278 TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY [eth. ask. 31 



43. The Story of Part Summer 1 



In olden times there was a very happy people in the village of 

 Gits temga 'Ion. They lived in a very pretty town of three rows up 

 the GitslEmga'lon River. I called it the Three-Row Land, for the 

 village was built in three rows. They built their houses on top of 

 the hill, the second row under the first, and the third row under the 

 second one. The town was on the bank of a river, a very good 

 river, and the village was not far from a very large lake. They went 

 there very often in the summer for picking berries of all kinds, which 

 were growing along the sides of the lake, which was their hunting- 

 ground. Sometimes the people would live there in summer for dry- 

 ing berries for winter use, and in whiter the hunters would live 

 there. Therefore they built their little huts on the shore of the large 

 lake. Many families had several huts for use in the proper season. 



There was a great chief in this village who had five children — 

 four boys and one girl — whom he loved very much. In those days 

 the jjeople of each tribe were in the habit of going for one or two days 

 to catch salmon to be given to the chief, who was to use them in the 

 winter; and in the winter the people would often go to the chief's 

 house, and the chieftainess would feed them. So the people caught 

 salmon for their chief, and the women worked for their chieftainess. 

 They would go some days and pick berries for her. The chief and his 

 wif e did not work for themselves. The people worked for them. The 

 chief also had many slaves, male and female, and he had many 

 wives — many chiefs had as many as twenty, some ten, and others 

 four — and these slaves and wives would work for the people, but 

 the head wife did not work like the others. 



The four sons of the chief were very expert hunters, and the 

 youngest one had two beautiful hunting-dogs. They were very 

 useful dogs. One was called Red, the other Spots; and the girl 

 liked the dogs very much. Her name was Part Summer. ' She was 

 very dear to her brothers, for she was the only girl among them. 



One day the women of the village started out picking berries for 

 the chieftainess, and the young princess wanted to go with them. 

 So they started from their camp on the shore of the large lake ; and 

 when they came to the berrying-ground, they soon filled their bags 

 with berries. The bag of the princess was not quite full yet, when 

 she slipped, stepping on the dung of a black bear. She became 

 angry, and said, "Oh, this big dung stuck on my foot! How nasty 

 it is ! " Thus said the princess. All her companions gathered around 

 her and filled her basket with berries. Her basket was not as large 

 as those of the others. Then they started for their camp; and as 

 they went along, the carrying-strap of the princess's basket tore, 

 and all her berries were scattered on the ground. Her companions 



l Notes, pp. 747, S34. 



