Wp/blc/Umtutsay
Tic ma t'ayc ti umtutsay tum. Tics ti tsakwlxsnk ti naxnx.
Numawiis ti "Gibbs"tum ti q'umsciwa squlhis wa skwatsa ts "Umtutsay" sputl's ulh Nuxalk alh 1855.[1][2] Alhnapilh s7alh7ays ti skwatsta t'ayc c tu s7alh7ayutsilh "nu7umtaax" - Tsutilh snu7umtaaxnu kamalh-axwsnu. Wic its'ik si7alhnapilh ti smiins wa skwatstas ti tsitsipii t'ayc - ti nu7umtaax tc, ti istsuutsiis tc. Alats'itumulhs Gibbs s7alh7ays ti tsitsipii t'ayc c ti naxnx tc. Suptaw was naxnaxlitaw ii7axw csuuts wa naxnxliwa wa tsitsipii ts. Tm-lhnus wa alh7ay c ti naxnx tc was nu7umtaaxaw tuu - tics ti alh7ayutsmim ca sBufflehead, n ti "long-tailed" tc. Snuwats'tum ti "bufflehead" tc, walim ts' ti "long-tailed" tc. Wic its'ik sinutsutikts stics mati umtutsay ti sulutlh ti tsitsipii tc alh ti alhqulhuus t'ayc.[3]
Tsakwlxsnks ti naxnx t'ayc. qulhlxsayc tc ca mukw. sk'c wa kw'pwalhts tc, ts'xwliits ti sunkwstas tc. Sk'cs wa spuxulhiks tc.
Alh7ayliwanaw ala ts'ktanaw ts
[edit | edit source]Qwlculhtsutaw wa slax wa alh7ay wa tsitsipii ala sulut ts sutkams. Mulmulminaw ts ula ts'ikwa n wa smsmlhki. Samwiis ti umtutsay t'ayc s7yustamkis wa kw'pwalhts s7ixqlms. Wic its'ik situulunaw ska mulmaw ula smuslxs-kw'ps (480ft) ti snup'atsaw ts ala qnks wa qla ts.