BOAS] TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 103 



away. Then all the children went out, and they cried. The log was 

 drifting' about in the ocean. 



One of the children was wise. He saw gulls flying about, and then 

 he returned into the hollow log and said, "Gulls are alwa^'s sitting 

 on top of us. What can we do to catch themT' Then one boy said, 

 "Let us hit our nose.s, and we will rub the blood all over the log, then 

 the feet of the gulls will sticlv to the log." They did so. They hit 

 their noses until they bled. Then they rubbed the blood on the log. 

 Then thej' entered the log again. Now many gulls came and sat down 

 on the log. About noon their feet dried to the log. Then one of 

 the boys went out. The gulls tried to fly away, but they could not do 



hwagait-g'i'iks. NlIv-'c k'si-qa'odEi. k'opE-tk'VLk". NLk''e 1 



way off sliore. Then out went the little children. Then 



sig"a'tk"det; qane-hwila sig'a'tkMet. NLk''e k'uL-da'uLi. wl-ga'n 2 



they cried; always they cried. Then about went the log 



large 



ai. hwagait-lax-se'Elda. 3 



on way out on the ocean. 



NLk-'e huX k-si-L6'6tk"L Lgo-hwil-x6'6sgum Lgo-tk-'c'Lk". 4 



Then again out was put a wise little child. 



little 



NLk''et g'a'aL hwil leba'yukL qe'wun. NLk''e ha'ts'ik'sEm 5 



Then he -saw where flew gulls. Then again 



lo-ya'ltk"t aL ts'ii'wuL wi-ga'n. K''et maLL: "Qane-hwila 6 



he returned to tlie inside of the log. Then he told: "Always 



large 



le-hwa'iiL qe'wun aL lax-o'Em. Aq-dEp-hwila'gut." NLk''e tgon T 



on sit gulls on top of us. What can we do?" Then this 



heL k"'ali, Lgo-tk''e'Lk": "Am dEp d'lsd'e'sL qa-dz'aVani, 8 



said one little boy; "Good we strike our noses, 



nL dEm k''e iLii'eLaat, dEp dEui k^'e mant aL da.VL 1> 



then ( ftit. ) they bleed, we will then rub at around 



wT-ga'n. Nl dsm k'"e tq'al-hathe't ts'obii'qL qe'wun la'tg'e." 10 



the log. (Fut.l then against stand the feet of the gulls on it." 



large 



NLk-e hwi'ldetg-e. D'isd'e'sdeL qa-dz'a'qdet. K-'e a'd'ik-sk"L 11 



Then they did so. They struck their noses. Then came 



hwil iLii'eLaat. NLk-"et k''ilq'al-ma'ndeit aL wl-ga'n. NLk^'e 12 



(verbal thev bled. Then round they rubbed on the log. Then 



noun) ' it large 



la'mdzixdet aL ts'ii'wuL wl-ga'n. NLk^'e adTi'd'tk-sk^L wI-he'ldEm 13 



they entered at the inside of the log. Then came many 



large 



qe'wun. NLk''e le-hwa'nt la'ot. K'"e tq'al-gulgwa'lukL asi.sa'it. 14 



gulls. Then on they sat on it. Then against dried their feet. 



La SEni-liagait-d'a'L Loqs, iiLk""*"' huX k'saXL Lgo-k^'a-wi-t'e'st. 15 



when verv middle was the sun, then again went out a really large. 



little 



