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Then the chief became very angry; and he was ashamed, for in his 

 house were all the chiefs and head men of the Tsimshian tribes. 

 They were all silent. At last the chief of the feast said to his attend- 

 ants, "Go down to the canoes and capsize them!" So a number of 

 his young men went down and turned over the two canoes, which 

 were filled with all lands of fish and animals. 



Then the Sawbill-Duck Woman flew out to sea, and the young men 

 who had capsized the two large canoes saw the blubber of whales 

 floating on the water, and also blubber of sea lion, of seals, and of all 

 kinds of fishes. They ran back to the chief quickly and told him of 

 what had happened. They said, "These two canoes are full of the 

 richest food — blubber of whales, sea lions, and seals, and of all lands 

 of fish." 



Therefore the chief said, "Gather the whale blubber and the blubber 

 of sea lions and seals, and bring it in! We will give it to all the chiefs 

 here. And also take up all the fishes, and we will give them to the 

 head men of all the tribes, that they may take them home for their 

 wives and their children." 



Therefore the young men went down again quickly to bring in the 

 blubber; but, behold! it had been transformed into rocks and large 

 round bowlders. These are still on the beach at the end of Prince 

 Rupert Town. 



The young men went back to the chief and told him that the canoes 

 and then load had been transformed into rocks and bowlders on the 

 beach; and now the chief was still more ashamed, and he was very 

 angry. All the chiefs went out from the feast. They were amazed 

 to see the rocks and bowlders on the beach, and every one went home 

 full of joy. 



25. The Princess Who Rejected her Cousin 1 

 There was a custom among our people that the nephew of the chief 

 had to marry the chief's daughter, because the tribe of the chief 

 wanted the chief's nephew to be the heir of his uncle and to inherit 

 his place after his death. This custom has gone on, generation after 

 generation, all along until now, and the places of the head men have 

 thus been inherited. So it is with this story. 



A very long time ago there was a great village with many people. 

 They had only one chief. There was also his sister. They were the 

 oidy two chiefs in the large town. The chief also had a beautiful 

 daughter, and the chief's sister had a fine son. All the people of the 

 village were glad to see the young prince and the young princess 

 growing up, and they expected that thess two would soon marry. 

 Therefore the relatives of the prince went and talked with tho father 

 of the princess, and they also went to the uncles of the princess and 

 talked to them. 



