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TSIM8HIAN TEXTS 



89 



child is about to die. He i.s eryiiiy all the time beeause his body is 

 being burned. Carve a piece of wood so that it will look just like 

 your child." He ga\'e to this person tobacco, red paint, and sling- 

 stones in return for his advice. Then the person was very glad. The 

 man made a figure of spruce, one of hemlock, one of balsam fir, and one 

 of red cedar, and one of yellow cedar, all as large as his boy. Then 

 he made a great fire. He built a p3're of slender trees, which he placed 

 crcsswise, and placed fire underneath. He hung his wooden images 

 to a tree over the fire. He poked the fire, so that the sparks burned 

 the body of the wooden figure. Then the latter cried aloud, but after 

 a short time it stopped. Then he took it ofl'. and took another one. 

 It did the same. The figure stopped crying after a short time. He 



"La dsm no'oL Lgo'uLgun. Qane-hwila ayawa'tk^t aL hwil 1 



'(Perl.) (fut.) dit'-s your child. Ahviiy.s he (.Ties because 



racL lipLa'nt. Am mE dEui dzapi> gan dEm sE-g'a'dEn dEm 2 



burns Ills body. Good you , fut. i make a (fut.) mak- amau (fiit.) 



ho'g"igat Lgo-tk'"e'Lk"." 



. like a child." 



little 



XtS 



qanL niES-a us qani. 



ancl red paint and 



sliUi,' 



.shot. 



stick mg 



NLk""e g'ina'niL g'a'tg'e hwindo'o 



Then gave him the man tobacco 



a. NLk''e .sEmgal l5-a'mL qii'oti. 



Then much in good heart 



g-at 



the against 



UliUl 



dzfipt, g*e'k" 



he made, hemlock 



t(fal-hwa'tg'itg*e. NLk'^ct dzupL ^an. Sii'eqs tgon 



In- had met. Then lie made a stick. Spruce this 



tgon 



this 



dzapt. ho'ak's tgoni. 



he made. balsam this 



balsam 

 tree 



dzapt. 



he made. 



sEm-ga n 



cedar 



this 



ai. 



Lgo'uLk". 



the boy. 



yellow 

 cedar 



NLk'^et wI-sE-me'L 



It was 

 finished 



as large as 



Then 



greatly he burn 

 made 



lak". NLlc'et ma'((saanL 



a fire. Then he placed 



qasqe sgum 



slender 



gan. 



trees. 



NLk-"et 



Then 



le-sg"i'L 



on he laid 



huX 



also 



qe sguni o-jm. 



a slender trrc. 



tgoiiL dzapt, sguuii'e tgonL dza'pt. Qa'odEt sil-qas-qa'ot'Eut 7 



NLk'''e se-ibe'l 



Then he Imrn 



made 



lax-cra'n. 



on the 

 tree. 



g'a'dEiii 



the man «t 



NLk-'et 



Then 



lak" aL uiXt. NLk''et le-ia'qL g*at aL n) 



afire at under it. Then on he the at 



hung man 



qe'LqaiiL lak". NLk**e ineL LipLa'uL n 



he poked the fire. Then burnt the body of 



2"an, 



wood. 



.\Lk-"e 



Then 



wi-anihe't 



he sliouted 



aL 



and 



!iya\va'tk"t. 



cried. 



Ni'g-i 12 



Not 



nak''L het, 



long he spoke, 



k--e 



then 



ha'ut. 



he stopped. 



NLk-"et 



Then 



sa-ma'gat. NLk-"et huX 13 



off he took 



go'uL k'"elt. 



he took one. 



Ni.k""e huX hwilt. Xi'g'i nak"L :iyaw;i'tk"t, li 



Then also he did so. Not long he cried, 



