THE Spirir or Huncer (rotp 1894) 
There were those people. All the time they were dying of hunger. 
Many old people were dying. They tried to gather cockles, but there 
was only water in the shells. They tried to gather mussels, but they 
were empty. There was no meat in them. Thus it was with every- 
thing. They were starving. When a hunter went to kill elks, he did 
not kill anything. When a hunter went to hunt seals, he did not kill 
anything. All the hunters were unsuccessful. Behold! The Hunger 
kept all kinds of bones; those of the beaver, raccoon, sturgeon, and 
bear. She kept the bones of all kinds of animals, and the shells of 
sea food. 
Now, there were two young friends. In winter the people were 
hungry again, and after a short while an old man died of hunger, and 
poor children died of hunger. Then one of these youths said to his 
Oxoéla’etiX ta-iteci té1Xam.  Ka’nauwé rqéta’kemax wa'ld 
There were those people. All days hunger 
akto’xoa-itx. Lga’prlatike tqjeyo’qtike nuXoaraitx. Keée’nuw: 
they died. Many old people died. Try 
aqLgElo’-TX Lpe’xLEnar, La’ema Lteii/2qoa qaLiLa’eta-ttx 
they were taken cockles, only water was on them 
anaLtjaqu’Ipa. Kii’nuwa aqigelo’-tX itgué’matk, a/éma a’2xEmax, 
their shells. Try: they were taken mussels, only empty, 
nict @yatqul. Ka’nauwe- ta’nki kjoange’ nixo’xoax, teald/TX. 
not their flesh. All things thus were, they were 
> starving. 
Kaivnuwa gqaLo?X 1a’xéktaq imd/lekEmax gita’kjewula, kja niet 
Try they went the hunters elks having for their and not 
game, 
an qaLgewa’qoax. C@nuwa gaLo?tX alXayo’/maX gira’ kjéwula, 
t jaLgewa’ | Ke’nuw LO! \ 2 i 
any- they killed it. Try they went seals having tor their 
thing game, 
kja nict tan qaLgewa qoax. A’ga cu’Xumax gena’x ka’nauwe 
and not any- they killed it. Then unsuccessful they were all 
thing 
tea’xéqrax. Qodct Wa'ld, agawigé’teax ka’nauwée te’ gaqjotco. 
hunters. Behold the Hunger, she kept them all their bones. 
Kjoangé’ iqoa-iné’né, kjoanqe’ inata’t, kjoanqé’ ina’qon. Ka’nauwe 
Thus the beaver, thus the rac- thus the sturgeon. All 
coon, eg 
tan te’yaqjotco agawigé’tkax Wald’. Kjoargée’ — iské’ntXoa. 
things their bones she kept them the Hunger. Thus the bear. 
Ka’nauwé tmabné’qoxoe’max agawige’tgax a’taLtjaqul. 
All sea food ‘she kept them their shells. 
A'2qga eméket exa'cike cqju’lipX. <A’qa wi waldo’ igr’tux 
Then two two mutual two youths. Then again hunger acted on 
friends them 
tea'xElqriX. No TjiX qaLo’mEgtx Lajeyo’qt, waldo’ akLuwa’qoax. 
in winter. A little while he died an old man, hunger killed him. 
Lkja’skas waldo’ akiuwa’qoax, ma’nix quza’giutgoax  Lkja’skas. 
A child hunger killed it, when poor a child. 
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