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TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 



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dish. He gave it to Txit'insEui to dip the >alnion in the grea.se. 

 Txa'rusEui ate the .sahiioii witii the seal l)liibber. He ate very much, and 

 was satiated. Tiien he left. Now Txa'msEni njade a house. He 

 finished it and invited the Seal to visit him. The Seal entered, and sat 

 down in the rear of the house, and Txa'msEm took a dish. ■ He placed 

 it near the fire and held up his hands so that the}' grew warm, but his 

 hands were scorched. Then Txii'msEUi turned back secretly, crying, 

 "Mmmmmm!" When the Seal saw that Txii'msEm was crying, he 

 rose. There was no grease in the dish. Then he said, "He tries 

 to imitate what I do." Txii'msEm was ashamed. He put pitch on 

 his hand because it hurt. Then he said, '"You ought not to try such 

 things. You would better get food for me that I may eat." He was 



t'elx' aL ts'Em-ts'a'k% dEni wutxs Txii'msEm ai. hiin. 



grease toward in the (fut.i tc>di|iiii Tx-i'iiisEm (ati salmon. 



the 

 dish. 



to dip in 

 grt-Hse 



K"'et g'e'ips Txa'msEmL hiin. Qan-g'e'ipdeL t'e'la eix. 



lf•l'^ 

 Then ate 



T.xii'msEra 



sahnim. 



till, (at nf 



K''e helL wunii'x' 



Then much food 



huX g'e'bEt. K-"e ts'a'x'tg'e. K-'et 



again he ate it. Then 



he was satia- Then 



ted. 



k"sta'qset. K"'e de-dza'ps Txa'msEniL hwilp aL wagai-do'u. 



he left him. Then also made Txii'msEm a house at ar. 



K''e La Lesk"'L dzapi. hwilp, k'"e det-wo'oL elx. K'e 



det-haL-do'qL anV/nt. K*'e Lat g'uxL lak" an'o'ns Txa'nisKm, 



also aloiif? he lield his hands. Then fperf. ) struek the tin- the Txii'nisicni, 



hiinds of 



k'T' t?s'EX'tsYi'Lk"L an'u'nt. lv''et to<)-y:i'ltk"'s Txa'ni.sEni 



then itseorelied his hands. Then around turned Txa'DLvEm 



qVmts'Eti wi-Ye'tk"t: '' Mminiiini/' (leva'. K'^e haldKiii-]>a'xL 



secretly he erieil: •■Mmnimni," thus In- Then rose 



thus Ill- 

 said. 



elx, Lat g'a'aL liwil wi-ye'tk"s Txa'aisEiii, Ni'g'i l(j-g'a'nL 



he saw iverhal cried Tx-i'nisEm. Not in was 



the when 



seal. 



t'elx • aL 



grease in 



hwa'leE." 



what I do." 



I verhal 

 noun} 



tsM'k'u'e. K"\" 



the dish. Then 



K-"e 



Then 



az:i(| 



was 

 ashamed 



a Ig'ixt: 



he .said: 



Txii'msEui. 



Txa'msEm. 



an'o'ntg'e aL sEmgal aba'g"ask"t. K'"e 



his liand for verv he was troubled. Then 



•Deiii d("-yt/xk"t La 



■•(Flit.) also he (perf.) 



foUow^s 



K''et .sEnt-so-*a'ndEL 



Then he put piteh on 



lEp-he'to^'e: ''Se a'uiL 



gwix*-txa'k"'sEm dadi yo'oxo'uc 



\vhen I eal 



to be eatinir you 

 alwavs 



hiui- he 

 «^eli Stud: 



HL Urjl'^'EsEin. 



you eat fast." 



■'You 

 do well 



Al)a'o-'iisk"t 

 He was troubled 



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