Wic sqwsn wa skwatstas ti k'cicw ti tsitsipii alh ti alhqulhuus t'ayc. mulmulmi stsitsipiis tc. tutu7imantas tc ala tsalh ts ala asikaax ts. kalaalhmim tc ala sulut ts sutkams. Wicanaw wa smlhk ts wa snknicaw wa sqwsn ts. Tic ti sqw'sn tc wa skw'alhtntas Dick Snow.[1] Slaxaw wa sqwsn ala awcwa.[2]. Slaxaw tuu ala tsalh ts.[1] T'ksnmtilh ts - axw t'qwlustilh ts, axwtuu putl'aynictim c ti kw'puts.[1] nuqaq'lstxutsmtim ts.
Alh7ays ti s7ayutsaw ts s7ilhqwnlhtimutaw ts.[3]
Wa qw'las wa alh7ay wa tsitsipii
editLhnus wa alh7ay wa tsitsipii ts - ti sqwsn tc, n ti humumalh tc (ama7itsk s"cwmcwmalh" wa skwatstas tc). Ayuts Joshua Moody stic ma ti humumalh tc tsi cnaaslh tsi sqwsn tsc.[4] Ama7itsk stics ti humumalh tc ti "Red-throated Loon" - ama7itsk tuu stics tc ti "pacific loon" tc. Kalaalhmtim kw' wa lhnus ats alh Nuxalk.
ti sxwnatatsutlh tc
editAyuts Franz Boas stics ti sxwnatatsutlh tc ti alh7ay c ti sqwsn tc. Axw alhnapilh tuts' alh tc.[5]