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Sucking-intestines went on. He came to a spring near the chief's 

 house. Then the chief's daughter went out, carrying a small l)ask(>t in 

 which she was about to fetch water. She walked down to the spring in 

 front of her father's house.' 'IMien Sucking-intestines transformed 

 himself into the leaf of a cedar, and floated on the water. The (thief's 

 daughter dipped it up into her basket and drank it. Then she returned. 

 She entered her father's house. After a short time she was with child. 

 Then she gave birth to a boy. Then the chief and chieftainess were 

 very glad. They washed him regularly, and he began to grow up. 

 Now he was beginning to creep about, and the chief smoothed and 

 cleaned the floor of his house. Now the child was strong. He began 



1 NLk-'e 



Then 



d'at 



he sat 

 down 



aL 



at 



lax-ts'a'i. 



on the edge 

 of 



hwil 



where 



nano ol 



the hole of 



lax-ha'. 



the sky. 



NLk-'e 



Then 



2 da'uLS Anmagom hat. D'aL an-a'k"SL sEm'a'g'it aL g'ii'u. 



left 



Sucking- 



intes- 

 tines. 



3 Gwa'nik',si. 



Spring was 



hwa'tg'e. 



its name. 



There 

 was 



NLk-'e 



Then 



the well of 



k'.saxL 



went out 



tht chief 



Lgo'uLk"L 



the child of 



at infrontof 

 the house. 



sEm'a'g'it. 



the chief. 



4 Lgo-qo'q yu'kdEt dsm ak"sk" 



A little basket she held { f ut. ) to get 



water. 



5 nEgua'odEt. 



her father. 



qag'a'us 



NLk''et go'us Anmagom 



Suekiug- 



Thcn 



took 



NLk''e iaga-ie'et aL 



Then down she to in front of 



walked the house of 



haL laqs. NLk -'e 



Then 



intes- 

 tines 



a spike of 

 a cedar. 



6 lo-L6'6tk"t. NLk-'e lo-g-ig-a'6k-st aL ts'sm-a'k-s. NLk-'e g-apL 



on he put it. Then in he floated in in the Then dipped up 



water. 



7 Lgo'uLk^L sEm'a'g'iL, qoq. NLk''e ak"st sEiu-tqal-a'k'sdEL la'qsg'e. 



the child of the chief the Then she very in it she drank the leaf, 



basket. drank 



8 NLk''e lo-ya'ltk"t. K''e ts'ent aL hwilps nEgua'odEt. NLk''e 



Then she returned. Then she in the house her father. Then 



entered of 



9 aniL qa-na'guat, nLk*'e 6'bEnt. NLk''e aqLk^L Lgo-g'a't Lgo'iiLk^L 



suffi- long, then she was Then she gave a man her child 



ciently with child. birth to little 



10 Lgo-wi'lk'siLk". NLk*'e lo-a'mL qaL wi-sEin'a'g'it qanL sig'idEmna'q. 



the princess. Then in good the the chief and the chieftainess. 



little was heart of great 



11 NLk''et qane-hwila lo-mfi'k'.sdet aL ts'Em-a'k's. NLk'^e fi'd'ik'sk^L 



Then always in she put him in in water. Then became 



12 dEin hAvil wT-t'e's. NLk''e La k'uL-tqa'atk"t. NLk''e sEm-lo-sa-a'mL 



(fut.) being great. Then (perf.) about he crawled. Then really in made good 



13 8Em'a'g*it lo-ts'ii'wuL hwilp, NLk''e ljI dax-g'a'tL Lgo-tk"'e'Lk". 



the chief in the inside the Then (perf.) strong was the child. 



the inside 

 of 



the 

 house. 



the 

 little 



14 NLk'-e wi-ye'tk"t. 



Then he cried. 



TgonL het: ''Hamaxa', hamaxii'." NLk"'et 



Thus he "Hamaxa', bamaxii'.'* Then 



he 

 said: 



1 From here on the relater seems to have confounded the stories of the birth of Txii'msEm and of 

 the origin of daylight. See the correct version in Franz Boas, Indianische Sagen von der nord-paci- 

 fiscben Kiiste Amerlkaa, Berlin, 1895, p. 272 et seq. 



