kSQUIBEEL 



[Tolil by Moses] 



There were four chiklroii who were always shooting' squin'els. 

 They killed theui all the time. Then they dried their skins and put 

 away their meat. Th(>y did so at the foot of a large spruce tree — 

 they did so for a long time ail the year round. Then they had 

 killed all the stjuirrels. Only the chief of the .squirrels and his 

 daughter were left. She wa.s very white. Now. a boy went out 

 and came to the foot of the great spruce tree. He looked upward, 

 and saw a little white squirrel running round the tree. When it 

 had gotten to the other .side of the tree, behold, he .saw that she 



Squirrel 

 Txalpxda'l k'opK-tk ■'("■' r.k" qane-hwilat gu'Xdeit ts'EULi'k'. 1 



Four little children always shot squirrels. 



NLk*'et qane-hwila tso'otdetg'e. Gwa'lk"det La anna'st. NLk-'et 2 



Then always they killed them. They dried the sl;iiis. Then 



k'si-d'a'LdeL La (ja-siua'x't. Q'aiii-k'T''lL meoL wT-.sa'eqs hwil 8 



out they put their meat. Only one foot of liitr sprnec (vertial 



tree nonu) 



huwi'ldetg-e. Wl-na'k"L huwi'ldetg-e. Txane'tk"L k'oL 4 



they did so. \'ery long they did so. Every year 



hwi'ldetg'e. NLk"'o La qjVoclEL ts'EiiLi'k', q'iim-k''a'l[. 5 



they did so. Then (perf.) they were squirrels, only om- 



tinishod 



SEm-a'g'idEin ts'EiiLi'k' ma'ntg'e, de-k*'a']L Lg'o'uLk"t, \.go- 6 



chief of squirrels left. with one his child, a 



little 



hana'qL Lg*o'uLk"tg'e hwil niak"sL LipLa'nt. NLk''e huX 7 



woman little his child (verbal white its bitdy. Then ag^siin 



noun ) 



ia'eL k''alL Lgo-tk^'e/lk". K''et huX hwaL menL wI-saTnis. 8 



went one child. Then again he foot of big spruce 



found tree. 



K''e huX mEn-g*a'ask"t. Sfi-k'utgo-da'uLL, Lgo-inas-ts'EiiLi'k* 9 



Then again up he looked. Snd- around went little white squirrel 



lictily 



aL qa-da'L wl-g*a'n. NLk'T* k'utg(>-])a'xt. Gwina'deL. <i'aiiiia'sEni 10 



on other big tree. Then around it ran. Behold, a young 



side of 



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