THE FOUR COUSINS. 



1 Lo'nikc Lia'xk'unikc ixge's'ax qix* Lia'xauyain. Pa2L o'yaqct 



Three bis older cousiu.s the \ ouugest -that his poverty. Full lice 



one 



2 cka Lia'k;ek;e, nekct Lia'uaa. Qo'ctac cgE'kxuii cia'xk'un icta'giL'ol 



nnd his grandmother, not his mother. Those two the eldest ones his elder they knew to 



cousins win 



3 iqa/lExal, Tca'ko i nexa'xoye ka naktgEiua'ya-itx uya'k; ik; e omo'tan 



disks. Summer it will become and she spun always his grandmother willow 



bark 



4 ogutgEiua'yaitx. AqagElo'kux Le'Xat LgoLe'lEXEmk aga'tElax 



she always spun it. She was hired one person she made for 



them 



5 oLa'motaii. Manx- Laq" aga'x. Naxile'ma-6x, agaxo'pcam. WeXt 



their willow A little takeout she did. She kept it for she hid it for Again 



bark. herself, herself. 



6 Le'Xat aga'tElax oLa'motau; wiXt mjiux' niXEle'maox. Ala'xti 



one she made for their willow again a little she kept for herself. At last 



them bark; 



^ goye' itca'xa iL uExLa'mEXitx. A'lta aLo'ix Nitc; xeElc. Go 



thus its largeness she braided. Now they went to Chehalis. At 



« Ikjaniyi'lXam oxo-ela'itix- qo'tac te/lx'Ein. la'xkaku iio'xox ka'nauwe 



Mytlitown tliey stayed those people. There they are every 



maLe. A'lta aLo'ix Xitc;xe'Elc 



q tca'ejia e, ma'uix atolo'Lxe iau'a-y- e' 



" spring, when they go down there C( 



Columbia Now they went Chehalis 



stream river. to 



-jQ qo'Lac Lia'xkjimikc. Agio'lXam uya'k;ik;e: "Mo'k"T;a Xak o'pcam, 



those liis elder cousins. She said to him his grandmother: "Carry this rope, 



-j^ c'ula/1 mcx't !o'ya." A'lta aLo'ix iau'a Nitc;xe/Elc. Iqa'lExal 



ground-hog you will ex- Now they went to there Chehalis. Disks 



blanket change for it," 



aLo'guix Lia'xk'unikc; aLo'yam Nitc;xe'Elc. 



J-^ they went to his elder cousins ; they arrived Chehalis. 



play at 



A'lta Le'Xat LgoLe'lEXEmk Ljap aLgia'x e^ela-'ke. Qe'xtce 



Now one a person find he did it a sea-otter. Intending 



aqitxamEla'lamx, qe'xtce eqawik'e'Le aqe'tElot. K*;e, nekct aLio'tx 



-•-i it was bought, intending long dentalia they were given No, not he gave it 



to him. away 



qix- ei^ela'ke. Qextce ikani'm aqe'tElotx. K'je, nekct aLgio'tx qlx- 



-1'^ that sea-otter. Intending a canoe it was given to No, not he gave it that 



him. away 



ei^ela'ke. A'lta nacEla'xo-ix-itx qax o'pcam. A'lta aLiga'omx qo'La 



1" sea-otter. Now they two learned about that rope. Now he went to their that 



it house 



Xau 



person: "ijooai J. give it to you inis sea-otter, you give me this 



o'pcam." A'lta acgi'cx-tqoax qaX o'pcam k; a es^ela'ke. A'lta aLXgo'x. 



lo rope." Now thev exchanged that rope and sea-otter. Now they went 



home. 



Ne'k-imx: " Nixcga'ma x-ix- esela'ke. Atcuwa [Lqi] qexo'L'ayu, 



19 He said: " I shall take it from that sea-otter. Certainly [?] it will be won from 



him him in gambling, 



tcil'e'tcgama." Ne'k-im qix* kcx'LEma't ia'xk'un: "Cka ia'c mtge'kXax 



27 LgoLe'lEXEmk: "TgEtlo'kti iamElo'ta x-ix* e^ela'ke, maulo'ta 



person: "Good! I give it to you this sea-otter, you give me 



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