THE FIRST SHIP SEEN BY THE CLATSOP. 

 Ayo'maqt qaX a'eXat oq;oeyo'qXut itca'xa, Goa'nEsum ^ 



It was dead that one old woman her son. Always 



naktca'xa-it. EXt iqe'tax goa'nsum naktca'xa-it, ka k;a na'xax. 



she wailed. One year always she wailed, and silent she -< 



became. 



A'lta le/le ka no'ya. lau'a Nia'xakci no'ya. la'xkate nao'yEniL go 



Now a long and she went. There to the slough she went. There she stayed at o 



time at Seaside always 



Ma'xakci ka na'xatgo. Na'te, na'te, na'te, iiil'xatgo iau'a 4 



Nia'xakci and she returned. She came, she came, she came, she returned there 



tkamela'lEq. Qjoa'p age'txame Tia'kjelake. A'lta i'kta age'^ElkEl. 5 



the beach. Nearly she reached it Clatsop. Now something she saw it. 



NaxLo'lEXa-it e'kole. Q;oa'p agia'xom. A'lta mokct tma'ktcXEma g 



She thought a whale. Nearly she reached it. Now two spruce trees 



tigE'nx-at. NaxLo'lEXa-it: "0 nekct taL; e'kole. Eqctxe'Lau taL;." 



stood upright She thought; "Oh! not behold a whale. A monster behold." 7 



near her. 



Naiga'tlom qix* e'kta yuquna'itX. A'lta ia'woxome ka'nauwe e'wa 



She reached it that some- it lay there. Now its copper all thus 8 



thing 



k^La'xane. A'lta tE'pa-it k-|au'k;au te'laut ka'nauwe2 go qo'ta 



outside. Now ropes tied they were all at those 9 



to it 



tia'inaktcx'Ema cka pa2L e/qewiqema. Ta'kE Lax ue'xax ee'tcxdt. 



its spruce trees and full iron. Then come it did a bear. IQ 



out 



la'kuc go qix- e'kta qix- e'kta yuquna'itX. Taqe ee'tcxot ia'lEkuile. 



He was on on that some- that some- lay there. Just like a bear it looked like 11 



thing thing it. 



Tatcia LgoLe'lEXEmk go ciil'xoct. Ta'kE na'xko no'ya. Ta'kE 



Behold! a person in his face. Then she went she went. Then 



home 



aya'lEkaLx itca'xa. A'lta nagE'tsax. Na'k-iin: "O qeau itcE'xa. 



she remembered her son. Now she cried. She said : "Oh! that my son. 



him 



Ayo'mEqt qeau itcE'xa ka tqiga'Lxol atxe'gela-e." Qjoa'p agia'xom ^ . 



He is dead that my son and what is told lauded." Nearly she reached -*-* 



about in tales it 



e'lEXam. A'qxulqt. "A iqix-Eiie'mat io'itEt; Lo'nas ikje'teuax ^^ 



the town. She cried. "Ah! a crying person comes; perhaps strwck 



e'xax." Noxm'tXuitck te'lx-Em. Atkto'cgam tga'xalaitaiiEma. 



he is." They made themselves the people! They took them their arrows. 16 



ready 



Ka'nauwe atkto'cgam tga'xalaitanEma. "Ni'Xua amcxagEluwE'tcatk," -j^j- 



All they took them their arrows. "Well, listen," 



aLE'k-im Lq;eyo'qxut. Ta'kE noxuwi'tcatk te'lx-Em. A'lta xa'xo-il: 



he said an old man. Then they listened the people. Now she said 18 



always : 



"Ayo'mEqt qeau itcE'xa ka txe'gela-it tqiga'Lxol." Ta'kE 



•'He is dead that my son and it landed what is told Then 



about in tales." 



nugo'kXuim te^lx-am: "E'kta lx e'xax?" Ta'kE acxalge'taqtame; 20 



they said the people, "What maybe it is?" Then they went to meet her; 



no'Xua qo'tac te'lx-Em. Aqo'lEXam: "I'kta e'xax?" "A, i'kta 



they ran those people. She was spoken to : -What is it?" "Ah! some- 21 



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