TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 



68 



It). Txil'iusKiu did still another thing. He came to the hou.se where 

 the Deer was living with his wife. There wei'e two persons in 

 the house. Then Txii'msEui .sat down and .said, '"Let us go and cut 

 wood." He called the Deer his l)rothei--in-law. The Deer trusted 

 him, and they went to cut wood. While the_y were .splitting the wood 

 the wedges jumped out all the time. Txii'msEm said to the Deer, 

 "Hold the wedges." He did so. Txa'msEm struck the wedges with his 

 hammer, and said to the Deer, ""Come a little nearer to the wedges, 

 friend!" The Deer wa.s afraid; hut Txil'msEm again asked him to 

 come nearer, because the wedges were always jumping out. Txa'msEm 

 sang while splitting wood, because he was ver^- glad: '"Hoho, hoho. 



!♦). HuX k^'elL hwils Txii'm.SEm. K''et hwaL hwilp hwil i 



Again one thing 



dirt 



Txii'msEm. 



Then 



dzoqL wan. Nak'sL wa'ng'e lo-bagade'lt 



camped Ihe deer. The wife of the deer in two persons 



were 



Txii'msEui la'ot. K''e 



Txii'msEm in it. Then 



he found a house 



aL 



in 



huX k)-d'a's 



also in sat 



down 



hes 



said 



hwilp. K"'e 



Ihehonse. Theii 



Txil'msEm, 



Txii'msEm, 



a'lg'ixtg'e: "Ami. dEm sE-a'Lgum," deya', aL xs-q"aLa'ntk"st 



he spolie: "Good (fut.) we tirewood," thus he and lie call- brother-iii- 



ai. 



to 



we 

 make said, ed him law 



wan. K''e ax'ia'ksk^L wan. K''e hwi'ldet, sE-a'Lk"tg'e. 



the 

 deer. 



Then 



trusted 



tlie deer. Then 



he did so, 



he tirewood. 

 made 



Then (perf.) while 



splitting 



hre- 

 wood, 



then 



always 



jumped 



let. 



hes 



said 



Txil'msEm aL 



Txii'msEm 



wa ng'e: 



the deer: 



"Am 



' ' Good 



iiib: 



ViiU 



deya' 



thus he 

 said 



K-'et 



Then 



aL 



to 



OX'S 



struek 



wan. 



the deer. 



K'e 



Then 



hwilL 



did so 



Txii'mSEDlL 



Txii'msEm 



let 



the 

 wedge 



aL he'tg'e: 



and he said: 



NLqan 



the Therefore 



wedges. 



dExdo'goL let," 



take hold of the 



wedges," 



dExdo'goL let. 



taking the 



wedges 



"•Txal-sgE'ren damxL."' K''e xpEdz'a'XL wa'ng'e. K''e hes 



•'Against lie friend." Then was afraid the deer. Then said 



it 



Txii'nLsEm. Atgun-tq'al-.sg'i'tg'e aL hwil gwa'nEm-k'si-g'Esgo'sL 



Txa'msEm. He made against lie because always out jumped 



List aL 



Singing accom- 

 panying work 



K''e La yukt guXgu'XdeL lak", k'"e gwa'nEm-k'si-gE.sgo'sL t; 



dEui 7 



(fut.) 



wan, 8 



the 

 deer, 



10 



11 



1-2 

 i:'. 



14 



1 This sentence is in Tsimshian dialect. 



