CONTENTS 35 



I. Tsimshian myths — Concluded. Page 



58. The brothers who visited the sky (notes, p. 861) 344 



59. Six hunters (notes, p. 861) 345 



60. The Land Otter (notes, p. 862) 345 



61. The deluge (notes, p. 862) 346 



62. The cannibal (notes, p. 863) 350 



63. Origin of the cannibals (notes, p. 863) 353 



64. Story of the Wolf Clan (notes, p. 863) 354 



Supplement: Three war tales 355 



(1) Fights between the G-i-spa-x-la/°ts and the G'it-dzi' 355 



(2) War between the Tsimshian and the Tlingit 370 



(3) War between the Haida and the Gi-spa-x-l;V°ts 380 



f I . Description of the Tsimshian, based on their mythology 393 



Introductory 393 



Towns, houses, household goods, and manufactures 394 



Dress and ornament 398 



Fishing, hunting, and food-gathering 398 



Food 404 



Travel 407 



Playing and gambling 409 



Quarrels and war 410 



Social organization 411 



Family life 419 



Chiefs, attendants, slaves, council 429 



Visitors and festivals 437 



Marriage and death 440 



Ethical concepts and emotional life 443 



Religious and magical practices 448 



Current beliefs 452 



Mythical concepts 453 



Shamanism , 473 



III. Tsimshian society 478 



Social organization 478 



Comparative notes on the social organization of the Tsimshian 515 



Birth, marriage, and death 530 



Burial 534 



War 536 



The potlatch 537 



Religion 543 



Secret societies 54 6 



Shamanism 558 



IV. Comparative study of Tsimshian mythology 565 



Introductory , 565 



1. The Raven and Transformer myths of the Northwest coast 567 



The Raven myth 567 



Transformer myths. . . ' 586 



Introductions of Transformer tales 586 



Transformer myth of northern Vancouver Island 589 1 



Transformer myths of the west coast of Washington 597 



Transformer myths of the Gulf of Georgia and Fraser River 601 



Transformer myths of the Shuswap and Chilcotin 610 



The myths of Hog Fennel and Old One 615 



( lomparison of Culture-Hero tales of the Northwest coast 618 



