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TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 



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pecker accompanied him. crying, '"How-howl" Thej flew upward. 

 Now they came to a town. There a per.son said, "Son of the ghosts, 

 you must go on farther if you want to rind the place where the heavens 

 meet.'' Then Sucking-intestines, who had the bird skin on, said "G"it 

 g'it g-it g-insaaaaal" and the woodpecker said, "How-how!" after Suck- 

 ing-intestines had spoken. They came to raanj- towns, and the people 

 all said the same to them. They went on for a long time, and finally 

 came to the hole in the sky. At that time it was always dark. There 

 was no daylight. They found the hole, and the bird and the wood- 

 pecker flew through it. When the}' reached the inside of the sky, 

 Sucking-intestines took off the skin of the liird, and the woodpecker 

 also took off his skin. He sat down near the hole of the skj', while 



"Haau ha." K "e sa'k'sdet. NLk'"e le-y6'xk"Ldet lax-o'i, k'"elL 



"Haaii liA." -..'11 they went. Then on they went ou top of one 



qal-ts"a'p. NLk'*e a'lg'ixL k''alL g*at: 



town. Then said one person; 



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» \ a S » 4 4 * \ s> m » » \ a • »\ ei 

 Q'ai-yim al-sg"i;'hwil hax-hak'waxLmEs-mii' dEint qan de-hwa'h L.g6ui.k"L 16-lE-qai 



finds the child the 

 of ghost. 



g'ltg'insfi' lo-L6'6tk*'s Aninagom hat: 



the g'itginsfi' whom had on 



Close by 



NLk-"c 



Then 



lies where 



:i'lg-ixi. 



said 



close 



themeetingr (fut.) for 

 of the heavens 



'^Tsini't, 



"Tsini't. 



de'yuL 



thus said 



NLk-'e 



Then 



tsini't, 



tsini't, 



ha'atk" 



the 

 woodpecker 



.sa'k-;>kMet 



they went to 



g-it, 



IL 



8-it, 



g-it, 



La Lesk"L 



when tinishe'l 



8-it, 



git. 



g'insaaaaa 



ginsaftasa 



a'lg'ixL 



saying 



nites- 

 tines 



he'," 



he'." 



g-itg'insa'. 



theg-itg'insii'. 



wi-he'ld 



many 



(jal-ts'ipts'a'p. 



Lo-y6'xk"det 



In they went 



sagait-k'Vlt hada'lqdotg-*e. La 



together 



hwa'd("t 



they found 



q'ap-hwila 



ahvay.s 

 dav. 



which they sjiid, (perf.) 



nak"L 



long 



hwi'ldet. 



thev did so. 



NLk-'e 



Then 



hwil ([alk'si-no'oL 



where through the hole 



of 



hwi'lt 



was so 



NLk-"et 



Then 



g"i-k'o'oL. 



in olden time. 



hwa'detg'e. 



thev found it. 



lax-ha' 



the sky 



Nig "id i 



Not 



aL 



at 



spagait-sq'a'Exk" 



the dark 



ri'd"ik-sk"L 



came 



NLk-'e 



Then 



dEm 10 



(fut.) 



qalk'si-g'eba'yuki. 11 



through tiew 



g'ltg'insa' 



the g.'itg'insa' 



qan I, 



and 



ha'atk" 



the 

 woodpecker. 



ts'Em-lax-ha'. NLk""et sa-ma'gas 



into the >ky. Then ofl put 



NLk-'et 



Then 



Anmagom 



bucking- 



qalk-si-ax'a'qLk\let VI 



through thev came 



hat 



i.a an;i .SL 1,3 



intestines (part.) the skin 

 of 



g'itg-in.sa'. NLk'"e de-t-sa-ma'gasL k'alL g'at ana'si, ha'atk". 14 



g-itg-insa'. 



Then 



also off 



put it 



person 



the skin 



the Wood- 

 pecker. 



