BOAS] TSIMSHIAX TKXTS 35 



otu> olaeheii. Ho cried, ''Qunii', qanil', qanii'. (laiui'!"" Tlicii iiiany 

 gulls came and ate all the olacheii. Now Txii'insKin was sad. lie 

 took the gulls and threw them into the fireplace. Thus it ha])peiis 

 that their wiiio-s are black. 



Lgwa-gagu'm.'"' K''e a'd'Tk'sk"r, qe'wun. lv''et ha'ts'ii. k'"!i'guL 1 



litlU^ seiiKiill." Tnon came tin.- gull. Then he bit one 



siik'; at g'eipt. " Qanii'. qanii', qanii', qanii'." K"'e a'd"ik"sk"L '2 



olaehen; he ate it. "tiaiiii', qaiia'. qatiii', ijatia'." Tlieii r-ame 



he'ldEHJ q(~'wun. K""i^ dzai.i. he'ldicni sslk'. Iv"'e si'Epk"i, 8 



many gulls. Then thev ate inanv dlaeheii. Then sick wa.s 



it all 



qii'ots Wl-g"a't. K^'e docjL (j(?'wun. K'\'t lo-qalu'ksL 4 



the heart of Giant. Then he took the gulls. Then in he threw 



t Iiem 



ts'Ein-an-la'k": iii.tian t'Est'o't.sk"i, ([ati'fi'ixT. (le'wtui: hwil hwi'ltg'e. 5 



in the fire- therefore black are the wings (if the gulls; it happened so. 



place; 



^ These words are in Tsimshian dialect. 



