BOAS] HANDBOOK OP AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 281 



Gie'nhao ha'lgunAn '''^ 1a l! ga'yinxAlgAn/"^ gie'nhao nAii i'3inas"° 



And then closer her they told to come, and then the man 



l! tcIitga'tCTisi'ngAn."^ Ldo'gwan gl gvva'ogAn "^ gien l!a stA"^ 



they wished to make him fall into Ldo'gwan to refused and them from 



the water by shooting. 



qa'idAni."* Lu'hao stA l! gaitgwa'giagAn.^^^ Lla'hao a'nigai^^^ 



started. Then from they fled in terror. They ammunition 



wa'ga haila'wagAni."^ Gie'nhao tIalA'ii I'sin stA Luisdaxi'dAiu. 



in it was gone. And then we too from started by canoe. 



Gie'nhao DjI'dao-kun stA l! LuisdaxI'dAn gien gal stA'nsin 



And then DjI'dao-Point from they started by canoe and nights four 



sl'gai"^ gut l! Lgaga'i"^ lu GrA'nxet-kun' ga l! LuisLlxagi'lgAn.^^" 



the ocean upon they spent when Cape St. James to they came shoreward by canoe. 



Ga'istA gal stm l! LuisdAla'i Lu'hao Qa'isun gu l! Lui'sLlxagAn. 



From that nights two they traveled by when Kaisun at they came by canoe. 



canoe 



Hayi'n*^^ djiJl'.^^^ hao Lga djl'iia^^^ stA l! I'djin.*^* Hao Lan a'sgai at 



Instead really country far from they were. Here end this of 



glalgalA'ndAgai ^^^ ge'da. 



the story comes to an. 



[Translation] 



The Ninstints people came to Kaisun in four canoes to ask the 

 people to go to war in company with them. Then they went along 

 in four canoes. After they had crossed (to the mainland), they 

 entered Bentinck arm. And they went in opposite the fort during 

 the night. Then some people who had been camping in the inlet 

 began firing from in front. There Amai'kuns was killed. They also 

 wounded Floating. They also wounded Beloved. He was a brave 

 man among them. There they also enslaved two persons. After 

 that they started out. And those who started first went out to some 

 people who were coming along under sail. The noise of two guns 

 was heard there. Afterwards the canoe drifted away empty, and 



iwThe stem of this is probably halA', which is also used as an interjection. 

 109 jaz FLOATING; -in = -gin on the sea; -xaI the auxiliary to tell. 



""Compare with nAh I'lina in the fourth line from the bottom on p. 280. The suffix -s makes the 

 indefinite form definite. 

 I'Wc.'if- BY shooting; gat to move quickly; gi motion under water; -sin the auxiliary to wish. 

 112 jmao verb-stem. 



"3 L!a the objective personal pronoun of the third person plural; stA the connective from. 

 iKja TO GO (singular); -id is probably contracted from the auxiliary -xid to begin. 

 115 -jia probably the suffix indicating motion straight through to the object; -gAn temporal suffix. 

 116 jai the connective the. 

 1" hailaw = hailu to destroy; perhaps related to the name for the being that brings pestilence, Haill'las. 



118 sis means the open expanse of sea; in taking the connective gai the fmal s is dropped. 



119 ^ai the connective the. 



120 LU- BY canoe; is stem; -Lfxa motion toward anything; -gil motion landward. 



121 Aayi'ji an adverb always used when something falls out differently from what was expected. In 

 this case the rest of the clause, which naturally belongs with it, is omitted and its sense left to the hearer. 



i^^djill' really, actually; is strengthened and emphasis placed upon it by the connective hao. 



i23d!ji'ma far, an adjective depending upon the preceding noun Lga country. 



124 -in the past-experienced-temporal suffix. 



125 Hoo refers to all of the story preceding, which it connects with this sentence; Lan an adverb depend- 

 ing upon ge'da; a'sgai (= as or d'dji + gai) a demonstrative referring also to the preceding story; at con- 

 nective WITH, of, etc. GialgalA'ndAgai probably has the same stem as the verb treated of under note 

 107; jai the connective. 



