BOASl HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES COOS 421 



qats*' la" 3 en«« dowa'j^a^^ xwandj." He^«« hanL*« .yiqa^^ In" 



however that thou didst want thus. (Emphatic) shall 'still not 



thing not it 



wutxa'xa*^^ Eit®- yanLawe^° ma Isqa^'wE,-* nayim^^ en^^ dowa'ya^^ 



return singlj' going to whenever beings die, because thou not didst want 



it 



xwandj.«7 Xnowe" i-^ cil" tE" xwandj" e"^ plta'is."^* Wandj*^ 



thus. Right when indeed that thus thou didst tell it Thus 



there to, thou — me." 



tcine'heni.33 ^.^75 xnowe" Ma^^ wandj ^^ pit." Kat'E'misen^^ 



thinking (he) is. However right that's thus (he) told it Five times 



(the thing) to him. 



qaltml'ye^^ UL'*° wutxa'xa^^ Eit,®^ yuL^^ xwandj" Llats." Le';j/I ul/" 



morning it should return singly going if thus speak. Good would 



gets to should be 



yuL" kat E'misen^^ qalimi'ye^^ wutxa'xa^^ Eit''^ hs-^ mil lEqa"'wE.^^ 



if five times morning it return singly inten- the people die. 



should gets tion (who) 



Tso-^ yiqai'ni'^ hela'qaxEm.'" Wandj*- hatctlenfyeqEm.'^'^ 



Now so far it got (the story). Thus the story is being told. 



[Translation] 



Once upon a time there were two cousms. They lived together. 

 They were both married, and each had a little boy. One morning one 

 of the boys became sick. He was not sick long before he died. The 

 father felt sorry when the child died. Then they buried it. 



The next day he (the father of the dead boy) could not eat. He was 

 merely looking at the dead child. On the fourth day he went to his 

 cousin. "Halloo, cousin! What do you think? Should mj^ child re- 

 turn after five days?" — "Oh, no, cousin!" answered the other one. 

 "You simpl}^ eat, and you will feel happy." He did not know what 

 to answer. He was merel}^ thinking to himself, "I will certainly get 

 even with 5^ou." 



After a short time the other man's child became sick. It was not 

 ill very long before it died. The father was very much grieved when 

 his child died. He therefore went to his neighbor and said to him. 

 "Halloo, cousin! I think our two children ought to return. They 

 ought to come back after five days." But the other man answered, 



«f« THOU (§ IS) ; in not (§ 112, 9). 



6' a-- modal (§24); wandj thus (§ 106). 



«8 Syntactic particle (§ 93). 



«9 Syntactic particle (§ 89). 



'"'yam if (future)(§ 91); he customarily (§ 87). 



"Syntactic particle (§ 89). 



'2 a;- modal (§24); nowe all eight. 



73 Demonstrative pronoun (§ 100). 



n^U- TO TELL, -t transitive (§ 26); -dis transitive subject and object pronoun (§ 46). 



"5 Syntactic particle (§89). 



'6 Particle denoting the optative (§ 91). 



"i.'a- TO speak; -ts transitive (§ 26). 



« Adverb (§104). 



^^helaq TO AEEIVE; -a:£»i generic (§§ 30 4 11). 



^"hatctt! stoey; -ent verbal (§§ 45, 11); -lyeqsm passive (§ 40). 



