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TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 



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to cry all the time, '"Hamaxa, hamaxa!" Then the chief called the 

 people. He did not know what the boy wanted, nor why he cried; 

 but he wanted the box that was hanging in the chief's house. This was 

 a box in which daylight was kept hanging in one corner of his house. 

 Its name was max. The child cried for it. Then the chief was 

 annoyed. He called the people, and they entered. Then they heard 

 the child crying aloud. They did not know what the child was say- 

 ing. He cried all the time, "Hamaxa! hamaxa! hamax!" Now one 

 wise man who understood him said to the chief, "He is crying for 

 the max." The chief ordered it to be taken down, and a man took 

 it down. They laid it down, and the boy sat down near it. He was 

 now quite large. He stopped crying, for he was glad. Then he rolled 



gun-qa'odEL sEm'a'g'iL qal-ts"a'p. Ni'g'it hwila'x"deL hasa'qL 1 



caused to go the chief the people. Not they knew wanted 



Lgo-tk''e'Lk" qan hcL wl-ye'tk''t. Hasa'qL lo-ia'gat aL hwilpL 2 



boy 



why 



he 

 said 



he cried. 



He wante<i in hunff 



tlie house 

 of 



the 

 little 



SEm'a'g'it. Lo-ia'qL max aL amo'L hwilpL sEm'ii'g'it. 3 



the chief. In hung the in the the house the chief. 



max corner of of 



SEm-kTi-Lot'u'guL SEm'a'g'it. MaxL hwas go'stg'e. Nlhc'l a'wutL i 



Reallv (?) the chief. Max was the that one. Therefore cried 



name of 



Lgo-tk"'e'Lk"g"e. NLk^'e lo-wa'ntk"L qa'oL sEm'a'g'it. NLk''et 5 



Then in annoyed heart the chief. Then he 



the child 



little 



in annoyed 

 was the 



heart 

 of 



gun-qii'odEL qal-ts'a'p. NLk*'e ts'ElEm-qa'odeL qal-ts'a'p. NLk''e 6 



caused to go the people. Then into went the people. Then 



naxna'deL hwil wI-ye'tk"L Lgo-tk''e'Lk" Lfi g'ap-wi-t'e'st. NLk-"e 7 



they heard (verbal cried the child (perf.) really large. Then 



noun) little 



ni'g'it hwila'x'L qal-ts"a'p qane-hwila heL Lgo-tk'e'Lk^g'e aL s 



not knew the people (what) always said the child and 



little 



wl-ye'tk"t. Tg5nL het: "Hamaxil' hamaxa'. hamax."' Hwii'l! 9 



it cried. Thus it said: " Hamaxii', hamaxii', hamax." Well! 



K*'alL hwil xo'osgum g'at fan hwila'x't, tgonL heL hwil xo'osgum iq 



One wise man who knew it, this said the wise 



g-at: '-Sem'a'g-it tgosL an-hii'et. Maxx haa'ut." NLk-'et H 



gun-sa-go'udEL sEm'a'g'it. NLk"'et sa-go'udEL g'at. NLk"'et 12 



caused off take it the chief. Then ofT took it a person. Then 



sg'e'det. NLk-"et k'uL-d'a'L Lgo-tk''e'Lk" Lfi g'ap-wl-t'e'st. NLk-'e ^^3 



they laid it 

 down. 



the 

 little 



boy 



(perf.) really large he 

 was. 



Then 



ha'wuL wl-ye'tk"t. lo-a'niL qaott. NLk''et k'uL-lo-tgo-lax-h^'Ib'Ent aL 14. 



he stopped 



his 

 heart. 



Then about inaround to h" rolled it in 

 and frr> 



