boas] TSIMSHIAN MYTHS 193 



One day his parents went up into the woods to get the bark of 

 trees, which the people used to eat iti those days in winter. While 

 they were away, the slave-boy was very hungry, and cried for food, 

 and the prince was displeased because the slave-boy was crying. 

 Therefore he stopped the work on his arrows and went about the 

 house to try to find something for his slave to eat. He went to his 

 mother's empty boxes, opened them, and at last he opened the last 

 large box, and saw a small box inside. He opened the small box 

 thai was inside the large one, and found a large dried spring salmon, 

 which his mother had folded up and put into the little box inside the 

 large one. The prince took it out, unfolded the large spring salmon, 

 took a small piece off and gave it to the little slave, who was crying 

 from hunger. Then he put the dried salmon back in its place, and 

 tied the two boxes up as they had been before. 



Tate in the evening his parents came home, bringing much fresh 

 bark which they had gathered. The mother went to the large box, 

 untied it, and opened the small box inside the large one, took her 

 large spring salmon out, unfolded it, and found that she had lost a 

 piece on the right side of her dried salmon. She had kept this large 

 dried salmon for two long years. Now she was as angry as fire. 

 She asked, "Who has stolen my salmon?" She was very angry. 



At last the son said to his mother, "I did so, mother." Then she 

 scolded her son, and said, "Yes, you do not care about salmon in the 

 summer. Now you are hungry and begin to steal. Don't do it 

 again!" Thus she said, and the young prince was very sorry. 



He said to his mother, "I did not eat your dried salmon. I gave 

 it to my little slave, for he cried all day long after you left." Then 

 the mother scolded him still more, and so the young man began to 

 cry. When his father saw him crying, he tried to stop his wife, but 

 she did not stop. 



Then the prince called his little slave and told him that lie would 

 leave his father's house that evening. The little slave wished to 

 accompany him, but the prince refused to take him. He said, ''You 

 shall stay at home with my parents." So he went away secretly 

 while the people were all in bed. Before he went, he took his marten 

 garment and put some fat in the pores of all the martens ( ?) on his 

 garment. Then he went. After he had been away a little while, the 

 little slave began to cry. He could not keep his mouth shut, and 

 cried bitterly. Then the chief said, "Why do you cry so?" Then 

 the little slave told him what had happened. "My young master 

 went away from home." 



So the chief got up and scolded his wife. He ordered his slave to 



call all the people of the village; and the slave went out and shouted, 



"My master's son lias gone away from home, tonight, great village!" 



Soon all the people of the village came forth carrying torches of bark 



50G33 — 31 eth— 16 13 



