BOAS] TSIMSHIAN TKXT8 107 



When a man crossed it. it ate him. Then One-leg said, "Don't pass 

 in front of the canoe." And thej' obeyed because they were afraid. 

 Then they put it into the water. It was a tine, large canoe. They 

 put many seals aboard, which were to serve as food for the canoe. 

 Then the boj-s went aboard. They fed the canoe. Its bow and its 

 stern ate tive seals each. Then the canoe went. After it had finished 

 eating the seals it went very fast. Then they gave five seals more to 

 the bow and five to the stern, and it went on again. 



Finally the children landed at the town of their fathers. They went 

 ■ ashore. Their fathers and mothers and all their relatives were crying. 

 Then the boys came l)ack. That is the end. 



mii'lg'e. Ni'g'it ma't'EnL dEm scja-ia't lat. Tse da sqa- 1- 



tho canoe. Not it let go any- (fnt.) across went to it. If across 



thing the way the way 



y6'xk''L g'at, nLlc'et g'e'ipt. NLk^'e a'lg"ixs Q'am-k''e'lEm 2 



went a man, then it ate Iiiui. Then said Only- one- 



asa'e: "G"ilo' niEtsESEm sqa-_v6'xk"t." deya' ai. k'opE-tk""e'Lk". P> 



foot: "Don't you across go," thus tr» the boys. 



he said little 



NLk'^e hwilt. Laxbets'e'Xt. NLk-"et iaga-Lo'odet ts'Em-a'k's. 4 



Then they They were afraid. Then down they in the 



did so. put it water. 



Wi-sEm-k"'a-ama mfi'l tgo'stg'e. NLk'^et .sIlo'k"det ai. k''a- 5 



Large very ex- good canoe that. Then they put in ex- 



ceedingly ceedingly 



wI-he'ldEL elx. NLk'^e lEp-do'xL ts'ele'mL mfi'lg'e. NLk-'e 6 



many seals. Then its was food the canoe. Then 



own 



lo-magam-qa'odEL k'opE-tk"'e'Lk". NLk''et g'i'ndetL raa'lg'e. 7 



in thev went the bovs. Then thev fed the canoe, 



little 



K"stensL g'e'ipL g'ltsaq aL elx. NLk''e huX k"stensL S 



Five ate the bow seals. Then also five 



g'e'ipL an5-g"ila'n. NLk''e baxL ma'lg'e aL lax-a'k's sEm- 9 



ate the stern. Then went the canoe on on the really 



water 



k'Ti-a'le-ba'xtg-e. Q'am-LiLa'exk"!. elx. NLk''et huX g-e'ndetg'e 10 



ex- fast it went. Only it finished seals. Then again thev gave him 



ceedingly eating to eat 



k"stensL elx aL g'itsii'Eq. NLk"'e huX k"stens aL g'ilfi'n. 11 



five seals to the bow. Then also five to the stern. 



NLk-'e huX ba'xtg-e. 12 



Then again it went. 



NLk''e k*"a't.sk"tg"e aL qal-ts'a'ps dEp nEgua'oL k'opE-tk''e'Lk". 13 



Then landed at the town of their fathers the children. 



little 



NLk-'e k-'atsk-t. NLk-'e wI-t'e'sL hwil sig-a'tk^L qa-nEgua'6tk"det 11 



Then they landed. Then much (verbal cried their fathers 



noun) 



qanL qa-na'n6xk"det qaiiL gul-gane'L hwilhwila'isk"det. NLk''e 15 



and their mothers and all their relatives. Then 



gu'lik\s-ax'a'qLk"det. Sfi'-baxt. 16 



back they got. The end. 



