ON THE ETHNOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 





Hauq suat Eskai's 



Not anyone knows 



e'mac. SmEn- 



walking. So-then- 



e me koqa'i 



Here came many 



stata'Qais. e'kwina k-om-stum-wut. ScaEn-to'Entsm. 

 very-lofty-cliff. Then he-landed-them. So-then he-left-them. 



Qaswitca'nEm e'kwina wet-k-qai. SmEn-n^m-wet 



in-what-manner then they-got-up. So-then-they-went-on 

 tse'auq-wct tE qa'tco. SmEn-tastas-wet tE lam-swet. 



they-arrived-at a lake. So-then-they-made a house-their. 

 tE mEmE'n-s-wet. Me'coi. e'kwina mEn-petwai'-wet. e'kwina EsmE'nwet. 



the children-their. They-grow-up. Then they intermarry. Then they-have-children. 

 e'kwina k-qai'-wet o'k'wumuQ. Eskoai' kuES Qes tE sne'tcEm-s-wGfc. Sk'qG'mic 

 Then they-become a village. Never is lost the language-their. Sk-qo'mish 

 kuEs ua-sne'tcEm. Hiye'siwe'Eka. ntiq-ee'Ekswet. e'auq nok'we'ak'tEn 



itisthey-spoke. Very tall men. Very-keen-scented-are-they. They- wear undressed-fur 

 tE yEkwai-s-wet. Tema-wetl sua'6 tE sna-s-wet Smai'lEtl. 

 the garments-their. Hence thus the name-their wild-people. 



man 

 men 

 woman 

 women 

 boy 

 youth 

 maiden 

 girl 



little boy 

 „ girl 



infant 

 child 



children 



middle-aged person 

 old man 



„ woman 



very old man 

 mother 

 father 

 son 



SODS 



daughter 



daughters 



sons and daughters 



(collectively) 

 husband 



wife 



several wives of one 



husband 

 wife when called by 



husband'is termed 

 parents 

 grandfather 

 grandmother 

 grandparents 

 grandson 

 granddaughter 

 1900. 



VOCABULARY. 



sue'ka grandchildren 



siwe'EkaorseweEka aunt 



stla'nai 



stlintla'nai [kao'tl 



sur-kao tl or skuc- 



sufi'wolos 



k'a'mai 



stlanaio'tl 



aam' 



aa'mc'n 



sk-a'k-El 



stao'tl (se'aQotl pre- 

 natal term) uncle 



stutao'tl step-father 



nuk e'yE step-son 



(tai) sEuloqwa, stlmot step-daughter 

 (plu stlilmot) son-in-law 



(a'tli) sEiiioqwa, 



stlmot (plu. stltl- 

 mot) 



ka'elEn, kaie'lmuq. 



tci'ca, ke'ia, ta'a. 



ma ma, tcetct. 



mEn (tEn = my). 



mEnmEn (tEn = my). 



mEn (tlEn = my). uncle's wife 



mEnmEn (tlEn^my). 



mEmEn. aunt's husband 



ume'muts. 



tza'ata (if mother or 

 father be dead then 

 the aunt is termed 

 sai'iiq or wotl- 

 sai'uqatl,butwhen 

 both parents and 

 aunt are dead then 

 the aunt is spoken 

 of again by the 

 term tza'ata ; the 

 same applies to 

 uncle also). 

 se'sae. 

 sua-ma'n. 

 siia-mE'n (tEn). 

 siia-mEn (tlEn). 

 saq. 

 father-in-law saq. 



son-in-law-elect stuta'tl, 



daughter-in-law saq. 



mother-in-law ,, 



N.B.— This term saq is changed to 

 sUak*n-ai'tl if relationship be broken by 

 death of son or daughter. 



kwoto'mps.sko'.when elder brother 



called by wife uu'a. elder sister 

 tcuwa'c. elder cousin 



tcutcu'wac. younger brother 



,, sister 

 „ cousins 



sua-tcica 

 mother). 



sua-man 

 father). 



kA'pits. 



sk-uk-. 



( = step- 

 ( = step- 



nau . 

 Etlta'tc. 



se'la, sil, tse'El (tai). 

 ,, „ „ (a til), 

 silse'l. 

 e'muts. 



N-B. — If aunt and uncle are older than 

 parents, then cousins are termed ku'jnts ; if 

 they are younger than parents, sk-dk-. ' 



brother's or sister's stai'atl, changed to 

 child sonlmai'tl if mother 



or father be dead. 

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