," 



eya . 



said he. 



"Used indifferently as an interrogative pronoun meaning what? and an indefinite pronoun mean- 

 ing SOMETHING. 



28 The final syllable of han'sk'a long is duplicated for the plural of he. 

 S9 wan is probably the causative auxiliary ya altered to tvan after o". 



30 <afe' WIND AGAINST THE CURRENT, AGAINST THE WIND; (/a Causative: he perhaps a contraction of 

 hano. 



31 hi TO ARRIVE AT A PLACE APPROACHING ONE. 



32i- the prepositional prefix; c'a" conjunction; -I suffix indicating motion. 



33 Definite article referring to ta'ku he han'skaska. 



3< Alternate form with cl, indicating something already in place. 



^he demonstrative; ki- changed to ci after e, indicating that the verb takes an object; ya stem. 



36 Post-position containing the prefix o- and referring to le. 



3' a- prepositional prefix, which indicates here that the subject of the verb went in company; c'i- 

 I-You; ya to go, altered to yin before k'ta, the sign of the future. 



38i- prepositional prefix; iva'kta to be on guard; c'i I- you; causative ya, changed to y/" before k'te. 



39 Future participle k'ta altered to k'te by incorporating the ye of ye lo. 



<" 1/e lo is usually employed in closing declarative sentences in direct address. 



<ie demonstrative referring to what has just been said; ci for ki to or for; stem ya. 



*'^mi- possessive prefix, first person singular. 



"Probably the indefinite demonstrative to. 



«e demonstrative; c'on to do (probably compounded of a prefix c'a and on); 7«a- objective, first 

 person singular; ya- subjective, second person singular; Si to command, to bid. 



<5It will be noticed that kin is used referring to the entire preceding sentence. 



<6e demonstrative; c'a sort, kind; -indicating motion. 



"e demonstrative; c'a (see note 44); ma- first person objective; on (?). 



<8 Conjunction introducing the next sentence. 



<9 Contraction of tanka'ta. 



^hi to arrive coming; u to be coming along with a continuous motion; ya causative, changed 

 to ye before sni. 



"0- verbal prefix. 



i^wa- first person subjective; un usual or customary condition or state. 



