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SELISII MYTHS. 



In the following text I have adopted phonctic orthogra- 

 phy, adding two characters to express souiids not readily 

 reproduced in English, viz. : 



/, the sound of the German ch in nacht., the Arabic 

 ghain or Spanish mujer ; q, being equal to ch in German 

 nicht, This is a softer sound thau the preceding which is 



coarse and guttural. 



Sen'-tshe-le' 

 [of the] Coyote 

 Se-huist'-tsen'tshe-lep 

 He was Walking, the Coyote 



they were cooking 

 s'ä-a-tsu'^ts 

 he looked 

 u-<2ol'-lii sen' -tshe'-le' 

 he went the Coyote 



skö-le'-pi* tö-ö'-se, 

 eggs, 

 we-titsht' 

 while they went to sleep 



t'lus-käl-ep'. 

 from the cooking place 



O'ko-es' 

 [thenjhetook 



[and] 



U-il'-^Ts 

 Then he ate 



rhui'-hue-u-^l's 

 the little birdf 



/'lus'-pe-lem'-tsis ; 

 the bill ; 



sö'~tümst 

 he puUed 



[stretched] 

 o-we'\vi' 



the Meadow 



[Lark 



o'k-tsö'-tsis 

 he pressed 

 [the head 



sö'-pot 



the tail 



kö'-tump't. 

 Story, 

 ö-we'-tshes 

 [and] he saw 



hui'-hue-iu' ; 

 many animals and birds; 

 es-tsi-ä' 

 all of them 

 t'l'-ken-tes' 

 removed the dirt 

 [from the eggs] . 



tsüs'-pen-ös ; 

 everything ; 



e-hue'-u-^l'sts 

 [and] hepulled 



[crosswise 

 ;^lüs'-en'k-tsü' ; 



[of] the Lynx \% 



[of] 



kwa'-wi-li/lts' 

 yellow breast 



/lüs'-i^ti-sü'-mi-e ; 

 the Panther ;1[ 



/lös'-tshi-tshi-ma'-u^ts 

 the breast he made ; 



