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bat gasga sqane'isga. AdaEl tla'wula ha'usga wi qsta'mEqga ; 

 she runs from the mountain. But always sounds great noise; 



ada gyilEks ne'etsgEtga : rakstana'ga ! tla yik'aya'sga wi tla'oga ; 

 and back she looks : behold ! (perfect) down conies great landslide ; 



k-ank-a'nga lie'natga ada wu'd'a lEpla'opga gyikgya'gsltgatga. Adawu'l 

 trees fall and great rocks roll down. Then 



ayawa'sga hana'aqga ; tlat ne'etsga wul dsoqs dEp nEgua'dga, 

 screamed the woman ; (perfect) she sees where stay (plural) her parents, 



a?gEt gun lok'Em ; g'ag'a/oditgasga ts'Em g'aqsa'ogE. Adawul 

 she ordering to go into canoe ; they finish (have gone) into the canoes. And then 



di gun a'qtlgatga. Adawul 16'k-em g-'apha'yetget gasga 



also towards (into) she succeeds. Then go into turns round at 



qsa'os nEgua'tga. Matgaga, adaEl wul wi tla'osga HE wul 

 the canoe of her father. She is safe, but where great landslide (past) where 



dso'qtga. Ada gyilgs nEkne'etsgatga, rakstana'ga ! wi ha/Id Ein 

 they had been. And "back they look, behold ! great many 



hats-aE'rEltgak-anuwa'ltga. Adawu'lt matltga tlgua'lksga wula 

 snails " make happen it. And then she tells the chief's daughter why 



wa/ltga. Ada ne'netg* da Wulaqtla'otga wulawa'ldet. 



it happened. And it is at Inverness where it happened. 



K-anuwa/de da wul-q-tla'ot-k-at. 



It makes name at where landslide-misfortune happening. 



PKAYEK 1. 



Neqno'q, Neqno'q ; sEm'a'yits, sEm'a'yits ! ramra'dEn ! tgye ne'e 

 Neqnoq, Neqnoq ; chief, chief ! have mercy ! downward look 



wal tlEi'E'nt n ts'a'pEnt.* Man sa'ikya si'Ent, ada ma d'o ts'ant ! 

 doing under you thy people Up pull thy foot, and off sweep thy face ! 



PRAYER 2. 



Neqno'q, Neqno'q ; SEtn'a'yits, SEm'a'yits ! ramra'dEn ! a'yen 

 Neqnoq, Neqnoq; chief, chief! have mercy ! else nobody 



tEE'n qsEpeia'nEksEn tlE'rEnt ! Keqno'q ! ramra'dEn ! 

 the one to make you receive smoke under you ! Neqnoq ! have mercy ! 



PRAYER 3. 



L6 sa'ikya na ksEna'tlgEnt, sEm'a'yit ! dsm wul gya'kset ! 

 Into draw thy breath, chief! (future) that it be calm ! 



Before dinner the Tsimshian burn some food as an offering for Neqnoq. 

 After having done so they pray : 



Wa, sEin'a'yits ! dsm ga'bEn guaa qpiye ga'bEnmeE. Tawa'l 

 There, chief! (future) you eat this part of our food. That is all 



man da gua'a ; tawa'l man da gua'a tlguanee. Gyi'EnEm ! 

 left at here; that is all left at here to your child. Give us food! 



* Instead of n ts'a'pEnt, I heard also nssEgya'tEnt = your people made by you. 



