Part 1 (1/2)

Indian Methodist Hymn-book.

by Various.

NOTES

The following hymns are in the Chill-way-uk dialect of the language of the Alkomaylum nation of Indians, who live along the Fraser River, from Yale to the Coast, and on Vancouver Island, at Cowichan and Nanaimo. The Alkomaylum, (or Ankomeenum, sometimes called Stawlo or River language,) as spoken by the Cowichans, is sweet and rythmical. The Chillwayuk dialect is harsher and more guttural. The Nanaimos, the Yales, the Sumas, the Kwantuls, etc. of B.C., and the Nooksaks of Wash., U.S.A., each speak a slightly different dialect of the same language.

==> p.r.o.nUNCIATION.

_'_ When before k, sound the letter by pressing the back of the tongue against the soft palate, and expelling the letter with a clicking sound.

When before t, ts, or tz, press the tip of the tongue against the hard palate, and expel the sound as before.

_kh_, Is sounded by lightly pressing the back of the tongue against the soft palate, and emitting the sound in a slurring manner.

_tl_, and _lth_, Are sounded by pressing the tip of the tongue against the hard palate and emit as in kh.

_a_, Is p.r.o.nounced ah; while all others are regular as in English.

T.C., C.M.T., and W.H.B., at the end of each hymn, are the initials of the translators.

Ts'hayilth Staylim

1 ARISE MY SOUL ARISE.

Canadian Hymnal No. 72.

ALKOMAYLUM

1 Whee talswal skwi-la-wal whee, Wheesit ta kul see-see; Ta sat-see-ul Jesus Aylakut telth-le-melth: Tokla tl'khaylikh ska ta See-am, S'khayl talswal skwikh lay ta tchalikhs.

T.C.

2 Owe-awts tokla Jesus My-ate talswal skwi-la-wal, Al stlay tokla See-am, E ta swas sat-see-ul; Tokla Jesus swas sat-see-ul Ay-la-kut tomuk sawlth skwi-lawal.

C.M.T.

ENGLISH

Arise, my soul arise, Shake off thy guilty fears; The bleeding sacrifice In my behalf appears; Before the throne my surety stands; My name is written on his hands.