Txa'mskm and Looobola' 



[l-'i told by Moses: 6-S, 2<i. aiui m told by Philip] 



1. There was a town in wliich a chief and chieftainess were living. 

 The chieftainess had done something bad. She had a lover, but the 

 chief did not know it. The young man loved the chieftainess very 

 much. He often went to the place where she lived with the chief. 

 Then the chieftainess resolved, "'I will pretend to die." She pre- 

 tended to be very sick, because she wanted to marry that man. 

 After a short time she pretended to die. Then all the people cried. 

 Before she died the chieftainess said, "Make a large box in which 

 to bury me when I am dead."' The people made a box and put her 



Txa'msem and L(X;obol.\' 

 1. Hetk"L qal-ts'a'p. NLk''e k"'alL sEm'a'g'it de-k"'alL sig'idEmna'q. \ 



There a town. Then one chief and one chieftainess. 



.stood 



NLk"'e .sg'lL hwilL sig'idEmna'ti. K-'iilL Lgo-g'a'tg"e, nLne fan 2 



Then had done the chieftaine.ss. One little man, he who 



something 



lele'luksL sig'idEmna'q. >>i'g"it hwilii'x'L sEin'a'g'it. SEm-.sI'epEnL 3 



stole often the chieftain- Not knew it the chief. Very he loved 



ess. 



sig'idEmna'q fan qaqa'odet aL dEd'ii't aL awa'aL sEm'a'g'it. NLk"'e 4 



the chieftainess who went there to she was in proximity the chief. Then 



often of 



tgonL .sa-ga'otk"L sigidEmna'q: "AmL dEm no'oeE aL dEm 5 



this resolved the chieftainess: "t^Tood (fut.) lam and (fnt.) 



dead 



sI-be'Ek"seE.'' NLk''e a'd'iksk"L dEm hwil sfepk^L sig'idEmna'q. 6 



make I lie." Then came (ftit.) being sick the chieftain- 



ess. 



NLk"'e wI-fe'sL ha-si'epk"L aL sl-be'k"stg'e dEmt hwila nak'sk"L 7 



Then was great sickness at she a lie (fnt.) trying she wanted 



made to marry 



k'MlL g'at, ([an het. Nig"i nak"L sg'eL sig'idEmna'q, nlk''e 8 



one man, there- she Not long lay the chieftainess, then 



fore said so. 



no'ot. Ntk-'e .sig-a'tk"L txane'tk"L qal-ts'a'p. NLk-'e tgonL hcL 9 



she was Then cried all the people. Then this said 



dead. 



Sig'idEmna'q: "Tse si-laisEm xpeis tsE hwil lo-.sg'i'eE." La no'ot, 10 



the chieftainess: "Make that large a box where in I shall When she was 



lie." dead, 



nLk'"et dzsl'pdcL xpeist. NLk"'et lo-ma'qdet la'ot. NLk''et 11 



then they made a box. Then in they put in it. Then 



her 



