430 REPORT— 1902. 



A canoe maker, ntiks-hiii. 



A basket maker, nfiks-kwa WE9 (skwawEc = to fiierce). 

 one stone, nEtsa smant. 

 two stones, yise'la smiint. 

 many stones, kuq smiint. 

 anyjStones, ko-smiint-al. 

 few stones, k-'amas smiint. 

 all stones, mok smiint. 

 some stones, smEmS'nt. 

 no stones, au'ita smiint. 

 one dog, nE'tsa skwomai'. 

 two dogs, yise'la „ 

 many dogs, kuq ,, 



any dogs, kO-skwomai'-iil. 

 few dogs, ke'kamas skwomai'. 

 all dogs, mOk. „ 



some dogs, skwomkwomai'. 

 no dogs, au'ita skwomai'. 

 one hat, nE'tsa ya'suk or ye'tsawok 

 two hats, yise'la „ or yisi'lawok. 

 many hats, kuqEwok. 

 few hats, ke'kamas yil'suk. 

 all hats, mok ,, 



no hats, au'ita „ 



this house, tE-na lii'lEm. 

 these houses, tE-na Ela'lEm. 

 that house, tE-nl la'lEm. 

 those houses, t'sa Ela'lEm. 

 these two houses, tE-i yisEla'lEm (i = here), 

 those ,, „ t'sa „ 



this hat, tE-na yil'suk-. "j 



these hats, tE-na j-ayii'suk-. [.(The collective oE this term is here diflferently 



that hat, tE-nl yil'suk. i formed from that in the Tcil'Qe'uk.) 



those hats, ye'sa or yi'sa yii'suk. j 

 right eye, cwij-ii'lEs or s'wiiiyii'lEs. 

 left eye, cEkwa'lEs or sEkwii'lEs. 

 both eyes, cwai'yalEs, or s'wai'yalEs, or kEq-0'lum. 

 right hand, s'eyus. 

 left hand, s'Ekwaiyus. 

 both hands, t'siiyiis. 

 right foot, s'eHin or s'aiHtn. 

 left foot, sk'OHin. 

 both feet, s'ainin or s'q'HE'na. 

 right ear, cwiil'lii. 

 left ear, ska'lii. 



both ears, kwen, ken, or kwEnkwen. 



tEn Kwa'ntlEn, I am a descendant of the Kwa'ntlEn, or I belong to the Kwa'ntlEn 

 by descent. 



CONTINUOUS NATIVE TEXT IN NARRATIVE FORM. 



Te Si'yis ' tla swu'wolus. 

 (The Story of the Young-man.) 



No'nsa swO'Eka ya'yEs tE sil'ltEn. c'-tlils-wil skwii'tsa Te nE'tsa. e'-tlas-wii 



a man was-engaged-in fishing. And-then he-caught one. Then 



kEla't k'ilm. Qon-qatii'tsa e'-wE-tl-tslii'matEs kwii Hii'pEs. 



again he dips (the bag-net). While-so-doing he-heard a whistling-noise. 



' Si'yis is the name given by the Kwa'ntlEn to stories they believe to be true, in 

 contradistinction to the term sOqwid'm, which signifies a 'fable' or 'myth.' 



