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HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES SIUSLAWAN 



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TEXTS 

 The Death of Grizzly Bear^ 



Wa'nwits.2 Tsi'klya^ mi'kia wa'nwits- Lla'^'." Klexu'^ L!aya'« 



Long ago. Very bad long ago world. Each on place on 



"F sVt^ Lla''^.* SVtsa^ hi'q!aq!yax^ wa'nwits.^ M'ya'k!a*° b'ya'tc" 



then such world. Thus it had started long ago. 



I't!a'yun.i2 SwaF' i^tla'yun^^ i^-^^q L!a'^'* 



people many- 



devoured him. Grizzly 



qatc'na^'/^ 



p-'a' Ln 



to hunt 



goes, 



devoured 

 then 



s'^as^ 



he 



Lixraaij^us 



would kill him 



Bad person 



wa'nwits.^ Ilitc 



long ago. Person 



" "1 litli'yus.'^ 



and 



Ya^'xa'^9 hitc plna^'tx^" 



Many persons sorry their 



De.sire (pi.) 



tEmu'tx^- 



assemble (pi.) 



''Pla'ntxan^* 



"Sorry our 



xaLla'ultx.-^ 



be fixed his 

 (dispo.sition). 



people. Then 



ha^ tsi'klj'-a. 



hearts very. 



would devour 

 him. 



people. 



29 



ha^ sVna.-^ 4 tEmu'tx^^ 



hearts for that. Then assemble (pi.) 



Tsim-'' xawaV'." A'tsa-® 4 wan' 



Always killed That's why now 



shall be. 



waa^'tx^^ matiyu'"^^ tE^^ 



say continually chiefs (of) this 



JN'i'ctcanP^ tEx^^ xawa'un?^^ 



How we doubt kill him? 



Lla'^S" 



region. 

 For 



' See Leo J. Frachtenberg, Lower Umpqua Texts, Columbia University Contributions to Anthro- 

 pology, Vol. IV, pp. 15 et seq. 



2 Temporal adverb (§ 120). 



3 Modal adverb (§ 121). 

 < See § 133. 



5 k!ix EACH, EVERY (§§ 124, 2); -u local suffix of rest (s 91). 



^L.'a'ai particle (3 133); -a locative case (§§ 86, 8). 



' Conjunction (§125). 



8 Demonstrative pronoun (§ 115). 



" hiq!- TO START, TO COMMENCE (§ lOS); -yax past tense (§ 74). 



10 Discriminative form of ml'k.'a (§ 111). 



11 Discriminative form of hitc person (§ 111). 



>2 lit.'- TO EAT (§ 12); -at verbalizing (§ 75); -un direct object of third person (§§ 28, 8). 



'3 Discriminative form of swal grizzly bear (§ 111). 



» Transposed from patnat' (§ 14); pam- to hdnt; -ai verbalizing (§ 75). 



'5 qatcn- to go, to start; -ai verbalizing (§§ 75, 136). 



J' Demonstrative pronoun (§ 115). 



>' L.'xmai- TO kill; -ai verbalizing (§§ 75, 9, 2); -us durative (§§ 69, 8). 



18 UU- TO EAT; -ai verbalizing (§§ 75, 2); -us durative (§§ 69, 8). 



19 Modal adverb (§121). 



20 pin- TO BE sick; -aUx suffix indicating that object forms au inseparable part of the subject (§ 33). 



21 Demonstrative pronoun (§ 115). 



22 tEmu- TO assemble; -tx plural (§ 80). 



23 hitc person; -ua plural (§ 79). 



2< sinxl- TO want, TO DESIRE; -u" plural (§§ 79, 8) 



25 xdL.'- TO make, to fix; -ultx passive (j 39). 



26 Temporal adverb (§ 120). 



2' xau- TO die; -aa"- future passive (§§ 56, 8). 



as Modal adverb (§ 121); a'tsa "l for that reason (§ 125). 



29 Temporal particle (§ 126). 



20 hllc person; -uwi plural (§ 79). 



SI ivaa- TO speak; -aHx frequentative (§§ 68, 9). 



32 maa'tl CHIEF (§ 98); -uu plural (§§ 79, 8). 



33 Demonstrative pronoun (§ 115). 



3< Abbreviated; (or pla'nlxanxari; pin- to be sick (§ 112); -tx suffix indicating that object forms an 

 inseparable part of the subject (3 33); -nxan exclusive plural (§§ 24, 4). 

 35 ni'ctca particle (§ 131); -nl inclusive plural (§ 24). 

 '« Particle (§ 127). 

 37 xau- TO DIE (§ 112); -un direct object of third person (§ 28). 



