Proverbs
Tsimshian
A deer, although toothless, may accomplish something.5
He is just now sleeping on a deerskin.6
He wants to die with all his teeth in his head.7
You think Nass River is always calm.8
You mistake the corner of the house for the door.9
What will you eat when the snow is on the north side of the trees?10
Notes
5 Deceptive appearances.
6 Comfort now but trouble ahead.
7 Too reckless to live to old age.
8 Foolhardiness of those who think everything favorable to them. The mouth of the Nass is very rough.
9 A gross blunder.
10 Improvidence. At the end of winter food is always scarce.