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band's uncles), and another one she gave to her mother-in-law, and 

 two whales she gave to her father-in-law's tribe, and two more to her 

 husband's tribe, and two whales she gave to her own husband. 



Now all the people of the two tribes were busy with their own 

 food. Then the people came along to buy provisions. The prince 

 cut one. whale and sold it. Another one he cut to be given away to 

 the chiefs of all the Tsimshian tribes. Therefore when the appointed 

 day came, he made a great feast for the chiefs of all the tribes. He 

 gave away much property, and one large, whale, which was cut into 

 slices of blubber. 



Now, one day before evening the princess said to her husband, 

 "Bring me some water!" So the prince took her root basket and 

 went. His former wife was sitting by the side of the water, watching 

 him secretly, and as soon as she saw him coming, she hid in the 

 bushes; and when the young man took the water, she rushed to 

 him from the bushes where she. had been hiding, took hold of him, 

 and put both of her hands around his body, saying, "What has made 

 your heart hard against me, my dear? Take pity on me! Just say 

 a word to me, and I shall be satisfied." The prince tried to escape 

 from her, but she would not let him go. She held him, and finally 

 the young man took pity on her and spoke to her. 1 Then the prince 

 washed his water basket and went away quickly. 



As soon as he came in, his wife, took the plume from behind her ear 

 as she was accustomed to do. She put it down into the water, lifted 

 it up, and, behold! it was full of all kinds of slime. Therefore she 

 struck her husband in the face, and said, "Although you still love 

 your former wife, yet you come to get me." She poured out the bad 

 water, arose, and went out. Her husband followed her. She went 

 down to the beach, and her husband went there also. She walked 

 out on the water, and her husband also walked along on the water. 

 The princess was walking on the "belt" of the water. 2 



Together they walked on that line; and when they passed the 

 islands, the princess said to him, "Go back to your former wife, lest 

 I look back and you perish!" However, the young man followed 

 her, running as fast as he could, and crying piteously as he was 

 running. Often he would try to put his hands around her; but he 

 could not do it, because she had become like unto a cloud. Again 

 and again she said, "Go back, lest I look back and you perish!" 



Now, the young man saw the island of Chief Peace's village, far 

 ahead. Again the woman said, "Go back!" but the man said, "No, 

 no, I will not go back, unless you come back with me." 



Then the. princess looked back at him, and at once he sank down 

 to the bottom of the ocean and died there. Then Peace Woman 



