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ate all kinds of berries. Now the salmoii was all used up. The}" 

 did not yive any salmon to the prinee. When the salmon was 

 almost all used up, the great ehief felt sad. lie said to his oreat 

 slave, '"(to out and order the people to n:ovi\"" I'he great slave 

 ran out. crvini;-, ■" Mo\e, great tribe I" I'he people did so. They 

 moved in the morning. They left the ehiefs son and his little grand- 

 mother, and one little slave, who was still ([uite small. He was weak. 

 There was no salmon. They only left him his boxes tilled with arrows. 

 But his mother buried a elam shell in which she had placed some tire 

 and one-half of a large spring salmon. Then she told the little grand- 

 mother where she had hidden the tii'e and the salmon. 



Now the people went aboai'd and moved away. Only the prince 

 and his little grandmother and the little slave were left. Thev had no 



d.e-g"e'ipdet. NLk""e i.a (|a'odF,i, han. ni.k""e ni'g-iflet g'e'ndeL 1 



on they nti'. Ttu-Ti wlu-n it was tin- tlie then not tliuygave 



their part ished salmon. food 



Lgo-wi'lk'siLk" aL hiin. Lfi nak"L lax-ha'. i.a ts'osk'L dEm 2 



to the prinrc to the When hms; tlie when nearly (fut.) 



little salmon. \veather. 



hwil qa'diL han, nLk'"e sfepk"!. qa'oL wI-sKm'a'g'it. NrJv-'e 3 



being gone the then siek was the the chief. Then 



salmon, heart of great 



a'lg"ixtg'c: "AdtV, k'sa'wun. AmL yukL gun-lu'kL qal-ts'a'p; 4 



he said: "Ado, go ont. C4ood begin to to the town; 



order move 



meya'anl" De'^-a ai, wI-xa'E. NLk"'e k'si-ba'xL wI-xa'E: 5 



say sol" Thus he tf the slave. Then (Mil ran the slave: 



said great great 



"Dze la'g'in wI-ts"a'op." ' NLk''e hwili. ((al-ts"a'p luk ar, 6 



"Move great village." Then did so the people they in 



moved 



he'Luk. Uks-ksta'qstEL sEm'a'gii. Lgo'uLk^tg'e de-k'a'lL Lgo- ^ 



the From land left the chief his son also one little 



morning. to sea 



ntse'ets de-k""a'lL Lgo-xa'E; sEm-i|"ai-tsets(")'osk'L Lgo-xa'E 8 



grand- also one little slave; very qnite small \\-as the slave 



mother ' little 



hao'ng'it dax-g"a'tt. Nig'i .sg'iL han aL awa'aL Lgo-wi'lk'siLk". 9 



not yet strong. Not was .salmon at proximitv the prinee. 



of ' little 



K"sax-hwil ld-daxdo'xi> hawi'l. Wl-he'li. xpe'ist hwil 10 



Only where in were the arrows. Many boxes tjeing 



metme'tk"t. NLk'"et woqs noxt q'am-xts'a'q; lo-me'LL lak" H 



fnll. ■ Then dug his elam shells: in burnt tire 



mother 



la'ot de-st(Vo wI-ya'E. Ni/K"'et ma'LEL ai. Lgo-ntse'tstg'e. 12 



in also one large spring Then she told lo the grandmother, 



them half salmon. little 



NLk""e uks-qa'odEi. luk. NLk''e qam-k"Ti'lL Lgo-wi'lk'siLk" 13 



Then from they were they Then only one little prinee 



land to sea gone moved. 



g'ina-dTi't qans ntse'tst qanL Lgo-xa'E. Nig"i sg'iL dEin 14 



behind was and his grand- and the little slave. Xot was (fut.) 



mother 



^This sentence is in Tsimshian dialect. 



