K'Elk" 



fTold by Moswl 



A number of children played riiniping everj' da}'. Many played 

 this game in one large hollow log. They went into it and played that 

 it was th(Mr house. They made a fire in it and ate there. They took 

 a large quantit}' of provisions into the log. They ate salmon. They 

 did so every da_y. One day when they were playing camping, the tide 

 rose high and the large tree floated out to sea. The ohildren did not 

 know it. They were plaj'ing inside. Now the log had drifted far out 

 to sea. Then one child went out, and he saw that the log had drifted 



K-'ki.k" 



1 Txane'tk^L sa his-dzo'qsL k'opK-tk-'e'Lk". Wl-he'lt. q"am-k''e'lL 



K\'iTy day play- camping little children. Many, only one 



ed 



2 wT-":i'ii. Wl-lo-no'oL wl-ts'ii'wut. Wl-d"E'xL wi-ga'n. Nl 



large log. A in hole large inside. A large large log. Then 



large 



3 hwii g'its'EL-qa'odEL k'opE-tk'"e'Lk". NiLne'L hwi'lpdetg'e 



where in went the little children. Then theirhonse 



4 wI-(ialk-si-no'om gan. ]Sxk''et lo-si-me'LdcL l;d\" hit. NLk'^e 



large Ihrongli hole of the Then in they burn lire in it. Then 



tree. made 



5 huX txa'xk''det wI-he'lL ts'ele'mdet. Han ts'ele'mi. gul-q*ane'tk"L 



also they ate many traveling Salmon the traveling all 



provisions. provisions of 



6 k'opE-tk'"e'Lk". La nak"L hwi'ldet ai. txane'tk"L sa, nLk''e 



the little children. When long they did .so every day, then 



7 La huX t'csL ak"s La huX lo-dz6'qdet ul wI-ts*Em-ga'n. 



(perf.) again great the (perf. ) again in they camped in large in the 



was water log. 



8 NLk-"e huX pta'lik-s. NLk"'? g'ig"a'k"sL wl-ga'n. NLk-'e 



Then again the water Then floated the log. Then 



rose. large 



I* ulv.s-o'lilv-sk"t. Ni'g-it hwihVx'L kV)pE-tk-^e'Lk". YukL 



from land it Not knew it the ehildreii. Beginning 



lo sea drifted. little 



10 gwanKin-qjilfi'qdet ul lo-ts'ii'wuL wl-ga'n Lil Invjiuait-uk.s-dil'uL 



tticy were playing at in the insiiU' the log (perf.) away from land it was 



of large ' to sea going 



11 :iL hwuo-ait-o-fks La uks-iui'k"t. NLk-'e k'si-LcVotk^L k'^alL 



hL way offshore when from hind far. Then ont went one 



to SI.'Jl 



12 Lgo-tk-'c'Lk". NLk-'et g'a'at InvTl Lfi hwagait-uks-o'lik-sk"t aL 



little child. Then he saw where (perf.) away iroin it drifted to 



land to sea 



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