BOAS] TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 149 



mother. He did not 8peak and did not eat. It grew dark, and before 

 daylight he ro.se. He went and came to the shore of the great lake. 

 He stood near the water and shouted four times, looking up to 

 the sk^-. The water rose again and, behold, the great frog- 

 emerged. Its flaws were copper. Copper was its mouth, its eyes, 

 and its eyebrows. It went (juickly toward the shore, l)ut the poor 

 little bo}- did not mind. When it had almost reached him, he ran away. 

 The frog almost scratched his I)ack. Now he arrived at the place 

 where he had placed the tree across the trail, and he slipped through. 

 Then the great frog also struggled to get through, trying to catch 

 the poor little boy. It tried to squeeze through the crack of the 



qanL Lgo-nets'e'tstg'e. Nig'i a'lg'ixt. iiLk'"e aqi.-g'e'bEt. NLk'"e 1 



anil his g-randmnther. Xot he spoko. tlifii without fooii. Then 



little 



yu'ksa La delpk"i. dEui niEsa'x'; nLk'"e g'in-he'tk''tg'e 2 



it was (perf. I shortly (fut.) dayUght; then he rose 



evening 



hao'ng'e mEsa'x'g'e. K'"e ie'et. NLk'"et huXt iiwuL 3 



before cluylight. Then he Then again he 



•went. reaehed 



lax-ts'ii'L wi-t'a'xg'e. NLk'^e huX uks-he'tk"tg'e. NLk'"e txalpxi> 4 



on the the lake. Then again toward he stood. Then four 



edge of great water times 



wi-amhe't ul teLxk"t ai- lax-ha'g"e. NLk'"e hfi'ts'ik'SEm 5 



loud voice and he at the sky. Then once more 



shouted 



huX g"itk"i, ak's. Gwina'deL, huX g'a'bEnL wi-qana'og"e. 6 



again rose the water. Behold, again emerged the frog. 



great 



OqL La ga-La'qstg'e. NLk""e oqL a'qtg'e. NLk"'e huX ^ 



Copper its claws. Then copper its mouth. Then also 



oqL ts'a'alt. NLk-'e huX oqL le-g'e'elt. NLk''e sEin- ^ 



copper its eyes. Then also copper its eyebrows. Then very 



tsagam-t'Em-ie'etg'e. NLk'"t5 ansego'i- Lgo-guil'Em Lgo-tk""e'Lk". 9 



ashore rjuickly it went. Then i>aid no the poor little boy, 



attenti<.)n little 



La (j'aji-q'aiyi'm qa-na'gut tgoii, nLk''e k'"axk"L Lgo-guii'Eni 1*^ 



When reallv near as far as this, then escaped the poor 



little 



Lgo-tk'"e'Lk". NLk""e q'aiyi'm f|a(ia'pxanL q'aiyim hak'"a'6t. 11 



little boy. Then nearh' it scratched near his back. 



Hwa'il Hwa'yii. hwil sqa-sg"i'L wl-g-a'n. nLk''et qalk'si-yo'xk"L 12 



AVeli: He found where side- lay the tree, then through went 



ways great 



Lgo-gu:i'Em Lgo-tk-'e'i-k". XLk'"et qalk'si-a'qLk"tg'e. NLk"'e 13 



the jutrir little bov. Then he thrt>ugh got. Then 



little 



de-qalk'si-L6'6tk"i. wT-ijana'o aL dEiu tse'k'"iL g'ldi-go'udEL li 



also through struggled the frog in onler to try to catch 



great 



Lgo-guii'Em Lgo-tk"'e'Lk". NLk''t"^t lo-qalk'si-ha'q'oaxt. XLk'"et 15 



the poor little bov. Then in through it s<|Ueezed, Then 



little 



