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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    axi'mat. Gakti/lxam ak!una a^exat ag-a saq^ axoqi/nk, a^xka wala^lxt: “OE^iiEgiska mcgi^uxt iqle'yoqt idia'ge- wam! si^klElutk, ikia'wulqt leg]-:' Ipx; aga qloa^p ag’ ayu'mqta. OE^nEgi qxfdau Emcgi'uxt iqle'yoqt?” La-itc- 5 kaba gatkkm Hawklike: “Qxi'dau na^ya itenu'x iqie'yoqt.” A^exat wkt!a da^uxwa na^kim: “Lima^n Liman itenu'x.” • • GalxEdxamx: “Ag’ adEma a'xtiax alaxElqla^xid’ alEma; qEdiEgi alaxluxwa^-ida yakla^mEla iqle'yoqt queti'axa.” Aga klada gagkux wktia aklE^n’ a^-ixat aJagwE'nEma; 10 aga gagkuk^d. Aga wktia da'ukwa gatcu'xa. Aga qloa'p itq^e'ba; aga gagiula'da kxwo'ba. Aga kxwo'pt itca'mxt- pa aga gaqxo'gwiga idEdxam atgigidalama ayugwida-ida; gaqxo'gwigax itslfnonks^ qxfdauEmax widxpama itqcxHa- uwukc idagadlEx idaxitcE'mElit; alugwadalam’ adEina epak. 15 Galbkim idiage'wam iskludEyE: “Aga tia'ya mcgaxb- ma.” Aga kxwo'pt gaqaxbma; galuxwida-it idEdxam da- iteka atgigidalama. Galbkim idiaxidalit “Naqe pu anugwida-ida na'-ima nadka. Daba' dan mcgiaxala'dagw’ a-ila'-u qxa'datc’ itiu'ktix anugwida-ida.” Aga kxwo'pt 20 gaqigEdga ilqloa'dit; a-ila-u gaqxi^doxix. Aga kxwo'ba gayagu'mla-it, agatctudxam: “ Cma'nix edvi anhxa' ilx- kcE^n ca'xEl, aga kxwo^pt amckladama.” Aga gatetuAkam idladamax aga galugwadalamtck. Aga kxwb^pt gayugwida-it *, a-inla^k gateto'x itka'qwit. Aga 25 kxwb'pt gatciGga'mit iakladxdxq gatcu'etga. Galaglibma : ^ Its'.i'nonks stands for it-ts!i'nonks. 2 Idiaxi'lalit (cf. -gila-it, “to doctor”) denotes properly “medicine-man” m his capacity of “doctor,” of dispeller of disease; idiage'wam is used as equivalent to “shaman” in its wider sense of one who can inflict harm on others by his con-