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.
==> PRONUNCIATION.
` 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 pronounced 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.
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.
2 WE'LL WORK TILL JESUS COMES. Gospel Hymns 1-6 Complete No. 180.
Alkomaylum
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.
2 Lay-wilth kukh ta ay-e mestayokh lay, Hayluk taswas skwilawal. Kla al stlay-kwus lam kwatsit toklalim Lay ta ay-e tumokh.
3 Owita ay-e e-tila tumokh, Owe-awts telth-le-melth kham; Owa-tcha staas lay ta ay-e tumokh, Laysit ta sawlth See-am.
C.M.T.
Alkomaylum
Hayluk tal skwilawal tal mal lay ta tchee-tchilth, Shkha-khayl taswas skwell tokla may awkwus-thawmikh, Kukh ta ay-e stem shkha-khayl lay taswas skwell Kla ewal ay-e tokla Jesus stlay-il-thawmikh.
||:Hayluk tal skwilawal ta Jesus stlayil-thawmikh:|| Jesus stlay-il-thawmikh ta-alsa.
C.M.T.
English
1 I am so glad that our Father in Heaven Tells of His love in the Book He has given, Wonderful things in the Bible I see, This is the dearest, that Jesus loves me.
||: I am so glad that Jesus loves me, :|| Jesus loves even me.
2 Though I forget Him and wander away, Still He doth love me wherever I stray; Back to His dear loving arms would I flee, When I remember that Jesus loves me.
3 Jesus loves me, and I know I love Him, Love brought Him down my poor soul to redeem. Yes! it was love made Him die on the tree, Oh! I am certain that Jesus loves me.
4 COME THOU FOUNT. Can. Hym'l, No. 218.
Alkomaylum
1 Maytla Jesus ska telth-le-melth, Ewis-tawlokh ta sawlth staylim; Sta-a kwo stawlo taswas ay-e skwilawal, Owe-awts ma-tatsel whimay ta-alsa.
Al stlay ta Jesus, hallelujah, Al stlay ta Jesus osthayte tal skwell; Al stlay ta Jesus, a-yelokh-sthawmikh, Tokla Jesus stlays ta-alsa.
2 Talowa Jesus Christ tal stlay, Ooli talowa Ay-e See-am; Tsukh-wemit-tchuh tomuk salawa, A-yelokh-tchuh towuk `kaw-`kie.
C.M.T.
English
1 Come, thou Fount of every blessing, Tune my heart to sing thy grace, Streams of mercy never ceasing, Call for songs of loudest praise. I love Jesus, hallelujah, &c.
2 Teach me some celestial measure, Sung by ransomed hosts above; Oh, the vast, the boundless treasure, Of my Lord's unchanging love.
5 SWEET BY-AND-BYE. Can. Hym'l, No. 255.
2 Lay kwa tchee-tchilth ta ay-e staylim, Tchalal kwus staylim skaka ta ay-e mes-tayokh, Lamtcha hi owe-awts may kulth skwilawal, Skwi kwuls kham lam al-tus ay-e lalam.
C.M.T.
2 We shall meet, we shall sing, we shall reign In the land where the saved never die; We shall rest free from sorrow and pain, Safe at home in the sweet by-and-bye.
6 THY WILL BE DONE. G.H. 1-6 No. 229.
Alkomaylum
1 Tchee-tchilth-See-am talswal lay Mal, Tlay talswal ke-a'tl e-tila tumokh, Ay-e-kwus may e-wis-thawmikh kwulls skwell "Taswas skwi-la-wal."
2 Yawswa tawtayls-thawmikh ta lee-awm, Yawswa mays kulth tal skwilawal, Ay-e-kwus owe-awts thuts-thawma See-am; "Taswas skwilawal."
C.M.T.
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