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gave tbem the same name. Ilvviinne', lliiii ne', or llod-de' is j>robably tli" same 

 as tbe I-tal'-i-pas of the T'sinuk, the Spil'-yai of the KliLatats aud Sinch lei> of 

 the I^hitbeads {the prairie wolf), and as the Smi'-aii {budger) of the Spokaus ; the 

 western representative of Mauabozho, the Great White Hare of the Algonkins. 

 From their relations with tlie tribes beyond the Cascade Mountains, the name oi' 

 vSpiiyai is as familiar to the Niskwallies and Smian, to the Skagits and Skywha 

 mish, as their own names for that character, and even more generally used. The 

 name of Hodde or Ilun-ne' is very probably derived from hod, //re, which, according 

 to some accounts, he introduced. It is not a name for the animals mentioned, as 

 the others are. Skotam was a female whose house was in the west, and who created 

 pestilence and especially the small-pox. She ranked next in power to Hwuu-ne', 

 by whom she was destroyed. The various demons who peopled the primeval world 

 are called S'huiara (Nisk.), Si-aye-hob (Skagit). The Niskwalli name appears to 

 have the same origin as si-ab, or si-aai, chief. They correspond to the T'sinuk, 

 clip tilikum, or ^'- first j}eople'\ i. c., preceding manlcind. Among them are Shwoi 

 okw (the snail), the Tat-at-hle'a of the Klikatats, a (jigantic ogress ; M's-jug-wa or 

 Zag-w A, frights or monsters ; the Kwak-wa-stai-miukh, « race of pigmies sldlled in 

 fishing ; Ke-lo'-sumsh or ke-lo'-satu-ish, giant hunters of the mountains, and numer- 

 ous others. Ti-yutl-ma is the spirit who presides over good fortune or luck of any 

 kind (Ske-lal-itud). Tse'-at-ko are a race siipposed still to exist, haunting fishing- 

 giouuds and carrying off salmon and young girls at night. 



N. 



Nails [of fingers and toes), ksoktal'-k'et'-chi, ko-kwa'-chi. 



Nails {for boards), t6ustn{\. See '^ Hammer". 



Naked, asla'-gwit-sa. 



iVrtJHe, s'da', s'das. What is your name? gwat kwats'da'? What is his name? gwat 

 kwi s'das? To name, to give a name, o-da'-at sid. 



Navel, blal'-gwa. 



Near, chlcht. Come near (imp. adv.), chicht-chu. Nearly, hwc'-la-lil, i. e., not far 

 [/Vow J. 



Neck, the, kai-ukh'-kwa, as-jadsh ; throat, skap-sub. J\>(7.7«re, jad shib. 



Needle, pots'-det, padsted, to-ta-la'-pud. Mat-needle, klakw-tid. To sew, o-pat-sted. 

 Thread, q. v., sukh-pfits {for the needle). 



Neigh, to, ad-zt'-uk-u-l, o-tse' a kud. 



Net. See " Catch", " Fishing ", " Knot ". 



Never, hed-dii ya, hwe-put hed. 



Neio, klaut, klo'-wut. 



Night, klakh, sklakh, slakh-hel, sklakh bel ; dark, stlakb; evening, slatla'-he; mid- 

 night, as dat, is-dat; at night, ul ki sit-slakh'-hel ; la.st night, to-tlakh'; last night at 

 midnight, is-tut-lakh' ish-dat' ; /o-?iiVy/(<, a'-ti-slakh'hel. Tomorroic night, dada-to 

 ot slakh'-hel. Very late at night, ha'-gwo t-ut-la'-hel {long since 7iight). See under 

 '■^ Day" for relations of light and dark. 



No, not, h we'. Compounds, hwe-kwi-stab, nothing {from kwi, it, and stab, a thing) ; hwe'- 

 kwi-gwat, hwe'-kwi-kwad, no one, nobody (trom gwat, kwad, irho) ; hwe'-la-chad, 

 nowlierc (from chad, w/icre) ; hvie'\a,-\\], almost, not far [from] ; hwe'-la-lelsh, .soo» 



