NO. I MYTHS OF THE ALSEA INDIANS OF NORTHWESTERN OREGON
��"k'ist 'Liya 8 ayai'm k'i'luk's qalpai'm. k'ist hl'k'e qluli'm kwas na'tk'au." temau'x mu n 'hu ayai' k'i'mhak's qauxa'- nk's kwas tsk'I n 'tsi. temau'x k'i'mhaisl 5 mEya'xauxa. te'mlta 'Liya 8 qa s 'tsE mis mEya'sauxa. "auli'xa, auli'xa." temau'x mu n 'hu Iqwa'miLx qaux Is tsk'I n 'tsi. "namk' st-Iqwa'mits, k'ist ayai'm ku'k u s. k'ist k'i'mhak's spai'dT." temau'x
10 mu n 'hu k'e'a imstl'xa.
��Tern mEqami'nt as kuFai's hi'k'e tsa a 'mE. narnk- k'au'xuts qti'xa 'k'as ku'x u , k'au'xuts hi'k'e hamsti' LEai'stu ts-spal'k 1 . tsa'maux hl'k'e ma'k'st ts- 15 spai'k 1 . tern Is I'mstE tern-auk- Itla'xsalx ts-hai"'k' kuts-sI'tEk-aux, "la'xauxs ' m'- sk'ik's ayai'm, k'i'naux 'Liya 8 namk' Lxaai'. Is I'mstE ts-kwa'lnk' la'xauxs ni'sk'ik's ayai'm, k'i'naux 'Liya* namk'
20 Lxaal', la'ltasaux ma'k'st ts-spal'k', la'lta aqa'titaux s-mukwa 8 stELl. 2 nl'- tsk'aux-auk - Itla'xsalx ts-hai n 'k', temau'- xin-auk' mEla'niyux u ts-k'a'ltsuk'." tern- auk' I'mstE ts-hai n 'k'. "k'inau'x 'Llya*
25 namk' Lxaal'." temi'Lx mu n 'hu mEya'- xauxa. temi'Lx mu n 'hu wllx LEya'tstik's. "st-hak'i n 'k'I qalpa'a k'i'stl." tem
yasau'yai'nx kuts-qti'mk'. "mEla'nlyEm- tsxast ni'tsk'ast-auk- Itla'xsalx stin hai n8 .
30 k'ist k'i'sti, namk' sis atsk'al'm." na'- mk'siLx wllx LEya'tstik's, "tsa a 'mEn hi'k'e Lqa'lhlyu." temu n 'hu yasau 8 yai'nx kuts-qti'mk'. "xa-'Llya 8 a'tsk'a! namk- sis lunqlwaixwai'm, k'i'stis ta'mink'ink'
35 k'i'stl." temu n 'hu k'e'a Lunqlwalxwai'xa. temu n 'hu yasau yal'nx ts-qti'mk'. "k'ist qal'k'ai'm mu n 'hu; atsk'ai' mu n 'hu." temau'x mu n 'hu qal'k'al'. "xa-xe'ilk'e Ihaya'nauwi. xa-'Liya 8 tsa' a mE tu'msa 3
40 kus tu'msa! k'ist limla'ntEmts." temau'-
1 laxs (particle) + -aux (3d per. dual).
2 The plural form ma'mkusH would have been more proper here.
��once more. "We two shall not go into the water again. We two shall just go upstream along that creek." So then they two went there on top of a mountain. Then they two kept on travelling there. But (it was) not long before she said (again), "He is approaching, he is approaching!" So then he overtook those twq on top of the mountain. "If he should overtake us two, we two will go west. We two will lead him there." Then, verily, they two did so.
Now (on that place), there were very many windfalls. Whenever they two went over a log, (Coyote) modo de more videbat vulvas ambarum. Valde modo pingues vulvas illae duae habebant. And it was for that reason that their (dual) husband was continually thinking in his inner mind, "Even if they two should go far, I shall never give them up. For that reason will I never give them up, although they two may go far, propterea vulvae am- barum pingues sunt, propterea eae duae formosae mulieres sunt. Whatever they two are thinking in their inner minds, I know their (dual) inner thoughts." Then such (were) his inner thoughts: "I shall never give those two up." Then they kept on going. And then they came to a village. "We two are going to leave him behind right here." Then (the older woman) said to her younger sister, "He knows (what) we two (are going to do, and) whatever we two are thinking in our inner thoughts. We two will leave him when he is asleep." When they came to the village, (the younger woman said,) "I am very tired." Thereupon (the older woman) said to her younger sister, "Thou shalt not sleep! As soon as he begins to snore, we two will leave him at that time." And then, verily, he began to snore. So then she said to her younger sister, "We two will escape now ; he is asleep now." So they two ran away. "Thou shalt watch him carefully. Do thou not close the door hard ! He will find us two
��' timsu- TO SHUT (of door only).
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