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ISIMSIIIAX MYTHS 



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The young prince said to them, "My dears, have you lost a princess 

 who was on her way to pick strawberries many years ago! 1 " Then 

 the people of the village called them ashore and took them into the 

 house of the new chief; and they told the story how their mother 

 was driven away by the southwest wind while on her way to pick 

 strawberries; and some of the people who knew their mother were 

 glad to hear the good news about the princess who was lost many 

 years ago. Then the people told them how their mother had a good 

 home among the Tsimshian tribe, and how the elder brothers had 

 given great feasts, and that their father was a chief of one of the 

 Tsimshian tribes; and at the end of their speech, their grandfather's 

 nephew invited in all the chiefs, and told them that the old man's 

 grandchildren had come safely, and they were all happy. The boy 

 went on the following day to visit the old home of his mother, trying 

 to find the costly coppers and the property that was hidden, as his 

 mother had told liim. He arrived at the old desolate village-site of 

 Dzi'gwa, and he found all the things as his mother had told him. 

 He found all the costly coppers and the other property, and that is 

 the end. These are Omen's mourning-songs, which she sang when she 

 went along her way, after she had left the village that had been 

 destroyed by fire : 



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1. Na dEm maige sint guna'dil gan-walda; a yi yl 

 Na dEm maige sint guna'dil gan-walda; a yi yi. 



2. Nil wil ga-xbESEm-laxla'xl gul-hauts guna'dil gan-wa'lda; a yi yi 

 Gan-lu-gaxl wi-gal-ts!abEm Dzi'gwa; a yi yi. 



3. Gan-lu-gaxl na-gal-ts!a'pgEs guna'da; a yi yi. 

 Gan-lu-gaxl wi-gal-ts!a'bEm Dzi'gwa; a yi yi. 



4. Nil wil ksi-latkl gus-likla'k u ; a yi yi. 

 Gandu-gaxl wi-gal-ts!a'bEm Dzi'gwa; a yi yi. 



1. When went to spear fish, my dear lord, alas! 

 When went to spear fish my dear lord, alas! 



2. Then fell the cormorant hat of my dear lord, alasJ 

 And so the town Dzi'gwa was destroyed, alas! 



3. So the town Dzi'gwa of my dear lord was destroyed, alas! 

 So the great town Dzi'gwa was destroyed, alas! 



4. Then the shining garment appeared, alas! 



So the great town Dzi'gwa was destroyed, alas! ' 



