TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 



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Then ;i person said. "■ Why don't you join us?" The Giant yawned, 

 "I did not .sleep all niyht. A certain person caught three canoe 

 loads of olachen up the river." "La! " said one man, "how should 

 olachen get there? It is not time yet. They will go up six months 

 hence." They did not believe the Giant, and said, "'You are a liar; 

 you are a liar!" The Giant did not at tirst reply; then he said, 

 ••"Well, look at the inside of my canoe. There are olachen tails under 

 the stern sheets." The young men went down, and they saw that 

 the whole inside of the canoe was full of olachen spawn; and when 

 they lifted up the stern sheets the}' found two tails of olachen. Then 

 the youths went up and said, ''It is true." They showed the 

 olachen tails. Then the great chief said, '■•Ask Little-captain- 

 of-the-canoe. ask Dry-on-boxes-in-which-olachen-is-kept. and ask 



Xse'nqdet Wi-g"a't. '•Be'gun, 



They dislielieved (iiant. "You lie, 



Wl-ji'a't. NLk''e tgonL 



this 



nia'leist. 



mv eanoe. 



Lo-do'xL 



In are 



het: 



he said: 



LatsxL 



tails of 



be'gun." NLk''e nig"i hes 



you lie." Then nothing said 



'"Ado'E sEHi-g'a'aL lo-ts'a'wuL 



"Really look in the inside of 



sak" aL LaXL qal-x'da'qsist." 



C)lachen at under the stern sheet." 



NLk''e iaga-sa'k-,sk"L k"opE-tk''e'Lk". 



Then down went the little children. 



lo-wusEn-me'tk"L mal aL lanL 



in along full the canoe of spawn of 



k'opE-tk-"e'Lk" qal-x-da'qs. NLk-'et 



the little children the .stern sheet. Then 



NLk''et g'a'adet hwil 9 



Then they saw them (verbal 

 noun) 



.Silk'. NLk-'et hat.SL 10 



olachen. Then lifted 



do'qdeL LatsxL sak', 11 



they took tails of t)lachen 



t'Epxa't. NLk-'e Ijax-Lo'odet. NLk-'e tgonL heL k'opE-tk-'e'Lk": 12 



two. Then up they went. Then this said the little children: 



" SEm-ho'daast." NLk-'et gun-g-a'adeL Le LatsxL sak-. NLk-'e 13 



"It is true." Then they them to (perf.) the tails olachen. Then 



they 



caused 



(perf.) the tails 

 of the 



tgonL heL wI-sEm'a'g-it: ''Wo! G-e'dexL Lgo-niEn-xsia' meg-'e 14 



this said the chief: "\V6! Ask Little-master-of-boat and 



great 



