Wishram texts / by Edward Sapir ; together with Wasco tales and myths, collected by Jeremiah Curtin and edited by Edward Sapir.
- Edward Sapir
- Date:
- 1909
Licence: In copyright
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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![klu^lKyjL itclE^x'yan.’ xii'xwa.” Kxw(Vpt a^^a itc!i</x*yan p!a^l’ am- Coyote at Lapwai^ Idaho. ^ Acra yu'it isklu'liyE caxla'damt aga qlwa'p tciu'xdix quct iak!adnEla-ixba itdfxiyEii ” iadxam/ Kinwa' dan idia'piqx 5 yugwadal cabxElix k!ma dnux qxa'daga kVq! atdu'xwa; ki'nwa gi'gwalix akdya da'ukwa kVq! atdu'xwa. Kwopt galixtu'xwa-it : “ Qxadigi anxuxwa Gatca'gElkEl wa'u- iiEm. Galixhdxwa-it: “ItbknaLx andu'xwa.” Kwopt gatctubx; a-ik!aii gatcdadux. Kwopt ya'xtla 10 a-ik!au gadiKlux; aga gatdgidkEl ixbmat yaxagalcqlwa- yamit ixbmat; sa^q^ k!a^uk!au gatcu^xix itbidianx ili'paq gatcbux. Kwopt galigElibya; a-itsxa'p iadipaq galidxL- xumx. Wbt!a gatci^ux iklibna ili^paq; wid!a galigEldya aga mank q!wap tsxa'p nixibxwax. Wbtlax gatctibx; 15 wid!a galigidu^ya tsxa^p. Da^ukwa galixudalEmtck *, ila- gwEdimixba aga Lqla^p galigugwa^mx qlwa^bixix gwEnmabad icklidcax. Kwopt galigi'mx iskludiyE: “Hi itdfxian! yamuxi'mu]; atxlatla^manqma.” Gadi ixidiiat itdibxiyan. Kla^ya qxadigi 20 o'alidvim. Wbt!a o-atdudxam; ilaGwEnmixba kwodadi xad gatcbukct. A^-i gatciAix yaKa k!adi iludxdix wb^unEiiiba iabina^Lx Engri. o Aga fuG^ galidxiix itdfxiyan ; sqxid.ak p!ada gatcidix. Aga 25 fuG • qatgi libxlix galixibxwax qatgi cpildv gayiipsakladxit; yadxtiax iskludiyE galidxux itdi'xiyan Wid!a yaKtla * Lapvvai is in the western part of what is now the Lapwai or Nez Perces Indian Reservation, and lies south of Clearwater River, an eastern tributary of the Snake. 2 The same word, itelE'xyan, is here used for the “mountain monster” as was used in the preceding myth for the “Merman.” The latter is supposed to be half](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24877852_0062.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
