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by HE k'ok'-numcis. Another interesting distinction between accidental liurt to 

 myself by my own action and intentional hurt by the action of some one else is thus 

 marked. If I want to say I have accidentally struck my eye and hurt it, I say 

 tcin-tsa tEn k-ulom, but if I want to say some one else has purposely struck my eye I 

 must use the expression 'ntsa tEn kulOm. The difference of action is here brought 

 out by the use of different pronouns. iiiKn apjiended to a verb stem signifies duty or 

 necessity = our ' must ' or ' ought.' Before leaving the particles it will be of interest 

 to point out that 7w'i, the regular sign of the future in the N'tlaka'pamuQ, is seen in 

 the Sk'qo'mic dialect only in exhortative forms, while the Sk'qO'mic future eJi- is, as 

 far as I am aware, wholly absent in the N'tlaka'pamuQ. 



PEEPOSITIONS AND PREPOSinONAL PHRASES. 



On the beach, na tE ai'utlk'. 



Near the house, tcct tE Ifim. 



In bed, na tE slauwcn. 



On a stone, na tE smant. 



Put him to bed, nam-ka aqu'ts ; verhatim, send him to lie down, 



Put it in the box, niiEnka tE ktia'ktia 



Under a stone, lus'livctl tE smant. 



Across the water, tE Z-'tlalm tE stauq. 



On the other side of the waier, tE h tlaka, mins tE stauq. 



Far over the water, n^-quta tsa tE stauq. 



Up in the sky, tE tcctl skvvai'yil. 



I found it near the house, tcin-ya'kEnuq tcct tE lam. 



Sit on the ground, fimo'etka na tE tE'muq. 



Come to me, me'ka tla uns. 



Go in the house, oislia tE lam. 



Go in, ti'M-ka. 



CONJUNCTIONS AND CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS. 



and, 1 ; Ihvl, and, plus ; clm-lna, then ; ydtlsis, so, therefore ; ncthnutl, therefore? 

 gniEti, so then ; kuEsE's, when. 



TE Smai'lEtl SOqwia'm. 

 (The wild-people story.) 



'ntco sia'm nE a'tll-mEns nana' tE skwio'ts. Te skwlG'ts noa-Esqai'ts 



One chief once daughter- his lived (and) a slave. The slave he is lying 

 nsta't'k- na tE watcEns ii'tli-ka'mai. Te skwio'ts nu'a-nam ekqG'ts. Nam 



crosswise at the foot-hers maiden. The slave he-is-going to-ravish-hor. He goes to 

 a'tli ka'mai. NB-pEna'q-ua-s tE se'aQotl. Hauq-wetl sk-e'stEs kiiEs tE skwio'ts 

 maiden. She-conceived a child. Not yet she-knows that the slave 



e'-ufi-tlo'Ek'unt. NE-kwa'tc-nuq-ii'a-s tE sla'm kuesE's Esk-o'i a'tli-mEns. 

 had-been-coming-to-her. He perceived it the chief when sick daughter-his. 

 E'kwina pEna'q-via-s tEs e'aqi. Sties kuEs tEl-nEk-ua-s-Ek- siia'tFS 



Then he-gets-it the-his shame. She-desires that she-will-find-out who-it-is 



kuii-hEmenit. Yatlsis qE'l-tas tE niiqtc tE spE'tltEn. 



that-may-have-been-coming-to-her. So she-makes-paint-on the hands the paint. 

 Ne'tlmutl kuEsE's kiratle'Ek e'kwina ka'atctcantEs nok-qE'l tE 



Therefore, when he-may-come then she-puts-her-arms-about-him marking the 



staitcs. NE-k-oa'il nE-kwa'tc-niiq-u'a-s kuES netl tE skwi5'ts nE-sqoqE'l 



back-his. Next-morning she-perceived that it is the slave she had marked 

 tE staitcs. KuEse's tEln'Ek-ua' s tE tcetct e'kwina O'iyutlstEs tE snukui'tl 

 on the back-his. When he-finds-out the father then he-takes-into the canoe 

 tlE mEns i tE sk-Jt'Iu'ts. e'kwina e's6n-wct. SmEn-tse'auq tE 



the daughter-his and the slave. Then they paddle-off. So-then-they-arrive-at a 



