BOAS] TSIMSHIAN TKXTS 51 



the hook ;i)k1 ate it. Ho went from one hook to the other, eating all 

 the bait. Then the l)uitof all the tishernien had disappeared, hut the}' 

 did not know how it had happened. Finally one of the men eaught 

 Txa'nisKm"s jaw. His jaw was eaught on one of the hooks. Then the 

 lisherman pulled. Txii'msEm was pulled up, although he was resist- 

 ing. He eoulcl not take the hook out of his mouth. He held on to the 

 rocks at the bottom of the sea. Then he was hauled up with the. tish 

 line. The fishermen came together and the\- all hauled t\w fish line. 

 Txii'msEm said to the rocks at the bottom of the sea that they should 

 help him, and finally he said to his jaw. ■"IJreak ofi, jaw! I am 

 getting tired." Then his jaw broke oil'. ^Vhen the fishermen siiw 

 the great jaw with a long beard, some of them laughed, but others 

 were scared. They went ashore, and all the people assembled in tlie 



K^'e hwil k''et go'iit. at g'e'ipt. SEm-doxVbEL h(>'ldEm 1 



At "III L- he took it, lie ;itiMt. Really ho went from uuich 



one to the oilier 



nax, at g''"'ipt- K'"'" sagat-qa'odEL naxL qa-ig"a't. K''e '2 



bait, he uteit. Then entirely was the hnit the tishcnneii, Thiii 



finished of 



gawaxwa'xdeit ai. hwi'ltg'e. SEm-mo'k"i, k'"iilL g'at x'pa'us 3 



they wondered what happened. Really emif^ht one man the jaw of 



Txa'msEm. Lo-hd'ksk"i. ig'a' ai. x"pa'us Txii'msEm. -i 



Txii'm.sEm. Iti il\\as the halibut at thejau'of Txii'msEm. 



with it hook 



SEui-da'mgant. K'"e g'idi-qa'k'sk"s Txii'msEm. Atit-hwila 5 



strongly ho pulled. Then trying was dragged Txii'msEm. With- i verbal 



to be stopped out nouti) 



k"SE-go'uL ig'a' aL ts'Em-ii'qtg'e, at hwil iaga-do'qi. ti 



oiT he took the liook at in his mouth, li<. Ijeing down behold 



to 



lEplo'op ai. ts'Eo'yuX ai. ([an-LEiuil'mtg'e. i.a k'"e 7 



the roeks at the bottom of .sea for meaiKS helping. (I'erf. ) then 



of 



diT'mgansk"L lax-ha'ye ai. moo'lk". K''e .sagait-ie'i, (ja-ig"a't 8 



be was pulled on toji at the fish line. Then together went the lisbernien 



at da'mo'andeL moo'lk". K'"t"^ de-hwi'ls Txii'msEm ai. ',) 



they pulled the liiu'. Th(Mi on his did so Txii'msEm at 



pari 



ts'Eo'yuX at dExdiVqi. lEplo'op ([an-LEina'intg'e. K'"e hes 10 



the bottom of he holding the stones means lielping. Tlien said 



the .sea of 



Txii'msEmg'e ai. k'pa'ot: "K"si-be'sEn k-pa'6 La dEui 11 



Txii'msEm u> jaw: "Out tear jaw (j>erf.i ifiil.) 



gwiitk"!, ([a'odeE." K"'e .sa-be'siL x'pa'ut. K'^f't g'a'ai, 12 



lost my heart." Then off tore bis jaw. Then saw 



qa-ig'a'L wI-k"pti'o wI-max-ie'iiKj. K'*et hala'g'ixdeit. i.agats'd'ut 13 



the the jaw groat all lieard. Then they laughed. Some of tliom 



fishermen great 



laxbeits"e'wut. K'"e tsagam-ho'ui. qa-ig'a't. K'"e sagait-ie'i. 14 



were .scared. 'flioii ashore escaped Ibe rishermeu. Then together wetit 



