586 REPORT—1896. 
2. Indefinite article :-— 
Nominative : Ma' généq hy'a'tama’ya sa gyok*. 
Killer whale painting on front of the house. 
Genitive : tlema'is s Tsd'qis. 
the beach of Tsa’qis. 
Accusative:. K’d’ga wap. 
He found water. 
Locative : Gyo' qrulsa sa gyo'hué lag Ky'a'h-a. 
He built a house of the house at Ky’a’k-a. 
3. Possessive pronoun :— 
1st Person. Nominative: Yi’ga gu'nkhyin  k’a'lhoa. 
This my nettle harpoon-line. 
Genitive : Ta'lak'emen sen d'mpée. 
Iam sent by my father. 
Accusative: amen aqg’é't gen likya'yu. 
I took mr hammer. 
Locative : Laé'ti ld'gen gyo'hua. 
He entered inmy house. 
8rd Person. Nominative: Gyd'kuas. 
His house. 
Genitive : Gyo' guat sés  gyd'hué. 
He had a house of his house. 
Accusative: Da'la és sé'hy'ak-ano. 
He took his staff. 
Locative : Née'nlat’a lagés tsa'yé. 
But he said to his younger brother. 
I pointed out in the Sixth Report that these possessive forms may be modified 
according to the location, as near speaker, near person addressed, absent visible, 
absent invisible. I have not, so far, discovered these distinctions in the genitive, 
while they occur in aJl the other cases. 
2. NiSK’A. 
As my treatment of the Nisk-a language in the Tenth Report of the Committee 
was very brief, I give here some additional information in regard to it. 
In the Fifth Report (p. 878) I have treated the formation of the plural in the 
Tsimshian, and Count von der Schulenburg has treated the same subject on pp. 9 ff. of 
his work (‘ Die Sprache der Zimshian-Indianer.’ Braunschweig, 1894). The principles 
underlying the formation of the plural will become clearer by the following remarks 
on the formation of the plural in the Nisk:a dialect :— 
1. Singular and plural have the same form. 
This class embraces the names of all animals except the dog and the bear, trees, 
and a great many words which .cannot be classified. I give here a list of some of 
these :— 
8E, day. bam, belly. ia'ns, leaf. 
ya'tsEsk‘, animal. ma'dzikys, breast. még’ da'ukst, salmon berry. 
kh?’ Ek’a' x, wing. nisk*, wpper lip. lagamda'k‘s, prairie. 
misuk’da'n, down of bird.  tldtsq, tail of fish. ts'‘aky, dish. 
gie, hair. hawi'l, arrow. ' _ wé'6s, dish. 
opq, forehead. loatigya' 6th‘, axe. kKotl, yes. 
dzak*, nose. ts'anik:srtqa’, moccasins. k-asd'eq, front. 
ua'n, tooth. lak‘, fire. ts’én, inside. 
ié’mk:, beard. akyc, water. nuldi'gytt, warrior. 
?emla'nin, neck. \ prit' st, star. ala'igytg, language. 
tlak's, nail. awk‘, night. lé'rlgyit, feast. 
gtlh:ao'm, payment. iocand'tlk*, to be astonished. 
mi'uke, sweet smelling. leqia'k-, to fall (rain, snow). 
hatlha'tluks, lean. . liya'k:, to hang (v. a.). 
tlana'k‘t, old. k’a'merqk‘, to wish. 
