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called upon them to dance. SmElo' complied and began his dance-song afc 

 once. SkElu'tsEmEs, still feigning to be weak and unable to stand, waited 

 awhile. When a little time had passed he got up by himself and joined 

 his brother in the dance. As they danced their strength came gradually 

 back to them, They danced so well that all the Kaue'tcin applauded them 

 and beat time for them with their hands, except the chief. He had been 

 listening to SmElo"s song. He then called out to his people to listen to 

 the words of the song. They did so, and heard the following words : ' You 

 may spread your new nets as barriers to keep me in, but I will jump over 

 them.' The chief thereupon bade them place a net on the outside of the 

 smoke-hole. This they did. SmElo' and SkElu'tsEmKs still danced on ; but 

 presently the latter made signs to his elder brother with his eyes, and a 

 moment later both made a jump through the roof. They were both caught 

 in the meshes of the net. While the Kaue'tcin were running out to climb 

 on the roof and secure them SkElu'tsEmEs took a small stone knife he 

 had kept hidden under his arm and cut himself free and made his 

 escape. SmElo', who was not so clever as his younger brother, was unable 

 to disentangle himself from the meshes of the net and was again captured. 

 This time they put him to death. 



Principal Terms of Consanguinity and Affinity in the Kica'ntlEn. 



father, mEn. 



mother, tEii ; when addressed by her 



children she is called tat. 

 parents, cowa'li, sEye'ls, si'El, or sai- 

 yi'El. 



These terms are applied to cither 

 parent indifferently in nari'ation. 

 se'la I grandfather. 

 \ grandmother. 



tsa'muk- -'^s'^®^*'^^"^^^*'^®''- 



l^ great-grandmother, 

 s'kwivnk- \ great-great-grandfather. 

 dkwi3Uk I ^^ ^^ grandmother. 



/■great - great - great - grand- 

 . „ . , J father, 

 s piyu j great - great - great - grand- 



\ mother. 



°^^'"^{d°aughter}°'^l"ld- 



ma'mEna { ^°° gj^t^rs J °'^ '='"1^'^^"- 

 si'ntla, eldest or first-borti child. 

 'nQe'tsEn, middle ,, ,, 



sii'suk- or sa'suk't, J'oungest or last-born 

 child. 



f elder brother, 

 sister. 



ce'yEtl or 9e'yE9 < 



.^ ,, cousin, 

 brother. 



Tyounger brother 

 sa'sok--! „ sister. 



t ,, cousin, 

 e'litl, brother, or sister, employed in 



such sentences as 'Where is your 

 brother ? or sister ? 



. „ ( uncle (parent alive). 

 CQEmnekq^.^^^^^ ( ,. „ ). 



rovrmrsi'atl (""^^^ (parent dead). 

 cQEmEhi atl I ^^j^j. ^ ^^ ^_ )_ 



sQEnma'itl, cousins (when parent Is 



dead). 



..,,,, f sister-in-law. 

 sma tuktEa ^ brotlier-ih-law. 

 swa'kus, husband. 

 tcauQ, wife. 

 stcauQ, married man. 

 swil'wEkus, married woman. 



The derivation of these two terras 



obvious. 



.... ., . r widow. 



Pya'tEn or si'atEn ^ ^-^^^^^.^ 



.... f widows. 

 syaya'tEn ^ ^j^jQ^vers. 



wi'i'nim, orphan, 

 lover, kle'tEl. 



Prvncipal Terms dcnoilnfj Sea't 

 swe'Eka, man. 

 sleni or tlene, woman, 

 swe'wolus, youth, 

 swa'wolus, youths, 

 k'a'ml, maiden. 

 swe'Ekotl, boy. 

 k'amiatl, girl. 

 sle'tkEtl, child. 

 ska'kEla, infanti 



CoKtoEEAL Terms. 



arm, ta'lfl. 

 back, slu'kawitl. 



bone, s'aru 



body, slEQe'iis. 



breasts of woman, sku'ma, 



