Tsimshian Texts

The following texts were collected. in Kinkolith. at the mouth of the Nass river, during the months of November and December, 1894, while I was engaged in researches under the auspices of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. The principal object of these investigations was a study of the Athapascan tribe of Portland canal, and the following texts were collected incidentally only. The ethnologic results of these investigations were published in the reports of the Committee on the Northwestern Tribes of Canada of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.'

The texts are in the Nass River dialect of the Tsimshian languag(
The dialect is called by the natives Nisqa'E. The texts were obtained from four individuals — Philip, Moses, Chief Mountain, and Moody. By far the greater number of them are myths of the tribe. Judging from similar myths which I collected in previous years among the Tsimshian proper," they are only moderatel}- well told.

Possibly the method of transcribing sounds is not quite satisfactory. I have not been able to determine definitely if there are one or two palatized Ts. I consider it probable that there may be two; but in the present texts all the palatized Ts are rendered by one character. There is also a certain inconsi.stency in my perception of the surds and sonants, the fortis, or the surd followed by a hiatus, very often sounding similar to the sonant. 1 have not endeavored to make the spelling throughout consistent, but have rather followed the transcription which seemed to me most appropriate at the time when I wrote the

' Report of the 65th meeting of the British Association f.ir tlie Advancompni of Srienoe Ipswicli, 1895, pp. 569-586. = Franz Boas, Indianische Sagen von licr iiord-pacilischen Kviste Amen lias. Berlin 1895, pp.

of the lower jaw, the back of the tongue i.s pres.sed against the hard palate; genei'ally surd. The occui"- rence of the corresponding sonant is doubtful. Po.ssibly there is still another 1, produced a little nearer the front part of the hard jialate.

1. There was a town in which a chief and chieftainess were living. The chieftaines.s had done .something bad. She had a lover, but the chief did not know it. The young man loved the chieftainess very much. He often went to the place where she lived with the chief. Then the chieftainess resolved, "I will pretend to die." She pretended to be ver}' sick, because she wanted to marry that man. After a short time she pretended to die. Then all the people cried. Before she died the chieftainess said, "Make a large box in which to bury me when I am dead." The people made a box and put her

into it. They put it on the biiinehes of a ti"ce in the woods. The chieftaines8 had a spoon and a tish Icnife in her box. She pretended to be dead. For two nights the chief went into the woods, and sat right under the box in which the chieftainess was lying. Then he ceased to cry. Behold, there were maggots falling down from the bottom of the box. Then the chief thought, "She is full of maggots." But actually the chieftainess was scraping the spoon with her tish knife, and the scrapings looked just like maggots. In the evening her lover went into the woods. He climbed the tree and knocked on the l)ox. saying. "Let me in, ghost!" He said so twice. Then the chieftainess replied, " Ha-ha! I pretend to make maggots out of myself

in j-oui' behalf." Then she opened the cover of the box, and the man la}^ down with her. He did so everj- night. Then .she eanie to he pregnant. The man always went up to her. The chief did not know it, but one man found it out. He told the chief. Then the chief's nephews kept watch and killed the man, and also killed the woman. Now she was really dead, and her body was putrefying. Then her child came out alive. It sucked the intestines of its mother, and therefore its name was Sucking-intestines. The child grew up in the box. One day all the children went into the woods, shooting with bows and arrows at a target. They were not far from this tree when they were shooting. Then Sucking-intestines saw them.. He went down and took their arrows. Thus the children lost them again and again.

Now, tlio childroii saw that the Iwy came from out of the grave, and they told the chief. He said, ''Keep watch and try to catch him." The chief's nephews went, and. behold, he came down again. While he was ^valking about, they caught him and took him home. They took him to the chief's house. Now he grew up, and his name was Suckingintestines.

2. Now he heard that there was a chiefs daughter on the other side of the hole where the heavens meet. Sucking-intestines caught a bird and skiiuied it. He put its skin on and flew. Then he said, "G'ltg'it g'lt g-'insaaaaa!" He came to a town, and there he met a person. Then he shot a wood-pecker. He skinned it, and the other person put it on. They flew on. The one bird cried, "G'it g'lt g'lt ginsaaaa!"' The woodpecker acfoinpanied him, crving, "How-how!'' Thcj flew upward. Now they came to a town. There a person said, "Son of the ghosts, you must go on farther if you want to find the place where the heavens meet." Then Sucking-intestines, who had the bird skin on, .said "(j'Tt g'lt g'it g'insaaaM!"' and the woodpecker said, "How-how!" after Sucking-inte.stines had spoken. They came to manj^ towns, and the people all said the .same to them. They went on for a long time, and finally came to the hole in the sky. At that time it was alwaj's dark. There was no daylight. They found the hole, and the bird and the woodpecker flew through it. When they reached the inside of the sky, Sucking-intestines took ofl' the skin of the ))ird, and the woodpecker also took ofi' his skin. He sat down near the hole of the sky, while

Suckino'-iiiti'stiiics went on. lit- came to a spring- near the chiefs bouse. Then the chiefs daughter went out, carrying a small basket in which she was about to fetch water. She walked down to the spring- in front of her father's house.' Then Sucking-intestines transformed him-self into the leaf of a cedar, and tloated on the water. The chiefs daughter dit)pod it up into her basket and drank it. Then she returned. She entered her father s house. After a short time she was with child. Then she gave birth to a boy. Then the chief and chieftainess were very glad. They washed him regularly, and he began to grow up. Now he was beginning to creep about, and the chief smoothed and cleaned the iioor of hLs house. Now the child was strong. He began

' From hero on the relater seems to have confounded the stories of the birth of Txa'msEra and of the oriffin of duylijrht. See the correct version in Fmnz Boas, Indianisohe Sagen von der nord-pacifischen Kiiste Amcrikas, Berlin, 1895, p. 272 et seq.

to cry all the time, ••Hamaxii, hamaxii!" Then the chief called the people. He did not know what the boy wanted, nor why he cried; but he wanted the box that was hanging in the chief's house. This was a box in which daylight was kept hanging in one corner of his house. Its name was max. The child cried for it. Then the chief was annoyed. He called the people, and they entered. Then they heard the child crj-ing aloud. The}- did not know what the child was sa}'- ing. He cried all the time, "Hamaxii! hamaxii! hamax!" Now one wise man who understood him said to the chief, "He is crying for the max." The chief ordered it to be taken down, and a man took it down. They laid it down, and the boy sat down near it. He was now quite large. He stopped crjnng, for he was glad. Then he rolled

it iilnrnt inside the bouse. He did so for four days. Sometimes he carried it to the door. Now the chief did not thinlc of it. Ho quite forgot it. Then the boy really took the max. He put it on his shoulders and ran out with it. While be was running one man said, "The giant is running away with the max, ba!" Thus he received the name Giant. Then he ran away with it. He came to the hole of the sky, and, behold, his companion was sitting there. Then he took the skin of the bird. He put it on. His companion took the skin of the woodpecker, and they flew through the hole in the sky, the Giant carrying the max. At that time the world was always dark.

3. The Giant went on. It remained daylight. The darkness did not return. H^ wore something tied over his head. He arrived farther up the ri /er. Then be put what he was wearing on his bead under a stone in a steep clifl'. It is there yet.

4. The Giant did not know where his companion had o-one. It was at the mouth of the Nass river where the Giant had come down, while Logobolfi' had come down in the darltness at the mouth of Skeena river. The Giant went to the mouth of Nass river. It was alwaj's dark, and lie carried the max about with him. He went up the river, and ghosts whistled right l)efore him. Then he was afraid. He returned, and therefore the waters of the river also turned back.

5. He continued to go up the river in the dark. A little farther up he heard the noise of people who were catching leaves in nets from their canoes. There was a loud noise out on the river, because they were working hard. The Giant, who was sitting on the shore, said: "Throw ashore one of the things that you are qatching.'' And those on the water answered: "Where did j'ou come from, you great

liar'" They knew that it was the Giant, therefore they made fun of liiiu. The Giant .said auain: '•Throw ashore one of the things that you are catching-." Then they scolded him. Then the Giant said, ''I shall break the max:" and a person replied, ""Ah, where do you come from, great liar, and where did you get what you are talking about T' The Giant repeated his request four times, but those on the water refused what he asked for. Therefore the Giant broke the max. It broke, and it was daylight. Behold, boxes floated on the water. The ghosts had been Ashing in the dark. Then the Giant knew it. He did not see where they went.

reached the' middle, a fog arose. Logobola' had taken off his hat and put it upside down in his canoe. Then the fog lay on the surface of the water. Txii'msEm lost his wa}* and paddled about; but Logobola' did not paddle, he just drifted. Then Txii'msEm became afraid. He called his brother: '"Dear Logobola'!" But Logobola' did not answer. He called to him again, and he was nearly crj'ing. He called him: "Oh, my good brother!" Then Logobohl' pitied him. He gathered the fog, took it off from the water, and put it in his hat; then he put the hat on, and the fog cleared away. Then they paddled across.

7. They camped at (rraveyard point, intending to eat there. Txii'msEm went to get fuel and to look for water. After the}^ had eaten, Logobola' said to his brother, "What are you going to drink,

Giant? [Are you going to drink from the] roots of little alder trees?" After they had eaten, he gave Txii'iiisKni his basket-cup. Txii'msEui took it and went toward the water, l)ut there was no water in the brook. It was lost. Then Txil'msEiu worried. He knew at once that Logobola' had caused the water to be lost. He returned. His roice was almost choked b,y tears when he spoke: ''Oh, dear Logobola', chief, please don't tease me. I am very thirsty."' Then Logobola' protended to drink. He took the basket and he dipped water up himself. Then Txii'msEm drank. Then the flood tide set in.

8. Then they went up Nass river, each in his own canoe. When they had gone up to the point where the current runs downward, Txil'msEra said, "Let us gamble." Logobola' agreed, though he did not care. He asked Txa'msEm, "What game shall we plaj^?" Txa'msEm

replied : • ■ Let us have a shooting match. " Logolwlfi' eonscnted. Then Txii'msEui prepared a rock. He split it that they uiiglit shoot at it. and said: " Whoever hits this crack shall win the game, either 1 or you. Let us stake Skeena river against Nass river." Logobola' agreed. It is said that Logobola' had a nice box for his quiver, but Txii'msEm just made a bow and an arrow. Then he; took two stones on which they sat down. They talked to each other, and Txii'msEm wished to -sit nearest the water. He placed his grandchildren nearby. Logobohl' placed the Canada Jays, his grandchildren, nearby. Now Logobola' said, ''You shoot first, brother Giant." But the Giant replied, "No; let us shoot at the same time." Then Logobolii' agreed. Txa'msEm said to his grandchildren, the Crows, " Fly ahead! If my arrow should not quite reach the aim, take it up and stick it into the stone, but pull

out Loool)olri''.s arrow and put it away." Thej- did so. They .shot at tlie sanie time. As soon a.s the brothers shot, the Crows tlew ahead. L6jj;-6bola' saw clearly when his arrow struck the stone, but Txil'insEui .said. ••! hit it."' But Logobolil' said, "No; 1 hit it." "No; I hit it." said Txii'msEm. He wa.s very happy while he was saying this, thcret'oi-e he used the Tsimshian language. Then Logobola' said he know that he had lost. He saw the Crows taking the arrow and putting it away, while they put Txa'msEm's arrow into the cleft. Logoljola' said, "You have won, brother Giant. Now the olachen will come to Nass river twice every summer.'" And Txil'msEm said, "The salmon of Skeena river .shall alwavs be fat." Thus thev

divided what Txii'msEin had won at Nass river. Txii'msEiii was again hungry. What should he eat^ Then L6g-6bo1a' went toward sunrise, while Txii'msEui went down to the ocean.

2a. He did still another thing-. He heard that the daylight was hidden in a box called max. He went to get it. He transformed iiimself into a leaf of a cedar, and he wished that the chief's daughter should be thirsty. The chief's daughter went to fetch water, and drank the leaf. Then she was pregnant and had a hoy. His graiidfather was very glad. The child grew up very quickly. He crept about. Then he began to cry very much. His grandfather worried because the boy was crying all the time. He said, " Call an old man. Maybe he will understand what he says." The old man sat down.

Xow the liov w:is crviiiu-. ••H;un:iha"" all the time. Then the old man said to the chief. "I thought it was difhcult to iznderstand what the prince says. He cries for the max." The box in which the da^-light was kept hanging in the corner of the chief's house. The child stopped crying when he heard what the old man said. The chief took the box off and put it down near the child, who was Txa'msEiii. Then he sti-etclied out his hand and clupp()d the box in which the daylight was. Then his grandfatiier was glad. Now Txii'msEm was playing with the box and moved it about in the house. He made it run about in his grandfathei-"s house. ( )n the following morning Txii'nisEm rose from his mother's bed. He took the box and played with it all daj'. He went out of the house and made it roll about on the street. He

only pretended to play with it. When he was outside, he took it and ran away with it. One man saw him and said, "Txii'msEm is running- away with the sun-box !" Then Txii'msEm ran away. He had assumed his full size which he hud when jjoing- al)out murdering. Then he ran.

5(1. He came down the river and arrived at its mouth. It was dark there, and he heard the ghosts catching olachen at night. He said. "Give me one of the things you have caught." One man replied, "Who is talking there? That is the great Txil'msEm; ha, ha, tssi!" After a while Txii'msEui said again, "(xive me one of the things you caught," or I will tear the sun-box." Then all the ghosts said, "Ha. great slave; you great Scabby-shin! Where did you obtain what you are talking about, great slave, great

thief?'' And Txa'msEin wa.s aiiijTV. He opened the suii-))()x a little and it became light. Behold, large l)oxes floated on the water and capsized. They were the canoe.s of the ghosts. Then he shut the box again, and the ghosts continued to catch olachen.

1. He came to the house of a chief who was asleep. He stood in the doorway. The water was in the house of this chief. Then Txii'msEiii thought he would steal it. He tore off the bark of a rotten tree. He chewed it and made it look like excrements. Then he entered secretly after he had finished his work. The great chief was asleep. Txa'msEm lifted his blanket and laid the excrements next to his anus. Then he waked liim and said, "Chief, you soiled your lilanket." Then the chief awoke and said, "When did that happen?'' Txii'msEm repeated, "You soiled your blanket while you

were asleep. Shall I clean it^ " Then the chief did not say a word. He was ashamed. "Do not stir; I will go and fetch some moss to wipe it off." T.Kii'nisEm had already brought some moss for that purpose. He went immediately to the chief, lifted his blanket, and said, " Hm, what a smell that is! " He showed it to the chief after he had finished wiping the blanket. Then the chief saw it and believed that he had soiled his blanket while asleep. He was much ashamed. Then Txii'msEm carried it outside. He entered again and said: '"Chief, I am very thirsty.'' The water was hanging in the corner of the chief's house. The chief spoke, '"Go and get the water yourself." Then Txii'msEm arose, put his bear-skin blanket on. and opened the receptacle in which the water was kept. Then he poured it into his blanket.

Then he ran out and uttered the ci-v of the raven. "Qa. qa. qa. qal" He carried the great water, and ran away with it. Then the great chief became angry and said. •"Ahuml Great slave! Scabby-shin! He did it. He took all the water."' Txa'msEm i-an away. It was dark while he was running. He could not see ahead, but he heard the ghosts whistling near his face. He returned immediately because he was afraid. The water was all the time running down from his bearskin, and therefore the water now always runs back to sea. Now he arrived at the mouth of Xass river. He was very glad. Therefore Nass river is now a very large river.

2. He went on and made a house of stone. Then he saw a gull Hying about. He said. "Whee!"' The gulls continued to fly about, crying. •" QaqI " The Giant ran about and made small sticks, intending

to gamble. Then the great Gull came. They began to gaml)le. Soon they l)egan to quarrel, and the Giant said, "I guess this stick." The Gull did not reply. Therefore the Giant threw the Gull on his back and stepped on his stomach. Then the great Gull vomited two olachens. The Giant took them, and the Gull flew away.

In the evening the Giant made a little canoe of eklerberry wood. Then he started to gamble. He went down the river and landed at the beach in front of the house of a great chief. He took his gambling sticks and went up. He entered, and many people were in the hou.se. They began to gamble. Now, before the Giant landed he had rubbed the spawn of the olachen over the inside of his canoe and left the tails under the stern sheet. Now he sat down among the gamblers.

Grease-that-is-,stickiiig - to - the-stones -with -which- the-tish-iire-boiled. See what they say." Then the person went to ask them. He was sent b}^ the chief. They all agreed. Then the chief ordered the men who were standing- in the four corners of his house to break the corners. They did so. Then the olacheu jumped into the water. The Giant ran down to the water. He stepped into the water and shouted, telling the olachen to go into the river. He said, '"Go up on both sides of the river." Then he came to a house. Manj' people were catching olachen. Then they gave fish to the Giant. He put the olachen on spits to roast them.

the Giant's olachen. They .said while they were eating it. "Qana', qanil', qanii', qanii'I" They eried so all the time while they were eating the Giant's olachen. Then he was sad. Therefore he took the gulls and threw them into the fireplace, and ever since that time the tips of their wings have been Ijlack.

3. He went on and met a deer. He killed it and skinned it. Ho put the skin on. Then he fastened pitch wood to the tail, ^'ow-ho entered the house of a person, and when he saw the fireplace he ran toward it. The pitch wood at the end of the deer's tail began to burn. The name of the person was Qannene'lEguLXLo. He was ice(?). Then the Giant sang as he entered, "? ? T' Thus he spoke. When he had finished singing, he ran out. He ran about among the

i. Now he came to a chief tainess, and they ate together. He ate all the provisions of the chieftainess. He was angry and threw away the salmon, and then all the salmon which he was going to eat ran away. After that his head became ugly, while it had been very nice when he first met the chieftainess. After that it was ugly.'

2a. Txa'msEm did another thing. He induced the olachen to come to Nass river. He entered the house called Supernatural place or Tabued place. There were many people inside gambling. Txii'msEm heard them. He was very hung/v. He found a small herring. Then he squeezed out its roe and rubbed it all over the inside

of his canoe. Now he arrived on the l)eaeh in front of Supernatural phiee, where the people were gambling. Then Tx:i'nis?:ni .said, shaking his large lilanket, which was all wet, '"Ehi-hi-hi! Water dropped on me from Txil'msEm'.s bag net." Then the chief .said, '"Where does that come from that, you are speaking of, Giant?" "Yes; the canoes are full. They caught olachen with their rake.s last night." "'Ah! Txa'm.sEUi is lying." "Go and look at my canoe." The 'oung men went and saw what he had spoken of. Then they believedhim. They .saw olachen spawn in Txti'msEm's canoe. Then the chief said, "'What do these great fools, the olachen, come here for?" There were persons sitting in the corners of the house who held the strings of olachen. They took care of the olachen in the corners of Supernatural place. The chief .said to them, "Let go what j^ou

are holding." Then these men did so. Four of them were sitting in the corners of the house. .\s soon us Txu'msEm heard him say "Let go," he ran out to his littl() canoe. He paddled, and took his olachen rake. He said, "They go up on both sides of the river." He was very glad. Then he went to eat olachen. His canoe was quite full. He had not used his rake, but the whole shoal of olachen had jumped into his canoe, so that it was full.

Then he camped at Crab-apple place. He clapped on the stone until it was quite smooth, that the olachen should not disappear. Then he was very glad. He stayed a little farther up Nass river. He made a spit for roasting olachen in order to prepare them for his meal. When the olachen were almost done, he said to the gull that was sitting opposite him, "Come, Little Gull." The gull came and ate

one olachen. He ci-iod, "Qiinil', naiiti', qanii', qaiiii'I" Tlieii iiuiiiy gulls came and ate all the olachen. Now Tx;i'nisi;ni was sad. lie took the gnlls and threw them into the fireplace. Thus it happens that their wings are black.

1. There was a ehief who had a daughter who swallowed a leaf of a cedar when drinking- water. Then she had a prettj' child, a boy. The child was able to walk, but he did not eat. Then his grandfather worried. He called two old men to chew some food for the child. The two old men did so. They chewed some salmon and grease, and one of them scratched a scab from his shin. He put it among the salmon that he had chewed. Then the child ate what the old man had chewed; he ate very much. In the evening he ate one salmon in the house of his grandfather. He was hungrv all the night, after the two old men who

had chewed for him left the house. Then he did not sleep, but he ate until the day Ijioke. Now his g-randfather was glad; hut the hoy ate all day, and after a short time all the food was gone. Then he ate all the provisions in another house, and he ate all the jjrovisions of the whole village. Then his grandfather was troubled. He wanted to get rid of him because he knew that the l)oy had done wrong. He said, "My grandchild has eaten scabs of Wa'sE, therefore 1 will get rid of him. Go, slave, and tell the tribe." The slave ran out and said, "Great tribe, you shall move to-morrow morning." On the following morning the people moved. They de.serted the i)riiice. ■2. WJiut was he to eat? He went toward the beach searching for some food. l)ut he did not find anything. Behold, there was a tish in

the water. It was not nioviiii;'. Then he called it ashore to talk to it. Tlie tish came toward the shore. Its name was Bullhead. The prince thought he would kill it. Now it was almost within reach, but it swam back into the water. Then the prince was much de))!c-sed because he was hungry. The tish knew his intention.s. It swam back from the shore saying. "Do you think I do not know VDU. (iiautr" Then he acted as though he were taking hold of the image of the fish. and. stretching out his hand. said. '"You shall have a thin tail. Only your head shall be thick." Then it became the Bullhead. The Bullhead used to be remarkably stout. Txii'msEui cursed it. and therefore it is thin at one end.

very poor. Then he eaught a number of ravens, and used any means he euuld invent to kill them. He took their skins and tied them together, and put on the raven blanket. Then he went about dressed up nicely. Now he saw a good dancing blanket like the one he had worn before. At once he tore his raven blanket and took the dancing ])lanket that hung before him. Behold it was no dancing blanket; there were only lichen.s on the trees. Now he saw that there were nothing but lichens. He sat down weeping. He took his raven blanket, tied it together again, and walked on, hungry and weeping.

4. Now he wanted to go to war. He met a pretty slave whose name was K''ixo'ra. He took him along, and they came to the house of a chief. The chief called to him, "Come in, my dear, if it is j'ou who ate the scabs of Wa'sE. " Then he was ashamed. He entered with his

5. Then they came to a deep canyon. He took the dried stem of a skunk-cabbage ( ? ) and laid it across. He made a bridge. Then he himself went across, and after he had done so he called K'Mxo'm (that was the name of his slave) to come across; butthe slave was afraid to follow Txii'msEm. After a while, howe'er. he followed him. and when he

reached the middle of the Itridge it l)roke. He fell down into the canyon, and his lielly burst. When Txii'msEUi saw what had happened, and saw the food of which he had not been able to partake, then he flew to the bottom of the canyon and ate the contents of the slave's stomach. He simply took the food with his hands. When he had finished eating, the slave arose and said, '"He eats excrements." Then Txil'msEm was ashamed. The slave recovered and parted company with Txa'msEm.

Thus the slave found out that it was Txil'msEui. When the latter went about murdering he heard himself called very bad names. First the Bullhead called him Giant, and then the chief called liim Eating-scabs-of-Wa'sE. He was again very hungry.

(). Then he iU'fivcd at another village, and saw littU' children phiying at the end of the town. Tho.y were throwing pieces of seal blubber at one another. He stepped among them and ate the blubber. He ate all the blubber which the children were throwing at one another. Then they wondered what had become of it. Txa'msEm asked them, "^Vhere do you get that blubber?" And they told him where they got it. The}' said, '" We climb up a tree and throw ourselves down. When we strike the ground, we open our ej'es and say, 'High piles of our lilubber," and immediately there are high piles of blul)- ber." Therefore Txa'rasEm also climbed the tree. He threw himself down, saving. '"High." Then the children looked and saw that he

7. Txti'msEm found another hou.se which belonged to Chief Cormorant. The house was full of provisions, and he sat down and ate. Then he asked the Cormorant to join him in catching halibut. Txa'msEUi did not catch anything, while Chief Cormorant caught a great many. Then Txii'msfnn went up to him in the canoe. He- took a louse from the Cormorant's neck, held it up to him, and said, "Open your mouth and 1 will put your louse into it." Tiie Cormorant replied, "No! Put it overboard into the water." " You will not catch anything if I put it into the water." Txil'msEm urged him, "Put out your tongue and let me put it on." Then the Cormorant did so.

all aloue. Txa'msEin wars very glad because he saw much food there. He ate there all the time. Then he sawTEno'k''LEiix"s club. It hung on the house post and was inlaid with ahalone shell. TxiimsEmsaid. "lie acts like a bad slave." He saw that the chief had large teeth. The chief arose and took the club, intending to kill Txii'msEm, but he ran out of the house. Then Txii'msEm spoke kindly, "I said you arc acting nicely. Chief." TEno'k"LEnx said, "No, you said, ' He acts like a bad slave." " "' I shall not say so again. Chief. Let me sit near you." Then TEno'k"LEnx agreed. Txii'msEm reentered the house and stayed there a long time. Now Txii'msEm went into the woods near the house. He made a club of rotten wood. He pounded mussel shells and inlaid the rotten wood with it. Then he took TEno'k"LEnx's club

dish. He gave it to Txii'insEin to dip the !~ahiion in the greiise. Txa'msEm ate the salmon with the seal blubber. He ate veiy much, and was satiated. Then he left. Now Txii'msEni made a house. He finished it and invited the Seal to visit him. The Seal entered, and sat down in the rear of the house, and Txil'msEm took a dish. He placed it near the fire and held up his hands so that they grew warm, but his hands were scorched. Then Txii'msEm turned back secretly, crying, "Mmmmmm!" When the Seal saw that Txii'msEm was crj'ing,- he rose. There was no grease in the dish. Then he said, "He tries to imitate what I do." Txii'msEm was ashamed. He put pitch on his hand because it hurt. Then he said, "You ought not to try such things. You would bett(M' get food for me that I ma}^ eat." He was

Txii'insEm went on, and came to a nice house. There he found Chief Ts'Enk'oa'ts. who had stores of provisions. The chief invited in Txii'msEHi. who sat down. Then he ate salmon, good salmon. After he had eaten he drank watei". T.s'Enk'oa'ts took a nice dish, and .stret(;hed his foot out over the dish; then he took a stone, struck his ankle, and pulled out tish roe. He placed it before Txii'msEm. who ate it. He was very glad. He left the house of Ts'Enk'oa'ts when he had eaten enough. Then Txii'msEui thought he would invite his friend to visit hira. He made a hou.se and invited in Ts'snk'oa'ts, who sat down. Then Txa'msEm took a dish and stretched his foot out

over the di.sh. He took a stone and .struck his ankle, lie fell down backward, and said. "Oh! lamdead; lamalmostdead." Ts'icnk'oa'ts said. " He tries to imitate me," and left the house. Then Txii'msEin was ashamed. His foot was swollen.

it iiiti) hi.s hand. He Ic^ft the housp. Then he made a house and invited in Chief Sahu()n-))cnT-hird. He imitated him. He nvvsv after having phieed the unripe .sahnon-berry in his dish. Then he stood there and said, "Miya'! Miya'!" He said so very often, but there remained just as many unripe sahuon-berries in the dish as he had put in. He placed the dish before Chief Salmon-berry-l)ird, who rose, saying, •'He tries to imitate me." Then Txa'msEm was ashamed. He did not imitate any more.

10. He went on, not knowing whieh way to turn. H()hold, he came out of the woods to a large town. Th()re wei-e poople in front of the town fishing for halibut. Txil'msEm thought. "They have much bait, and I will eat it." He dived, and he .saw the bait. He took it from

the hook :uk1 ate it. He went from one hook to the other, eiitiiiji' all the bait. Then the ))ait of all the tishermeu had disappeared, but tiiev did not know how it had happened. Finally- one of the men eauylit Txil'msEm'.s jaw. His jaw was eaug-ht on one of the hooks. Then tlie fisherman pulled. Txii'msEm was pulled up. although he was resisting. He could not take the hook out of his mouth. He held on to tiie rocks at the bottom of the sea. Then he was hauled up with the fisli line. The tishermen came together and thej all hauled the fish liiie. Txii'msEm said to the rocks at the bottom of the sea that they shoukl help him, and tinalh' he said to his jaw, "Break oti', jaw! J am getting tired." Then his jaw broke otf. When the tishermen saw the great jaw with a long beard, some of them laughed, but others were scared. They went ashore, and all the people assembl(Hl in the

cliii't's liduso. There tliev looked iit the threat jaw. Txii'iusKin went a.shore. eoiuuio- out of the water. He was greatly worried. Then he repented and said, " I am always doing this to myself. '" He arrived at the town while the people were looking at the great jaw in the chief's house. Txii'msEm eiitei'ed and sat down near the door. He saw the people looking at the great jaw. He held his blanket over his mouth to cover his lost jaw. When he saw his own great jaw he stretched out his hand, saying, "(iive it to me." He took it and looked at it, turning it over and over, examining- it. Then he put it on and ran out. and the people said. "That is Txa'msEm. the cheater!" Then Txii'msEm was well again.

kicked a rock and made a deep hole. He said with a loud voice, "Steel-head salinon, hit my heart." After he had said so he sat down quietly. The steel-head salmon hit his heart, and Txii'msEm lay there dead. After a little while he opened his eyes and he saw that the salmon had jumped over the hole that he had made. Then he kicked the I'ock a second time, and he again told the salmon to hit his heart. He sat down again and the same was repeated. He told the salnion to hit his heart, and it did so. Again he was dead. After a while he opened his eyes and saw the salmon lying in the hole near the water. He rushed down to catch it, but he could not reach it. He kicked the rock a third time, and sat down again. Then he told the salmon to hit his heart. It did so, and again he was dead. His heart

w;is swollen. 'I'lu'U he ()])('mHl his eyes again, and saw the salmon wliieli lay right in the middle of the rork. He went down slowly and raugiit it.

1:^. Now he did not know how to prepare his food. So he sat down and defecated. Then he asked liis e.xerements. "AVhat shall I do. my e.vcremenis;" Tln'y said. •"Steam it in a hole." Then he eiit wood, 1)ut while he was doing so he forgot what he was to do. Then he sat down again and defecated. Only a little eaine out. He asked. ""What shall I do. my exerementsr" They said, "Steam it in a hole." They .spoke in a low xoice. Now Txa'msKui gathered stones, and he said all the tim(\ "Steam it in a hole." He said it as though he was singing.

He made a .song of the words, '•Steam it in a hole." When the hole was hot he went to gather leaves of the skunk-cabbage to cover it. Then he cut the sahnon lengthwise and put it on top of the leaves in the hole. A stump lay near the hole. Then he took part of the salmon out and said to the stump, shaking the salmon, '"I am sure you envy ine. Stump." Then he went to get some more leaves which were to serve as his dish. After he had left, the Stump moved and .'sat down on top of the hole. Now Txa'msEm returned to eat. Behold, the Stump was sitting on the hole. Then he opened his mouth and cried on account of his food. He took a long lever and turned the Stump over. Behold, it had eaten all the salmon. Then he hit the Stump with stones, and turned it all over with his lever until the Stump was broken. It was quite rotten. He found a few small

:'j. He went on toward the sea and entered the liouse of the (irizzly Bear. He asked him to join hini in catching iialil)ut. l)Lit tlie (irizzly Bear said that he had no liait. Txi'i'msEm replied. •" We will use our own bodies as bait; we will use our testicles." He carried the tail of the steel-head salmon. Txil'nisEni went down to the water and took the canoe of the Grizzly Hear. "While he was doing so. the Bear rose and went into the canoe, and they started for the fishing bank. Now they reached it, and Txii'msEm pretended to cut oti' his penis and to tie it on to his hook for bait. The Grizzly Bear saw the act. but was afraid to do the same. He was surprised at what he saw Txii'nisEm doiiiii'. The latter urged him, saving. "Go on, do the same;" but the

Grizzly Bear wa^s afniid to do .so. Then Txii'in.sKin pushed his knife along the canoe, handing it to the Bear. Now the Bear cut off his penis, and he fainted. When he felt that he was dying, he made a rush at Txil'msEm, trying to kill him, but Txii'msEin jumped into the water and dived. He clung to the bow of the canoe, and when he knew that the Bear was dead, he boarded the canoe again. He went ashore and stepped up to the Bear's wife.

He put stones into the tire and told the female Grizzly Bear to swallow the hot stones. He said that the wives of those who do not catch anything must do so, and she was to do so, because her husband had not caught any halibut. The chieftainess trusted him. Txil'msEm took up the stones witii tongs. He told her to open licr

iiioiitli and hi- put tlie hot stones into it. Then she tuiiil)lo(l al)oiit. and Txii'msEUi hit her all over while .she was doing so until she wa.s dead. He walked down at once and took the Bear that he had killed first out of the canoe. He cut him fir.st, and then his wife. Both the Bears were dead. He stayed there for many days eating. When he had eaten all the provisions of the Bear, he left again, not knowing where he went.

Itt. Then he went out of the woods and came to a house, the house of Little Pitch, who was rich, and lived there with his wife. Then Little Pitch invited him in and he ate. When he was satiated, he slept. Then he said that they would go to catch halibut. Little Pitch wa* willing, and said to him, "''It is not good for me to be out after sunrise.

1 miLst return while it is still chilly. I shall have enough by that time." Txii'msEm replied. ■• I shall do whatever you say. Chief." Little Pitch said. •■Well!" Then they started for the'tish bank. They tished all night. When the sun rose Little Pitch wanted to go ashore, but Txa'msEm said, " I enjoy the fishing. Lie down in the bow of the canoe and cover yourself with a mat." Little Pitch did so. Then Txii'msEm .said, ''Little Pitch!" "Heh!" he replied. After a while Txii'msEm called again, "Little Pitch!" He answered again in a loud voice. After .some time Txii'msEm called again. Then Little Pitch's voice was weak. Now Txii'msEm hauled up his line and paddled home. He pretended to paddle strongly, but he put his paddles into the water

edgewi.so. Ajiuin lie cuII.mI. --Littlf rit.-li!" ••Ilch:" Little I'itrh replied, but his voice was very weak. Then Txii'msEUi knew that Little Pitch was dying. Behold, pitch came out and ran over the halibut where Little Pitch died. Therefore the halibut is black on orie .side.

That is the end of another adventure of Txii'msEui. He always ate all the food of tlie chiefs. He killed two chiefs, (irizzly Bear and Little Pitch.

15. He did another thing. He found the town of the air. He saw houses, and heard people saying, "The chief is coming," })ut he did not see anyone. A man said to him, "Enter the house of the chief.'' Then he entered. He walked proudly and erect. Behold, a mat was being spread for him on one side of the house. Txii'msEm sat down on it. Behold, a box opened of itself and salmon came out

of it. A dish walked to the tire all l)v itself. Txii'msEiii was much astonished. It lay down in front of him. He thought aliout it while he was eating-. When he had tinished, he drank. Then cranberries mixed with grease and water came from the corner of the house and placed themselves in front of him. Then a spoon came to him. He took the handle of the spoon, but nobody was holding it. Then he ate. The dish was very small, and he thought {'{) {'.) ((). Thus thought Txii'msEm. Then he heard many women laughing near thewallofthehou.se. They .said, .''The Giant thinks (?) (i) (0." He heard his own name. Giant, mentioned. He rose from the place where he was eating and went to where the women were .speaking,

but he did not tind anyone, although the}' were speaking right in front of him. He did not .see them. He went baelv to the fire and sat down. Pie was quite out of breath. Then he thought, '"1 will take these things and eat them outside." He rose and took a bundle of salmon. He ran out of the house, but when he came to the door they dragged him ])ack, and he almost fell down. Then he heard someone saying, ■' Sit down. Chief Giant." Txii'msEm sat down again. He was quite out of Ijreath. He rose again and dragged the box from which the berries had come toward the fire. Then he was attacked and beaten with sticks, although he did not see a person. The sticks moved of themselves, hitting his body, his head, his hands, and his feet. Then he felt very badly. He went on, not knowing which way to turn.

Iti. Txii'msEiii did still another thing. He came to the house where the Deer was living with his wife. There were tsvo persons in the house. Then Txii'msEiii sat down and said, '"Let us go and cut wood." He called the Deer his brother-in-law. The Deer trusted him, and the}- went to cut wood. While they wei-e splitting the wood the wedges jumped out all the time. Txii'msEm said to the Deer, "Hold the wedges. " He did so. Txa'msEm struck the wedges with his hammer, and said to the Deer, ''Come a little nearer to the wedges, friend!" The Deer was afraid; but Txa'msEm again asked him to come nearer, because the wedges were always jumping out. Txii'msEin sang while splitting wood, because he was ver}- glad: "Hoho, hoho.

cliilclrcn. ••Attack him, })ecause he steals all the good things he sees." Txii'msEui took oft' the l)ark of an alder and chewed it. Then he entered the house of Smoke-hole, intending to steal his bow, whieh was ornamented with abalone shells. He transformed himself into a raven and took the how. Smoke-hole said to his door, "Shut, Door!" Then Txii'msEm was unable to leave the house. T'hey tried to catch him, intending to kill him. He cried, "Qa, qa, qa, qa!" Smoke-hole .said to his smoke hole, "Shut!" and the smoke hole caught Txii'msKm's neck. He was dead, and his body was hanging in the smoke hole. Txii'msEm pretended to be dead. Then Smoke-hole made a fire. Then Txii'msEm took his own voice and put it in the woods, in a bluff behind Smoke-hole's house. There it made an echo, crying, " Miserable chief, what are you doing? You are a chief and you eat the excrements of a

raven!" Then SinoUf-hole was ashaioed. Therefore lie said to hi.s smoke hole, '"Open!" It opened, and Txii'msEui tiew away, crj'ing, " Qa, qa, qa, qa! " He was almost dead. He let the chewed alder juice run out of his mouth, pretending that blood was coming' out of it. VVhen Smoke-hole saw the alder juice he really believed that it was blood, and then he told his smoke hole to open entirely. He said, ■'Be ashamed of yourself, Txii'msEm, great slave! You were trying to steal again."' Txii'msEm could not steal this time.

IS. He went on, and came to a house wliere a man lived, near the beach. Then the Giant said: "I am 3' our friend." The person replied, '"That is good." The beach in front of the house was full of seals. The Griant ate them all during two nights. Then he killed his friend. He finished all the seals in front of the house, and he ate them all.

Now he w(i8 hung'iy again, and he used the canoe of the person wlioni he had killed. Oidy the man's canoe and harpoon remained. The ( iiant used them. Then he speared seals, and caught four. He returned and went ashore. He took the seals out of the canoe, and began cutting wood. Then he built a tire, and placed stones in it in order to heat them. Then he put the seals on a pile of hot stones. He cooked the four seals, and covered them with skunk-cabbage leaves. The Giant then raised the cover and took out a seal, which he ate when it was cooked. Then he stretched out his hand and took out another seal. There was a stump of a tree near by. The Giant held the seal in his hands and said to the stump, "Don't you envy mo, Stump '. " Then he went into the woods. Meanwhile the Stump rose and sat down on the hole in which the seals wei'e steaming. The seals

were riu-ht umlcr liiiii. Now the (iiaiit icturiKHl. curry iiii;- leaves of the skunk-ciihliiige. Wlien he .saw the Stump sitting on hi.s seals, he cried. lie was very nmcli troubled, liecause he was hungry. 'J'hen he took a stick and dug the ground. He cried while he was digging, lie found a little bit of meat and ate it. He was crying all the time l)ecause he was hungry. He couid not do anything.

IS*. He went on and came to the short; of the sea. 'rher() he l)uilt a liiiuse. Then he made up his mind what to do. After he had linished his house, he dressed himself, put up his hair, and fastened liis blanket. He took coal and rubbed it all ov(n- iiis faci-. He made a dagger and tied it to his hand. Then he rose, and ran out. saying. "I am sad." Thus he spoke while he was walking down to the beach. There he saw

20. The Giant was sad all the time, because he was hungry and there was no food in the house. Therefore he resolved what to do. Early next morning he rau out of the house. Behold, there wore ripples on the water. Salmon and halibut and bullheads and porpoises were swimming about in the water. There were all Ivinds-of salmon. When the Giant saw this, he said, ''Ala! ala! alal guts'o'ok". Then the salmon said, "Hm!" There was one chief among the salmon who commanded all the others. He said, "lean not hear what the chief on shore there is saying;" thus he said to the Giant. Then

111' called Little Poi'poise. sayiiie-. •"You will lie abli' to bear what the rhiif (111 shiii-e is sayiiie." Little Porpoise swam ashore. He was imt veiv larye. 'I'hen tlie (riant ran out again and eried, '"Ala! ala! alal guts"e'ek"." Then the rhi()t' of the salmon understood it, because Little Porpoise had told him. He .said. "The chief a.shore tells us what to do. He says that we sahuoii shall all swim together." Then the chief of the salmon repeated it. and all the .salmon went ashore together. Then all the halibut were left dry on the beach. The Giant ran out of his house carrying a stick. He clubbed them and carried them up to the house. Then he dried some of them and ate others. He was eating all the time. He was a great eater. He ate them all and then he went on.

naked. Then he was ashamed. He took a root and killed niaiiv ravens. After he had caught them he fastened their skins together and put them on. He went for a long time, and then he saw a dancing blanket hanging in front of him. He was very glad; he took off hi.s raven blanket and tore it to shreds. He threw it down and went to take the dancing blanket, l)ut behold, there was nothing but old, withered leaves. Then the Giant was troubled. It was no dancing ))lanket at all, and he cried with a loud voice. He returned and found the shreds of his raven blanket. He cried while he was gathering them up. Then he repaired the raven blanket, making a small blanket out of it, which he put on.

A little before the Stone gave birth to her child, the Elderberry Biish gave birth to her children. For that reason the Indians do not live many years. Because the P^lderberry Bush gave birth to her children first, man dies quickly. If the Stone had first given birth to her children, this would not be so. Thus say the Indians. That is the storv of the Elderberry Bush's children. The Indians are much troubled liccause the Stone did not give birth to her children first, for this is the reason that men die quickly.

The Porcupine iiiid the Beaver were friends. They loved each other. The Beaver used to invite the Porcupine to his bouse all the year round. The Porcupine went and entered the Beaver's house. The house of the Beaver was in the middle of a great lake. The Beaver liked the water verj^ much, but the Porcupine could not go into the water because he could not swim; he was afraid he might perish if his stomach should get full of water. Therefore the Beaver went to the shore and called the Porcupine. The Beaver came up twice when going to the place where the Porcupine was sitting on the

Now he entered the Beaver's hou.se, and ate the food the Beaver gave him. Sticks were the food at the Beaver's feast. Now the Porcupine was really troubled because he had to eat sticks, but lie ate them.

Another day th() Beaver said to the Porcupine, " My dear, let us play." Then he told him how they would play. He said, ''I will carry you on my back, and four times I will come up." Then the Porcupine thought, ''Now I sureh' mast die," but he agreed. The Beaver carried the Porcupine on his back and said, "Hold on to my neck and put your nose close down to my nape." Now the Porcupine was really ready to die. The Beaver dived, but before he did ■so he struck the water with his tail. Then a little water splashed into

the PoiTupiiie'y face, and be gasped. The Beaver stayed under water a long time. The Porcupine was almost dead and hi-s stomach was full of water. Three times the Beaver came up. Once more he went down, and when he came up again tlie Porcupine was almost dead. Now he returned and put him ashore.

The Porcupine went back to his tribe. When he arrived, he invited the people to his house. When his guests entered, he told them what the Beaver had done on the large lake when he had invited hini to come to see him. He said. "My friend almost killed me." Then his people said, "Invite him in and play with him in your turn."

He gave him tlio, bark of a true and some needles of thesi)ruct'. Then the Beaver was afraid to eat them; but the Porcupine .said to his friend the great Beaver, "FCat fast, friend," and the Beaver did so. Then he said to the Beaver, " "Friend, let us play to-morrow morning. There is a tree on a grassy slope. That is my playing ground," and when they were going to lie down to sleep, the Porcupine sang, "When I walk along tl)() edge { '. ) { '. ) ( '. ) my shooting star drops out." Then the Porcupine spoke to the sky. and it cdear()d uy). and in the morning the ground was covered with ice.

ground is yoiickT." It was very cold in tiie morning. Tln're was a place where water was running- down. It was slippery because the water was frozen. The Beaver followed the Porcupine across the place. Then the Beaver was troubled because his feet were slipperv. but the Porcupine had long claws. Then he returned to sec what the great Beaver was doing, and he said to him, "Come, do it, friend," but the Beaver could not cross the place on account of the ice on the mountain. Then the Porcupine returned, and took the Beaver by the hand and led him across. Thus the Bpaver got acro.ss. The Porcupine was going to play with him; just once he did so. Then they walked on, and came to the place where the tree was standing. The Porcupine said to the Beaver, "Now climb this tree." The B()aver

The Porcupine cliinl)ed up. and reached the very top of the tree. Then he let go, and dropped down. While he wa.s falling- down through .space he .said (0 ( • ) and he .struck ou a rock. Then he rcse. He was not dead. He .said to the Beaver, "Did you see, friend? That i.s not difficult." And the Porcupine carried the Beaver up the tree. He .said to hiiu, *■' Now hold on to mj^ neck; " and the Beaver did .so. He clung to the neck of the Porcupine, who climbed the tree. When they came near the top, the Porcupine put the Beaver on a branch of the tree. The Beaver was much afraid because

Now the Porcupine said. "• Hold on to the tree, friend. 1 will go down tirst." The Beaver did so, clinging round the branch with iiis arms. Then the Porcupine let go of the tree and fell down. lie said again (i) {'.) and he struck the rock, but he was not dead.

Now the great Beaver was much troubled, holding on to the branch. He was afraid to let go; but the Porcupine ran about at the foot of the tree, and looked up to his friend. He said, "Oh, friend, that is not difficult. Look at me. I am not dead, although 1 fell down." Then the Beaver let go of the branch, and when he fell through space, he

The Wohes had a feast on a pniirio at the mouth of Sk()ena river. They invited the chiefs of the Deer to the feast. The Deer who iiad been called came. Then they sat down on the prairie face to face with the Wolves. The Wolves said to the Deer, "You on the opposite side begin to laugh." But the Deer did not agree. They said. "You shall laugh first." The Wolves replied, "Now we will laugh. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Now you must laugh, you on the other side." Then the Deer laughed: "^l, ni. m. ni, ml Now you laugh again.

Wolves." Then the Wolves laughed again: "■ Ha, ha. ha, ha, hu!" Now the Deer were afraid when the}' saw the large teeth of the Wolves. The Wolves said. "Now, you on the other side, you shall laugh again. Don't keep your mouths closed when you are laughing. Nobody laughs like that. You must open your mouths as far as possible when you are laughing. Now do so. Try as hard as you can. Don't be afraid t(i open your mouths." Thus spoke the AVolves. "Now laugh." Then the Deer laughed again: " Ha, ha. ha, ha, ha!" They o])ene(l their mouths wide. They had no teeth. When the Wolves saw that thev had no teeth thev attacked them, and thev bit them all

over. Thoii they devoured the Deer. Onlv a few of the Deer succeeded in escaping. For this reason the Deer are afraid of the Wolves.

There wiis ;i ti)wti. One eveuiiiy ;i iiiuii went out of the house. iukI his son uceoniiuinieil him. They sat clown on the heach. After they had been sitting' thric for some time, the boy looked up to the sky and said to a star. "'Poor fellow I You little twinkler, indeed, you must feel cold." Thus spoke the boy to the Star. The Star heard it. and one evenino- when the boy went out. the Star came down and took liini up to the sky.

looked for him everywhere. They asked all the tribes, but they could not iind hiui. Then the people stopped, but his father and his niotlicr lonjfod for him. They wore crying- ;dl the time. They did so many days.

One day the man was walking' about crying. When he stopped crying', he looked up a mountain, and, behold, smoke came out of it. He went up, and when he came near, he saw a woman. She asked the umn, "Do you know who took your child?" "No," said the man. "The Star took your child. He tied him onto the edge of his smoke-hole. The child is crying all the time. He is almost dead, ])ecause the sparks the tire are burning his body." Thus she spoke. Then she said.

"Go on. Make many arrows, that you may have a great many quickly." The man went down and came to his town. There he made four bundles of arrow.s. He saw a verj- long mountain, which he climbed. He stood on top of it, took hi.s bow, and took an arrow and shot at the sky. The arrow hit the edge of the hole of the sky, and stuck there. He shot another arrow, which hit the nock of the first one. He shot again, and continued to do so for many days. Then the arrows came down, and reached to him. The man 'Was carrying tobacco, red paint, and sling-stones. Then he went up, climbing the arrows. He reached the sky, and met a person who said. "Your

child is about to die. He is cryiuj;' all the time because his body is being burned. Carve a piece of wood so that it will look just like your child." He gave to this person tobacco, red paint, and sling stones in return for his advice. Then the person was very glad. The man made a figure of spruce, one of hemlock, one of balsam fir, and one of red cedar, and one of j-ellow cedar, all as large as his bov. Then he made a great fire. He built a pyre of slender trees, which he placed crosswise, and placed fire underneath. He hung his wooden images to a tree over the fire. He poked the fire, so that the sparks burned the body of the wooden figure. Then the latter cried aloud, but after a short time it stopped. Then he took it ofl'. and took another one. It did the same. The figure stopped crying after a short time. He

took it down. Tlu'ii lie tied the red (■(■(hir to the tree anil jKikcd tll(^ tire. There were very many sparks. The tigurc cried tor a long time, and then stopped. He took it down and hunt;- up the yellowcedar. It did not stop. Then he took the image of yellow cedar.

He went on. and came to a [ilace where he heard a man splitting firewood with his wedge and hammei-. Ilis name was (jr'i.vsats'a'ntx'. When he came near, he asked him. "Where is the housed' At the same time he gave him tobacco. Then (_T'ix".sats'ri'nt" began to .swell when he tasted the tobacco. (The people of olden time.s called it "being troubled. ") He also gave him red paint and sling-stones.

iitid hi,s .son wci-e aiakino- their ().sca])e. But the wooden iiiiage did not cry long. Then it stopped. The chief lieeame suspicious, and sent a man to the roof. He went up, and, behold, there was a stick. The boj' was lost, and the wooden image was on the roof. The chief said, "Pursue them!" The people did so. The man heard them approaching. When they were close behind him, he threw tobacco, red paint, and sling-stones in their way. The paint was red; the sling-stones were l)luc.

The chief's people found these and picked them up. Some persons took thv sling-stones, and others took the red paint and put it on their faces.' While they were doing so, the man and his son continued to

ruu. Again the uian heard the pursuers approaching. Now he came to G-ix-sats'a'ntx-, who said, "Run quiciily. my dear. They will not catch you." The Star had taken the boy, and therefore the Star's tribe were pursuing them. The man gave G-ix-sats'a'ntx- tobacco, and then G-ix'sats'a'ntx- swelled very much, so that he obstructed the trail, and therefore the Star tribe could not reach the man.

Now he came near the hole of the sky. He came to it, and went down the chain of arrows. As soon as he reached the ground, he pulled the arrows down, and they all dropped to the ground. He had saved his boy. Then he went down the mountain and ran home. He got the boy back, and therefore he and his wife were glad.

'Pht'i't' was a town, and a large prairie on which many ehildren were phiyiny. The_v were always making a noi.se. They did so every moi'ning- all the year round. Then the Heaven heard it. He was nuR'h annoyed, and therefore he sent down feathers. They came down, soaring over the children. One boy saw them. He was almost grown up and was very strong. He took the feathers and put them on his head. Then he ran about.

The childiL'ii had a stick with which they struck a wooden hall. After a little while that boy began to rise, his feet leaving the o-round. Then another one rushed up to him and took hold of his feet. His hands stuck to the feet of the first boy, and his feet also left the ground. Then another boy rushed up to him and took hold of his feet, but he also went up. Still another one rushed up to them, taking hold of the feet. He also was lifted upward. Still othei- ones ran up to them, until all the children were gone. Then a man saw it and rushed up to the childi-en. He also hung onto thi)m. Another one rushed up to them, and took hold of his feet. They all went up to heaven, the whole town, and nobody was left. The Heaven took them all up. He was annoyed on account of the noise of the children.

Therefore the Heaven took them iill up. Not even one was left. The whole town disuppeared. Only dogs were there, running about howling.

Now there was a young- menstruating girl who had been in a small house behind the village. She was there with her little grandmother. When she left her little house and went back to the village, she saw that the whole great town was empty. Then the woman walked along the street crying. Now she found an old wedge made of ci'abapple wood, one made of sloe wood, one of spruce wood, and she found, a little grindstone, a little knife, and some snot. She put them into her bellv and went to the rear of the house. She did not put them aside. Then she lav down for four davs and four nights. Then she

came to be with child and gave birth to a bo}-, to another one, and to .still another one, and to two more. They were verj' strong. There were three males and one stone and one knife and one snot. The one was named Little-erab-apple-tree, the next one Little-sloebush, the next one Little-spruce, the following Little-mountain, the next one Little-knife, and one more was called Snot. The woman had six children.

The woman and her little grandmother suckled them. Now they were a little older, and then they were grown up. Now they also began to play. They took a stick and played l)all. (In olden times the people called this " ball-pla'.") Then the mother said to her children: "Stop, children! Your grandfathers were killed on account of this

One day the children did .so again. Their mother and the little grandmother were unable to .stop them. Now they were young men. There were tive young men and one girl. They were called Littlecrab-apple-tree, Little-sloe-bush, Little-spruce, Little-grindstone, and Snot; but the little girl was called Little-knife. They were playing all the time. They were very strong. The little girl was the sixth one.

Then he sent the feathers. They eanie down again, soaring- over the children. The eldest boy saw them and took them. He put them on his head and ran about, playing. Then his feet began to rise from the ground. The sky took him up. His younger brother, Little-sloebush, ran up to him, but his feet were lifted from the ground. He could not pull his brother down. When he felt that he was getting weak, he .said, "Break, my roots!" and his feet left the ground. Then the Little-spruce-tree rushed up to theui. He tried to keep his feet to the ground, but when he grew weak, he also said, "'Break, mv roots!" Then Little-grindstone rushed up to them, and suddenly there was a great mountain. He also tried to keep his feet down while the Heaven was pulling him upward. He did not move because the

nioiiiitiiiii Wiis ;ill .stKiic, but xiHvv a while the niomitain moved. Then Snot ruslied up to them. Ho also .stuck to the ground. Th() little jjjiil was runiiinu- at)out, rubbing her hands. She was called Little-knife. When Snot's feet were also lifted from the ground, she rushed up to them and climbed her brothers' heads until she i-eached the eldest one. Then she cut the feathers over her eldest brother\s head. She cut them right in the middle, and the children fell down to the ground. They did iKjt go up to the sky. The feathers always stayed on the eldest brother's head, and he was I'alled Rotten-feathers.

Now Kotten-feathers and his younger Ijrother went on all alone. They came to a town, and there Rotten-feathers married a woman. Then he returned to his own town, and there he stayed with her.

A number of t-hildrcn played oaiuping every day. Many played this game in one large hollow log. They went into it and played that it wa.s their house. They made a lire in it and ate there. They took a large quantity of provisions into the log. Thev ate salmon. They did so every day. One day when they were playing camping, the tide rose high and the large tree floated out to sea. The children did not know it. They were playing inside. Now the log had drifted far out to sea. Then one child went out, and he saw that the log had drifted

One of the children was wise. He saw gulls flying about, and then he returned into the hollow log and said, "Gulls are always sitting on top of us. What can we do to catch them?" Then one boy said, "Let us hit our noses, and we will rub the blood all over the log, then the feet of the gulls will stick to the log." Thej^ did so. They hit their noses until they bled. Then they rubbed the blood on the log. Then they entered the log again. Now many gulls came and sat down on the log. About noon their feet dried to the log. Then one of the boys went out. The gulls tried to fly away, but they could not do

SO because their feet were glued to the lo(,^ Then the }io_y took hold of them and twisted off their necks. He killed nian_y gulls and took them into the log. Then the Ijoj's were glad. They ate the meat of the gulls and forgot that they were drifting about on the ocean.

The land was far away. They were on the edge of the ocean. One day they heard a great noise. The boys went out and, behold, they were drifting round in a whirlpool. Then they began to cry. The tree almost stood on its end, liecause the whirlpool was swallowing it.

it ashore. The boys were not dead. He had saved them. Then the boys went up to the house of the man. There were many boys. Oneleg gave them to eat. The beach in front of the house smelled of seal. The man was spearing seals all the time at the edge of the whirlpool. He watched for seals, and therefore he stayed there. There was also another man living there whose name was Hard-instep. He was much troubled, for he was jealous because One-leg had saved the boys. One-leg was spearing seals all the time, and he carried them up for the children. They ate, and they grew up to be 3'oung men. After a while the children remembered those whom they had left behind, and they began to cry. Then One-leg asked the children why they cried, and they told him. Thenhesaid, " The town of your fathers

is not far. It is over there. To-morrow morning you shall start. You may use my canoe, which is at the end of the village." Early the next morning One-leg sent the boys, saying, "Take the cover off from my canoe. It is near bv yonder." The children went, and grew tired walking about. They could not tind the canoe. Finally they returned. Then One-leg asked. "Did you find it?" The boys said, "No." He sent them again, and they went; but again they grew tired walking about, but they did not find it. Again they returned. Then Oneleg himself went. He went to a rotten tree that was there. It was covered with small branches. He took off' the branches and they behold a large canoe. It was made in the shape of a man, with a mouth at one end. It was the same at the other end. Its name was " Wa'sEat-each-end." It did not allow anvthing to cross its bow or its stern.

When ;i iiuin t-rossed it. it ate him. Then One-leg said, "Don't pass in front of the canoe." And they obej-ed because they were afraid. Then they put it into the water. It was a fine, large canoe. Tiiey put many seals aboard, which were to serve as food for the canoe. Then the boys went aboard. They fed the canoe. Its ))ow and its stern ate five seals each. Then the canoe went. After it had fini.shed eating the seals it went very fast. Then they gave five seals more to the bow and five to the stern, and it went on again.

Finally the children landed at the town of their fathers. They went ashore. Their fathers and mothers and all their relatives were crying. Then the boys came back. That is the end.

There were four men — one of the Wolf clan, one of the Raven clan, one of the Eagle clan, and one of the Bear clan. They were great hunters. There were four rocks. The men went out in their canoes to these rocks, and when they arrived there thev found the rocks full of sealions. The rock of one of the men was not full. He caught only two. The men of the Raven clan, of the Wolf clan, and of the Eagle clan caught a great many. Then the one man was ashamed because he had caught only two. The next time they started he came home

One evening he .started and stole the sealions that were on the rock of the man of the Wolf clan. When, the next morning, tlii.s man started there were no sealions on his rock. Then he knew that another person had stolen them. Therefore he carved the tigiire of a sealion out of wood and put it into the water. It was under water a shoi-t time and came up again and floated. Then he carved a sealion out of another piece of wood. He put it into the water, and again it floated. He tried four kinds of wood, but they did not prove to be good. Then he took a piece of hard wood, red in color like the skin of a sealion. He carved it and threw it into the water. Now it was very good. It did not become weak. He laid it on his own rock.

Now, the other person started again at night, intending to steal the sealions. When he eanie to the rock, he saw the sealion lying there. He took his harpoon and speared it. Then the sealion dived and swam away. (In former times harpoons were fastened to c-edar-l)ark lines.) The man held the line and paid it out. For a long time the .sealion dragged the canoe along, and the line was all paid out. Then the person tried to let it go, but the line stuck to his hands and the sea lion swam away with him.

It was four nights since he had left. For four days the sealion swam through tile water. The man and his companions had lost sight of tiie mountains and they were far out at sea. The man was crying all the time. Thev went on for a long time — for ten davs and ten nights.

under water. Then the men who wei'e sitting under the trees hiunched their canoe and paddled up to the canoe of the little man. One of them took two halilmt, and they returned to the shore as quickly as they could. There they sat down. They had been sitting there a long time when the person emerged, holding in his hands a string of fish, which he had caught. He put them into his canoe; but now he missed two halibut. He put the tish into the canoe, and pulled up his anchor. Then he went ashore. He landed on the sandy beach, went up and found the four men, then he asked. " Who of 30U stole my halibutf and three of the men said, "This one took them. " They said so, pointing to their companion. Then the man took him 1)V the feet, struck him against a stone, and killed him. because

Then the man returned and landed at his town. He carried his halibut up to the house and said to his friends, "There are people on the other side of the bay. I killed one of them because he stole two halibut." The people said, "•Call them." Then they sent a man to call them, and when thej- came the people gave them to eat.

There were many people. They were all of the same size. They were very small. The three men were by far the largest. Thej' stayed there a long time. Then the people made wooden clubs, and said, "To-morrow we shall be attacked by warriors." The sky darkened, although it was not extraordinarily dark. Jsow, there was a

great s-.indy )inut liclow the town. Tlici-e wii.s an open prairie th(M'o. Then many l)ird.s (-an)o — .swans, cnines, geese, gray cranes, laughing-geese, ducks, blackbirds of the sea, ducks of Nass river, gulls, cormorants. They alighted on the praii-ie. Then the people rose. They took their wooden clubs and ran down right among the birds, and ))egan to strike them. The feathers of the bii'ds were flying al)out, tilling the mouths and the noses of tiie jieoplc. Many of them died, and only a moderate number returned.

The three men did not join them. They looked at the tight. Th(ni they said, "It is not diflicult to tight with the birds. Let us try to-morrow." They did so. At daybreak the birds ai'rived and sat

down on the prairie. They I'tillcd it w;ir. The birds did not conic there to feed. Then the three men ran down. They did not tal^e any clubs, but they just took the birds and twisted off their necks. They did so and accomplished a great deal. Not one of the men was dead, but they killed a groat many birds. Then the people were glad. They are called G-ilg-ina'mgan.' The three men had killed almost one-half of the birds. The birds came there for one month. Then they left. Now the people resolved to take pity on the three men. Thoy did so, and sent them back to their own town. They returned, aiid that is the end.

1 The Kwakiutl have the same legend. They call the tribe of dwarfs G'ing-ina'nEmis, i. c.. children of the sea. The Tsimshian name is evidently a phonetic distortion of the Kwakiutl word, so that it seems probable that this whole tradition, which is .so remarkably alike lo the ancient legend of the pygmies and the cranes, is of Kwakiutl origin (sec F. Boas, Indianivche Sagcn von der no«d-paciflschen Kiiste Amerikas, pp. 8C, 192).

There was a man who never slept in his house. He alwaj'S lay at the edg-e of his smoke-hole. Therefore he grew exceedingly strong. When he went to gather firewood, he pulled out a whole tree and carried it home on his shoulder. In the evening, when he had eaten, he went up and laj' down at the edge of the smoke-hole. He never lay down in his house. Therefore his name was Snioke-hole. Nobody could carrj^ what he was able to carry. He always carried firewood on his shoulders. He carried whole trees on his shoulders.

There was a boy named T.s'ak' and his old grandmother. They had a small house, and a small brook was running near ))}-. There were salmon in the brook. Ts'ak' went down carrying a stick with a hone point, and speared the salmon. He got a great many. Then he made a rope of cedar twigs and strung them up. Then Ts'ak" went up the little river and caught many salmon. Then he returned, but ho did not find the string of tish that he had placed in the water. He had lost it. Then he was sorry, because the great Grizzly Bear had eaten all the salmon which he had strung on the cedar twigs. He .said, "Big drop-jaw Grizzly Bear has done this." Then the great Grizzlj'

Hear came ddwii and said to Ts'ak'. ■•Why do Vdu x-old uw T Ts'ak' replied. '■Why do you eat all the .salmon 1 eateii T' Then they began to srold eaeh other, and the jj-reat Grizzly Bear .said, "I shall snuti' you in if you say 'Go ahead.'" Then IVak' .said, "Go ahead." At once the Grizzly Bear snutled him in, and Ts'ak' wa.s in his stomach. Ts'ak" carried a strike-a-light, pitchwood. and tinder. He was in the stoniach of the great Grizzly Bear, but he was not afraid. He struck his lire.stones and made a fire of pitchwood in the great Grizzly Bear. Now there was a great fire. The great Grizzly Bear ran about, and .smoke came out of his mouth. Before long he fell

Then he returned. He strung up his salmon, and went to the little house of his grandmother. Ts'ak' said, " Grandmother, I killed a great Grizzly Bear. It is in the woods. Give me your little tish knife." His grandmother said, "You area liar, slave! You are fooling me." Ts'ak' replied, "■ Grandmother, it is true." Then his grandmother gave him her littl() knife, and acc(jmpanied him toward the place where the great Grizzly Bear lay. He cut it, and she carried the meat all day long. Now they had brought it down and placed it on the drj'ing sticks. Then Ts'ak" went into the woods to cut fuel. He carried a little stone ax. Then he cut firewood. He and his grandmother were very glad.

Now there was a town on the opposite .side of the river. In the morning Ts'ak" rose and took some coals. He ehewed some tallow and entered the house of the chief. It was full of people who were gambling. Ts'ak- spit into the fireplace. Then his saliva blazed up. One man saidtoTs'ak', "What are j'oii chewing there?" Ts'ak" replied, "The penis of a little dog." The man then said, " Spit into the fire again.'' Ts'ak' spit into the fireplace, and the fire blazed up. The people took hold of Ts'ak'; the}' took a rope. There stood a tree to which they tied him. Now he was somewhat troubled. Then many people rushed to the house of his old grandmother and ate all the meat that was in it. Nothing was left. They ate all. They were the Wolves. Now they returned and untied Ts'ak'. Thej sent him out

of the house and he returned to his grandmother. When he entered their little house, all the meat was gone. Then they cried. Ts'akand his grandmother had no food. Thej- were crying all the time.

In the evening Ts'ak-'s grandmother was fast asleep. Then he took his knife and cut out her vulva. He roasted it. "When it was done, he roused her and said, "Grandmother, awake! Your meal is done. There was a little of the meat left over, and I roasted it." His grandmother rose and ate it all. Then Ts'ak- ran out and made a song on his grandmother: '' Grandmother ate her own little vulva! Grandmother ate her own little vulva!" Then his grandmother shouted to Ts'ak", •■ Don't enter my house again, slave!"

Behold, he saw a man coming up to him who asked. "Why are you crying?" Ts'ak' replied. "The Wolves have eaten all the meat that we had for our food." Tlie man said. "Oh, indeed! Why don't you take revenge f" TIkmi the man put his hand under his blanket and pulled out a hollow lione. He .said, " Now go across the river; there vou will find a knothole. The daughter of the chief is in the

rear of the house. Put this tube through the knothole. Aim rij^iit at the heart of the chief's child. Then blow through it." Ts'ak' did so. The bone struck the heart of the chief's child. Then the chief cried, thinking that his child would die quickly. They sent for many shamans (they are the ones who cure disease), but they did not succeed. Then Ts'ak' said to his grandmother, "Go on, Grandmother, and tell them that I will cure her." ButTs'ak' was not a shaman. Hisgiaiidinother left. She entered the chief 's house and said to him. •"That slave talks nonsense again. He saj's he will cure the child of the chief."' Then the foolish people rushed up to her and threw her out of the house, be(-ausc Ts'ak" was nota shaman. That was the reason wh' they did so. Ts'ak''s grandmother went to the little house, and as soon as she saw Ts'ak"

Mhe, siiiid, ''They turned nie out of the house!"' But Ts'ak' repeated, "Go on. Grandmother. I reall' want to cure her." Then she went again and entered. She said again, '• He wants to cure the chief's daughter." And two wise men said, "Let him do as he says"; and they agreed that ho should cure her. Ts"ak""s grandmother went out and returned. She told him that they had agreed. Then Ts'ak' rose and called the wren, the x-sk*Iek', the x-sg'a'nt, and all the little birds. Then Ts'ak" dressed himself. He carried one little bird named Rattlebox. They went in, and Ts'ak' sat down at the feet of the chief's daughter, who was very sick, and all the birds sat down. The}'

carried small sticks. Now the chief's great slave rose in the corner of the house. He was a giant, and his head reached up to the corner of the house. He had a big belly. Then one bo_y went toward the rear of the house, and stood near by in front of hiiu. The boy took a .stick and struck the slave's bellv while Ts'ak' was performing his incantations. Therefore the people used to call the slave Drum-belly. Now Ts'ak- pulled out the sickness and saved her. He took all her father's elk-skins in payment. She gave herself to him in marriage, and he took all her grease boxes. Then Ts'ak- became a great chief, because he had saved the chief's child. He married her, and the chief gave with her his giant slave whose name was Drum-belly. Ts'ak* reallv married the dauo-hter of the chief.

He staved there a long time, and then he got tired of the woman. He heard that there was a woman on the other side of the mountain. He .said he would go. Ts'ak" left his wife. Only his slave, the wren, and another l)ird aecompanied him. They went a long time and arrived at the foot of the mountain. The trail led to it. l)ut there was no way of going on. Then Ts'ak' caught a robin. He skinned it and put on its skin. He Hew upward and nearly reached the top of the mountain. Then he came to a great tire, which was just like lightning. It burnt the robin's wings, and he fell back to the foot of the mountain. Then Ts'ak' took off his skin. He caught a bluejaj^ skinned it. and put on its skin. Again he flevr upward and almost reached the top of the mountain. Again he came to the place where

it was burning all over. Tlien the bluejay fell down. He dropi)ed down again to the foot of the mountain. Ts'ak- was very much troubled because there was no waj- to go on. He and his great slave, Drum-l)elly, lay down on the grass, and slept. It was almost daylight, and Ts'ak- was still asleep. Then he heard a voice: '' My grand- mother invites you in." He did not know who was speaking, and lay down again. He bit a hole in his blanket and looked through it. Behold, there was a little Mouse that came out of a bunch of grass and said, "My grandmother invites you in." Now he saw the little Mouse disappearing under the bunch of grass. He rose, went to the grass, and pulled it out. Behold, there was a house under it. A woman was sitting there. "Enter, my dear, if it is you who wants

to get a wife." T.s'ak" entered and sat down. The woman said to Ts'ak", "Throw your earrings into the tire." lie did so. He threw his earrings into the iire. Then the woman pulled them out of the fire by magic. She was the Mouse. Then she kept Ts'ak" and his great slave in the house, but she sent back the wren and the other bird. Ts'ak" finished eating. He was quite satiated. Then the woman stopped giving- food to them. She .said, "I myself am the trail leading through the mountain. I am not a shaman, but my sister on the other side is a great shaman. She will give you advice." Then she opened one corner of her house. Ts'ak" and his great slave went through it, under the mountain. The trail led that way. They passed through it; then they found another house and another woman. She was also a Mouse. Then he and the great slave entered, and the

woman said, "Throw 3'om- earrings into the fire." Ts'aiv- did so. lie threw his earrings into the fire, and she pulled them out by magic. Then the woman said to Ts'ak', "All the princes from every where trv to marrj- the daughter of the chief. The stone door of his house has killed a great many. It shuts rapidly. He uses it to kill the princes. You must count how often it opens. It will open four times. Then put this across the doorway. Wait a little while before you enter." Then the woman gave him a little carving of ice, not very long. Ts'ak- wore a marten robe and a dancing robe. He came near the house. Then he asked the great slave to sit down. He alone approached it. Now he came near the door. Then he did as the

woman had instructed him. He counted four, then he placed the carving of cry.stal across the door so that it was unable to close again. Ts'ak- entered. He was not killed by the door. He came in and stepped up to the place where the chief's daughter was lying. Then Ts'ak" lay down. The chief's daughter was very glad when she saw the beautiful man. They were playing all night. Then the chief heard it. Very eai'ly in the morning he said to his sistei"'s sons, " Light the fire." His nephews did so. They started a great fire. Then the chief told them to take the skin of the great bear, and he ordered them to spread it out in the rear of his house. Then the chief said, "Let my son-in-law come to the middle of the house." Ts'ak" rose and stepped down to the middle of the house. Then he saw that the hair of the bear was very long. The chief intended to kill Ts'ak" with it. He was

to sit down on it. and tiien tiic liair would enter his anus, and thus he was to die. Thus thought the ehief. Bat Ts'aii' placed the carving of ice under his feet, and he moved it over the skin. A noise was made bv the breaking- of the bear's hair. Ts'ak- sat down, and the hair did not enter his anus. Now the chief was ashamed because Ts'ak" was not dead. He said, "Walk to the middle of the house.'" Thus he spoke to his child. His daughter went down to the middle of the house and sat down beside Ts'ak'. He married her. Then they ate. When Ts'ak" had finished eating, the chief said to his nephews, "Make a large pyre and place stones on it." His nephews did so. They built a large P3're of wood and placed stones on it. When the stones were hot, the chief ordered a large box to be taken down to the

fire, and water to be poured into it. It was done. Then one man took a pair of tongs; another took another pair of tongs. These two persons took the stones and put them into the })ox, which was half full of water. Now the water began to boil. When it was boiling ov^er, the chief said to Ts'ak', ''Rise and jump into this hot water." T.s'ak* did so. He jumped into it and sat down. His bod_y was covered by the water. Only a little of his hair was visible. Now the water boiled violently, and Ts"ak''s wife cried when she saw how he was being cooked. Then a person went down to the box and pulled at Ts'ak''s hair. It came out, and the person .said, "He is well done." Now the chief told them to pour out the water. When they had done so. Ts'ak' rose. Then he went to the rear of the house and said to

The next morning the chief said, " Come, Son-in-law. Fetch .some fuel. One of my nephews and two slaves shall accompany you. " Ts'ak • rose. The slaves took stone axes such as the people used in olden times. Ts'ak- felled a great tree. It fell and he split it. Then one of the slaves made wedges. They also carried a large .stone hanmier, which was fastened with thong to a handle. They put the wedges into the end of the tree. They struck them with the hammer and the tree .split. Then thev pushed Ts'ak' into it and knocked out the wedges. The tree snapped together, and Ts'ak' was in it. The slaves saw

l)l()()(l comino- out of Ts"iik-"s iiioutli, iiiid they left iiiin, saying, " iS'ow you have been put to shame!" They went home. But Ts'ak* kicked the great tree, so that one half fell to one side and the other half to the other. He carried one half on his shoulder and went home, lie tiirew it into the house, and the whole house front was broken. Then the chief was ashamed, and he worried because he was unable to kill Ts"ak% who was a great supernatural man.

The chief did not know what to use next, but after a while it occurred to him what to do. One morning he said to Ts'ak' that he should go and spear a seal that he wanted to eat. His nephew and two slaves were to go along, so there were four in the canoe. They started, and found a place where seals were. It was at the edge of a great whirlpool. They asked Ts'ak" to stand in the bow of the canoe, to

hold the harpoon and spear the seah One of the great slaves stood near. Ho intended to push Ts'ak" into the water, that he should die. While the slave was intending to do so, Ts'ak" threw him into the water and he died. The whirlpool swallowed him. Then Ts'ak* began to spear seals and tilled his canoe. He returned and landed in front of the house. The chief had lost one slave, and they told him that he had been drowned. Then Ts'ak' carried the seals up and they cooked them. When they were done, he called the whole tribe, and they ate the seals. Now the chief gave up trying to kill Ts'ak*.

new wife, and by liis ijreat slave Drum-helly. who liad stayed alone in the woods far from the town. They called him. and they returned. Then they came to the place where the Mouse woman lived. She .said to T.s'ak', "Did you succeed in your attempt T' Ts'ak" replied, "I did succeed." Then .she gave them to eat until they had enough. They .started again and went through the mountain. When they had passed through, they entered the house of the other Mouse. The Mouse women watch ])oth ends of the trail that leads through the mountain. T.s'ak' went on, and reached his own house. That is the end.

There was a boy who had lost his father and his mother; only his mother's brother, the chief of the village, remained. One day this chief was purifying himself bj' drinking a decoction of devirs-clubs. He did so repeatedly because he intended to give a potlatch. One evening he went down to the beach; there he sat down and looked up to the sky. Behold, lire came down from the sky like a shooting star. It came right down. A tree was standing liehind the house of the chief, and a branch was standing out from the tree. The lire came right down to it and hung on the end of the branch. The chief

saw it. Ho went up to the house and sent for his people. When they entered, he said, "Copper is hanging* on the liranch of a tree. The young people shall go and knock it down. If one of you young men hit it, he shall marry my daughter."

Early the next morning they went up behind the house of the chief. The old men also went to look. The young men took stones, and threw all day long until their hands were quite sore; then they stopped for a while and ate. Then they went up again and tried to knock the copper down, but they did not succeed. It grew dark. Then the poor little boy went down to the beach in front of the house and sat down near a canoe, where he urinated. Then he saw a man approaching who said, "What are the people talking aboutr' The boy replied,

"A copper hangs on a tree and the people tried to knock it down, but they did not succeed." '• (io on and tr^- to hit it j'ourself ," .said the man. Then he took up a stone and gave it to the boy. He took up another one and gave it to him, and still another one and gave it to him. Then he said, '"You shall knock it down. Take first this white stone, then this black stone, then this blue stone, and iinally this one." The poor little boy took them, and then the man said, "Do not show these stones to the people."

Then the young men rose and pushed him. but the wise men stopped them and said, ''Let him throw too." Then the young men sat down. The poor little boy rose and took a stone. He swung it in his hands so that it whistled. It whistled four times, then he let it go. He almost hit the copper. He threw again and almost hit it. He threw the black stone first, then the white one, then the blue one. He almost struck it. Finally he threw the red stone. It hit the copper right on its end. The poor little bo^- had hit it and it fell down. Then all the young men ran up to it, everj-one claiming it. But the poor little })oy did not mind. They took it along and ran with it into the house of the chief, intending to marry his daughter, but he who

When it was evening, the orowling- of a white bear was heard behind the house of the chief. The chief said, " AVhoever kills the white bear shall marrj' ni}- daughter." Then all the j'oung men rose and ran out very suddenh^ because the chief had said, "Whoever kills the white bear shall marry my daughter." The young men did not sleep because they wanted to pursue the white bear. In the evening the poor little boy again went down to the beach. He sat down there, and again a person approached him who asked, " What are the people talking about ?" The poor little boy replied, "Last evening a white

bear appeared l)ehind the town. Whoever catches it shall marry the daughter of the chief." Then the man, who was standing- near the poor little boy, said, "Ask for a bow and arrow. You shall shoot it." Then the poor little boy went up. When it grew dark, all the 3'Oung men were in the house of the chief. The latter took down to the fire a cjuiver holding bows and arrows. He gave one bow and two arrows to each man. Then the poor little boy, the chief's own nephew, went down to the fire too. His father and his mother were dead, therefore he was poor. Onh' his old grandmother took care of him..

He also asked for a bow and two arrows. Then all the young men made fun of him; but the wise men said to the chief, "Give a bow to the poor little bo'/' The chief did so and he took it. It was evening, and a little before daybreak the white bear appeared again behind the town. All the young men ran out. A long time after they had left, the poor little bo}' ran out, too. It was as though a fly were flying. The wasp pitied him, and therefore the poor little boy was able to transform himself into a fly. Before the young men could reach the white bear, the poor little boy had passed them. He hit it and it lay there. His arrow passed right through it. Then he took the

arrow, and fat was seen right across the nock of the arrow. Then the poor little boy returned. Now all the young- men reached the bear and took it. though the poor little boy had killed it. Then they rubbed their arrows with blood, intending to say that they had shot it. The.v lied because they wished to marry the daughter of the chief. Then they carried the white bear into the house of the chief. One j'oung man went down to the fire and said, "Look at my ari'owl I shot the white bear." The chief said, "Give me all your bows and arrows that I may examine them and discover who killed the white bear." They gave them to him and he examined them. Then he demanded the arrow of the poor little boy, and, behold, he had shot the white bear. Then thev were all verv nuich

ashamed; the chief also was much ashamed. He did not speak, because the poor little boy had first knocked down the copper that was on the tree behind the house of the chief, and then he had also shot the white bear. All the young- men, and also the chief, were ashamed, because the poor little hoy had accomplished this.

Then the chief made up his mind. He was ashamed, and therefore he sent his slave ordering the people to move awa' from the village. The great slave ran out, and with a loud voice ordered the people to move. They heard it, and early in the morning they moved. Not a single person stayed behind. They all went by canoe. Only the chief's daughter and the poor little bo_v were left, and with them his old grandmother. These three stayed behind. The old grandmother

The princess slept in the rear of the house, while the poor little boy slept near the fire. They laj- down, and he thought of their poverty. It grew dark, and it grew daylight again. The poor little boy left the house. Near the end of the town there was a great river, and a trail led up the river. The poor little boy went along this trail. He went a long time and came to the shore of a large lake. A grassj" opening extended to the water of the lake. There he stood and shouted. The water rose and, behold, the one that had charge of the lake emerged. When it saw the poor little boy standing near the

water, it came ashore quickly toward tlic place where the poor little boy was standino-. It was a great frog. It had long claws of copper. Its mouth was copper, and so were its eyes and its eyebrows. It came near the poor little boy and almost caught him. Then the boy started to run. It almost caught him, but the lioy escaped and the great frog returned. It could not overtake the poor little boy. The poor little boy ran right to the place where a large cedar tree stood. Then he went out of the woods to where the princess and the old grandmother were. Now they had almost nothing to eat. He went about among the empty houses, and there he found a stone ax; after a while he found a handle. Then he tied the ax to the handle. He sharpciied it on hi.- wlu'tstonc. ami in thi' eveuiiii;- lie went to cut a tree-. He worked at it the whole day. In the evening it fell. Then he cut lip ii small tree, making wedges. When he had finished them, he took them to the large tree. Then he found a stone hammer. He tied it to its handl(), and split the heart of the large tree. He spread it out wide cnougli so tliat a man eould pass through it. Then he split a small tree. lie selected one that was not very tali. Then he placed these trees across the trail. There were two sticks that he had out. These he put across the crack of the large tree.' Then he .stopped. He went homt» and found the princess and the old grandmother. He did not speak and did not eat. It grew dark, and before daylight he rose. He went and came to the shore of the great lake. He stood near the water and shouted four times, looking up to the sky. The water rose again and, behold, the great frogemerged. Its claws were copper. Copper was its mouth, its eyes, and its eyebrows. It went quickly toward the shore, but the poor little boy did not mind. When it had almost reached him, he ran away. The frog almost scratched his back. Now he arrived at the place where he had placed the tree across the trail, and he slipped through. Then the great frog also struggled to get through, trying to catch the poor little boy. It tried to squeeze through the crack of the

tree. A\hen the poor little boy saw thi«. he )-eturned, took his stone hiiinmer, and struck the sticks with which he had spread the tree out of the crack. Thej' flew out and the great tree closed, killing the great frog. It could not get out again. AVhen the poor little boy saw that it was dead, he put in the wedges and opened the great ti-ee. Then he took out the dead frog. He laid it on its l)ack and skinned it. He left the claws on the .-ikin. He finished, took the skin, and threw away the flesii. Then he took the skin in order to practice. He put his arms and his legs into it, and laced the chest. Then he went to the shore of the great lake and dived. He walked

on the bottom of the great liike and caught a trout. Then he returned. He went ashore carrying a .small trout. Then he took the .skin off. He took good care of it. There was a tree that had a long In-anch. He hung the skin of the great frog on it. Then he went home. The princess was still asleep. The poor little boy stepped very softly and entered the house. He laid down the little trout in front of the house. Then he entered secretly and lay down. Early in the morning the princess rose. She heard a raven crying on the beach. When she heard it, she said to the poor little boy, "See why the raven is crying on the beach." The poor little boy rose and went out. He went to the front of the house and, behold, a little trout

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was lying on the sand. The poor little boy took it and went up with it, and he entered and spoke to the princess, '"The raven found a little trout"; but he himself had caught it at the bottom of the lake. The poor little boy had acquired for himself supernatural power, but he did not want the princess to know it, and she did not know it. It was evening again, and the poor little boy made ready to go. But the princess did not eat the little trout, onlj" the poor little boy and his grandmother ate what the raven had found in the morning. Then they lay down. The princess lay in the rear of the house, and the ))oy lay near the fire. In the evening the poor little boy rose and went

out again. Then he found the great skin of the frog and put it on. Again he went to the shore of the great lake and dived. He walked about on the bottom of the lake and caught a trout, a little larger one. Then he went ashore again. Again he put off the skin and hung it on the branch of the tree. He went home again and laid it on the sand in front of the house. The poor little boy entered secretl}" and lav down. When the day broke, a raven was crj-ing on the beach. The princess heard it and said to the poor little boy, " Go and hear why the raven is crying on the beach." The poor little boy went down again, although he himself had caught in the lake what the raven found on the beach. He went down and took it. Then he returned again and entered. He

laid it Viefore the old grandraother, who split it and roajsted it; ))ut the princess did not eat, only the old grandmother and the poor little l)oy ate of it. He did so every night. Then he tinished catching trout in the lake.

One night he went out again and found the skin hanging on the branch. He put it on and went down the river, the outlet of the great lake, at the bottom of the water. He went down to the sea; then he walked about on the bottom of the sea and caught a salmon. Before daylight he laid it down in front of the house. Then he went up the river again under the water. He went ashore out of the great lake and took off the great frog's skin and hung it up. He went home and arrived before daylight. He entered secretl}' and lay down.

When the day broke, the princess rose. Again she heard the ra\en crying on the beach; there were even two ravens. She called the poor little boy, saying, "See why the ravens ax-e crying on the beach." Again he rose and went down. There was the salmon that he himself had caught in the sea. He took it and went up. He entered, carrying it, and laid it down near the old grandmother. She split it and roasted one-half. When it was done, she addressed the priacess, wanting her to eat of it, and she ate with them. The poor little boy and the old grandmother ate one end; the princess ate the other end. He did so every night. Then the princess noticed that the skin of the poor little boy began to be very clean. One night she did not sleep.

hut .slic watched him until midnight. He was no longer a boy. hut a 3'outh. Now .she saw that he was very clean. She saw that not long after dark the poor little boy rose. She was still watching when he reentered. She was unable to sleep, and a little before daylight the poor little boj^ entered the house. He lay down again, but tlie princess did not sleep. Now it was daylight, and the raven cried on the beach. Then the princess herself rose and went out. She went down to the beach. Behold, a large salmon lay in front of the house on the sand. The princess herself took it, and she entered, carrying it, while the poor little boy was still lying down. She said, ''Rise!" Then the poor little boy rose. The princess said to him, ''I wish to ijuestion you." The poor little })C)y sat down near to her, and the princess said to him, -'I know that you found the trout and the small salmon. The raven did not tind them on the beach. Now I have found a large salmon. I know that you have got many trout. You killed them. My grandmother dried many salmon, and I have found this large salmon." Then the \mov little boysaid, " It is true. Myuncle treated us thus. He deserted you and me and my grandmother. We-were without food, therefore I went into the woods. I came to a large lake. Then 1 shouted, and a great frog emei-ged. It swam ashore and I killed it. I skinned it, and I put on its skin. Then I caught ti-out and salmon and 1 became very clean. Now I am great. You

have tiikoii notice of ine." The princess replied, "You sliall luiirry me," and he agreed. He married her and he was now a man; he was no longer the poor little boy.

Now they had two children, and for a long time he caught animals with his hands. Suddenly he became very tired. He told his wife, and she began to worry, and i-ebuked her husband, saying, "Please stop"; but he caught four large whales and there w-as a smell of grease all along the beach in front of their houses. The butts of_ the trees where he had carried up the meat and the fat of whales were full of grease. Bones were Ij'ing about in front of his house, and the grease from the whales covered the water of the sea.

were deud. Hi.s uiu-le wa.s a very great chief. Now his uncle tiiought that his daughter, the poor little boj', and the grandmother were dead, and he spoke to his people. The chief had lost many of his people, because there was no food. Man}' of them and all the children were dead. One day, early in the morning, some people started to look after the princess, the poor little bo_y, and the gi-andniother. They were traveling in four canoes. They were approach- ing the place. When they were still far from the shore, they saw grease on the surface of the water. They noticed it. When they approached the town, they saw several houses full of dried salmon, trout, halibut, and bullhead, and others in which was the grease of

seals, of porpoises, of sealions, and of whales. He had very much, because he had caught four whales. He had caught very much with his hands. Then his uncle's people landed. They told him that many of the tribe were dead. They entered his house and he fed them. Then they ate dried salmon, fat of the seal, and fat of the porpoise and of the whale. Then he presented them with dried halibut, bullbead, and trout. He gave presents to those whom he had invited in. He gave them fat of the seal, porpoise, sealion, and whale. Then they started and left him. Thej' landed at the place where the chief was living. Then the people came to the beach and told him that the

that they had once left. Then the boy gave them much dried trout, salmon, halibut, and bullhead. He did what was just right. Then his uncle's people were glad. They were saved, because they now ate dried trout, salmon, halibut, and bullhead, and he also gave them a little fat of the seal, porpoise, sealion, and whale; and his uncle's people were very glad, because they were saved. And all the people said that the poor little boy, when grown up, should be their chief.

The boy always went out to sea to catch seals for his uncle's people, and he always told his wife that it was very hard to take off the frog blanket. Then his wife worried and cried when she lay down. Now

the pi'oplt! brought niiiiiy elks iiiul slave.s. They hrouyht eiiouo-h elks to till two hoiises. And he bought them with trout and dried halibut and salmon and bullhead; he bought many slaves. Then he gave a potlatch. He invited all the people from other places. Then he accomplished what he intended to do. The people went into his house, and he placed the elks and all his other goods and his slaves in the middle of the house. Then he said to his uncle, "You shall distril)ute them." His uncle agreed, and told him to put on the skin of the white bear. He also wore the great copper that he had thrown down from the tree when he still was the poor little boy. He placed the great copper on his head. Then he walked to the middle of the house and stood near the pile of elk skins: then he sang. AVhen the song was ended, the chief said, "Now 1 will

call your name"; and he named him Growino--up-like-one-who-has-agrandmother. When he had finished, he put oti' the great copper that he had used, and he put off the skin of the white iiear, and he gave away the slaves to all his guests, and he gave them elk skins. When he had finished, they started away.

After he had finished, he again put on his frog blanket, intending to catch seals for food for the people. He found it very difficult to take off his frog blanket. Then he went to bed and told his wife, and she began to cry. He said, " When I put it on again, I shall not be able to take it off', and if I do so, I may not return; I shall only bring seals and halibut and place them in front of the town. I shall not

foiiic a.shoro again, and 1 shall stay in the sea. All the j-ear round I shall secretly put ashore seals, haliV)ut, salmon, porpoises, sealions, and whales as food for my children." He .said so every day.

One morning his wife went down to the beach in front of the town, and he was lost. He did not come ashore again. He stayed at the bottom of the sea. Therefore the woman, every morning when she rose, went down to the beach and cried, accompanied by her two children. They saw two halibut, and they took them up to the house. One morning she went out again, crying, and she looked seaward, crving, because her husband was lost in the sea. Then she

saw two seals. Growing--up-Hke-oiie-who-has-a-gi-andniotht'r had givoii them as food to his children. Another mornino- she went down. She went down, crying, every morning. She saw a porpoise. She can-ied it up. Another morning she went down with her two children, and she saw a sealion. She went down and carried it up. Thus her children had always enough. Another morning she went down, and when she ceased crying she saw a great whale. Then .slie did not g-o down again, because she could not carry the whale. She said to her father's people "Fasten this whale to the house. The father of these children sent it here. He also sent the sealions, the

porpoises, the seals, and the halibut. lie told me what he was going to do, because he could not get otl' his frog })lank('t. and now he really lives in the sea.''

There was a large town. A chief was its master. He was the commander of all the men. His child was a noble prince. The child did not eat, but made bows and arrows all the time. Now the salmon arrived. Then the chief said to his people, "Catch salmon and dry them." The people did so. They dried many salmon. Then the prince took one salmon. He put it on the sand, and gave it to an eagle to eat. One eagle came, and then another one, and they ate

the saliiK)ii. Many eagles did so. They ate all the salmon, and then they flew away again. The prince pulled out their feathers and gathered them. Then he was glad, and the eagles also were glad. The prinee made arrows; he made many boxes full of them. He used the feathers of the eagles for making his arrows, fastening them to the shaft, and therefore his arrows were very swift. He gave salmon to many eagles. When the salmon were at an end, he stopped.

The prinee did not eat. He only made arrows. Now it came to be winter. P"or about three months the Indians ate only dried salmon and berries mixed with grease and elderberries and t'urrants. They

ate all kinds of berries. Now the salmon was all used up. They did not give any salmon to the prince. When the salmon was almost all used up, the great chief felt sad. He said to his great slave, '"Go out and order the people to move." The great slave ran out, crying, ''Move, great tribe!" The people did so. They moved in the morning. They left the chiefs son and his little grandmother, and one little slave, who was still ^uite small. He was weak. There was no salmon. They only left him his l)Oxes filled with arrows. But his mother buried a clam shell in which she had placed some fire and one-half of a large spring salmon. Then she told the little grandmother where she had hidden the tire and the salmon.

food. Then the little old woiiiim took the coal and made afire. They did not eat for a whole day, and for a long time they had no food. Then the prince went out. Early in the morning he sat outside. It was low water. Then an eagle was screeching on the beach. The pi'ince called his little slave: "See why the eagle is screeching on the beach." The slave ran down and came to the place where the eagle was sitting. When he was near by, the eagle flew away and, behold, a little trout was lying on the sand. Then the little slave shouted, telling the prince, "A little trout, my dear, lies on the beach."' Thus spoke the little slave. Then the prince said, "Take it."' The little slave carried it up, and the prince ordered him to roast it. The slave roasted it,

Night came and morning came; then the prince went out again. Again he heard the eagles screeching on the beach. Hesentdown his little slave, who found a bullhead (sculpin). Then he told the prince, who ordered him to take it up. The little slave took it, and they roasted it. They did so for many days, and the eagles gave them trout and sculpin. Then the}' had enough to eat.

Another morning the prince went out again, and. behold, there were three eagles. They made much noise. The little slave went down, and. behold, there was a large spring .salmon. Again the little slave .said he could not carry it, and the prince went down himself. He took it up. and the little old person, his little grandmother, split it. They did so many days. They dried spring salmon. They had very nianv now.

Another iiioruing the prince went out aouin. The eagles had given them all kinds of fish, and their houses were full of dried salmon. The slave was quite large when all the salmon was gone.

One morning the prince went out again, and, behold, he saw an eagle far out on the water. He sent his slave down. The little slave had grown to be a little stronger. Behold, there was a large halibut. The little slave shouted, "There is a large halibut, my dear!" The prince said, "Take it"; but the little slave replied, "I can not carry it." The prince went down himself and dragged it up. The little grandmother split it. and they were satisfied. They did so for many

One morning' the little prince went out again, and looked out. Behold, there were quite a luimber of eagles. He .sent his little slave dowii. The slave went down, and when he came there, behold, there was a large seal. Then the little slave shouted twice, "There is a seal on the beach !" Again the prince went down. He took the seal and dragged it up to the house. He split it. Then they put the fat into a box and dried the meat. They did not take the l)ones. They did so many days, and tilled another house.

again. He was now quite .strong, because he had much to eat. When he got there, behold, there was a large porpoise. The little slave shouted twice. Then the prince went down and dragged it up to the house. They cut it and put the meat away. The^- filled another house.

Thus the eagles returned the food that the prince had given to them in the summer. The eagles reciprocated. They pitied the prince because he had pitied them in summer. The eagles were glad, and therefore they fed the prince.

One morning the prince went out, and, behold, there were many eagles. He sent the little slave down, and when he went down and reached there, l)ehold, there was a large sealion. Ag-ain the little slave

told hiui. He .shouted twice and told him. The prince heard it and went down, and, behold, there was a large .sealion. Then he returned. He twi.stetl cedar twig-.s and tied the sealion.s to the .shore. When the tide ro.se, they drifted ashore, and when the water fell, they lay on the beach. Then they cut them. The seal ions were' very large and had nuich fat and nuich meat. They did this for many days. Then they had a great plenty.

Now the people of his father, who had left him, were dying. One morning the prince went out again, and there were very many eagle.s; not merely a few. There were a great many eagles on the water. They were flying ashore with a great whale. It lay there. Two nights and two days passed, and there lay another great whale. Then they cut it. (In olden times the Indians chopped the blubb(M- of

whales with .stone axes in the same way that we chop wood.) Then they chopped the bhiljber of the whah\ Then the blal)ber eanie out where they hit it with the ax. Hohoho I They had a great deal, because the whale wa.s very large. The eagles gave the prince and the little grandmother and the slave four whale.s.

Now the people of his father, who had left him, were dying. The eagles had finished giving food to the prince, and his houses were all full. The grease covered the sea in front of his house. Then -the prince shot a gull. He skinned it and put on its skin. He took a piece of seal, not a large piece, and flew awaj\ He went up above to see his father's tribe who had left him. He flew a long time, and,

behold, he saw a canoe comini«-. The gull flew over the canoe, in which tiiere were a number of men. Then the gull dropped the slice of .seal into the canoe, and one of the hunters took it. It was ver}^ strange that a gull should drop a piece of dried seal into the canoe. They returned and landed. Then they told what had happened. The chief said to the man and to the slaves, "Go and look for my son." They left after he had told them. In the morning the man and some slaves started in a canoe. They paddled, and arrived at a point of land in f I'ont of the old village. Behold, the water ahead of them was covered with grease. It came from the place where they bad left the prince. The man and the slaves paddled on. They went ashore at the place where the prince was staying. Behold, they had done a great deal. The houses wei'e full of salmon and spring salmon

and halibut and seals and porpoises and sealions and whales. Then they were much astonished. The slaves stretched out their hands and dipped up the grease from the surface of the water. Then they ate it.

The prince did not tell them to land, but after a while they landed. Then they ate salmon, and they ate spring salmon and halibut and seal and porpoise and whale. Now the prince said, •' Don't take an^vthing home." Thus he spoke to the man and to the slaves. "Eat as much as you want, and then leave. Don't tell at home what 3'ou have seen."' But one slave hid two jjieces under his skin shirt. He dropped two pieces of seal in there because he thought of his child. The prince did not give the man and the slaves food. Then

The prinee had said to them, ""Tell them that I am dead, and do not say that I liave plenty to eat." The man and the slav'es landed a little ))efoi-t' dark. They went up to the houses and entered the chief's house. The chief asked, "Is my son still alive?" And the man replied, "1 think he has been dead for a long time." The slaves and their families were living in one corner of the chiefs house. Now they lay down. Then the slave took out a slice of seal meat and gave it to his wife, and he gave another one to his young child. The child ate it, but it did not chew it, and swallowed it at one gulp. The piece of .seal choked the child. It almost died, because the seal meat was choking

it. The child's mother put her hand into its mouth, trying to pull out the piece of seal, but she could not reach it. Her hand was too short. Then she cried. Now the chief's wife rose and went to the crying woman. She asked her, "Why do you cry?" The slave's wife replied, ''My child is choking. We do not know what is obstructing its breath." Then the chief tainess put her hand into the mouth of the child. Her fingers were long. Her hand reached down, and she felt the slice of seal. Then she took it out. Then she knew what it was. Behold, it was seal meat. Then she told the chief, and he asked, "Where did that come from? " He saw that it was boiled .seal meat, therefore he asked. Then they told him that the old town was full of the meat of trout and salmon and spring salmon and halibut and seals

and porpoises and sealions and whales; that there were four wlialcs, and that the water was covei'ed with grease. The}' said that the town was full of provisions. Then the chief and the chieftainess and all the prince.s' uncles could not sleep. One of his uncles had two daughters who were exceedingh' pretty.

Early in the morning the chief said, "Order the people to return to the place where we left the prince." He did so on account of the information he had received. Then they arrived, and behold, they saw grease covering the water. Then one of the prince's uncles dressed up his two daughters. Then boards were put across the middle of the canoe, and the children were placed on them. He thought, '"My nephew shall marry my daughters." Many canoes were approaching

the land. Then the prince went out. He did not allow them to land. He took one box out and opened it. He took a bow and arrows out of it and shot at the canoes. He did not desire them to come, because thej' had deserted him. Therefore he was very angry. But finally the people landed and went up. They made little sheds, and he gave food to his fathei- and mother. He pitied them, therefore he did so. When they were approaching the shore one woman stretched out her hands to eat the grease that she saw on the water. Therefore the prince, the chiefs son, was ashamed. He did not marry her, l)ut he married only the younger one. The people went ashore. Then the prince invited them into his

hou.se. The people went in and he gave them meat of trout and salmon and spring- salmon and halibut and seals and poipoises and sealions and whales. He gave them to eat. Then his father's people were very glad, and the people gave the prince elk skins and all kinds of goods, canoes, and slaves.

Now the prince came to be a great chief. He had four houses full of elk skins, many slaves, and many canoes. He was a great chief. When his father died, he gave a potlatch. He invited all the people in, and gave away many elk skins and slaves, because his father had been a great chief. After he had given this potlatch his mother died. Then he gave another potlatch. Again he invited all the peopie, and gave them elk skins and slaves and canoes. He became a great chief, because he fed the eagles, and the eagles had pitied him. Therefore he became a great chief. His name was Little-eagle.

There was a town. There was a chief and a chieftainess. They had a son. He was almost grown up. He had four friends, who were always near him. They were playing all the time. Once upon a time one of them went out of the house. He saw a little slave girl coming along the street. She entered the last house of the town. There she sat down near the tire. Then the wife of the owner rose, took the hack of a salmon, and gave it to the little slave girl, but she did not accept it. The little slave girl rose and left the house. She

entered another house, and again sat down near the tire. The wife of the owner rose and gave her the hacks of salmon to eat, but she did not accept them. She left the house. She did so in every house.

The friend of the chief's son who had gone out re-entered and said to the prince, "A little slave girl is coming along the street." Then his friends spoke: '"Why don't you marry her when she comes in heref When she came near the chief's house, they took a mat and spread it in the rear of the house. The prince sat down on it. Then the little slave girl entered. Her head was verj' large. She was not at all clean. One of the prince's friends said, ""Sit down over here." Then the little slave girl walked to the rear of the house and sat down by the side of the prince. His friends started a large tire. Her hands,

her feet, iind her whole l)ody were covered with scabs. The prince's friends saw it. Then the chieftainess rose. She took some dry salmon, roasted it at the lire, and when it was done .she broke it to pieces and pat it into a dish, which she placed before the boy and the little slave girl. Then they ate. When the dish was enipty, one of the friends stepped up to them, intending to take the dish. Then the little slave girl took one large scab from her body and put it into the dish. She said, "Place it in front of the chief." One of the men did so. The great chief looked at it. Behold, it was a large abalone shell. Then the chief was very glad.

the little slave girl. (In oldeii times the people used to call this ■■slave wife.") When they hud eaten, she took oil' another scab. and. behold, there was a large abalone shell. That is what was on her bodj\ She placed it in the dish, and then she said, "Place it before the chieftainess.'" A man did so. Then the chief and the chief tainess and the prince were very glad when they knew that she was not a slave, as the prince's friend had said.

Now they iinished eating. In the evening a woman came to the house and pushed aside the door. She stood in the doorwa}' and said, "Did not She-who-has-a-labret-on-one-side enter this house?" One of the prince's friends said, " Come in, come in! She has married the chief's son." The woman replied, ■'Indeed, my dear, then take good

care of her." Thus said the woman who was standing in the doorway. She continued, " M3' people will come to visit the chief's son to give food to him. The' will Vjring much food — boxes of grease, boxes of crab apples mixed with grease, l)oxes of cranberries, soapberries, and dried meat, and much fat."

It grew dark. Early the next morning there was a fog on the river. Then manj' canoes that were full of boxes approached. One canoe was full of boxes of crab apples, one was full of berries, another one full of soapberries, another one full of meat, still another one full of fat, and two canoes were full of elk skins, marten skins, and copper plates. They put them into the house of the chief,

Now the prince was a great chief. The name of She-who-has-alabret-on-one-side's mother was Evening Sky. She was a super- natural being. Nobody could see her. Her people lived far away from all other people on the other side. They were not Indians; therefore, they had much wealth and much food. Now the prince invited the people in. Then they came, and his father's house was filled with them. Crab apples and grease were given them to eat, and various berries and meat and fat. When they finished eating, they brought out soapberries. After the feast, on the next day, the people were again invited in. Then the prince put into the middle of the

house elk .skins, copper plates, slaves, and canoes, which he was going to iLse in the potiatch. He distributed them among the people. After he had finished, the people went back and returned to their own towns. He did so for many days. He gave many potlatches. Then he came to be a great chief. Then he married again. He had two wives. (In former times the}' called this "one wife on each side.")

Then the prince started in his canoe to visit the town (.'hiliiat.' The elks come from this place. The inlanders kill theui. The prince intended to buy elk skins for copper plates and seal meat. Now he arrived at Chilkat. Then he bought elk skins, and he took another wife.

very often. Theu She-who-has-a-labret-on-one-side said to the awkward man, "You shall go to Chilkat too." The awkward man answered, "I have nothing to sell." Then She-who-has-a-labret-onone-side said, "I will give you something that you may sell there. Take red paint along." Thus spoke She-who-has-a-labret-on-one-side to the awkward man. "You shall buy weasel skins for the little box full of red paint, but don't let your brother see it when you arrive there. When you arrive at Chilkat, walk about, and when you see the young women, then put your finger into the red paint and put it on their faces." He did so. When all the j'oung men and the .youngwomen saw it, they were anxious to buy it, and they asked him, "Is it expensive?" And the}' asked the gi'eat awkward man, " What do

you want tii exchanger' He replied. " I want weasels." Then the men and the women brought weasel skins, and the awkwtird man l)ought them. He had a whole box fidl of weasel skins. TIkmi he had sold all his red paint.

When the prince saw him. he made fun of his own brother. Then they returned, and arrived at their own town. In the evening 8hewho-has-a-labret-on-one-.side questioned the awkward man. her brother-in-law, and he showed her what he had purchased. Early the next morning She-who-has-a-labret-on-one-side said to the awkward man, " Go to the place where the water runs down. I shall go to meet you there." She intended to leave her husband, because he did not take her along when he went to Chilkat. Therefore she was

ashamed. She took the awkward man and washed him in order to purify him. Then she intended to marry him. She was o-oinir to leave the prince who had first married her. Then the awkward man went out, as She-who-has-a-labret-on-one-side had told him. He went to the place where the water was running down, and he stayed in the water for a long tinie. Then She-who-has-a-labret-on-oneside came. There were four deep water holes in the creek. She washed him in the first hole, then in the second one, in the third one, and in the fourth one. Then his skin was ver}' clean, and he became a beautiful man. After he was purified, he married She-who-has-alabret-on-one-side. Then her mother, the Evening Skv, can)o again.

Idiiiuiiio- iniiny elks, copper platen, canoes, slaves, and uiuch food. Then the great awkward man invited all the tribes, intending- to give a potlatch. Then he did so. Then the former husband of She-who-has-a-labret-on-one-side was ashamed because the awkward man was going to give a potlatch. He was no longer awkward, because he had been puritied. because She-who-has-a-labret-on-oneside had washed him.

Now the tribes came. Then they ate all the food. The day after thc_v finished eating, ail the tribes went into his house. They put the elks, the copper plates, slaves, and canoes in the middle of the house. Then the g-reat awkward man, the husband of She-who-has-alabret-on-one-side. came. He wore a blanket made of weasel skins

set with abalone shells. He used a weasel hat. Then he entered and stood in front of the elk skins. Then they sang. After thej' had finished singing, they stopped, and he gave away abalone shells, copper plates, elks, slaves, and canoes. Then the tribes were glad, and the awkward man had become a great chief.

Thero were four brothers, the .sons of a great chief. Their mother was a great chieftainess. They lived in a large town. In midwinter the people had eaten all the winter provisions, and were star\ing. The brothers were great hunters. Now, the two eldest ones remembered what they used to do, because they were starving. They were hunters, and they went out together. The wife of the eldest one did not accompany him. They went a long distance, and came to a house where they stayed over night. In the morning the younger brother

rose. He had two powerful dogs. He started, carrying his lance. He put on his snowshoes and went. He came to the foot of a mountain. He climbed it, and when he was halfway up the mountain he heard the voice of his dog up a})ove. He could not climb any higher because there was a glacier. Then he took his little stone ax and chopped steps in the glacier. Thus he came to the foot of a ridge on which a tree was standing. There his dogs were ))arking. When he came near, he .saw a large Grizzly Bear and two large cubs in a hole under the tree. As soon as he went near, the Grizzly Bear stretched out her arms and pulled the man into her den. She killed him. Then his brothers had lost him.

After two d;\v.-(. when lie did not return, the next brother rose. He al.so had two dog.s. He .started, carrj'ing his hmce. He came to the same place where his brother had been. The dogs ran up the mountain, and he came to the steps that his brother had chopped in the glacier. He climbed up, and he also came to the Grizzly Bear. She took him into her den, and the cubs killed him. He and his two dogs were dead. In this waj- another brother was lost.

Only one remained. He was a very awkward man. He also rose and started early in the morning. He carried his lance, and his two dogs accompanied him. He put on his snowshoes and went up the mountain on the same ti'ail that his brothers had taken. Now he

heiird the dogs barking. He went neai', and had just placed hhnself in position when the great Grizzly Bear stretched out her anus, and the great man fell into the den headlong. Then he struck the Grizzly Bear and his hand got into her vulva. Then she said to her cubs, '* M3' dear ones, make the tire burn brightly, for your father is cold." She felt much ashamed because the man had struck her vulva, therefore she felt kindly toward him, and did not kill him. She liked him. She said, "I will marry you." And the big man agreed. Then the great Grizzly Bear was very glad because the Indian had married her.

When he had stayed there many years and was lost to his people, he said one day that he longed for his father and his mother, his wife, his little boy, and his little sister, and that be wished to go

home. The great Grizzly Bear agreed, and she said, "I will accompany you." On the next morning they went down the mountain and approached the town. Now the great man entered. The great chief, his father, his mother, and his wife were crying. The man entered and sat down. Then he said that his wife was standing outside. His little sister went to call her. She looked about for her outside the village, and found the gi-eat Grizzly Bear. She ran into the house crying, because she was much afraid. "A great ugly monster is standing outside." Then the man. the great Grizzly Bear's husband, went out himself. He called her into the house, and she entered. Then she sat down on a mat that they had spread for her. Her paws were very large, and the chief and his wife were scared.

Then the_y ate salmon, and she also ate; and they gave her a dish filled with erab apple mixed with grease, and she ate it. The people were much astonished.

After a while the great Grizzly Bear said to her husband, "Give me your child; I wish to see it." Then the man took the child, because the great Grizzly Bear wanted to have it. He gave it to her, and the child did not evy.

Another day the Bear said, "Call your wife." Then the woman came, the first wife of the man. She entered and sat down next to the man, her own husband. Later he had married the Grizzly Bear. His one wife was the Bear, the other was a woman of his own tribe. The woman only had a child. The Grizzly Bear had no children. But

her own children were in her house on the mountain. They had not iiceompanied her when she came out of the woods. Thus they lived for rauny months.

took lier bag to the middle of the house. The great Grizzly Bear was also in the house. The great Grizzlj' Bear said to her husband, " Take some dishes to the rear of the house." Her husband did so. Then she defecated into a dish, and the berries she had eaten fell into it. Now the dish was full of berries that she had picked. The Indians saw her defecating into the dishes. Then the Grizzly- Bear told the man to take the dishes that were full of what had come out of her anus and place them before the people: but they were afraid to eat it because they had seen that they had come out of her anus. They only ate the berries that the Indian woman had picked. They took home the food that the great Grizzly Bear had given them, and the wives of the people ate it at their own houses. Then the great Grizzly Bear was glad.

Now, salmon were in the river in front of the town. The chief made a weir, and placed a fish trap in it. He finished it. In the evening- the people went to sleep, and before daybreak the great Grizzly Bear rose and went down to the weir. She saw that the trap was full of salmon, and she emptied it. She took the salmon into the house. Then she ordered the chief, her father-in-law, to distribute them among- the people. He did so. The next night she did the same, but the people did not know it. She did so many days. Then she and the woman dried many salmon, and the house was full of fish that she and the other woman had dried.

taken them up to her hu.sband''s house, he felt badly. He ^rew ano-ry, and scolded the great Grizzly Bear. He felt badly because he did not get anything. The young man said, "You rise too early, great Drop-jaw." Thus he said to the great Grizzly Bear, and he scolded again, '• You feed us with your excrements." Then the great Grizzly Bear took notice of it. She became angry, ran out, and rushed up to the man who was scolding her. She rushed into the house, took him, and killed him. She tore his flesh to pieces and broke his bones. Then she went. Now she remembered her own people and her two children. She was very angry, and she went home. Her husband followed her, but the great Grizzly Bear said, "Return home, or I

shall kill you." But the man refused, because he h)ved his great wife. The Grizzly Bear spoke to him twice, wantiiii;' him to go back, but he refused. Then she rushed upon him and killed him, and her own husband was dead. Then the great Grizzly Bear left.

There ^ere four children who wei'e alwiiys shooting squirrels. They killed them all the time. Then they dried their skins and put away their meat. They did so at the 'foot of a large spt-uce tree — they did so for a long time all the year round. Then they had killed all the squirrels. Only the chief of the squirrels and his daughter were left. She was very white. Now, a boy went out and came to the foot of the great spruce tree. He looked upward, and saw a little white squirrel running round the tree. When it had gotten to the other side of the tree, behold, he saw that she

The woman entered the house of her father, who was the chief of the stjuirrels. He was much trouliled. as all his people were dead. Therefore he had sent his child to call the boy. The chief questioned his daughter, and she replied, "The bo^' i.s standing outside." Then the chief said, '"Come in, my dear, if it is you who killed my people." The prince entered and sat down. They gave him to eat. After he had finished, the chief said, " Why did you kill all my people T" The prince I'eplied, "I did not know that the}' were your people, therefore I did so." "Take pity on me," said the chief to the prince. " When 3'ou return home, burn the meat and the skins of all the squirrels. I will make you a .shaman." The i-hief did so: lie made the prince a shaman. Now be was a great shaman. " Your name as a shaman shall be Squirrel," said the chief.

The prince lay down. Then the chief rose and put on his dancing apron. He painted his body red, and put on a crown of bear claws. From his neck hung the skins of squirrels. He held a rattle in his hand and sang. "la hail, ia nigua iahae! I become accustomed to" this side, 1 become accustomed to the other side." Then the prince became a great shaman. The chief of the squirrels did so a whole year. Then he sent the prince home.

where his ln'other had been. He ciinie t(i the great spruce tree. He looked up. and, behold, the skeleton of a man was hanging' in the branches. The liones were held together by skin only. His flesh was all gone.

The boy returned. He entered the house and told his father about it. The father sent the young men. who saw where the body was hanging. Then one young man climbed the tree, took the body down, and they carried it home. They entered the house. Now the chief's wife took a mat. She spread it out and laid the body down on it. She laid it down very nicely. The young men jjlaced his hands, his feet, and his head in the way they belonged, and laid the head down face upward. There were only bones. Then they covered the mat with another mat. They painted it I'ed and covered it with bird down. Then thev sacrificed. For four nights and davs his father and

mother did not stay in the house. Thej' hsid gone to another place, to another house. Only four men, his most intimate friends, watched him. Then they sang ''Ae!" accompanying their song with hatons. Then they spoke, singing. Then the body came to life again. The bones were covered witli flesh. Then he sang. He invited the tribe of his father in and the people came. Then the prince said, "Burn the meat of all the squirrels that I shot during the past years, and burn their bones and the skins, which I am keeping in many boxes." The people did so. They burnt it all.

Then the great master of the squirrels was glad, because his tribe had come to life again. Then the prince sang, "la heiaha ii, heia haa' aya negwa' iaha! I become accustomed to this side; I become accustomed to the other side." He stood there, and was a great shaman. Then he stopped. His name as a sliaman was Squirrel. That is the end.

When a sorcerer wants to kill a t'ellow-nian. he takes some of the man's perspiration, or an old shirt, and takes it to the place where he keeps his witch-box. Then he opens his box, takes a string-, and fastens a piece of the old shirt to it. He ties it across the box. When he wants the man to die quickly, he takes a piece of the old shirt, and cuts the string in the box so that the piece of shirt falls on the corpse that is in the box. As soon as this is done, and the string breaks, he pretends to cry for his victim; then the man from whom he has taken the piece of shirt must die. When he knows that the person is dead, he

goes around the house in Nvhit-h the bewitched dead person is lying. After he has linished going around the house, he stops for a while; and when the dead one is buried, he goes to his grave and walks around it. Then he sits down in the grave and rubs his })ody. pretending to cry all the time. Then he returns, and his work is tinished.

It is said that there was a son of a chief who had a friend who was also a prince. The chief was jealous of this prince, and he made up his mind to bewitch him. The chief told his son to invite his fi-iend and to ask him to sleep in his house.

prince lay on the outside and the chief's son on the inside of the bed. The chief's son fell asleep, l)ut the prince could not sleep, because he was afraid the chief might bewitch him. He rose and changed places with the chief's son. He lay down on the inside and put the chief's son on the outside. When the chief heard that they were asleep, he rose and slowly walked to the bed on which the prince and his son were sleeping. The prince was much afraid when he heard the chief coming, but he pretended to sleep. The chief felt about with his hands until he found the place where the prince had lain down in the evening. Then he wiped out the mouth of his own son (thinking him to be the prince). Then the chief lay down again. In the morning the prince rose and went out. After a short time

the chief's .son got .sick. Then the chief knew at once that he had made a mistake. For four days the boy was sick. Then he died. Now the chief was much troubled. He cried be'eause his son was dead, saying, "1 have destroyed him myself! I have destroyed him myself!''

There were two townss in the oanyon of Nass river. The one was inhabited b_v the G-ispawaduwE'da, the other by the G'itg'inio'x. In the first of these towns there were four brothers who were beaver hunters. They went to a hike that was full of beaver dams. They began to open one of the dams in order to allow the water of the lake to run off. When the eldest brother climbed down under the dam, it gave way and buried him, a large tree piercing his heart. When the water had run off', the brothers took out his body. They said to one another, '' Why was our brother unfortunate to-day? Certainly his wife was not true to him." The three brotbei's went home and hid behind the house. They cut pitch wood and made a torch. When it was dark and the people had gone to bed, they went up to the house in which the wife of the eldest brother was living. They went to the place where they knew her bed stood, and listened. They heard her talking with a man who was lying down with her. They waited until the}' heard them snoring. Then the youngest brother lighted his torch and entered. He stepped up to his mother and asked, "Did any one come to our house while we were away ? " His mother replied, "' Yes; the chief's son, from the village opposite, came here, and he is here now." Then the young man told his mother of the death of her eldest son, and added that he had certainly died on account of his wife's faithlessness. Then he took his torch and stepped up to the bed of his sister-in-law. He saw that she was l^'ing with one arm stretdied out, and that a young man with earrings of abalone shell was lying on her arm. Then he put his torch down, pulled out his knife, and cut off the head of the young man and took it along with iiim. The woman awoke and found the lilood streaming over her bed. She was frightened. She dug a hole under her bed and buried the body. Then she spread her bed again and lay down.

On the following morning the G'itg'inio'x missed their young cliief. Thej' inquired where he had gone, and finally learned that lie had crossed the river. Then they suspected that he might have been killed by the G-ispawaduwE'da. The three brothers had taken the body of their eldest brother home, and they had iuuig the head of their eneniy over the doorway. The G'itg'inio'x, under the pretext tiiat their fire had gone out, sent a girl slave to the G"ispawaduwE'da to ask permission to

light a torch. They told the girl to n^certuin if there were any signs of the whereabouts of the young chief. The young woiiiun obeyed. The river was frozen and she went across, but she did not see anything. Still the suspicions of the G'itg'inio'x were not allayed, and every morning they sent the young slave to ask for tire. Finally one morning when she crossed the threshold, a drop of blood dripi)ed on her foot. She desired to see where it came from, and pretended to stumble. She put her torch into the snow and extinguished the Haine. Then she returned into the house and lighted her torch again; and .when she went out she looked up and saw the head of her young chief, with its large ear ornaments, hanging over the door. She went out, and when she came to the I'iver she threw her torch away and ran home as fast as she could. When she approached the village, she wailed and cried, " I saw mv master's head! " Then the G'itg'inio'x put on their armors and went out to make war upon the G'ispawadiiwE'da. Wa'g'ixs, the wife of the eldest brother, knew all the time what was coming. She made one hole under her bed to hide herself when the G'itg'inio'x should come to attack the village, another one for her daughter, whose name was Sqawo. When she saw the enemy coming, she called her daughter, and they hid in the holes. The G'itg'inio'x killed all the G'ispawaduwE'da and set fire to their town. The mother and her daughter heard the houses falling. Finally everything was quiet, and the mother put her hand out of the hole in order to feel if the town were still burning. When she felt that the ashes were cool, she opened the hole and she and her daughter came out. The mother went about the town, but there was not a soul left except her.self and her daughter. She went to the end of the town and sat down (therefore this place is called Hwil uks-g'i-d"a' Sqawo', Where- Sqaw(V-sat-(lown-near-the-water); and she sang:

She sang- again. The rabbit came and said, "I will niarrv vour daughter." The mother asked, "What can you do?" The rabbit replied, " We open our eyes and move our ears uud frighten man." "That is not enough; go away!"

Again she sang, and the owl came and said, '■ Hm, hm, hm, hml 1 will marry your daughter." " What can 3'ou do?" " When we talk we frighten man." " That is not enough; go awaj'!"

The owl went, and the mother sang again. All the animals came and wanted to marry her daughter. Finally the bear came and said, '"I will marry your daughter." '"What can you do?" Then the bear ran away. He threw trees down, tore the ground, and showed that he was very strong; but she was not satisfied, and sent him away.

Again she sang. The grizzly bear came and said, •'! will marrv your daughter." She asked, " What can you do?" Then the grizzly bear ran away and howled. He ran to a swamp, and tore out two roots of bullrushes (?), which looked like a man's head. He tore off some alder ])ark, chewed it, and spit the red juice on the roots so that they looked like bloody heads. These he carried to the woman. She was almost ready to accept him, but finally she sent him away.

She sang again. Then there came a clap of thunder, and she fainted; when she came to, she saw a man standing, near by. He said. ''I will marry j^our daughter." " What can you do?" He replied, "I take this club from under my blanket, and as 1 turn it the ground turns and trees grow up." The woman asked him to show his powers, and he turned the club. At once the woman and the girl were buried underground, and trees grew over them. Then he turned the club again, and they came up again. He said, ■" I saw how your friends were killed, and your village destroyed. Therefore 1 have come to marry your daughter."

He took the women under his arms and said to them, "We will go up to heaven now. Don't open your eyes while we are fi'ing, though you hear much noise, else we can not reach heaven." He put the mother under one arm, and the daughter under the other, and flew upward. While he was passing through the clouds there was a great noise, which induced the mother to open her eyes. They fell back at once, and he said, "I will try once more; but if you open your eyes again, I must leave .you." He rose a second time: l)ut when they were passing through the clouds they heard the same noise, and the mother could not withstand the temptation to look. As soon as she opened her eyes they fell back. Then the man said. " 1 can not take you up. I must leave you down here." He tore off' a i)ranch of a tree, put the mother into the hole which he had thus made, and put the branch back in its place. He said. "You shall cry whenever the wind moves the tree." That is the reason wby the trees moan when they are moved by the wind.

Then he flew up with his wife and arrived in heaven. He went to his house. They entered. After they liad eaten he showed the girl where to lie down. He did not lie down with her, but stayed in a room by himself. His name in heaven was Hislegiyo'ontk". Every morning the rays of the sun fell through a chink upon her, and soon she found that she was with child. After a short time she gave birth to a boy, whom she called after the chief in heaven, Hislegiyo'ontk". After some time, when the rays of the sun struck her body, she conceived another son. She called him Ax-fEm-hwilhwi'lg'it (Headlcs.s). Then a third son was born, whom she called Le-g'a'auiExsk" (Lying-on). Finally she gave birth to two daughters, whom she called KsEmmamil'm and KsEui-gwadziq-t'e'lix' (Woman-excrements-grease).

The chief made l)ows and arrows for the boys, and ordered them to fight among themselves. They shot at one another and aimed at their eyes. When an arrow had struck one of them, the girl stepped up to him, took it out, and sucked the wound, which closed at once. When they were grown up, the chief luade houses for the boys. The front of the house of the eldest had three doors. It was called Lax-6'Em. The doorways were ornamented with skulls. It was dark in the entrances. Therefore the doors were called Qalx'si-sqtl'Exk". Painted planks were laid in front of the house. The eldest bi'other had a head ornament of abalone shells. Another one had a head ornament of skins. Still another had a bow inlaid with abalone shells. They had blankets made of ermine skins. They also had the carved club by means of which they were able to overturn houses.

Then the chief in heaven sent the children and their houses down to the place where the village of the G"ispawaduwE'da used to stand. Th'ir mother stayed in heaven. Late in the evening the G'itg'inio'x heard a noise: "Be, bE, Ije!" When they went out to see what caused the noise, they saw that it was foggy. A man went down to the river and heard people singing on the other side. They sang:

He ran l)ack to the house and said, " I hear people singing on the other side." The others made fun of him, and said, "Those are the ghosts of the G'ispawaduwE'da.''

On the following morning they saw four beautiful houses on the site of theformertown of theG'ispawaduwE'da. The chief of the G'itg'inio'x ordered his people to cross the ice, and to make war on the occupants of the houses. They began to shoot with arrows. An arrow struck the eye of one of the brothers. Their sister sucked it out, and the wound closed again. After some time the eldest Ijrother shouted, "Stop fighting, else I shall turn over my club, and your town

will he Imried. Trees will grow up in its place.'' When thev continued the fight, he turned his clul), and the whole town disappeared under ground. Trees grew in its place. Then he turned bis club agaiti and the town reappeared, but the G-itg'inio'x continued to fiu-ht. Then he turned his club once more. The town was buried aaain and all the people died.

The brothers traveled all over the world, and made war on all the tribes, and destroyed them In' means of their club. The chief in heaven became angry because the}' abused his gift, and wished that they might forget the clul) on one of their expeditions. So it happened that the}' forgot the club when they went out to attack the town Gulg'e'u. Therefore the place has been called ever since that time Hwil d'ak"s-ts'aX, or Where-the-club-was-forgotten. Then they went to DEmlaxsI'm on Skeena river, where they settled, as thev were unable to continue righting on account of the loss of the supernatural club. Their descendants became the tT'is(i"ahri'st.

On account of the gifts received in heaven, this clan have the privilege of using head ornaments of abalone shell, such as they received from Hislegiyo'ontk".

A long time ago the people of Lax-q'al-tsa'p and those of G"itwunksi'Lk wei'e starving. There were two sisters living in these towns. When the provisions were almost exhausted, the sister living in Lax-q'al-tsa'p thought that she would try to reach her sister who lived in G'itwunksi'Lk. She started and went up the valley. After some time she saw a woman approaching. AVhen she came near, she recognized her sister. She knew at once that the people of G'itwunksi'Lk were starving also. The sisters met and sat down and cried. Since that time this place has been called Hwil-l(5-nE-hwa'da (Where-they-met each-other). The sister who had gone up the river had only a few haw berries, and the other had only a small piece of spawn about as long as her ringer. They divided and ate.

In the evening they made a small hut of branches and lighted a tire. The sister who had come from G'itwunksi'Lk had a daughter whom she had taken along. They lay down to sleep. About midnight all of a sudden a man appeared and laj- down next the younger sister, who was unmarried. He asked her, "Is it true that all your friends are starving?" She said, "There were no provisions in our village, and so I went to see my sister." The man continued, "Stay here. I will make a fish weir for you." His name was Ho'uX (Good-luck). He was a supernatural lieing. Early in the morning he rose and made a

W(Mr of small sticks and twii;). ami soon it was full of troiu. He took thuiii out of the wi'ir and thi' women roasted them. Then he went hunting, and in the afternoon he came back, hring-ing- five porcupines. Then the sisters were glad. On the following day he went hunting again, and brought bade a mountain goat. The sisters had made a basket of spruce roots in which they boiled the meat. On the next day he went hunting again and caught a large bear, the fat of which was al)out as thick as a man's hand is wide. On the fourth day he returned early in the morning, bringing a bight)rn sheep. He told the sisters that he had killed ten sheep, .md asked them to curry the meat home. The house was now full of meat and fish, because the trap was full every morning.

Soon the woman was with child, and she gave birth to a boy. When the boy was able to walk, his father made snowshoes for him and sent him up the mountains to look for bears. The boy came back in the evening, but he had not killed anything. His father asked him, "Did you not see a bear i " The ))oy had not seen any. Then his father demanded to see his snowshoes. He examined them and found that he had made a mistake in making them. He made a new pair and sent the boy off again. Soon he returned, bringing a piece of bear meat. He told his father that a bear which he had killed was lying on the mountains. Then his father put on his snowshoes and brought the 1)ear home. On the following day the father went out hunting. Soon he returned, bringing two mountain goats, and told his son that there was a flock of goats on the other side of the mountains. The father sent him after them. Then his mother said, "Now we have a name for our son. We will rail him Asi-hwi'l. That means Goingacross-the-mountains. "

Before the boy left, the father made a new pair of snowshoes for him. and said to him, '• W'ith these snowshoes vou can climb mountains, however steep they may be. Whenever j'ou come to a difficult place, put on these snowshoes." Then he took a bag made of cedar bark from under his arm. He opened it and took out two tiny dogs, one of which was spotted, the other one red. He put them on the snow and struck them, saying at the .same time, "Red, red. red," to one, and, "Spotted, spotted, spotted," to the other. At once they became large dogs. Then he struck them again, and they became small again. He told the boy to take the dogs out of the l:)ag whenever he should see any goats, to make them large, and to conmiand the one to go up the mountains on the right-hand side, and the other to go up on the lefthand side. Then they would run up, barking, and frighten the goats so that they would fall down. Furthermore, he cut a pole for his son, with a goat horn attached to one end. which he was to use in climbing the muuutaiua. He said, "If you strike the rock with the horn,

there will be a hole." The other end of the pole was provided with a sharp black bone point. The boy, after having- received these gifts, left his parents.

Once upon a time the young man fell in with a powerful man whose name was Wud'ax-mExma'Ex (Large-ears). This man asked him, "What weapons do you use for killing game T" The boy replied, "I do not use any weapon. I run after them, and they fall down. What kind of weapon do you use for killing game T' "I do not use any weapon. I have supernatural powers." Asi-hwi'l was desirous to know how Lai-ge-ears killed his game. They went a short distance together, and came to a place where there were many goats. The youth said. '■ Let me see how you kill goats." Large-ears took a pair of long mittens from under his blanket. He put them on and clapped his hands. At once all the goats fell down the steep sides of the mountains. They went to another mountain where they saw a number of goats. Then Large-ears said, "Now, let me see how you kill mountain goats." Asi-hwi'l pulled his bag from under his blanket, took the dogs out, and said, "Red, red, red! Spotted, spotted, spotted!"' Then the dogs grew large — one went to the right, and the other to the left — and they began to bark. The goats fell down at once. Then Asi-hwi'l put on his snowshoes, and walked right up a vertical cliff. When Large-ears saw this, he was surprised. They parted, and each went home. AVhen Asi-hvvi'l came to his father, he told him what had happened, and his father praised him.

After some time Ho'uX said to his wife and to her sister, '"Your brothers are coming to look for you. Therefore J must hide in the woods."' A short time after he had left, the brothers came. When they saw the house full of meat, they were surprised. Then the women gave them to eat. On the following morning the brothers left, carrying along some meat which the sisters had given them. As soon as the}' left, Ho'uX returned. The sisters told him that their l)rothers had asked them to return home. Then Ho'uX said, "Let us part. You may return to your home; I will retui-n to mine." On the following morning many people came to fetch the women and the boy. They took them to G'itxade'n. The boy's uncles gave a feast, and his mother told them the boy's name, Asi-hwi'l. The people bought meat of them, and paid for it with elk skins, which Asi-hwi'l used in giving a potlatch.

A supernatural l)eing who lives in heaven saw that Asi-hwi'l was a great hunter. He covered one of his slaves with ashes, so that he looked like a white bear, and sent him to Nass river. The hunters set out to kill the bear, but they were unable to reach it. When the bear came to G'itxade'n. Asi-hwi'l put on his snowshoes, took his bag and his pole and pursued it. The bear reached Leading point. Tliere a

vertical cliff rises, and th(^ tracks of Asi-liwiTs snowshops whore he climhed the cliff are still visible. Beyond the cliff he saw the hear entering a large house. He stayed at the door and heard the people singing:

He went to the country of the Tsimshian, and married a girl of that tribe. The girl's brothers were sealion hunters. Once upon a time, during winter, gales were raging, and the brothers were unable to kill any .sealions. One day Asi-hwi'l accompanied them. "When they came to the sealion.s' rock, they found that there M^as a high swell, and they were unable to land. But Asi-hwi'l put on his snowshoes, took his staff, and jumped ashore. Then he ran up the rock and killed all the sealions. The brothers became jealous of him. and deserted him. When Asi-hwi'l had killed all the sealions and made ready to jump back into the canoe, he saw that the brothers had left. The tide began to rise. When it had almost covered the rock, he put his staff into a fissure and sat down on top of it. When the flood tide rose still higher, he tied his bow" to the end of his staff and climbed on top of the bow. There lie sat. and wliistled the call wliiih his father liad taught hini:

Then the tide ceased to rise, and soon the water began to fall. The rock became dry again. Then he lay down to sleep. While he was sleeping, somelwdy nudged him and whispered, ''Grandmother invites you in." He looked down, but he did not see anyone. He pulled his blanket over his head and tore a hole m it with his teeth. Then he peeped througli the hole. After a little while he saw a mouse

coming- out of a place where a ))anch of (frasw was gruwiiig. She whispered in his ear, '• Grandmother invites you in." Then he pulled off his Manket, and saw the mouse disappearing under the buiieh of grass. He pulled it out, and saw a house underneath. The mouse had taken the shape of a woman, and spoke to him, " Enter, if you are Asi-hwi'l, who has been deserted here." He entered, and the woman gave him to eat. The old woman who had invited him in said, "You know that this rock is thehouseof thesealions. Their chief is very sick. The shamans are unable to cure him. Please try if you can heal him." He promised to do so, and she led him to the chief, who was sick in bed. Asi-hwi'l saw a bone harpoon in his side. He sat down. Then the mouse said to the chief, " He will heal you if you will give him this canoe in payment." So saying, she pointed to the largest canoe. It was made of the intestines of sealions. The chief gave it to him. Then he stepped up to him, and, taking hold of the harpoon, pushed it first slightly into the flesh and then he pulled it out. The chief opened his eyes, and said at once that he felt Itetter. Then they moistened the intestines, jilaced him inside, tied them up, and put them into the sea. Then they invoked the west wind, which drifted the intestines to the mainland. In the evening he heard the surf, and felt that the sealion's intestines were being knocked about on the beach. Then he opened them, and went out.

He resolved to take I'evenge. Therefore he carved two killerwhales out of red cedar. He put them into the water. They swam a short distance, but then they became logs, turned over, and drifted about. He called them back, and carved two new ones of yellow cedar. They swam a little longer than the first ones, but then they also became logs, turned over, and drifted about. He called them back and burnt them. Then he carved two new ones of 3rew wood. They became real killer-whales, who swam, blowing and snorting. They did not turn into wood again. Then he called them back and said to them, "The men who have deserted me will go out scalion hunting to-morrow. As soon as they go out I shall put you into the water. Go and break their canoes." On the following morning, when he saw his enemies coming, he put the whales into the water, and they broke the canoes. Asi-hwi'l went back to his wife and stayed with her.

A chief had a beautiful daughter. Many young men came to marry her, but he refused her to all of them. Then the chief of the Grouses flew down and alighted on the roof of the old chief's house. He assumed the shaije uf a man who wore a blanket made of fo.x skins.

When it was dark, he entered the house without the knowledge of the chief, and lay down with the girl, who accepted him. The Grouse persuaded her to elope with him. At midnight they rose and left the house. They crossed the river and came to a large town which was inhabited ])y the Grouses. The young Grouse's fatlier gave a feast when he arrived with his wife. They stayed there all winter, and in .summer she gave birth to four children.

The old chief searched all over the country for his daughter, but he was unable to find her. When the children began to grow up. their mother said to them, "Don't you want to see your gi-andfather ? He is a chief, and lives on the other side of the river. He has a large house with many steps, and a pole in front of it." The young Grouses wished to .see him, and crossed the river on the ice. While going across they said, "Ps, ps, ps, ps!" The children in the chief's village heard the noise, and saw four young Grouses coming. The3' threw .stones at them. Then the Grouses flew back. On the following day the young Grouses tried again, but were driven back by the children. They tried every day. Then the people .said to one another, ''Next time when the Grouses come, we will not disturb them." On the following day they came again, and went right to the old chief's house. The chief opened the door, and the}- entered. He spread a mat for them and they sat down. All the people came to see the birds. Finally an old man spoke to the chief. "• Don't you remember that you lost your daughter some years ago ^ The birds must be her children, because they know }'Our house." Then the old chief .said to the birds, "Tell your father that I invite him and all his people to a feast to-morrow, and ask your mother also to come." Then the birds rose and left the house. They returned over the ice.

On the following morning innumerable Grouses came across. The ice was black with birds, and among them was the chief's daughter. Then they entered the chief's house. They sat down on the floor; and many had to sit on the posts and beams because there was not enough room on the floor. When the boys .saw this, they shook the posts, and the birds flew from one side of the house to the other. The chief made a feast and gave them dry salmon and berries. Then he spoke, ■"I am old, and unable to split wood. Will not my son-in-law please stay here and help meT' His daughter repeated his speech to her husband, who replied, "Ps, ps, ps, ps!" and the other birds spoke to him in the same manner. Then the chief's daughter .said that the birds would go and split wood on the following morning.

On the following morning the chief opened the smoke-hole of his house. Then his .son-in-law delivered a speech, and flew out, followed by all the birds. When they had gone, the chief's daughter swept the house. About noon the noise of the birds was heard again.

The chief had a tire in his house, and the birds reentered throuo-h the smolve-hole. Each threw some fat into the tire, so that it blazed up high. They broug-ht a long pole as high as a mountain, vvhidi was covered with fat. The chief of the birds gave tliis pole to his fatherin-law, who divided it among his tribe. Then the chief and his peo- ple in return gave presents to the chief of the Grouses. Thev gave him a feast, after which the birds left. The chiefs daughter and her children went back with them to the town of the Grouses.

In the town Lax-anLoE, below G'iLwunksi'Llc, was a shaman wiio owned a rattle and a carved squirrel, which became alive as soon as it was dark. There was a village on the opposite side of the river, whose inhabitants were enemies of the shaman. One night he sent his squirrel across the river to kill his enemies. It obej^ed and killed all the people, with the exception of a few men, among them a shaman, whose name was TsEgu'ksk". After the squirrel had killed all the people, TsEgu'ksk" and three other men got into a canoe and descended the river. He had a long board in his canoe which was painted red. They landed near Cape Fox. There TsEgu'ksk" lay down on the plank and covered himself with a mat made of cedar Ijark. Then his friends made a small tire on the end of the plank and burnt meat, tallow, and berries in the tire. They turned their faces away from the plank, and when they looked again the plank with the fire and TsEgu'ksk" had disappeared. They heard a noise from the depths of the sea. TsEgu'ksk" had been taken into the house of the chief G'itk'staqL, who lives at the bottom of the sea. The chief sent for a box drum. The three men heard the following song coming from the deep:

That is, '"Fastened together are sea otter and killer-whale; scattered are the cockles where TsEgu'ksk" walks about in his great house at Wa'opEl."'

Then G'itk'staqL gave TsEgu'ksk" a club in shape of a land otter and a small box, the lid of which was carved in the shape of a tin of a whale. Furthermore, he gave him a chamber-pot made of wood, lie said to him, " The river is frozen now. Take this, it will break the ice for you. " Then TsEgu'ksk" was sent back. All of a sudden he was seen again in the canoe, and by him were the presents of the chief from

below. H() throw the club into the water. It .swam up the river and cut the ice. After .some time the club became tired. He took it into the canoe and put the box ou the ice. The box as.sumed the shape of a killer-whale and moved over the ice, thu.s cutting it. Then he told it to go to the hou.se of the .shaman who had killed hi.s friend.s. The lattei' had a daughter, who.se name wa.s Lgo-yi'yuk (Little-worker). T.sEgu'ksk" commanded the whale to break the ice when he .saw the girl on the river and to bring her to him. Soon the girl came down to the river to fetch water. Then the whale rose and carried her away to wiierc liis master was staying, and the latter sang:

Tsext he ordered tht' wiiale to watch and whenever a woman went to fetch water to take her away. The inhabitants were therefore in great want of water. Finally T.sEgu'k.sk" .sent his otter club to kill all the people. The club swam aci'o.ss the river and killed every one. Only one man, who happened to l)e out hunting, was .saved.

At this time the Haida used to make war upon the villages of Observatory inlet. Ts?:gu'ksk'' happened to be there with his friends when the Haida made an attack on the village, and he and all his companions were killed. The Haida cut off the heads of the slain to take them along as trophies. TsEgu'ksk"'s head was placed in the bow of the canoe. When the Haida had gone some little distance, his head rolled overboard and swam back to where the body lay. Head and trunk were joined again, and TsEgu'ksk" rose hale and well. He returned to Nass river.

you must sew up my stomach." They obeyed, and after foui- days TsEgu'ksk" was alive and well. They placed his intestines in a canoe, which was pushed into the river. It sank at once, and his intestines are still at the bottom of the river. They cause the noise of the rapids.

Once upon a time TsEgu'ksk" traveled down the river in his canoe. The canoe capsized, and when he was about to be drowned a great number of gulls came to his rescue. They took him on their backs and carried him up the river to his village, singing :

Hd de-k-a'etne hagun-dE-hwi'leL qe^wundeL an-da'x'L lax-ha'. That is, "1 am taken along on the water, I am taken around the world by gulls."

After a short time an epidemic of smallpox visited the villages. TsEgu'ksk" placed a pole, which he had painted red, in front of his house to ward off the disease. But, nevertheless, he V)ecame sick. He called all the great shamans of his village, and asked them if he would recover. Finally one of them replied that he would not recover. Then he made a bow and four arrows, which he painted red. He ordered one of his friends to shoot the arrows up to the sun. His friend did so, and the arrows did not return; but every time he shot, blood began to flow from TsEgu'ksk""s forehead and from his cheeks. When TsEgu'ksk" felt the blood, he said, '"I shall not remain dead." He took his rattle and went around the fire twice, following the course of the sun. Then he .asked for a coffin box. He crawled into it and died. Then the people took the skin of a mountaingoat, cut ropes out of it, and tied the box tightly. Then the}' placed it on a large bowlder behind the village. On the fourth night after the burial a noise was heard proceeding from the box. When the people went out to see what it was, they saw that TsEgu'ksk" had broken the thongs, and that he was sitting on the box. He had assumed the shape of a white owl. One man tried to catch him; but as the owl flew away, he became afraid and returned. Then a second man, whose name was Lo-gwisgwa's, tried. He did not succeed. After four men had tried, the owl suddenlj^ fell back into the box, and the thongs were replaced by magic. The statt' which TsEgu'ksk" had raised in front of his house fell to pieces and was seen to be rotten all through. Before the owl fell back into the box, it .said, " Wul dEmil'nde;" that is, "Nobody will be left." The epidemic continued for some time, and all the people died. This was the first visitiitiou of smallpox.

Twice she tried to cut it. then the feather snapped and the boys all fell down. The eldest one kept the feather and received the name Rotten-feathers. At the same time when the boys fell down a g-reat many bones fell down from heaven. Rotten-feathers moved the feather over them four times and the bones became again li'iug people.

Then the brother.s went to Skeena river. Little-grindstone ate of the berries that were growing thei'e and was transformed into a mountain that may be seen to this day. The brothers traveled on and reached a mountain which they were unalde to pass. Rotten-feathers moved his feather over it and the mountain melted dnwn. The molten rock may still be seen.

Finally they came to a canyon. They saw a town on the other side of the river and a bi'idge leading across to it. Here they met a woman named Great-goose (Wl-ksEm-ha'x). who warned them. She .said. " " You can not cross this bridge. If you try to do so, it will break and you will be drowned. On the other side lives Chieftainess Knife-hand (Haq'oLEm-an'o'n), who has a beautiful daughter. She cuts off with her hands the heads of all her daughters suitors." Rotten-feathers thought he could overcome her by means of his magic feather. He crossed the bridge in safetv and entered the house. The old woman laughed when she saw huu, and immediately asked her daughter to spread the bed. At night he lay down with the young woman. He had his hair tied in a bunch on top of his head and in it he had hidden his feather. As soon as the young woman was fast asleep he arranged his own hair like that of a woman and tied the young woman's hair in a topknot. Then he pretended to be asleep. Soon the old woman came. She felt of the heads of the sleepers. She lielieved her daughter to be the stranger and cut off her head. Then Rotten-feathers tied up his hair again and put the feather on top. He took the labret of the dead woman. Therefore he received the name Labret. The feather carried him l)ack across the river. Great-goose greeted him. saying, "My son, did you come back safely f He told her what had happened. On the following moi'ning Knife-hand came across the river wailing. "My child! my child! Sister Great-goose, how did it happen that your child became a great supernatural beingf" (Jreat- goose replied, "The heavens were clear when my child was born, therefore she has become a great supernatural l)eing. sister."' Then Knife-hand said. "O, yes, sister Great-goose." ("Lgo'uLgue, Lgo'uLgue, g'axgS'desg'at Lgo'uLgun. g'lk" Wl-ksEm-ha'x, (|an wi-nExno'qt." — "Lda wi-La'ni. lax-ha' desg'a't Lgo'uLgue. ncL qan wi-nExno'qt, g'lk"." — "Ha, net, g'ik" Wi-ksEm-ha'x.")

A chief's vnie pretends to be dead and is buried on a tree. Her lover goes to see her in the grave box. They are discovered and killed by the chief. The dead woman gives birth to a boy who lives by sucking his mother's intestines. He takes away the arrows of some plaving children, and is discovered and taken to the house of the chief, who raises him. The boy and one of his friends kill two birds, put on their skins and fly through a hole in the heavens. The boy goes on alone, assumes the shape of a cedar leaf, drops into a well, and is swallowed by the daughter of the chief in heaven. She gives birth to a bo}% who cries for the box in which the sun is kept. The chief sends for it. The bov steals it and becomes Txii'msEm, the Raven. He puts his cap into a cliff. Hej^oes up Na.ss river and returns because ghosts whistle in front of him. Therefore the water of the river turns back. He then asks the ghosts, who are fishing olachen, for fish. He is refused and makes it daylight, thus driving away the ghosts. Finally Txii'msEm meets his brother, Logobola', who takes ofl' his hat, thus causing a fog in which Txa'msEui is lost. Logobola' causes all fresh water to disappear. They have a shooting match and stake the Nass river against the Skeena river. Txa'msEm orders the crows to put his arrow into the goal and to remove L6gobola"s. Thus he wins by fraud. They divide the stakes and make the olachen go up Nass river and the salmon up Skeena river. They separate.

Txii'msEm visits a chief who owns fresh water. He pretends that the chief soiled his l)ed, and by threatening to tell on him he gets permission to take a drink of water. He takes all the water and iiies away. The water runs out of his blanket and forms rivers. He meets the ghosts and turns back, therefore the waters of Nass river turn back. He makes a gull vomit olachen, then he rubs its spawn over his canoe and goes to a chief who owns the olachen. He pretends to have caught many olachen, showing the spawn in his canoe. The chief is annoyed and releases the olachen from his house. Txii'msEm catches olachen and roasts them. Gulls steal them. He throws the gulls into a tire and the tips of their wings become black. He assumes the shape

of a deer, ties pitchwood to his tail, and steals fire. He strikes the butts of the trees with his burning tail, and therefore the wood })urns Txa'msEm then marries a salmon woman and thus obtains salmon She makes his hair grow long. He scolds her, and all the salmon and his long hair disajjjJear.

his voice as an echo into a clifl' and scolds the chief, who allows the smoke-hole to open again. Txa'msEm flies away in the shape of a raven. He catches seals and steams them. A stump eats them. Txii'msEm makes the stump his slave, and finally he calls all the lish ashore and kills them.

The Stone and the Elderberry Bush gave birth nearly at the same time, but the children of Elderberry Bush were born first. Therefore man is mortal.

The Beaver invites tlie Porcupine to his house, carries him over the water, and gives him sticks to eat. They agree to play together. The Beaver caiTies the Porcupine through the water and almost drowns him. The Porcupine then invites the Beaver to visit him and takes him over slippers' ice to a tree which he climbs and lets himself fall down. He carries the Beaver up. The Porcupine lets go of the tree and shouts "Space!" and is not hurt when he strikes the ground; but the Bea.ver snouts ''Rockl" and his belly bursts when he lands on the ground.

The Wolves and the Deer have a feast. They play laughing at each other. The Wolves laugh first. The Deer fear the large teeth of the Wolves. The Deer are told to laugh aloud. When the Wolves see that the Deer have no teeth, they devour them.

A boy ridicules a Star and is taken up by it to the sky where he is tied to the smoke-hole of the Star's hou.se. The boy's father is told by a woman how to recover his boy. He shoots arrows up to the sky, making a chain, which he climbs. He sees a man, to whom he gives tobacco, red paint, and slingstones in I'eturn for advice. The father then carves figures in the shape of his son, of different kinds of wood, finally of yellow cedar. He ties this figure on the roof in the place of his son. The figure cries when sparks fall on it. The father escapes with his son. Finally the figure stops crying, and the escape of the boy is discovered. The Stars pursue the fugitives, who throw away the tobacco, paint, and slingstones. The Stars stop and paint their faces. Therefore the Stars are red and blue. The man who had given advice swells on receiving more paint and tobacco and obstructs the wav of the Stars. The father and his son safelv descend the chain of arrows.

Children play bull and iiiako inuc-h noise, which annoys Heaven, who sends feathers down. One boy puts them on his head and they lift him up. Others try to hold him and all are taken up. One menstruating girl and her grandmother, who were in a .small hut, are the only ones left. The girl puts wedges of various kinds of wood, a grindstone, a knife, and some mucus into her blanket and soon gives birth to five boys and one girl, who are these objects personified. The children annoy Heaven by their noise. The feathers come down again and take them up, though they transform themselves into trees, mountains, and mucus. The knife girl climbs her brothers' 1)odiesand cuts off the feather. Then the boys fall down. The feathers remain on the head of the eldest, who is called Rotten-feathers. The bones of those who had been taken up before fall down. They are i-evived. Grindstone eats berries and is transformed into a mountain. Rottenfeathers cuts pa.ssage through the mountains with a feather and reaches Great-goose, who advises them. He marries the daughtei- of a chieftaiuess. who tries to cut off his head with her sharp hands. He changes his own and his wife's headdress and the young woman is killed in his place. He abducts the wife of Sleep and escapes in a self-moving canoe. Sleep is awakened l)v his watchmen. Chiuiil)er-pot and Wooden Maul. He creates a mountain in front of Rotten-feathers and his wife, which is cut by the feathers. Then he throws a comb ahead of them, which is transformed into a thicket. Again Rotteufeathers cuts a passage and escapes with the woman.

Children are playing in a hollow log of driftwood on the l)each. They ai'e carried out to sea by the tide. They strike their noses until they bleed and smear the outside of the log with the l)lood. (iulls that alight on the log are glued to it by the blood. The boj's kill them and subsist on them. The log drifts into a large whirlpool and is pulled out by a one-legged person who lives near by, hunting seals in the whirlpool. He takes care of the boys. His neighbor. Hardinstep, envies him. The boys are homesick and are sent to look for One-leg's canoe, which they can not find because it looks like a rotten log. Finally he uncovers it and it proves to be a .self-moving canoe with a head of ^A'.\se at each end. These heads eat whatever crosses the bow or the stern of the canoe. The boys feed each end witli five seals and the canoe takes them home.

The Sealion Hunters One of four sealion hunters finds no sealions on his rock and steals those of his companion. The latter makes an artificial sealion, which, when harpooned by the thief, pulls him with his crew across the oceau.

lie is unal)l»^ to let g-o the harpoon line. Finally they reach the iaiul of the dwarf.s. One of these appears in a canoe, jumps into the sea. clubs halil)ut under water, and puts them into the canoe. When he jumps into the sea again, one man steals two halibut. The dwarf notices it, finds the men, and knocks the thief to the ground so that he dies. The survivors are invited in by the chief of the dwarfs. Some birds arrive and a battle ensues in which many dwarfs are killed. On the following day the men attack the birds and kill them by twisting their necks. The men are sent home by the dwarfs.