TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 



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atjuii) almost empty handed. He had caught only one. Then he 

 was sad. 



One evening he started and stole the sealions that were on the rock 

 of the man of the Wolf clan. When, the next morning, this man 

 started there were no sealions on his I'ock. Then he knew that 

 another person had stolen them, Therefore he carved the tigure of a 

 sealion out of wood and put it into the water. It was under water 

 a short time and came up again and floated. Then he carved a sea- 

 lion out of another piece of wood. He put it into the water, and again 

 it floated. He tried four kinds of wood, but they did not prove to be 

 good. Then he took a pi(>ce of hard wood, red in color like the skin 

 of a sealion. He carved it and threw it into the water. Now it was 

 verv o-ood. It did not become weak. He laid it on his own rock. 



mmal. NLk''e huX qal-wi'tk^L g'a'tg'^. Q'am-k''a'guL i 



the Then agaiu empty handed the man. Only one 



canoes. was 



dcdaa'qLgut. NLk'"e lo-si'epk"!, qa'ott. 2 



he got. Then in was siek his 



lieart. 



NLk-'e yu'ksa. NLk-'e .si-g-a'6tk"t. NLk-'et le'luksL t'e'bEn 8 



Then evening. Then he stjirted. Then he stole -sea- 



liuiis 



le-hwi'Jt aL lax-Io'opi. hix-k-ebo'. NLk''e si-g-a'6tk"L g*a'to-*e. 4 



Then started the man. 



on It was 



on the 

 roek (if 



the wolf elan 



man. 



huX dzapL huX k-'e'slL gan. NLk-'et huX lo-ma'k-sit 9 



again he made again one stick. Then again in he put it 



aL ts"Em-a'k"s. NLk-"e huX Lo'ot. TxalpxL gan an-hwi'ntg-e, 10 



on 



Four 



sticks what he tried. 



the Then again it 



water. " emerged. 



aL nig-i ani'a'mt. NLk-"e het dzapL ts'e'pgum gan, hwil iLil'S H 



but not they were Then he he made a hard wood, being red 



good. said 



ho'sj-'iu-aL anii'sL t'e'bEn. NLk-'et lo-ma'k-sit aL ts'Eiu-a'k's. 12 



like the skin the sea- Then in he put it at in the 



ol lion. water. 



NLk-'e sEm dEX-g-a'tt. Ni'g-i huX ali'.sk"t. NLk-'et le-.sg-i't 13 



Then very it was strong. Not again it was Then 



it was 

 weak. 



on he 

 laid it 



aL lEp-lax-lo'opt. 



14 



iiwn on 



his 

 rock. 



