ti yəy̓duʔ ʔə tsi sxʷəyuq̓ʷ
Basket Lady’s Swing
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huy diɬ ti dəxʷhuys. ʔal kʷi č̓uʔ sləx̌il, tux̌ʷəƛ̕əd tiʔiɬ t̕əbiɬəd gʷəl tuxʷit̕iləxʷ tsiʔəʔ sxʷəyuq̓ʷ tul̕ʔal tiʔiɬ yəy̓duʔ. ʔal ti sxʷit̕ils tusaq̓ʷ dxʷšəq ʔə tiʔəʔ sduhubš stuləkʷ ʔi tiʔəʔ saliʔ pigʷədalʔtxʷ ʔal č̓əč̓əsəliʔ. ƛ̕al̕ bəʔuxʷit̕il tiʔiɬ spəčuʔs. ƛ̕ušudxʷ uʔxʷ čəxʷ tiʔiʔiɬ ʔal tiʔəʔ sləx̌il.
And that is what happened. In just a few days, the rope broke, and Basket Lady flew off the swing and out over the sound. It was the rope on the north side that broke, so she flew north. She flew over the Snohomish River where the Skykomish and Snoqualmie join it, over the two longhouses on č̓əč̓əsəliʔ, until she got just to the west of dxʷlilap, and then she fell. From the looks of it, she did a belly flop. Her basket was flung out behind her, as you can see on the map.