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TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 



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hail liit it wa.s standing behind all tlic^sc liars. Then the chief said, 

 "Wait a while." 



\\'li('n it was evening, the growling of a white bear was heard 

 behind the house of the chief. The chief said, " Whoever kills the 

 white bear shall marry my daughter." Then all the young men rose 

 and ran out very suddenly l)ecause the chief had said, '" Whoever kills 

 the white bear shall marry my daughter." The young men did not 

 sleep because they wanted to pursue the white bear. In the evening 

 the poor little boj- again went down to the lieach. He sat down there, 

 and again a person approached him who asked. *" What are the people 

 talking about T' The poor little l^oy replied, '"Last evening a white 



sKm'a'g'it aL dEm fan nak'sk"L Lgo'uLk"tg'e. 



the phief 



I fut. ) ulin 



g"ina-he'tgutg"e ne fan ox't ai, 



behiml stood he who hit it of 



his daughter. 



sa-gabe'k''sdet. 



the liars. 



NLk-'e 



Then, 



NLk-T" 



Then 



sEm'a'g'it: 



the eliief: 



Hwii'i! La 



Well: When 



'G''ax hao'n 



" Later on !" 



huX 



again 



yu'ksa, 



evening, 



nLk "'e 



then 



eulik's-wo'xa'uto'e 



at himself barking 

 (white bear) 



a'lg"ixL SEm'a'g'it; 



spoke the ehief: 



o-ulik's-w6'xout-hetse. 



(la-ijala ni, 



the rear of 

 house of 



"AmL dEm 



"Good (fut.i 



hwilpL 



the house 



of 



a'd'ik-sk"L 



came 



SEm'a'g'it. 



the chief. 



UL 



then 



dEUl 



(fut.) 



fan 



WllO 



guXL 



take 



nak-sk"L 



marries 



k-VllL 



la gai- 



how- 

 ever, 



a'lg'ixL 



spoke 



amhe'L 



the voice 

 of 



NLk-'e 



Then 



g-atL 



man 



at himself barking 

 (the white bear), 



NLk'"e huX haldEm-qo'ldEi. sEm-ala-qo'klEt. 



Then again they rose ve?y sud- they ran. 



denly 



i-go uLgue. 



my daughter." 



'Deui 



"(Fut.) 



t'an 



who 



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ci"aima'(|sit aL dEui fan y6xk"i. guiik's-wo'xgut-hetse. XLk'"e 11 



the youths to i fut, i who pursue at himself barking Then 



(the white bear). 



yu'ksa. iiLk'T' huX ha'ts'ik'sEm huX iaga-ie'EL Lgo-gua'Eui 12 



