BOAS] TSIMSHIAN TEXTS (il 



of it. A dish walkt'd to the tirr all liy itself. Txii'msEiii was much 

 astonished. It lay do^yn in front of iiim. He thought about it 

 while he was eatino-. When he had tinishod, he drank. Then cran- 

 berries mixed with grease and water came from the corner of the 

 house and placed th(>niselves in front of him. Then a spoon came to 

 him. He took the handle of the spoon, hut nobody was holding- it. 

 Then he ate. The dish was very small, and he thought (i) (i) (i). 

 Thus thought Txii'msEm. Then he heard many women laughing near 

 the wall of the house. They .said, "The Giant thinks (?) (?) (?)." 

 He heard hi.s own name. Giant, mentioned. He ro.se from the place 

 where he was eating' and went to where the women were speaking, 



La a'd"ik'sk"t. J^E]i-(fa'(ik"sr, c(al-he'nEqg"e hwil wT'tk"i, han 1 



(pen*. I came. Self opened a box where eiiine froui the 



sahiioii 



qani. ts'a'k'g'e. K'"e t'Em-iii'et ai. lax-ts'ii'L lak" ai. 2 



ond a dish. Then lowanl he at on edge the fire at 



tlie middle walked oi' 



lEp-gulik"s-haLri'Eltk"tg"e. K'"e sEmt-lo-sanfi'aLk"s Txii'msEm. 3 



bv for it.^elf worlciiii;. Then verv astonished was Txii'msEm. 



itself 



K"'e La sg'it tu. (ja-sirXt. k''e a'lg'ixL qa'ottg'e. K'\" 4 



Then iperf.) it lay in front of him, then spolie his mind. Then 



La yukt g'e'iptg'e. K''e Lilxt g'e'ipt, k"'e ak'st. K'^e 5 



(perl. I lie he ate it. .\fter he fin- eatins. then he drank. Then 



began ished 



a'd'ik.sL La'yix amo'ost. huX ts'Em-qal-he'uEq hwil (> 



came cranberries mixed from the also in box where 



with grease and water corner, 



wi'tk"tg"e. K*"e La sg"it aL qa-sa'Xt. K''et g'i-lEp-a'd"ik'sk"L 7 



it came from. Then (perf.) it lay in front of him. Then l)y itself came 



ha'bix" aL awa'iis Txa'msEm. K'"et g'ilwul-da'mL an-da'L 8 



a spoon to the prox- Txii'msEm. Then beyond he held the other 



imlty of side of 



ha'bix'. K''e ni'g'jt hwaL lig"i-ago'. K^'e yo'6xk"tg'e .sEm-Lgo'-gat 9 



the spoon. Then not he found anything. Then he ate very small con- 



sidering 



ts'ak' hwil ts'o'osk't. NLqan hetL (ja'ott: "DEin 10 



the disli being too small. \\'hereupon said his "(Fut.) 



heart: 



]ig'i-([;ik"sma'teisHii iiE-wa'nt,"" deya'L (jtits Txii'msEm. NLk"'e 11 



(?) what yon thus said the Txii'msEm. Then 



liave." heart of 



heL wi-he'ldEm haua'q naxna'yit aL g'itsa'En: "Ha+ ha-f." 12 



said many women he heard them at toward the "Ha ha." 



wall: 



"Dehi lig'i-qak'sma'te uE-wa'n sg'Egua'sga, dey-a'sEHL qa'ts 13 



"(Fut.) ('.'I what you |('| says the 



luive lieart of 



Wl-g-a't."' K-'et nExna'L lEp-hwa'dEs Wl-g-a'tg-e. K-'e 1-1 



tTiant." Then he heard his name of (^iant. Then 



own 



haklEm-ba'xt aL hwil yo'oxk"t; at qa'oL hwil heL ha'naq. 15 



he rose at where he was he went to where spoke the\vomen. 



eating; 



1 This sentence is in Tsimshian dialect. 



