Tsimshian texts / by Franz Boas.

  • Boas, Franz, 1858-1942.
Date:
1902
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Credit: Tsimshian texts / by Franz Boas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2 »■> O 4 5 0 7 8 9 10 11 1'2 13 11 15 10 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 27 Now, the children saw that the boy came from out of the grav’e, and they told the chief. He said, ‘‘Keep watch and try to catch him.” The chief’s nephews went, and, behold, he came down again. While he was walking about, they caught him and took him home. They took him to the chief’s house. Now he grew up, and his name was Sucking- intestines. 2. Now he heard that there was a chief’s daughter on the other side of the hole where the heavens meet. Sucking-intestines caught a bird and skinned it. He put its skin on and flew. Then he .said, “G'lt g'lt gflt g'lnsaaaila!” He came to a town, and there he met a person. Then he shot a wood-pecker. He skinned it, and the other person put it on. The} flew on. The one bird cried, “G'lt g'lt g'lt g'insaaaa!” The wood- Then when a little then while, they knew where out came from Lgo-tk-’e'Lk aL ts’Ein-an-.sg-e'ist. Nuk-’et ma'Ldeit au sEiu’a'g-it. the little boy from in the grave. Then they to the chief, told NlIv-’c a'lg-ixL sEm’a'g-it; ‘ ‘ Am lUESElU leLk't .SEm-g-idi-go'uL.” Then .spoke the chief: ‘Good you watch very right take him.” there NlIv-’c liwili. gusli'sld'L SEm ’a'g-it. Gwinade'L, La huX Then they did so the nephews of the chief. Behold, when again d'Ep-a'd'ik’sk“t, nLk'’e huX k’uL-ia'et. NLk”e ilown he came, then again about he went. Then sa-t-go'udet. sud- denly they took him. Nulc’et na-de-iii'edet. Then out of with they woods him went. awa aL the prox- imity of Nuk^’e ts’ElEiu-ma'qdet aL Then into they at put him sEin'a'g’it. NLk'’e wl-t’e'st. Anmagdm hfiT hwa'tg'e. the chief. Then he was large. Sucking- intes- was his name. tines 2. Nuk^’et nExna'L hwil d’fiL Lgo'uLkL SEin’a'g'it aL an-da'L Then he heard where was the daughter of a chief at other side of hwil nand'oL niE.sma'L lax-ha'. \vhere the hole of the meeting the sky. of gTtgTnsa'. (a bird). g'ebil'yukt. he flew. Nuk^’et Then tsa'adet. he skinned it. Nuk^’et go'us Anmagom ha'L Then he took Sucking- intes- tines NLk’et lo-Lo'otkt. Nuk^’e Then in he put it on. Then NlIc’c a'lg'Txt; ‘‘Gut gut g'lt gunstiaaaa.” Then he “GTt g’it g'it g'insaaaaa.” said: hwaL k’’elL qal-ts’a'p. he one town, found gu'XdcL he shot Nuk^’et goL Then he met k-’fllL one g-at. person. NLk-’et Then NLk-’et Then k-’iilL g'at. one person “G-it ha'atk. a wood- pecker. Nuk-’e Then Nuk-’et Then he tsa'adetg-e. skinned it. Nuk-’et Then ‘G'it g-lt g-it g-lt g-it leba'yukclet. they flew. g-insaaaaa.’’ ginsaaaaa.” Nuk-’e huX a'lg-ixL Then again spoke lo-Lo'6tk“L in he put it on g-itg-in.sa': Gitginsa'; Nuk-’e de-g-eba'yukL ha'atk“: Then with flew the wood- pecker: