Historical Tales. 



WAR BETWEE]^ THE QUILEUTE AND CLATSOP. 



A'lta e'Xat iqjoa/lipx- go 



Now one youth at 



Tia'k; elake 



Oatsop 



aqio'go 



he was sent 



iiix'o'tam 



he went to 

 bathe 



lau'a 



theje 



E'akot; a't 



Nakoti a't. 



ne/Xatgo 



he returned 



Tia'k; elake, 



Clatsop, 



Qoii'iiEmi aya'qxoie 



Five times his sleeps 



iau'a tkamila'lEq. 



there beach. 



tstaX Tia'k; elake. 



ka ne'Xatgo. 



and he returned. 



Tso'yuste ka 



It got dark then 



NeXatgo', inaLua' 



He returned, seaward 



q;oa'p atci'txame 



lau'a 



there 



Clatsop. 



around the 

 point 



A'lta-y- okuui'm ola'ox; a'Xoye okuni'm. "Qa'xewa Lx 



Now canoes they lay side many canoes. " Wherefrom may 



by side; be 



Xak okunrm'?" iiiXLo'lEXa-it. ''XXta'ko." NixE'Lxego 



those canoes?" bethought. "I will turn back." Returned 



tkamila'lEq te'lx-Em. 



the beach people. 



nearly he reached it 



Xe'k'ikct e'wa ina'Lxole. 



He looked thus landward. 



uate'mam 



they came 



iXta'ko. 



he will go 

 back. 



A'lta atgia'wat te'lx*Em cka paL tkamila'lEq te'lx-Em. Ne'k-ikct 



Now they followed people and full the beach people. He looked 



him 



e'wa qigo ayo'yama. A'lta wiXt LgE'Lxat te'lx-Em. Lq; op tgixa'xo-e. 



thus where he will go. Now also theywentdown people. Cutoff they did him. 



to the beach 



A'lta ate'xLako qo'tac te'lx'Em. A'yo. a'yo, a'yo; a'lta ate'xLako 



Now they surrounded those people. He he he now they sur- 



him went, went, went; rounded him 



qo'tac te'lx'Em. Ka'nauwe cquiLja'mukc akLo'ktcan. Aqe'lkikc, 



those people. All spears they held. He was thrown, 



atso'pEua k^ca'xale, aqio'kLpa iau'a ke'kXule ka'nauwe qo'La 



be jumped up, he was missed there below all those 



cquiLja'mukc. "Haha'!" atgio'lXam qo'Lac te'lx-Em. AtkLe'lukc 



spear.s. "Haha'!" they said to hiiu those people. They threw him 



iau'a k"ca'xale qo'tac te'lx-Em. Tsk;Es ne'xax. Aqifi'kLpa iau'a 



there up those people. Stoop he did. He was missed there 



k"ca'xale. WiXt atgio'lXam qO'tac te'lx-Em: "Habii'!" A'lta atso'pEua 



above. Again they said to him those people: "Hahii'!" Now he jumped 



ka'tsEk go qo'tac te'lx-Em. Ayo'ipa qo'tac te'lx-Em. A'lta atigE'ta 



middle at those people. He went those people. Now they fol- 



out of lowed him 



qo'tac te'lx-Em. Qe'xtce aqLe'lukc'ax atsopEna'x k'^ca'xali. A'lta 



those people. Intending ho was thrown he jumped up. Now 



ayo-e'taqL qo'tac te'lx-Em, ta'kE nite'mam Tia'k; elake. Kre Lia'naa 



he left them those people, then he arrived at Clatsop. No his mother 



qix- iqjoa'lipx, aLo'mEqtx; k;e Lia'mama, aLo'iuEqt; cka Lia'qacqac. 



that youth, she was dead; no his father, he was dead; and his grandfather. 



A'lta tso'yuste ka niXatgo'mam Tia'k; elake. A'lta 



Now evening and be came back to 



Tlile'mukc; oXuiwa'yutcko. "I'kta 



the Tillamook ; they danced. "What 



tEmca'xalaitau. Stilq; qE'lxax. 



War is made on us. 



"Eia' LjEme'nXut" 



Eia' lies" 



your arrows. 



McxE'ltXuitck!" 



Make yourselves ready ! " 



oxoe'nx-at 



Clatsop. Now they stood there 



mcx-e'lEx-alEm? Mckti'ckam 



are you doing? Take them 



Te'lx-Eiu ptlL ike'x te'ite. 



People full it is on land. 



aqio'lXam. " TmemElo'ctikc 



was said to him. " Ghosts 



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