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TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 



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the Giant's olachen. They said while they were eating it. ••Qana', 

 qanii', qanii', qana'!"' They cried .so all the time while they were eat- 

 ing the (xiant's olachen. Then he was sad. Therefore he took the 

 gulls and threw them into the fireplace, and ever since that time the 

 tips of their wings have been black. 



3. He w'ent on and met a deer. Ho killed it and skinned it. He 

 put the skin on. Then he fastened pitch wood to the tail. Now ho 

 entered the house of a person, and when he saw the fireplace he 

 ran toward it. The pitch wood at the end of the deer's tail began 

 to burn. The name of the person was Qannene'lEguLXLO. He was 

 iee(?). Then the Giant sang as he entered, "? ? !■" Thus he spoke. 

 When he had finished singing, he ran out. He ran about among the 



dzaL x-qana'qs Wi-g'a't. TgonL hoL qe'wun Lat g"i'pdet 1 



ate all the first olachen of Giant. This said the gulls when they ate 



the season of 



X-qana'qs Wl-er'a't: 



the first olachen 

 of the season of 



Giant: 



Iza'LcleL 



"Qanii, qanii, qanii. (janft." Heltr. heL 2 



"Qanii. qanii. nanii. <|anii." Much sai<l 



of the-season of 



Wl-g"a't. NeL qant .sagait-do'qL qe'wun. 



Wi-g-a't. NLk-'e .si'Epk^L qH'ots 3 



4 



qe'wun Uza'LcleL x-qana qs 



the gulls they ate all the first olachen Giant. Then sick was the heart 



Giant. 



Therefore 



together he took 



the gulls 



Lo-d"a'Ldet ai. 



In he put them at 



ts'Em-an-la'k"; net qan XLip-t"est'o'tsk"L qaq'a'ix'L qe'wun. 



in the fireplace; therefore at the are black the wings of the gulls. 



ends 



3. NLk'"e huX iii'et. NLk''e t(['al-hwa'dEL wan. NLk'"et 



Then again he went. Then against he found the deer. Then he 



dzak"t. NLk-'et tsa'odet. 



killed it. Then he srkinned it. 



NLk*-e tq'al-da'k'LL .sg'ini'st aL 7 



Then against he tied pitch wood 



at 



k'o'ukt. NLk"'e ts'ent aL hAvilpL k'TiIi. o--a'tg"e Lat 



his tail. Then he entered in the house of one person 



where 

 he 



NLk''e meLL sg-'ini'st 



Then burnt the piteh- 



wood 



hwaL q'apL lak". NLk''e tgo-ba'xt. 



found the end of the fire. Then around lie 



ra 11 . 



aL k'o'ukt. TgonL hwilL a'dz'EpL g'a'tg'e. Qannene'lEguLXLOL 10 



at his tail. This did the door of the person. Qannene'lEgiiLxLOL 



hwa'tg'e, dil'iit go'stg'e. NmeL qan le'mix'.s Wl-g*a't aL La 11 



his name, ice was that. Therefore sang Giant when (perf.i 



ts'ent. TgonL le'mTx'tg'e: ''G'il-spagait-ne'eq g'll-.spagait-ne'eq,'' 12 



he entered. This he sang: (? ) i '? i 



deya'. Hwa'i! NLk''e qa'6-dEL li:''nux"tg'e. Hwii'il NLk-"e i;^> 



thus he Well! Then was finished his song. Well! Then 



said. 



k'si-ba'xs Wl-g'a't. NLk'\" k\iL-l)a'xt aL spagait-oanga'n. 14 



out ran Giant. Tlien about he ran at among trees. 



