BOAS] ADDENDA 1319 



house to be good when he dries | his salmon. He only prays to it 

 when he has many salmon. || He does not pray when he does not get 5 

 any salmon. ] 



This is the prayer of the salmon-fisher, when he | catches the first 

 salmon with a hook: "Welcome, Swimmer. | I thank you, because I 

 am still alive at this season when you come back to our | good place; 

 for the reason why you come is that we may play together || with my 10 

 fishing taclvle. Swimmer. Now, go home and | tell your friends that 

 3^ou had good luck on account of your coming here | and that they 

 shall come with their wealth bringer, that I may get some of your 

 wealth, I Swimmer; and also take away my sickness, | friend, super- 

 natural one, Swimmer." Thus he says, while he is || praying. | 1.5 



This is only the prayer for the first salmon caught by trolling | or 

 the first one caught with the hook in the river. All the | wise 

 salmon-fishermen have different prayers, and there are salmon- 

 fishermen who are not | wise, who do not care about || the salmon 20 

 that they have caught. The numayms are not owners of the prayers | 

 of the salmon-fishermen, for the prayers belong | to those who work 

 on the salmon. I 



Wa, la hex"^ida ts!Elwaqaxes g"okwe qa ek'es lEmx^widamasLExa 3 

 xa^mase. Wa, lex'asm ts!Elwaqax"dEmsexs q'.EyoLaaxa kMotEla. 

 Wa, la k"!es ts!Elwaqaxs k'!easae k" lotoLanEme. 5 



Wa, g'a^mes tslEpwax^idayosa yal^nEk !wenoxwaxa k-!6tEla laxes 

 g'iile ^uEm gaLEkwa laxa kMotEla: "Wit, gelak'.as^la mEyoxwan 

 qaxg'in g'axek" g'ax^aLEla laxwa g'axdEmaqos aedaaqa laxEns 

 aex'dEmesex qaxs he^maaqos g'axele qEnu^x" aEmlqlEnwesg'ada 

 wiwak'ayogun laL, mEyoxwan. Wii, hag'ii la na^nak"LEx qa^s 10 

 ts!Ek"!aiEla6saxEns ^ne^iiEmokwaxs helaxaaqos laxes g'ax^ena^yos 

 qa g"axese g'axs^alitses q !eq lomg'ilaya qEii hayalale laxes q!e- 

 qlomx'LEiios mEyoxwan. Wa, he^mis qa^s dag'ilxLalaosaxg'in ts!e- 

 ts!Ex"q!olEmk-, qast, yuL ^nawalax"s, mEyoxwan," ^nek'Exs lae 

 ts lElwaqa. 1 5 



Wa, lex'aEm tslElwaqasE^wa g'ale l^LaiiEm kMotElaxa dogwanEm 

 Loxs g'alae gaLEk" laxa wa. Wa, la ^naxwaEm ogu^la^me ts'.ElwE- 

 qayasa ne^nagade yahiEk !wenoxwaxa k'lotEla. Wa, g'U^mese k'!ea,s 

 naqesa waokwe yiiluEklwenoxwaxa k'lotEla la k'!es ^miig'ilaxes 1§.- 

 LanEm k'lotEla. Wa, la k'les axnogwadeda ^nal^nEmemasasa tslEl- 20 

 wagayasa yeyalnEk!wenoxwaxa kMotEla, ylxs hEsq'.alEmaaq tslel- 

 wagayo laxes eaxsE^weda k' !otEla. 



