Wishram texts / by Edward Sapir ; together with Wasco tales and myths, collected by Jeremiah Curtin and edited by Edward Sapir.

  • Edward Sapir
Date:
1909
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Credit: Wishram texts / by Edward Sapir ; together with Wasco tales and myths, collected by Jeremiah Curtin and edited by Edward Sapir. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    10 15 20 lO A^a kxwo'pt gayukli^xa (jlwoOjixix; liq; nkxox. Gali^k- tatck. Ao'a kla^ya gatccg'Glkid i5iadix. k^wi ^ali'xiix; idiadix o'atccgEdkEl. Ag’a wi^tla gayukli^xa, galicgElkIkxa. Aga wkt!a qloa^p gatccidx. Aga wi^tla lEp ni'xox. Ga- ni^xux; gatccgF/lkEl wit!’ idiadix. Aga kxwo^pt nixlikxwa- it: “Ag’ antckiwadriida.” Aga kxwo^pt gatccklwa^mit. • • Gali'kim iagcVniEnilpa, galixlidxwa-it: “Ag’ atga^dya Na- didaduiit klma kla^ya pu kwadalaq amtktikxwa idEdxam.” Aga kxw(Ypt ickladamat gacxikx. Coyote as Medicine-Man} i'xat iqlfyuxt wfixatpa yuxt, yagadxdx* ixu'xt alqxidkw’ ilfpaq. Aga kxwo'pt galixla'gwa iskludEyE; mang iaxa't gayu'ya. Gatco^giiekEl idnE'mEckc tksEiibnE'nlx iltcqo'ba. Aga kxwo'pt nexlu^xwa-it: “ Anixmictxa'ma iqle'yuxt ia- gadxdx-.” Galiglibya ; gatciudxam : “Naqe tci pu Ikada amiuElmbctxa imigadx'ix* ?” Aga kxwo^pt gatciu Ixam : nCwotka' yamElmbctx.” Aga Lxwo'pt gatcigEdga, ga- tcbuk^d. Kxwopt gatcxutxumbt iakladxdxx Kxwopt Ie'p gatciAix kxwo'ba saiba' IksEnbna'nlx. Aga kxwcVpt gakcibbEu a^xad, gala-ila^-itam, gay alga xit dapa t. Aga kxwb'pt tea kb'pt galabxux. kxwopt galgagEdga, galgad iSva Ixli'wi. Galga'gElkEl dEdiEgi iGlgat. Aga kxwb'pt klYya qEbiEgi galko x pu ; ^ Compare with this myth Boas’s Traditions of the lillamook Indians (Jouinal of American Folk-Lore, Vol. XI, pp. 140, 14O; ^’eit. The Shuswap (Plublications of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, Vol. II, p. 741).