402 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY Lbull. 40 



Tsimshian: 



adat SEm-ht-sand'lgEtga a lat nt'° dudd'u lEplo'^p then he was 



much surprised at it when he saw the ice (on the) stones {sEin- 



very; lu- in; sanaflg surprised; nl^ to see; dd'u ice; lo''^]) stone) 

 lu-d'ni gafHs nd'H gssgE lat n~i'^>-.tgaP his mother was glad when she 



saw him (J^u- in; Zmi good; gaPd mind; iidP mother; n%° to see) 

 nin.'l' gan-haldEin-g^o'lt gEngE lag'ik ganla!°h therefore they arose 



when it was morning again {n'n\ !%' that it is; gan- reason; haldEm- 



up; ^'oHo run [pkiral] ; gssgE at', g'tkagam', ga?)ld'°k morning) 

 adat g'e'lksA lat vnd\iifi-suiva'ndE ba'^sgst then he felt when the 



wind had driven him ashore {g'elks to feel; wulhmi- landward; 



suwa'n to blow; hd^sg wind) 

 la g'tk I'Ie' rEldE la tgi-id'° sat when again one day went down 



{k.'E'rel one; tgi- down; id'° to go; sa day) 

 dzsda' la xgwa' tksE7i if ycu feel cold 

 dsE la gird'nlsEn you may have been cooked 

 ada la tja'odlsgE Ita'utga^ when he had finished speaking 

 ada lat sa-gd'tsmgA u'uksEgEt when they had taken off the ashes 



L,d while (Tsimshian: IW). 

 nlk'^et ma' hdltg'e Ld vietk^L qal-tii'a' p then they told him that the 



town was full 183.14 

 ha SEm-l)ag'ait-d''d'L Loqs, nLk'-e . . . when really in the middle 



was the sun, then . . . 103.15 

 ntg't Juix hivUt La qd'odet the}' did not do it again Avhen they 



finished 179.10 

 Tsimshian: 

 j nUni't will wuld'i ld°t wiila sl'^plEiidE na'kstga° that was how she 



knew that her husband continued to love her ((wuld'i to know; 



s~i'°jj/e}i to love; nak.s husband) 

 ada ld'° loida he'HgE wul-qd'°sgEdEt then continued to stand the 



wise ones ZE 792.20 {he°tg to stand; wid-<2d'°sg wise) 

 ada sagait-and'gasgEtgA a ld° dEiii wida id'° g'a'mgEm dzi'usdEt 



then they agreed together that the sun should continue to go 



ZP] 791.18 (.saf/ai?;- together; and'gasgto agree; id'^ to go\ g'amg 



moon, sun; dzl'us daylight) 

 ^J^iW' future (Tsimshian: <?-Ewt). • 

 xpEts'a'xL lup'e'Ensk'^g'e ah dEin de-hvMt the grizzly was afraid 



to do it also 56.14 {,i'p)Ets''a'x afraid; lig'^e'Ensk^ grizzlv bear) 

 hsL qd'ddEL xa'sL dmii fuks-t/e'sES Ts.'ak' the slave thought he 



would push out Ts'ak* 135.4 {he to say; qd'dd heart; xa'E slave; 



fuks- out of; ties to push) 

 nig'i dEra hux a'd''th'sgueg'e I ma}'^ not come again 165.14 

 dzaL am-hd'ts' dEmg'e'tptg'e the stump ate all he was going to eat 



65.12 

 dsm k'''e viEn-il' En you shall go up 91.2 

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