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TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 



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the little slave girl. (In dldeii tinic-^ the people iised to call tlii.s •• slave 

 wife.") When they had eaten, she took off' another scab, and. l)ehold, 

 there was a large ahalone shell. That is what was on her I)()dy. She 

 placed it in the dish, and then she .said. "Place it before the chief- 

 tainess.'" A man did so. Then the chief and the chief tainess and the 

 prince were very glad when they knew that she was not a slave, as 

 the prince's friend had said. 



Now they finished eating. In the evening a woman came to the 

 house and pushed aside the door. She stood in the doorwa3' and said, 

 "Did not She-who-has-a-labret-on-one-.side enter this house '^" One 

 of the prince's friends said, " Come in, come in! She has married the 

 chief's son." The woman replied, "Indeed, my dear, then take good 



Lgo-wi'lk'siLk" qanL Lgo-wa'tk". (Nl su-hwa'tEL waLEii-g-ig'a't 1 



the prince and the slave girl. iThat made name the people 



the slave girl, 

 little 



the 

 former 



aL na'k'SEm watk".) Ntk^'e huXt lo-dza'LdeL t.s'ak' qaiiL 



at wife slave.) Then a^ain in they ate the and 



Lffo-wi'lk'siLk". 



prince. 



ts'Em-ts'a'k' 



in dish. 



I they ate the 



all disli 



sa-go'udEL k'"elL 



ofT she put one 



NLk'"et huX sa-go'udEL k'"elL wi-bEla'. 



the prince. Then also ofT she put one great haliotis 



little shell. 



Nlhc'l tq'al-hwa'nt aL LEpLa'nt. NLk''et hiiX lo-sg"i't aL ■^ 



That- against were on her body. Then again in she in 



laid it 



tgon heL Lgo-wa'tk": "Qa-.sii'XL 5 



this said the slave girl: "Front of 



little 



hwil sg'it.' NLk'"e hwilL k'"alL 6 



where lay it." Then did so one 



NLk-'e 



Then 



sig'idEmna'q neLiie' hie 



the chieftainess there you 



g'a'tg'e. NLk'"e sEm-lo-u'mL qa'oL sEmWo-'it qanL sig-'idEmna'q 7 



person. Then very in good heart the chief and the oliieftniness 



qauL Lg'o-wT'Ik'siLk" La nio'it hwila'x'det ni'g-'idi wa'tk^L 8 



and the prince when not thev knew not a slave 



little girl 



sgost de-he'de an-sipsfep'Ensk''L Lgo-wi'lk"siLk^'. 9 



that on said the friends of the prince, 



their part little 



NLk'^e La qtVodeL txii'xk"detg'e; iiLk'^e La yu'ksa, nLk*'e. 10 



Then when 



It was 

 finished 



they ate; 



then when 



then 



It was 

 evening, 



a'd'ik'sk"L hana'q aL g'a'lEq. Ni'g'i ts'ent, q'am-k*'aL-L6'6dEL 11 



came a woman to outside. Not she only aside she 



entered, jjushed 



a'dz^Ep. NLk'-e ts^ElEm-he'tk^t. NLk-'e a'lg'ixt: ^^Ne'eL ts\"^ns 12 



the door. Then into she Then she spoke; "Not entered 



stood. 



K''aL-ha'tgmii q-e'sEinq aL ts'Em-hwilba'? ■'' NLk"'e a'lg'ixL 13 



On-one- standing- labret at in house?" Then spoke 



side- 



k *'alL an-sf ep"En.sk"L Lgo- wi'lk 'siLk" : 



friend of the prince: 



the 

 little 



Nak'sk^L Lgo'uLk"L 



She married the son of the chief.' 



