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tau-tla-lEm. SmElo' e SkElu'tsEmEs tau-tla-lEm. e-'tlas-wa haiyu'stEm 



they SmElo' and SkElu'tsEmEs they. And then they decorated 



tau-tla'-lEm. sties tau-tlfi'-lEm Kaue'tcin k's kwaio'llHs tau-tla'-lEm. 



them, They desire they the Kaue'tcin that they should dance they, 

 e'tlas-wii nEslmEsto'Qs tE seu'wens tau-tla'-lEm. tla,s-\va sHG'liHs SmElo'. 

 And then commenced the song-theirs they. Then he stood up SmElo'. 



To-his k's-skwa'is k's-sHe'liHs tE SkElu'tsEmEs. e'tlas-wii kwaic'liHs 



For-a-little-while he was-unable to stand (was) SkElu'tsEmEs. And then danced 

 tE SmElo'. to-hi's k's-kwaiu'liHs. e'-yE-tl .=He'liHs-na'mits tE 



SmElo'. Awhile he danced. And after that he-stood-up-by-himself (did) 

 SkElu'tsEmBs. e'-tlas-wa kwaie'liHS kwEna'tEl. wii-e-tsa-al k's-mes yE 



SkElu'tsEmEs. And then danced they both-together. And then came gradually the 

 kwa'mkwomsEt tau-tla'-lEm. tlas-wa kwEls tE slii'ms tE Kaue'tcin : 

 strength-of them. Then spake the chief-of the Kaue'tcin: 



' QElala'mta(ja ! ' Tla'tluksEm tau-tla'lEm 



'Listen to what they are saying ! ' Beating-time- with-their-hands (were) they 

 Kaue'tcin. Tlas-wa QElala'ms tau-tla'-lEm. tlas-wii tElokwES tE seu'wen 

 the Kaue'tcin. Then they-listen-to them. Then they understood the song 



tla SmElo'. Huta' kwEnna' tE skwa'kwEls tE seu'wens tau-tla'lEm : 'waqauso'yEn 

 of SmElo'. It said these words the songs-of them : ' A-new-net 



kwEna s'kwa tlEsalt e-wil-kwEniilakEn-tsEn-tsa ' e-tlas-wil sil'nEmps tE sia'm 

 barrier if-spread-over get over-it I will.' And then he-orders the chief 



e-k's-ames kwii'tlatEm k's sweltEn. tlas-wii mO q'tastEm tE sweltEn 



that they should-come to spread a net. Then they come bearing a net. 

 TO-hl's skwaie'liHs tau-tla'-lEm. e'-yE-tls Qialii'is 



Awhile they dance-on they. And presently he makes signs with his eye to 



tE ce'yEtls. e'tlaswti s'tlEmps tau'-tla'-lEm Qona'm tE tcl'tcitl 



the elder brother-his. And then jumped they up to the top (of the house) 



tlas-wa Qe'ak'Q tau-tla'-lEm. tlas-wii QonHiinEn tau-tla'-lEm 



then they-were-caught-in-the-meshes-of-the.net they. Then run-round they 



Kaue'tcin nam te tcl'tcitl O'tlas-wa tle'tsEtEm tl' SkElu'tsEmEs tE sQe'aQOks 

 the Kaue'tcin to-get-to the top. And then was cut by SkElu'tsEmEs the mesh. 

 e'-tlas-wii kwa'sit hai tE SmElo' au'Eta tlO'ts'tEm stti'a tsa cunl's-kai tE 

 And then he escaped, but did SmElo' no cutting therefore soon killed was 



SmElo'. 

 SmElo'. 



Explanatory Notes on Above. 



' This term tsa used here and elsewhere in the story seems to have the force of 

 a substantive verb. It is also found in conjunction with temporal adverbs. It is 

 not improbable that it is the same with tsa, the sign of the future. It is seen also 

 in the following phrases: nam-f«a = he is going; au'a-^«a = it is not. 



- nh'a appears twice in the story. It is a relative or selective adverb of location, 

 and appears to be a modified form of the common locative tie, the addition of a 

 making it relate to some particular place or incident. 



' Hu'lana or Qti'laoa is the distributive form of Hdna or Qdaa, ' to perform 

 wonders It also forms the name of the great transformer of the Halkome'lEm 

 tribes, who is called QeqU'Is, or simply Qiils. His name is therefore significant of 

 his character, and means 'the wonder-working one.' 



■• In this expression snu'JiQictl does not signify a ' boat,' its common meaning, 

 but ' to fight.' It is commonly used with this sense in Kwa'ntlEn. As the tribes of 

 the island had to come in their canoes to wage war upon the river tribes, the coming 

 of canoes generally meant fighting ; hence the sense given to this term, 



» Tso'tsu is an adverb of location in a particular sense* It is used enly to 



