geesn a1king salmon, Chinook salmon, black salmonOncorhynchus tshawytscha"run spring & fall; biggest salmon, comes before tah/-chah-hul is gone; black salmonwinter time"
came to be from bullsnake (ch'see'chow) being thrown into water during Creation
Too-biiʾ gees sliingʾ yaaʾnii.In the water it became black salmon, they say.GT02b 16.5"Toonai hiiheendilh-banjaaʾ" tcʾin yaaʾnii, "daatcaahaal, gees.""Let fish come in," he said, they say, "black salmon and hook-bill salmon."GT02b 36.4Chʾkaakʾ chʾkaakʾbiineeʾ tcʾistciingʾ-kwaanghit yeehtcʾghinʾaan-kwaan yaaʾnii, gees tcʾghinkaan.When he had made a net handle he had put the net in, they say, and caught a black salmon.GT08 36.15Uusiiʾ kwongʾ-minghaa sʾaan yaaʾnii, gees nchaagh uusiiʾ.Its head lay in front of the fire, they say, the head of a big black salmon.GT08 36.16Gees haidaaʾʾang tandilh-bang.King salmon will come from the north.GT08 44.10rel.chʾseeʾchowbullsnake5.2.3.2.1Fish (as food)1.6.1.5.4
2slgcontempbullhead catfish, brown bullheadAmeiurus nebulosus1.6.1.5.1
Freshwater Fishɢeːsqehs, hookbill [Fall run of king salmon]Source forms: k̥yĕsgesgesges, ketsɡĭss, ɡĕs...kes´ges...ges

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