Franz Boas

“ The Wren kills Coyote, and Fox resuscitates him. Coyote meets the Wren a second time. They gamble, and he wins Wren's clothing. He goes on, and meets young Grouse, whom he kills. The old Grouse then scares him so that he falls down a precipice (see p. 293) . Wren recovers his arrows, makes the arrow chain, and the animals climb up. When Grizzly Bear climbs up, the chain breaks, owing to his weight. Then Eagle, Beaver, and Turtle are sent to obtain the fire. (See Lillooet, JAFL 25:299, where other references are given.)
The Turtle falls down from the sky and kills a person. ”

“ Then everything was on fire. He ran away. | There was fire on each side where he was going along. | He ran and went into the water. | He was almost burned. He saw a trail and | lay down on it. The fire arrived, and it turned back || because there was no grass on the trail. | He was saved. The people 70 saw that the land was burning. | Some one said: "Why is this?" They said: "Coyote is not here; | it must be he who has done it." Coyote said: | "Later generations of people will do this. || When there 75 is a fire, they will lie down on a trail. | Then they will be saved." ”

“ She said to him: "You have a father. |Your father was killed by Grizzly Bear. There is a mountain over there." The following day | the Tsa′kap started. He arrived. He said: "Come, I'll kill you!" | The Grizzly Bear came. ”

“ The other youth, the younger one, | staid there. He was told: "You shall go in || the 50 evening; you shall be the Moon." Then he went off. | It had not been dark long before the Moon went up. | It was always light throughout the night. | On the following morning he came back. He was told: "Your elder brother shall be | the Sun during the day. You shall be || the Moon." These two became the heavenly orbs [Suns] . These | 55 two youths were thought to be good, | and they were glad. Then it was decided. |
Coyote was angry. He thought: "I will kill the Sun." ”

“ The Woodpeckers disobey; and when they sleep in a wooded place, a toad sticks to the body of one of them. When Flicker touches a charr, he and his wife Duck are swallowed by a water monster. In order to find out where Flicker is, Woodpecker sends out birds to invite the fish to his tent. ”

“ In contact with velars and palatals, it inclines toward the sound of e. When long, the sound is always slightly diphthongized. o, u represent a u with very slight rounding of lips. In contact with velars, it inclines toward the sound of o. When long, the sound is always slightly diphthongized. (a ̆) , ι, υ open vowels, often followed by long consonants. ϋ open short, about as German ü in Hütte. The pronunciation of this vowel differs very much among individuals. ”

“ He obtains the feathers for his arrow by allowing the eagle to carry him into his nest. He obtains flint by causing the owners of flint to fight. Then he goes to the place where the animals shoot the arrows up to the sky. ”

“ All surd stops are strongly aspirated, but the aspiration has been indicated only in words beginning with aaʽ. The primary accent is always on the penultima, the weak vowels, a, i, u, not being counted. ”

“ Qaosaqa′ane· tsa′kaps asma′łne· ałιtskι′łʼe·s. qak.ła′pse·: "maats ałqa′nam." [2] qałwi′yne· nei: "ho′yas nei hułqa′nam." ts!ιna′x̣e·. qa·na′x̣e·. qaawιtsq!nu′se· aaʽkιts!ła′e·ns ta′k!ats. mι′tx̣ane·, qaałak!o′une·. ”