HYMNS
used on the
Fraser River Indian Mission,
of the
Methodist Church, B. C. Conference.
to which are appended
Hymns in Chinook, and the
Lord’s Prayer and Ten Commandments.
TRANSLATED BY
Rev’s. Thos. Crosby, Chas. M Tate,
and Wm. H Barraclough, B.A., Missionaries.
Compiled and Printed by Rev. W.H. Barraclough,
Chilliwack, B.C. 1898.
The following hymns are in the Chill-way-ukdialect of the language of the Alkomaylum nationof Indians, who live along the Fraser River, fromYale to the Coast, and on Vancouver Island, atCowichan and Nanaimo. The Alkomaylum, (orAnkomeenum, sometimes called Stawlo or Riverlanguage,) as spoken by the Cowichans, is sweetand rythmical. The Chillwayuk dialect is harsherand more guttural. The Nanaimos, the Yales, theSumas, the Kwantuls, etc. of B.C., and the Nooksaksof Wash., U.S.A., each speak a slightlydifferent dialect of the same language.
` When before k, sound the letter by pressing theback of the tongue against the soft palate, and expellingthe letter with a clicking sound. Whenbefore t, ts, or tz, press the tip of the tongue againstthe hard palate, and expel the sound as before.
kh, Is sounded by lightly pressing the back ofthe tongue against the soft palate, and emitting thesound in a slurring manner.
tl, and lth, Are sounded by pressing the tip ofthe tongue against the hard palate and emit as in kh.
a, Is pronounced ah; while all others are regularas in English.
T.C., C.M.T., and W.H.B., at the end of eachhymn, are the initials of the translators.
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.
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.
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.
1
Lay ta ay-e tumokh al stlay-kwus ka-wom,
Temtam kwuls lam al tus;
Temtam kwus tlakit talswal see-ize
E ka-wom lay ta Ay-e.
Ay-e-kwus see-ize ka tatsel ta Jesus,
||:See-ize-tchit ka tatsel ta Jesus,:||
Lam ka-put alokh.