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into it. They put it on the branches of a tree in the wood.s. The 

 chieftainess had a .spoon and a fi.sh knife in her box. She pretended 

 to b(5 dead. For two niglits t\w, ehief went into the wood.-^, and sat 

 right under the box in which the chieftainess was lying. Then he 

 ceased to cry. Behold, there were maggots falling down from the 

 bottom of the box. Then the chief thought, "She is full of maggots." 

 But actually the chieftainess was scraping the spoon with her Hsh 

 knife, and the scrapings looked just like maggots. In the evening 

 her lover went into the woods. He climbed the tree and knocked on 

 the box, saying, "Let me in, gho,st!" He said so twice. Then the 

 chieftainess replied, " Ha-ha! I pretend to make maggots out of myself 



1 q'aldjx'-ma'qdet aL g-ile'lix'. NLk-'et ma'qsaandeL gan. 



in the rear they put at in the woods. Then they put her on a tree, 



of the houses her 



2 Ts'o'sg-im nak", nLk-'et lo-dfi'mL sig'idEmna'qi. (j'aldo'x- qani, 



A little while, then in held in the chieftainess a spoon and 



her hands 



3 ha-q'6'L. Bek"L hwi'ltg-e. Nig-ide no'ot. NLa g-e'lp"El yu'k.sa 



a knife to Shelled she did so. Not she wa.s (Perf.) two evenines 



split salmon. dead. 



4 qa'ne-hwila q'aldix'-ia'L sEm'a'g'it aL logol-dEp-d'a't aL LaXL 



always to the rear went the ehief 'under he sat at under 



of the houses 



5 hwil le-sgUL xpe'is hwil lo-.sg"lL .sig'idEmna'q. La Lesk"L 



where on was the box where in lay the chieftain- When finished 



ess. 



6 wi-ye'tk"L sEm'a'g-it, gwina'dcL, smfi'wun qa'ne-hwila mak't rl 



crying the chief, behold, maggots always tell at 



down 



7 bak"t aL siii'nL xpe'tst. NLk-'e tgonL heL qatL sEm'a'g'it: 



came at the bottom the box. Then this said the heart the chief- 



out of of of 



8 "La smii'wun da." De'yaL qa'6tL sEm'a'g'it. TgonL hwilL 



"It is all maggots." Thus said the heart the chief. This did 



of 



9 sig-idEmna'qg-c. La'lbEL q'ald5'x- aL ha-q'o'L. NLk-'et ho'g-J^aL 



the chieftainess. She the spoon with the fish Then like 



scraped knife. 



10 sma'wunL Lfi q'am-Ltl'lbEqskt aL q'aldo'x'. NLk"'e huX yu'k.sa. 



maggots (perf.) refuse of scraping at the spoon. Then again it was 



evening. 



11 NLk-'e huX q'aldJx--ia'L an-k"o'oXt. NLk-'et mEn-he't'EUL gan. 



Then again to the rear went her sweetheart. Then up he placed a tree, 



of the houses 



12 NLk-'e mEn-ia'L g-a'tg-e. NLk-'et nii-d'isd'e'st. NLk-'e tgonL 



(Then up went the man. Then with he Then this 



his hand knocked. 



13 he'tg-e: "Ts'ent'Ene, lu'laq. Ts'e'ntEne, lu'laq.'" G-'e'Ip'ElL 



he said: "Let me ghost. Let me ghost." Twice 



enter, enter, 



14 he'tg-e. NLk-'e de'lEmExk"L sig-idEmna'q: "Hahii, algwa'L 



he said so. Then answered the chieftain- " Haha, therefore 



ess: 



15 qan sisqax.sa'ntg-e." NLk-'et hux q'ango'uL La ha'bEL an-.sg-e'ist. 



1 pretend to make mag- Then again sheopened the cover the grave, 



gets out of myself." of 



' These words arc in Tsimshian dialect. 



