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��INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AMERICAN LINGUISTICS

��VOL. I

��Iltll'xasx tas xam*, te'mlta mu n 'hu ita* hala'tsl wa na' spal'k'. 1 "a'a, Mo'luptsi- ni'sla qa'sist klwa'yEmtsx."

T'mstE tem kus wa 8 na' ts-spai'k' kus 5 wula'tat. tai 8 mu n 'hu I'mstE.

4. COYOTE'S AMOROUS ADVENTURES' I

Xa'mEt-s-hi'tslEm 3 wllx k'au'k's. te'- mlta LEai'sx xe'Lk'it-s-tsa'sidu Iu n 'tsxaux. temau'x pqai'txalnx. "k'inau'x hi'tE mu n 'hu la a mEhllkwai'si? maai"tsitx-Q

10 mu n 'hu k'e'a. mEla'nxan k'inau'x

iltqa'a." tem k'Ets mu n 'hu Iqaitia'yusx tem k'Ets mu n 'hu siLxui'nx k'au'k's ats- k'eli'sk'. yasau'yai'nx ats-k'ell'sk'.

"xa-kwas mukwa'ntsit k'Ex qo'tsE Iqaa'-

15 yutELi."

��Temu n 'hu ayai' auL Is Iqami'laut. temu n 'hu wllx k'au'k's, temu n 'hu qalxe'xa. temu n 'hu kuya'lnx. temu n 'hu mis

tqiai'lnx, temu n 'hu quwi'. tem-axa

20 mu"'hu Iqla'yuslnx k'au'k's. tem pxeltsu-

sai'. "qami'nt-a tas hi'tslEm?" "a'a."

"ta'xti-En sili'kwEx?" "'Llya 8 ta'xtl.

xa'mEt tai 1 tk'a'mk'la Lqali'tEx tsa a 'mE."

- "a'a, la'-En Iqali'tEx?" - - "a'a, p'ui'x

25 ts-qalo'nak'." - - "a'a." temu n 'hu wl'- Ismx k'au'k's temu n 'hu ayai' LEya'tstik's. k'Ets lts!uya'tEsalx-slo. temu n 'hu tipxa'- Inx, te'mlta 'Llya 8 tsa a 'mE nunsal'. tem pxeltsusa'lnx, sis 'Liya 8 a' ts!uya'tELi-slo?

.jo tem ma'yEx. "a'a, ts!flya'tELin-sl5." tem pts!uitELiya'lnx-slo. 4 tem wustlinai' temu"'hu ayai'. temu n 'hu mEtsimxaxai'. 'Liya 8 qa a 'tsE mEtsi'mxaxa, temu n 'hu ma'yEx, k - -uk u qui'siyuln is tsExai'.

1 Simplified for ts-spal'k:

2 Told by Thomas Jackson in 1913.

Compare Boas (JAFL 11:140-141); Dixon (PAES 4 :75) ; Sapir (PAES 2:11). Similar stories were

��amined herself, but likewise her female organ was gone. "Yes, (it was) Coyote who played this trick on us two."

For that reason frogs have no female or- gans. Only now thus (it ends).

4. COYOTE'S AMOROUS ADVENTURES I

One man (Coyote) went across the river. Then he saw (on the other side) two women in the act of bathing. So he watched those two on the sly. "I wonder what I can do to those two! Verily, (they two) are nice to look at. I know (what) I am going to do with those two." Nunc abscindebat penem suum atque transmittebat. Loquebatur ad penem suum. "Thou shall go in quickly into that pretty one."

Then he went on towards evening. Then he came to the other side, and shouted (for some one to take him across). Thereupon somebody came down to the bank after him. Then, when (the unknown person) crossed over to him, he got into the canoe. And then (the ferryman) came across with him. Then (Coyote) asked, "Are there many people here?" "Yes." "What are they all do- ing?" - "Nothing at all. Only one girl who has attained the age of puberty is very sick."

- "Oh, what ails her?" - - "Well, her abdomen has swollen up." - - "Oh!" So then he was arrived with at the other side, whereupon he went towards the village. He acted (like) a medicine-man. Then food was placed before him, but he did not eat much. Then he was asked if he were a medicine-man. And he said, "Yes, I am a medicine-man." Then he was asked to try (his skill as a) medicine-man. So he agreed, and went (into the house). Then he began to doctor. He was not doctoring long, when he said that a partition should be put in front (of the sick

also recorded among the Molala, Thompson River, and Kwakiutl Indians. 4 Passive.

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