TEXTS WITH frp:p: and interlinear translations 



MOLDY-FOKEHEAl) 



[Told by Tom Stevens, chief of Those-born-at-House-point] 



Durino' a famine a child asked iiis mother for something* to eat. 

 Then his mother cut off the upper part of a dog- salmon for him, and 

 he thought it was not enough. He said it was too small and began 

 to cry. 



After he had cried for a while he went out with it. He chewed it 

 u]) and put it into a swamp}' place by the beach. Then the dog 

 salmon swelled up there, and there was a great quantit}^ of it. He 

 was sorry at having lost it. Theu he began to cry. 



After he had cried for a while two persons came and stopped there 

 in a narrow canoe and invited him to get in. Then he got into it. 

 After he had gone along with them for a while the town came in 

 sight, and the}' landed in its very middle, before the chief's house, 



Qol-q!a'lg.oda-i 



Moldy-forehead 

 [Skidegate dialect] 



Nau g.axri'hao qlodA's gien awu'ii at qlosigwfx'iiag.An. Gie'nhao 1 



Acer- child this [there] was when his of asked for something And then 



tain a famine mother to eat 



sqa'gi qui V a'og.a 1a gi q!eitLai'yag-.An gien g.a 1a Itle/gAfiAsi. 2 



dog upper his mother liim for had cut off and in he thought it was 



salmon part of net enough. 



KlaA'ng.adAn 1a sl'usi gien V sg.a'-ilx.idAs. 3 



It was too small he said and he began to cry. 



L' sg.fi'-il qa'odihao Ia dA'nat 1a qa'x.uJs. Gien sug.a'g.odia g.ei 1a 4 



He wept after it with he went out. And swampy place into it 



on beach lay 



la aba'g'ies. Gien wa g\a sqagia'-i g.a tcA'tsg.asLasi gien qoa'nasi. 5 



he i)Ut the chewed And it in the dog in swelled up and there was 



[salmon], salmon much. 



Si'lg.a r gu'lsi. Gie'nhao 1a sg.a'-ilx.idafi wAnsu'gAn. 6 



Afterward he was sorry on And then he began to cry they .'-■ay. 



account of it. 



L' su'di qa'odi V xe'tgu ga tclaastia'nga lu tA'mdju gug.a' 7 



He cried after him before some two companions canoe narrow in 



ga-isLL!xa's gien la g-.An l! g.agoyi'nL.g.as. Wai'gien gu'g.ei 1a 8 



came and floated and him for they invited in. And into there he 



qaL.'g.asi. Gien 1a dA'nat l! Luqa' qa'odi Inaga'-i qea'ngag.eilsi 9 



went. And him with they went by after the town came in sight 



canoe 



gien ya'ku ta'djig.a l! i'sg.oas uAn qlo'las xe'tgu a gien L!a at 10 



and "middle very they landed the chief in landed and them with 



front of 



