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��x-auk- mu n 'hu ko'k u s ayai'. "stis l qal- pa'yErnts Lqwa'mits k-i'mhak's, k'i'stauk's ko'k u s px-ilmisai'm." temau'x mu n 'hu mEya'xauxa. k-au'xuts-axa hiai'; ! LauxIya 8 5 la" Lhaya'nix.

Temu n 'hu Lqou'tsxa kuts-sI'tEk'aux. aili'k-aux wa 8 I'lElI'ts. tern-auk- mu n 'hu tlxal'nx ts-hai n k -. "'Lauxlya* tai* qo'tsE tsa'sidu. mEqami'nt tsa'sidu." tern

10 kus-auk- tlxai'nx ts-hai n 'k-. "k-aux

'Liya 6 hi'tslEm. k-aux hi'k'e k-ilfl't!in, k-aux hl'k-e 'k-qe'xan ya'tsl Is qalxa'tsit! ts-Li'qayuk-. k-aux hi'k-e k-ilu't!in ts- lank-, k-aux 'Liya' hi'tsLEm ts-lank 1.

15 k-aux hi'k-e qa a 'ltE yatsl Is k'i'lu, k-aux mEitsai'st is qalxa'tsit! ts-Li'qayuk-, aul hi'k-e Is k-i'lu."

Temu n 'hu tsqa'mtliyu.

��3. COYOTE AND THE TWO FROG-WOMEN 1

Xa'mEt-s-hi'tslEm 3 ya'tsx. wa'na' ts-

20 mukwa'slik-. 'Liya* qafl'k-eai tqaia'ldEx. tem Is xa'mEt-s-pi'tskum tern-auk- tbcal'nx ts-hai n 'k-, k'-ayai'mi ko'k u s phai- nai'st is Jowa'qatit-s-tsudai's, k'ai'i qlowi'i. temu n 'hu k-e'a ayai'. 'Liya*

25 qa*'tsE ya'xau, te'mlta Jyai'xaiLx xe'Lk-- it-s-tsa'sidu k'in'wa'txaux. temau'x

pi'usxa 8 yarnx. "na'k-sEx-E'n ya'xau?" k'Ets ta'mE 'Liya 8 tsku'yai'x. k'Ets psini'k- Ixekemyuk- ts-plwi'slnsk- tem k'Ets

$0 qa'halt tskwal'tEx. "la-E'n k-ipst tqaia'- IdEx?" - 'Liya 8. hi'k-exan pxe'ltsusa'- txux u ." "is intsk-I's-En?" "a'a,

na'k'sEx-E'n ya'xau?" "ku'k u sin phai- nal'st is tsudai's." - "k-eai'sa. k--xan-

ic axa a' ha'qwawits 4 'k'ha'm ya'xau, sxas- axa yala'sautxam?" - "k'eai'sa." tem k'Ets mu n 'hu xe'tsux".

1 sis (temporal particle) + -st (inclusive dual).

2 Told by Thomas Jackson in 1913. A similar tradition was also obtained among the Kalapuya Indians.

��out." Then they two went to the middle of the sea. "If he should again overtake us here, we two will travel in the centre of the ocean." Then they two kept on going. They two looked back occasionally ; they two did not see anything.

And now their (dual) husband woke up. The two (women) were already gone long ago. So he was thinking in his inner mind. "They two are not the only women (in this world). There are many (other) women." Then he thought in his inner mind, "They two shall not be human beings. They two shall just be Otters, they shall simply live beneath the roots of the alder-tree. Their (dual) names shall just be Otter, their (dual) names shall not be People. They two shall always live in the water, they two shall have for a house the roots of the alder-tree, just close to the water."

And now (the story) comes to an end.

3. COYOTE AND THE TWO FROG-WOMEN

A man was living. (It was Coyote.) He had no wife. Nobody wanted him. So one day he decided in his inner mind that he would go to the coast to look for dried salmon, in order that he might buy it. Then, verily, he went. He was not going long, when he came upon two women (who) were digging the ground (for camas). Then they two re- peatedly hailed him. "Where art thou go- ing?" He acted as if he did not hear. Upon his being hailed for the third time, he seemed to pay attention. "What do you two want?"

- "Nothing. We two have just been asking thee (a question)." - - "What is it?" - "Oh, where art thou going?" "To the coast I (am going) for the purpose of looking for salmon." - "All right; art thou going to leave us two (some) on thy way, after thou wilt be going back?" - "Certainly." There- upon he departed.

3 For example, Coyote.

4 haqu- TO LEAVE.

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