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BUREAF OK AMKRICAN KTHNOLOCJY 



llTliil" ^\'holl he htul said so, he hit (lie Deer's lieail. '■(). my poor 

 l)rothcr-in-law!" he said when the Doer died. Thou he took the Deer 

 into his canoe. He broke some mussel shells and stuck them into his 

 l)ody, saying- that they were arrowheads. 'I'hen he paddled liack to 

 the village .singing (?) (?) (i). Then the Deer's wife went down, 

 and Txil'msEUi showed her where the arrow points were sticking in 

 the Deer'.s blanket. The woman believed him. They carried uj) the 

 Deer which Txil'msEm had murdered. Then he killed the Deer's wife 

 also. He stayed at the house and ate them. He had killed them for 

 this i)urpose. 



IT. Then he came to the house of Smoke-hole. The house was at 

 the foot of a mountain. He entered. The chief said to his grand- 



Sa-ba XL 



It was finished 



he'tg'e, k''et 



he said. then lie 



ia'tsi. t'Em-ije'sL wan. "Aiawa's 



liit the head of tlie deer. •■oh. 



deya' 



q'aLa'neE gua'!' 



my brother- Oh. poor he said 

 in-hiwl oiiel" 



wa ng"(? 



t lie deer 



aL La no oL wa ng'e. 



at (perf.) died the deer. 



K*'et logom-go'oL 



Then into he took 



aL ts'Em-mfi'l. 



the 

 eanoe. 



K'"e dotp. n'am-g'usgua'sEiii ha'gun. 



Then he took only broken large mns- 



sels. 



4 K"Leax''a'yit. K"'et lo-ma'ksaant aL LEpLa'nt. Ma'LdEL hawu'l 



.\11 hestruckit. 

 over 



a ot. K* e 



in it. Then 



t'tMi wula'kdEm 



he stuck it 



his body. 



He told that 



arrows 

 were 



hwax't 



he 

 paddled 



qans 



and 



aL lo-ya'ltk"tg-e: " Max-Lig'itwa'ltk" 



while he returned: "Alt 



da'mxLe. 



my 

 friend. 



He'i, 



He'i, 



hi'i, 



hi'i, 



hi'i.'" 



hi'i." 



K-'e 



Then 



laga-ie L 



down went 



hwil 



where 



K-'e 



Then 



uak'SL 



the wife 

 of 



io-ma'qsk^L 



in .struck 



<Em-ho'tk"sL 



believed him 



wa ng'e. 



the deer. 



wun 



the 

 points of 



hana'qg'( 



the woman. 



K-'et 



Then 



hawu'l 



arrows 

 ■. K-'e 



Thell 



gun-g'a'adEs 



made her see 



aL 



gula's 



his blanket 



Txil'msEm 



Txii'msEm 



lEp-ne'tg"e. 



him.self. 



l)a.\-go'deL 



uji they took 



wa ns e. 



La 



the deer. (Perf.) 



su-g-a'dEs Txii'msEiu. K''e 



murdered T.xii'msEm. Then 



liiiX tq'al-lo-dzo'qst aL 



also afjainst in he stayed at 



huX de-dza'k"L na'k*.stg"e. 



also he killed his 



wife. 



hwi"lpg'e. aL yo'6xk"t, 



the house. and he ate, 



K-'e 



Then 



qan 



there- 

 fore 



' This .sentence is in Tsimshinn dialect. 



