BOAS] TSIMSHIAN TKXTS 53 



kicked :i rock :uul iimdc :i deep hole. He said with a loud voice, 

 "Steel-head salmon, hit my heart."" After he had said so he sat down 

 quietly. The steel-head salmon hit his heart, and Txii'msEm lay there 

 dead. After a little while he opened his eyes and he saw that the 

 salmon had jumped over tiie hole that he had made. Then he kicked 

 the rock a second time, and he again told the salmon to hit his heart. 

 He sat down again and the .same was I'epeated. He told the salmon 

 to hit his heart, and it did so. Again he was dead. After a wliile 

 he opened his eyes and .saw the salmon lying in the hole near the 

 water. H<! ru.shed down to cat<-h it, but he could not reach it. He 

 kicked the rock a third time, and sat down again. Then he told the 

 salmon to hit his heart. It did so, and again he was dead. His heart 



g"idi-k"La'(isL lo'op. NLk""e wi-lo-La'pi. lo'op. NLk""e 1 



right liekicked ji stone. Tlien groat in ileui' .-.tune. Tlicn 



there 



a'lg-ixtg-e. Wi-amhe't: ••l)a(|sk"i. (|aodcE. mEle't!"' Lesk"L -2 



hesjHike. He slmuted: -Hit my liftirt, stet-l-hearl He 



salmon!" linisluMl 



het, k*"e uiim dYi't. K"'et yuXi. iiiElr-'tL qiVodKt. K'"e 3 



he then well he sat Then hit lliesleel-head liishejirl. Then 



saul down. sahnon 



no'ot. K'"e La <|'ii'axi. ts'a'Elt aL hwil no'ot. K"'C't t^'u'uL 4 



he was Then ii)erf. ) he his eyes at where he \vas Then he saw 



dead. opened dead. 



niEle't La t'uks-da'uLt. lv*'et huX ^'idi-k'La'cisL UVop, 5 



the steel- iperl. i out had gone. Then airain right he kicked the stone, 



head sahnon tliere 



k*Y*'lhKlt. K''e ha'ts'ik'sEiii buX he'to'e at uun-go'oL (ja'cdEt (3 



a second Then onee more again he sidd he eanseil to liit his heart 



time. 



aL niEle't. K*'e huX aina d"a't. HuX ho'^-'igat La 7 



at the steel- Then again well he sat Again like (perf. ) 



head sahnoii. down. 



waLen-hwi'lt. NLk'Y' huX a'lg'ixt at i>un-on'uL qa'6dp:t aL -S 



formerly he did. Then again hesp<ike ti> eansf tti hit his heart to 



niEle't. K*x huX hwilL niEle't. K''e huX no'ot, K''e '^ 



the steel- Then again he did so the steel- Then again he was Then 



heudsjilmon. head siilmon. *\v:it\. 



La ha'tsik'sEin hiiX 4i'a'axL ts"*a'Elt, nLk'\~ La lo-so'i't aL 10 



■when onee more again he his eyes, then (perf.) in lie lay ni 



opened 



lo ks-g"e'wit. At g'a'at, h\\'il k*'o ia^a-ho'tk"t aL dEiat 11 



in the lowest Then he saw it, at cmee dtiwn to he to ifiit.) 



hole. the water rushed 



go^it. lv'\"t sq'ok'st ar. dEiiit oo'ut. K*'ot liuX 1^ 



take it. Then he was out of at ifiit.) he ti>nk it. Then !iL';iin 



reach 



g*Kli-k"La'qsL kVop, NeL gula'alt. K''e huX d'fit; k''e ^^ 



right lie kicked the stone. Then the third time. Then iigain he sat then 



there down; 



huX het at gun-go'uL (ja'odEt. K*\~ luiX InviJL niEir-'t. 14 



again he to cause to hit his heart. Then ugaiu did bo the steel- 



said head salmon. 



'This sentence is in Gitkciin dialect. 



