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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOOY 



but ho did not lind anvoiu', iiltlioufi'h tlu;y were spoakiii}; ri<,'-|it in front 

 of him. lie did not see thoni. He went hiick to th(! tire iiiid sat down. 

 He was quite out of breath. Then he thought, "1 will take these 

 thinifs and eat tlnMU outside." He rose and took a bundle of salmon. 

 He ran out of the house, but when h(> came to the door they dragged 

 him back, and he almost fell down. Then he heard someone saying, 

 " Sit down. Chief Giant.'' Txii'msEtn sat down again. He was (|uite 

 out of breath. He rose again and dragged the box from which the ber- 

 ries had come toward the fire. Then he was attacked and beaten with 

 sticks, although he did not see a per.son. The .sticks moved of them- 

 selves, hitting his body, his head, his hiinds, and his feet. Then he 

 felt verv badly. He went on, not knowing which wav to turn. 



1 K-'e ni'g-it hwai. 



Then 



2 K-'e 



Then 



8 huX 



again 



he 

 found 



g'l-ago , 



anything. 



Q'ai'yim lo-al'a'lg-ixi, ts'a'Elt. 



(Hose by in speaking face. 



ni'g'it 



not 



g'a'at. 



he saw 



them. 



K-'e 



Then 



huX 



again 



t'Ein-ie'et. 



to the he 

 middle walked. 



d'at 



he sat 

 down 



ai. 



lit 



hwil d'a't. SEna'Lqt aL hwi'ltg-e. 



where he 

 had 



K-'e 



Then 



K-'e 



Then 



4 lo-a'lg'ixL qa'ots Txii'msEm: 



in spoke the heart Txii'msEm: 



the heart 

 of 



He was out on ae- he did so. 

 of breatti eount of 



Dsm ksE-dE-ba'e dEm g-e'bee,'" 



"Shall out with I run ifut.) I eat," 



5 de'yai. (}a'6t. 



thus his heart, 



said 



6 xLEm-da'k-Lk"i. 



a bundle 

 of 



7 k-si-a'qLk"t aL 



out he at 



Hvvtl k-'e 



At once 



he'ldEm ban. 



many salmon. 



haldEiu-ba'xt. 



he rose. 



At 



He 



go UL 



took 



a'dz'Ep. 



the door. 



he 



arrived 



8 madzE-.sg-is Txii'msEm. K-'e 



almost lay Txii'msEm. Then 



At 



He 



K-'et 



Then 



huX 



also 



k-si-dE-ba'xt La 



out with ran (perf.) 



gulik-s-ti'ii'qdet. 



baek they dragged 

 him. 



hwil 

 dfim 



(fut.) 



K-'e 



Then 



heL 



saying 



a'lg-ixL 



speaking 



naxna'yit: 



he heard: 



"AmL dEui d'a'nEst sEm'il'g-it Wi-g'a't.' 



"Good (ful.) sit down chief Giant." 



10 Txii'msEm, aL sEna'Lqtg-e. K-'e 



Txii'msEm, and he was out of Then 



huX 



again 



K'V huX d'as 



Then again sat 



down 



At 



He 



haldEm-ba'xt. 



he rose. 



he was out of 

 breath. 



11 qa'oL hwil lo-d'il'L La'yix Le g'e'bEtg-e. 



went where in lav berrie.s he was eating, 



to 



12 K-'e hwil sagait-ha'p'aaL fan k^Le-hisya'tst aL ganga'n. aL 



At t'Em-tj'ii'qLt. 



He toward dragged 



the middle it. 



Then 



all 



tt>gether they rushed 

 after him, 



who all over hit him 



sticks. 



13 ni'g'it g'a'aL g'at. Q'am-ba'gait-bEbEsba'tsk"L ganga'n 



not he saw a i)erson. By themselves they were lifted sticks 



14 hisya'tsL LEpLa'nt. t'Ein-qe'st, ((aan'o'nt. 



hit his body, his head, his hands. 



asE.sa'et. 



his 

 feel . 



t an 



which 



K-'e 



Then 



15 SEm-pLa'k-sk"t aL 



much he was tired 



on ac- 

 count of 



hwi'ltg"e. K-'e dii'uLt. Q'ashasa-k'uL-ie'etg-e. 



what he did. Then he left, .\stray about he went. 



1 This .sentence is in Tsimshian dialect. 



