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TSIMSHIAX MVTHOLOIiV 



seps dEp an- qa dEp an- qa 



I gather the bones of my dear ones, my dear ones. 



Dzila'°gans ya, Dzila'°gans ya, ayga a yea-ha ye a ye 



41. Explanation of the Beaver Hat 1 



There was a great war between the Eagle Clan and the Ganha'da, 

 who lived in villages, one on each side of the river. A prince of the 

 Ganha'da was married to a princess of the Eagle Clan. One day 

 the young man was jealous of his wife. He took his knife and cut 

 her, and the young woman ran over a bridge to her uncle's house. 

 As soon as she got across, she fell down dead; but before she died she 

 told her brothers that her husband had cut her with his big knife. 

 She died, and her relatives did not weep over her. They just hid 

 the body. Her younger brother looked just like her. He took her 

 clothes, put them on, and pretended to be the young woman. He 

 looked just like his sister. One day he was walking about outside. 

 Then the young man from the village of the Ganha'da saw his 

 wife walking about on the other side. Therefore one evening he 

 went across, trying to take her back. As soon as he met his wife, 

 he entreated the young man who pretended to be a woman to go 

 back with him. The young man replied, "I am not angry with you; 

 you were jealous. So if you want to come in with me tonight, 

 come, but I don't want you to do me any harm again;" and the 

 young man of the Ganha'da promised that he would not do her 



