PROVERBSTsimshianADEER, although toothless, may accomplish something.[5][5]Deceptive appearances.He is just now sleeping on a deerskin.[6][6]Comfort now but trouble ahead.He wants to die with all his teeth in his head.[7][7]Too reckless to live to old age.You think Nass River is always calm.[8][8]Foolhardiness of those who think everything favorable to them. The mouth of the Nass is very rough.You mistake the corner of the house for the door.[9][9]A gross blunder.What will you eat when the snow is on the north side of the trees?[10][10]Improvidence. At the end of winter food is always scarce.More than one hundred figures walk in single file through the snowCopyright, 1898, by E. A. HeggTravellers over the Chilkoot Pass (1891) after the Discovery of GoldLooking Down Cut-off Canyon from below White Pass Summit
Tsimshian
ADEER, although toothless, may accomplish something.[5]
[5]Deceptive appearances.
[5]Deceptive appearances.
He is just now sleeping on a deerskin.[6]
[6]Comfort now but trouble ahead.
[6]Comfort now but trouble ahead.
He wants to die with all his teeth in his head.[7]
[7]Too reckless to live to old age.
[7]Too reckless to live to old age.
You think Nass River is always calm.[8]
[8]Foolhardiness of those who think everything favorable to them. The mouth of the Nass is very rough.
[8]Foolhardiness of those who think everything favorable to them. The mouth of the Nass is very rough.
You mistake the corner of the house for the door.[9]
[9]A gross blunder.
[9]A gross blunder.
What will you eat when the snow is on the north side of the trees?[10]
[10]Improvidence. At the end of winter food is always scarce.
[10]Improvidence. At the end of winter food is always scarce.
More than one hundred figures walk in single file through the snowCopyright, 1898, by E. A. HeggTravellers over the Chilkoot Pass (1891) after the Discovery of Gold
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
Looking Down Cut-off Canyon from below White Pass Summit