A Jesus hatl tobsh,
Gwutl ti Bible siats ub tobsh.
(2) Jesus hatl tobsh, tsātl to át-to-bud
Guk-ud shugkls ak hāk doh shuk,
Tsātl tloh tsa-gwud buk dzas dzuk
Be kwed kwus cha-chushs atl tu-us da.
As an illustration of the difficulty I had, the following is given. I
wished to obtain the chorus to the hymn, “I’m going home,” and obtained
the expression, “I will go home,” in Clallam, in the following seven
different ways. The last one was the only one that would fit the music.
O-is-si-ai-a tsa-an-tok^{hu}.
Ku-kwa-chin-is-hi-a tok^{hu}.
Ho-hi-a-tsan-u-tok-^{hu}.
Tsā-ā-ting-tsin-no-tok^{hu}.
U-tsā-it-tok^{hu}.
U-its-tla-hutl tok-^{hu}.
To-kó-tsa-un.
As a literary curiosity I found that the old hymn, “Where, oh, where is
good old Noah?” to the tune of “The Hebrew Children,” could be sung in
four languages at the same time, and this was the only English hymn that
I was ever able to translate into Chinook jargon, thus:--
_Chinook Jargon._--Kah, O kah mit-lite Noah álta?
_Twana._--Di-chád, di chád ká-o way klits Noah?
_Clallam._--A-hín-kwa, a hín chees wi-á-a Noah?
Far off in the promised land.