boas] TSIMSHIAN MYTHS 239 



Before she entered her father's house, she heard a joyful voice in 

 her husband's house. Then she was still more sorrowful, entered her 

 father's house, and went right to bed without eating anything. She 

 wept all night. Early the following morning she went out again to 

 pick berries; and as soon as she had filled her two baskets, she sat 

 down at the same place, crying. 



While she was there, a supernatural being came to her, who asked 

 her, " Why do you weep, and what makes you so sad V She replied, 

 "Because my husband has married another princess. I love him, 

 and that makes me sad every day." Then the supernatural being 

 said, "Don't cry! I have come to comfort you. I want you to love 

 me." Then he asked her to marry him, and she agreed. She loved 

 him very much. He told her that his camp was not far from hers, 

 and he said, "I will come to you often." 



This young man was as bright as the sun. He was the son of the 

 supernatural chief who lived ha the high rock, and whose name is 

 K-xamin. It stands a little above the river. The shining young 

 man came to her often; and every morning when she went to pick 

 berries, a supernatural being came and helped her, and sometimes a 

 supernatural being would bring them many salmon. 



Now the former husband of the young woman came often to take 

 her back while the young woman was absent picking berries. He 

 said to her parents that he loved her more than his new wife. When 

 she came back, they told her, but she did not want him any more. 



Soon this young woman was with child. In the fall the young 

 chief moved back to his own village, with his uncle's whole tribe; 

 but the young woman's father remained behind. He staid there in 

 winter, and the supernatural being brought all kinds of animals to his 

 father-in-law. 



In midwinter the people moved again, and went to the same 

 camping-ground as before, and there a boy was born to the woman. 

 He was like to his supernatural father. As soon as the nephew had 

 put up his camp, he went to his uncle's house; and when he came in, 

 the young woman went out. There he saw the bright little boy, and 

 he thought it was his child, but it was the child of the supernatural 

 being. Therefore he was very anxious to take her back, but she re- 

 fused to go. Every morning the father of this child would bring 

 salmon to his father-in-law. He put them down on the beach below 

 the chief's house. But the young chief could not catch any salmon, 

 while the young woman's father was successful in everything. 

 His house was full of all kinds of food, while in the house of his 

 nephew was not enough food for all his people. Therefore the men 

 of his tribe brought him salmon and berries; and before the fall of 

 the year the young chief's new wife called all the young people, men 

 and women, and bade them help her pick wild crabapples on her 



