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Then the chief and his wife ran back full of fear; but as soon as all 

 the mice were out, they saw a lovely princess lying in there. She 

 smiled when she saw the two people standing over her. Therefore 

 they said, "This is our daughter that was dead. She has come back 

 to life. " So they took her to then camp and carried up the costly 

 things. They found costly coppers in the bottom of the box. 



Now the noble family was very happy because they had found 

 again their beloved daughter. They loved her very much. The 

 chief invited all the chiefs on Queen Charlotte Islands, and he gave his 

 newly-found daughter the name of his late daughter. The chief had 

 a nephew, a very excellent young man. Therefore the chief's nephew 

 wanted to marry his uncle's daughter. 



Now we will turn to the mice. The many mice were the children 

 of the young woman, which she had from her sweetheart in her father's 

 house at the head of S keena River. 



Now her cousin married her on Queen Charlotte Islands, and she 

 had a son, whom she called Yoihetk; and another son was born to 

 her, whom she called Gamalukt; and still another son was born to 

 her, whom she called Gayaa. Then the chief, the father of the young 

 woman, who had found her on the sand beach, died; and after the 

 chief had died, another son was born to her, and she called him Bax- 

 gwan. 



Not very long after this the wife of the chief also died, when she 

 w T as very old. Then another child was born to her, whom she called 

 Su-da'°l. Now these children were growing up together. The young- 

 est children were playing about in the house, while the mother of these 

 children's father was sitting by the fire. Then one of the little chil- 

 dren fell against her grandmother's back, so that she fell to the 

 ground by the fire. As soon as she opened her eyes, she scolded her 

 grandchildren, and said, "Nobody knows your family. You come 

 from a country far away, you foolish, common people!" 



All these children were of a noble family, therefore their mother had 

 given them noble names. The children cried, and their mother asked 

 them what had happened. Then the elder girl told her mother what 

 their grandmother had said to them, and the young woman went out 

 and cried in the woods behind the house late in the evening; and the 

 young mother came in again when her eldest son came home from 

 hunting. He asked her what made her so sad, and his mother told 

 him what his grandmother had said to his younger sisters. Then the 

 young man questioned her further, and his mother told her story. 

 She said to him, "This is not our tribe. Our people live far away at 

 the head of a great river. Our family is a noble family in a large 

 town, where there are many people, and your grandfather's house is 

 in the center of the town. It is a large carved house, and my uncle's 

 houses are on each side of my father's house. I want you to go back 



