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What will you pay ? Iktah mika potlatch ?

A quarter ? Ikt Kwahtah ?

Very well, and something to eat? Kloshe kahkwa; pee tenas muckamuck?

It is pretty heavy Hyas till okoke.

Is that man your brother ? Yahka nah mika kahpo okoke man ?

He can help you, too Yahka lolo leeasset kopa mika.

I will give him something, too Nika potlatch weglit yahka.

Can you carry it ? Nah skookum mika lolo okoke.

Is it very heavy ? Hyas till okoke ?

Oh, no ! We shall do it Wake ! Nesika mamook.

Are you tired 1 Mika chalico till ?

How far is it, this ship ? Koonsee siah, okoke ship ?

Not much farther Wake siah alta.

That is all Kopet.

Do you understand English ? Kumtux, mika Boston wawa.

No, not very much Wake hiyu.

Will you sell that fish ? Mika tikeh mahkook okoke pish ?

Which of them? Klaxta?

That large one Okoke hyas.

What is the price of it ? Konsee chickamin tikeh ?

I '11 give you two bits Nika potlatch mox bit.

I '11 give you half a dollar Nika potlatch sitkum dolla.

No, that is not enough Wake, okoke hiyu.

Where did you catch that trout ? Kali mika klap okoke opalo ?

In Skamokaway river Kopa Skamokaway Ikhol.

Are there many fish there? Nah hiyu lepish yahwa?

Not many; too much logging Wake ; klaska mamook hiyu stick alta.

Well, I won 't buy it today Abba, wake tikeh iskum okoke sun.

What do you think of this country ? . . . . Iktah mika tumtum okoke illahee ? It is very pleasant when it does not rain. Hyas koshe yahkaw spose wake snass. Not always; it is worse when it snows Wake kw.onesum. Chahco weght peshak and freezes spose cole snass pee selipo.

How long have you lived here? (How

many years ? ) Konsee cole mitlite yahkwa mika ?

Many years ; I forget how many Hiyu cole ; kopet kumtux konsee.

I was born at Skipanon Chee tenas nika kopa Skipanan.

Did you get your wife there ? Nah, mika iskum nika kloochman yah- kwa ? No ; she is a Tillamook woman. I mar- Wake ; Tillamook kloochman, Yakha.

ried her at Nehalem Nika malleh yahka kopa Nehalem.

How many children have you ? Konsee tenas mika ?

We have three boys and one little girl.. .Klone tenas man nesika pee ikt tenas

likp ; ho. I will send you some things for them Nika mamook chahco iktas Kimta nika ko when I get home nika il