PROVERBS
Reading edition
Tsimshian
A DEER, although toothless, may accomplish something.[5]
He is just now sleeping on a deerskin.[6]
He wants to die with all his teeth in his head.[7]
You think Nass River is always calm.[8]
You mistake the corner of the house for the door.[9]
What will you eat when the snow is on the north side of the trees?[10]
Copyright, 1898, by E. A. Hegg
Travellers over the Chilkoot Pass (1891) after the Discovery of Gold
Looking Down Cut-off Canyon from below White Pass Summit
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · Deceptive appearances.Note 2 · Comfort now but trouble ahead.Note 3 · Too reckless to live to old age.Note 4 · Foolhardiness of those who think everything favorable to them. The mouth of the Nass is very rough.Note 5 · A gross blunder.Note 6 · Improvidence. At the end of winter food is always scarce.