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TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 



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rose. He had two powerful dogs. He started, carr^'ing his lance. 

 He put on his snowshoes and went. He came to the foot of a moun- 

 tain. He climbed it, and when he was halfway' up the mountain he 

 heard the voice of his dog up al)o\(\ He could not climb any higher 

 because there was a glacier. Then he took his little stone ax and 

 chopped steps in the glacier. Thus he came to the foot of a ridge 

 on which a tree was standing. There his dogs were barking. When 

 he came near, he saw a large Grizzly Bear and two large cubs in a hole 

 under the tree. As soon as he went near, the Grizzly Bear stretched 

 out her arms and pulled the man into her den. She killed him. Then 

 his brothers had lost him. 



He'Luk niJ<'\' 



In the tlion 

 morning 



SEmgal hagula'ciL as'o's. NLk"' 



very powerful dogs. Tlicn 



haldEm-l)a'xL tsuwi'ng'it. T'Epxa'L as'o'st, 



rose the youiiKer. Two were hi.§ 



le'eL g'a'tg"e. 



went the man. 



Le-d'u'i. fo'otsk" hit. NLk""et hax'ha'x'i. uax. >«'Lk'"e 



dogs, 



Yu'kdEL gan. 



He earried a 



stiek. 



ie'et. 



On w'as 



knife 



Tlien he 



put <in 



NLk'^et hwaL depL sqane'st. NLk'"c 



Then he reached foot of a mountain. Then 

 the 



nLk''e naxna'L am-he'L 



then he lieard tlie voice of 



Tlieu 



bax-ie'eL. Lat 



snow- 

 shoes. 



up lie 

 went. 



When 

 he 



Le se'lukt. 



the 

 middle. 



aqL-hagun-y6'xk"t. Da'uL 



Ice was 



sqane'stg'e. 



the mountain. 



OS aL lax-ha'. 



the at above, 

 dog 



NLk'"et go'uL 



Then he took 



he 

 went. 



hwaL 



reached 



K-'e 



Then 

 LgO- 



not toward he could 



get. little 



daxwE'nsEm lo'op. NLk^'et tsaga-his'ia'tsL dfi'uL sqane'stg-e. 



ax stone. Then across he chopped the the mountain. 



NLk-' 



Then 



hahil'L 



the 

 noise of 



hwil 



where 



Ll'k'Lg'lt La 



inibs (perf, ) 



him. 



wak-k"t. 



his 

 brothers. 



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the 

 ice of 



NLk"'et hwaL k"o'uk"t hwil d'Ep-he'tk"L gan. MeLne'L hwil 



he its tail where down stood a That where 



reached (foot of a ridge ) tree, 



OS. NLk''e hagun-a'qLk"t. Gwina'dex, ts'Em-dz'ii'dz'ik's 



the Then toward he Behold, in the ground 



dog. reached. 



lo-d'a'L wi-lig-'e'Ensk", t'Epxa'ti 



in was a grizzly bear. two 



great 



SEm-t'est'e'st. NLk"'e hagun-ia'eL g"at aL hwil ts'ElEm-no'ot. 11 



very large. Then toward went the to where into hole. 



man 



NLk'"e k'si-na'k"st SEm-ts'ElEm-go'dEL g'at. NLk''et goL 12 



Then out she very into she took the Then took 



stretched man. him 



Li'k-Lg-it. NLk-'et dza'k'Vlet. No'ol g-a'tg-e. NLk-'e gwa'disiL 13 



the cubs. Then they killed Dead the man. Then lost him 



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