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TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 



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of the house and he returned to his grandmother. When he entered 

 their little house, all the meat was gone. Then they cried. Ts'ak' 

 and his grandmother had no food. They were crying all the time. 



In the evening Ts'ak'\s grandmother was fast asleep. Then he took 

 his knife and cut out her vulva. He roasted it. When it was done, 

 he roused her and said, '' Grandmother, awake! Your meal is done. 

 There was a little of the meat left over, and I roasted it." His grand- 

 mother rose and ate it all. Then Ts'ak' ran out and made a song on 

 his grandujothor: " Grandmother ate her own little vulva! Grand- 

 mother ate her own little vulva!" Then his grandmother shouted to 

 Ts'ak', " Don't enter my house again, slave!" 



Now Ts'ak" walked about outside. His grandmother did not let 



EL g"alq. NLk"'e lo-ya'ltk"ts Ts'ak' 



to outside. Then returned Ts'ak- 



aL awa'as nets'e'Etst. 1 



the prox- 

 imity of 



his grand- 

 mother. 



NLk'^e ts'ent aL Lgo-hwi'lpdet. Nig'i haik"L smax' 



Then he at little their house. Xot was left meat. 



he 

 entered 



sig'a'tk"s dEp Ts'ak- qans netsV'Etst, aqL-g'e'ipdEt. 



crieu (plur. ) Ts'ak- and his grand- with- food they. 



his grand- 

 mother. 



K-'e 



Then 



NLk-'e 



Then 



qa'ne-hwila sig'a'tk"det. 



always they cried. 



NLk"'e yu'ksa. SEm-q"a'tsExt nets'e'ets Ts'ak' aL woqt. 



Then evening. Very motionless the grand- Ts'ak- in her 



mother of sleep. 



NLk''et go'us Ts'ak* ha-q'o'L. Ntk-'et k'si-q'o'tsL mens 



Then 



nets'e'Etst. 



his grand- 

 mother. 



took Ts'ak- a fish knife 



ia'odEt, 



Then 



out 



he cut 



NLk''et 



Then 



he roasted 

 it. 



NLk"'e La a'nukst. 



Then (perf.) it was done. 



gu'ksaans Ts'ak' nets'e'Etst. NLk"'e hes Ts'ak': 



awakened Ts'ak- his grandmother. Then said Ts'ak-: 



the 

 vulva of 



NLk-'et 



Then 



• Dze'Ets 



"Grand- 

 niiither. 



.3 

 4 



6 

 6 



7 

 8 



gu'k.sgun! j'ukL La anu'ksL ia'eE. Mana'aL Lgo-sma'x'. NiLne'L 9 



awake! it begins fperf.) is done what I It is left a little meat. That 



roast. 



ia'dcE." NLk-'e g-in-he'tk^s nets'e'Ets. NLk-'et g-e'ipt, nLk'-et 10 



I roast." Then rose the grand- Then .she ate it, then she 



mother. 



dzaLt. NLk-'e k-si-ba'xs Ts'ak-. NLk-'et sE-le'mx-s nets'e'Etst: 11 



ate it all. Then out ran Ts'ak-. Then he a his grand- 



made song on mother: 



"Ya'E, lEp-g-e'bEdas dze'Edze Lgo-lEp-tq'al-me'nt. Yil'E, lEp- 12 



' Yii'E, herself she ate it my grand- little her against vulva. Ya'E, her- 



mother own self 



g-e'bsdas dze'edze Lgu-lEp-tq'al-nie'nt." NLk-'e wl-amhe't nets'e'Ets 13 



she ate it my grand- little her against vulva." Then .shouted thegrand- 



'yiother own mother of 



Ts'ak-: '"G-ila' dze huX t.s'e'nEii, xa'E!" 1-4 



Ts'ak-: " Do not again eome in, slave!" 



NLk"'e qane-hwila 



Then always 



k llL-l;i ES 

 about went 



Ts'ak- 



Ts'ak- 



aL 



at 



>'-a'lEq. 



outside. 



Ni'g-i 15 



Not 



