BOAS] HANDBOOK OF INDIAN LANGUAGES SIUSLAWAN 627 



(as Grizzly Bear) was consumed (gradually) by the fire. His hair got 

 burned, and then his head was cut into pieces with an ax. And while 

 suffering death, he was constantly diffusing smoke. 



Here (the story) ends. If (Grizzly Bear) had not been killed, this 

 would have been a very bad place. Thus that man was killed. Such 

 was the custom of people living long ago. Here at last it ends. 



Invocation of Rain^ 

 K!u^wina5'tx2 L!a'^'.' Ya^'xa' u'itl^ Llayu's." Na'qutyax« 



Ice (has on) its (body) world. Much snow ground on. Cold became 



lW^,^ klu^wina^''^ L!a'^'.^ Ku*« ni'ctca" qa'tcwil" ants^^ Lla'^'.^ 



nniveree, ice ha.s world. Not how drink not that crowd. 



Pa'l-u^- ata's^^ "1^" qatcu^'txa^tnE.i^ Haya'mut^* h'yatc" qatcu''- 



Well only then it is drunk from. All people drink 



txa^^n. i« Wa''i« ya^'xa* hitc, "1^* sqa^^o qatcu^'tx.^i Tci'wa" "l^* 



(from) it. Although many people, still there drink (pi.). Water on then 



klu^wina''.' Ku'^ ni'ctca^ tcaitci'tc^^ ni'ctclP* ants" tiyu'^'.^^ 



ice appears. Not manner where manner go not those inhabitants. 



Qa"xa''x26 k lu^winlyu's " qatc^natu'" ^s ants" hitc Lla'^'.^ H^* 



Top along ice on go (pi.) those people many. Then 



wan-® tExmil*a'mi^° i/lxu'yun^^ ants" wa'nwitsaxax^- nictcima^mu.^^ 



now people old know it that long ago people custom. 



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

 pology, vol. IV, pp. 76 et seq.) 



^ k.'uxu'ln- ICE (§12); -aUx suflBx indicating that object forms an inseparable part of the subject 

 (8 33). 



8 Particle (§ 133). 



< See § 98. 



<>L<a'<U GROUND (§ 133); -«s locative case (§§ 86, 9, 8). 



^naqut- to be cold; -yax past (§ 74). 



' k.'uxwln- ICE (§ 12); -a» verbalizing (§ 76). 



8 Particle of negation (§ 131). 



9 I'article (§ 131). 



'« qatcu- TO drink; -U negative (§§ 63, 8). 



» Demonstrative pronoun (§ 115). 



12 See § 97. 



" Restrictive particle (§ 130). 



•< Conjunction (§ 125). 



«5 qatcu- TO drink; -ui verbalizing (§§ 75, 9); -tx plural (§ 80); -aUns pa-ssive (§ 58). 



'6 Discriminative form of hai'mut all (§§ 111, 124). 



" Discriminative form of hitc person (§§ 111, 7). 



" qatcu- TO drink; -ui verbalizing (§ 75); -tx plural (§ 80); -a«n direct object of third person (§ 28). 



'3 Particle (§ 128). 



»" Local adverb (§ 119). 



21 qatcu- TO drink; -ui verbalizing (§§ 75, 9); -tx plural (§ 80). 



22 tci WATER (§ 88); -o locative case (§§ 86, 8). 

 « Particle (§§ 131,94,108). 



i" nl'dca manner (§§ 131, 135); -U negative (§§ 53, 9). 



8^ tai-, tl- TO live (§ 2); -uwi nominal (§§ 97, 8). 



»« qaux HIGH, TOP (§ 119); -aia; local (§ 92). 



V kluxwVni ICE (§§ 98, 12); -us locative case (§§ 86, 8). 



28 qatcn- TO GO (§ 4); -t present (§§ 72, 4); -ua plural (§ 79). 



M Temporal particle (§ 126). 



80 Discriminative form of tExm.t'1-md (§ 111); tExam strong; 4l-vid augmentative (§ 84). 



»' L.'xu- to know; -ui verbalizing (§§ 75, 9); -mi direct object of third person (§§ 28, 8). 



^'wa'mvtts long ago (§ 119); -ax nominal (§§ 101, 108). 



M See § 103. 



