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TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 



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hold the harpoon and spear the seal. One of the great slaves stood 

 near. He intended to push Ts'ak* into the water, that he should die. 

 While the slave was intending to do so, Ts'ak' threw him into the 

 water and he died. The whirlpool swallowed him. Then Ts'ak" 

 began to spear seal* and tilled his canoe. He returned and landed in 

 front of the house. The chief had lost one slave, and they told him that 

 he had been drowned. Then Ts'ak" carried the seals up and they 

 cooked them. When they were done, he called the whole tribe, and 

 they ate the seals. Now the chief gave up trying to kill Ts'ak'. 



Ts'ak' now thought of returning to his grandmother whom he had 

 left, and to his lirst wife. Then he went back, accompanied by his 



lax-g 



on 



elx. 



a 



seal. 



dEUl 



(fut.) 



k-'e 



then 



t'uks- 



out 



itsJi'qL 



bow of 



NLk-'e 



Then 



fan 



who 



A/ A ■ 



no ot. 



dead. 



t'e'sEs 



push 



mal. Yu'kdeL sgan-da'pxL. 



canoe. He held the shaft the 



of harpoon. 



hagun-he'tk"L 



toward stood 



NLk-'et 



Then 



q'ai'yim 



t'uks-t'e'sEs 



out pushed 



Ts'ak- 



Ts'ak- 



ai., 



at 



wi-xa E 



the slave 

 great 



ts'Em-a'k's. 



in "water. 



aL 



at 



NeL 



He 



g'aLk"L 



he speared 



awa'at 



his prox- 

 imity 



dEiii 



(fut.) 



Q"ai-he-3'u'kL 



still began 



heL 



said 



xa EL 



the 

 slave 



Ts'ak-. sEm-t'uks-t'e'sEs 



T.s'al^-. really out pushed 



he was 

 dead. 



elx. 



seals. 



YapxL 



It swal- 

 lowed him 



SEm-me'tk'"L 



Very full 



an-tgo-le'lbik-sk" 



around rolling ^vater. 



mal. 



the 



qa'odEL 



the heart 

 ot 



Ts'ak -L wI-xa'E. 



Ts'ak* the slave, 



great 



Ntk-'e yukt g-aLk^s 



Then he speared 



began 



NLk-'e lo-ya'ltk"s Ts'ak- 



Then he returued Ts'ak-. 



dEm 



(fut.) 



NLk-'e 



Then 



Ts'ak - 



Ts'ak- 



K-'e 



Then 



k-'atskt aL qa-g-a'uL hwilp. NLk-'e 



they at the front of the town. Then 



landed the houses of 



aL k-"alL wi-xa'E. NLk-'et ma'Ldet 



at one great slave. Then they told 



gwa'tEsiL 



he lost 



sEDi'a'g-it 



the chief 



no'ot aL ts'Em-a'k-s. 



NLk-'e 



Then 



nLk-'et 



then 



NLk-'e 



Then 



bax-hwi'kjdoL elx. 



up they carried 



the 

 seals. 



txane'tk"L 



all the 



wo'odet 



tlley 



invited 



ha'uL sEm"a'g-it aL 



stopped the chief to 



NLk-'et 



Then 



ts'ap. 



people. 



dEmt 



(fut.) 



lie was 

 dead 



sfi'lEpdet. 



they boiled 

 them. 



NLk-'et 



Then 



in in the 



water. 



NLk-'e a'nukst, 10 



Then 



they were 

 done, 



g-e'ipdeL 



they ate the 



sik-'eL dzak"s Ts'ak'. 



try to kill Ts'ak-. 



elx. 11 



seals. 



12 



Hwa'i! Lat am-o-a'dEs Ts'ak- dEm huX _yaltk"t aL awa'as 13 



Ts'ak- (fut.) again here- to the prox- 



turned imity of 



Well! 



(Perf.) he thought 



nets'e'Etst, 



his grand- 

 mother, 



lo-ya'ltk"t. 



he returned. 



Lc k"sta'qsdetg'e qtuiL 



,1'ert.) he left them and 



again 



Le 



waLEn-na'k-st. 



wife. 



Gulik-s-ste'lL si-na'k-st 



Back accom- 

 panied him 



his 

 new 



wife 



his 

 former 



qauL 



and 



NLk-'e 14 



Then 



wI-xa'E; La 15 



the slave, (perf.) 

 great 



