CONTEXTS 



Pago 



Bibliography 39 



Alphabet 42 



Brief description of the TaLmshian 43 



I . Tsirnshian myths 58 



1. Txii'msEm. The Raven legend (notes, p. 567) 58 



(1) Origin of Txii'msEm 58 



(2) Origin of daylight (notes, p. 641) 60 



(3) Stone and Elderberry Bush (notes, p. 663) 62 



(4) Origin of fire (notes, p. 660) 63 



(5) Txa'msEm uses the sinews of the tomtit (notes, p. 655) 63 



(6) Origin of tides (notes, p. 656) 64 



(7) Giant gambles with Gull (notes, p. 653) 65 



(8) Giant obtains the olachen (notes, p. 653) 65 



(9) Giant learns how to cook olachen (notes, p. 653) 66 



(10) Giant and the gulls 66 



(11) Txa'msEm and the sieelhead-salmon (notes, p. 674) 67 



(12) Txa'msEm and Lagobola' (notes, pp. 666, 721) 68 



(13) Txa'msEm and the crab (notes, p. 721) 70 



(14) Origin of the bullhead (notes, p. 685) 71 



(15) Txii'msEm frightens away the owners of a whale (notes, p. 687). . 71 



(16) Txii'msEm finds a beautiful blanket (notes, p. 722) 72 



(17) Txii'msEm and his slave (notes, p. 689) 72 



(18) Txa'msEm kills his slave (notes, p. 691) 73 



(19) Fishermen break off Txii'msEin's jaw (notes, p. 684) 74 



(20) Txa'msEm and the hunter (notes, p. 692) 75 



(21) Txa'msEm and the children (notes, p. 686) 75 



(22) Txa'msEm and the salmon woman (notes, p. 668) 76 



(23) Txa'msEm makes war on the south wind (notes, p. 658) 79 



(24) Txa'msEm makes a girl sick and then cures her (notes, p. 722). . . 81 



(25) Txa'msEm pretends to build a canoe (notes, p. 720) 84 



(26) Txii'msEm visits Chief Echo (notes, p. 702) 85 



(27) Txii'msEm kills Little Pitch (notes, p. 683) 86 



(28) Txii'msEm kills Grizzly Rear (notes, p. 680) 87 



(29) Txii'msEm kills Deer (notes, p. 703) 88 



(30) Txii'msEm imitates Chief Seal (notes, pp. 694, 696) 90 



(31) Txii'msEm imitates Chief Kingfisher (notes, pp. 694, 696) 91 



(32) Txii'msEm imitates the thrush (notes, pp. 694, 696) 91 



(33) Txii'msEm and < 'ormorant (notes, p. 678) 92 



(34) Txii'msEm and the Wolves (notes, p. 720) 94 



(35) Txa'msEm and Chief Grouse (notes, p. 716) 94 



(36) Txa'msEm returns to the Wolves (notes, p. 720) 96 



(37) Txii'msEm invites the monsters (notes, p. 718) 100 



(38) The further history of Txa'msEm (notes, p. 723 1 100 



2. The meeting of the wild animals (notes, pp. 723. 728) 106 



3. The story of the porcupine-hunter (notes, p. 723) 108 



4. The story of Grizzly Hear and Reaver (notes, p. 723) Ill 



5. Story of the porcupine (notes, p. 724) 112 



6. Beaver and Porcupine (notes, p. 724) 113 



7 Story of the deluge (notes, p. 727) . - 113 



50633°— 31 eth— 16 3 33 



