136 TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY [eth. ann. 31 



the Ganha'da have a short fin like a raven's beak; and the G'ispawad- 

 wE'da have a fiat short dorsal fin with a round hole in the middle. 



The chief of the Eagle Clan had been killed a few days before. 

 Therefore he was the first to call his warrior to go and attack the 

 monster. He jumped and dived into the deep sea and fought against 

 the Giant Devilfish. (The devilfish's mouth is in the middle of its 

 arms, and it draws its prey into it. In the middle of very many suckers 

 is a skin which can be pulled back; and when this is drawn back, 

 the sawlike edge of the mouth is pressed against the victim.) 



When the first warrior had been there a while, he came up dead, 

 and one sucker from the arms also came. Another one was called. 

 He dived down into the deep and continued to fight with the mon- 

 ster. He staid a little longer than the first one. Then he came up 

 to the surface dead, and two giant arms also came to the surface. 



Thus they continued to battle until the last warrior of the Killer 

 Whales had gone and had cut off one arm. He also came up dead, 

 and many dead Killer Whales were floating on the water. 



Then the chief of the G'ispawadwE'da called his warriors to fight 

 the monster. The chief said, "I will send two at a time." All the 

 Whales agreed to this, and two went down to the bottom at a time. 

 Then half of the arms of the monster came up with their dead bodies. 

 Another two went, and brought up another hah of the arms that 

 remained after the first two Whales had come up dead. When the 

 warriors of the G'ispawadwE'da had obtained two arms, all their 

 warriors had perished. 



Now, the Wolf Clan came forward, and the chief of the Wolves 

 said, "I will send down four of my Wolves at a time." They all 

 agreed to this. Therefore the chief sent out four warriors to fight 

 the great Living Depths Horror. They staid there a little longer, 

 and came up dead, and one giant arm came up floating on the water- 

 Another four were sent down. They staid in the deep a long time, 

 and then came up with many wounds on their dead bodies, and 

 another giant arm floated on the water. Then all the Wolves' 

 warriors had perished. 



Now, the Raven Clan came forward. The three clans had already 

 obtained five of the monster's giant arms, which floated among the 

 dead bodies of the Killer Whales. Then the chief of the Raven 

 Clan said, "You are a brave clan. You have obtained five giant 

 arms of the monster of the deep. My relatives are weak. We can 

 not do as much as you, but let us try all we can to do the best and 

 fight against the monster!" Then he called one of his warriors. 

 He called him by name. "Now, Bird Garment will go first! Kill 

 that monster that has slain all our bravest people and our prince!" 

 Then the young Killer Whale jumped on the water three times. 

 He went down; and after he had been there a short time, a giant 

 arm came up on the water, and Bird Garment also came up to the 



