642 TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY [eth. ann. 31 



A rich man at the head of Nass River [Raven At Head Of Nass River Tlo; an 

 old chief who lived where Nass River flows now, Ts, Ts 5, Hai 6; a chief Tl 5, H ap, 

 Kodiak; one man Chil 14; a single woman called Moon Woman M; ME'nis Ria 5; 

 ^na'laqamalis Rio 5; there was a chief's daughter who did not want to marry, Anvik 

 8] kept the daylight for himself. Round bundles of various shapes and sizes hung 

 about on the walls of his house Tla. [He had stars, moon, and sun in three boxes Tl 

 4, Hai 6; light was hidden in three bundles containing sun, moon, stars, Tit 117; 

 daylight, sun, and moon were in a box suspended from a rafter Tl 5; the box hung 

 on the roof of the house Chil 14; he kept the moon M6; daylight was in heaven Ts. 

 Chief kept daylight in a box called max N6; ma Ts; ms, which looked like a 

 wasp's nest Ts 5; Snxhad daylight in a ball called "daylight-receptacle" (nusxe'mta), 

 which was suspended from a rafter of his house BC 5; something that gave a great 

 light hung behind the chief, Anvik 10; three caskets on a shelf; it was light 

 near the village, Kodiak.] The chief had a daughter [approaching womanhood 

 Tit 117; four daughters BC 5; in H 5 called t.'e'dil, which means "prin- 

 cess"] and two slaves— Old Man Who Foresees All Trouble Of The World (Adawu'l- 

 ca'nak"!) and He Who Knows Everything That Happens (Liu'wAt-uwadjI'gi-can). 

 These two looked after his daughter. They watched especially to see that her water 

 was clean T16. [The chief always examined her dishes Tl 4 ; the chief knew that Raven 

 would come as a hemlock leaf, therefore he burned all the dried leaves around his 

 house Tl 5; the daughter was always watched Tit 117.] Raven wanted to get the 

 daylight, and knew where it was (all versions). [He remembered that light was in 

 heaven Ts; he felt sorry for man T16.] He thought it would be difficult for himself 

 to get food Ts. [He thought he could obtain the daylight if he could become the son 

 of Raven At The Head Of Nass River Tlo.] Then Raven traveled northward Ska. 

 [He flew a long time Tl 5, Ten'a 304. He traveled a long time in the dark. When he 

 was tired, he became a raven and flew. When his wings were tired, he walked again in 

 the form of a man, Anvik 8. He put on his raven skin that his father had given him, 

 flew through the hole in the sky, and left his raven skin there Ts. He flew with his 

 friend through the hole in the sky, left his friend there, took off his own bird skin, and 

 went on Na. Suddenly he saw a light, flew toward it, and emerged out of the dark. 

 He hovered over the village, Ten'a 304. Gradually it became lighter, and he saw a 

 village where it was light. He went among the people, but they were so many that 

 they did not notice him. He saw a ceremonial house and a dwelling next to it, over 

 which a pole was set up, having a wolverene and a wolf at the end like a vane. 

 Women who do not want to marry live in such houses, Anvik 9.] 



Then he went to a pond in front of the chief's house. [The eldest one of the chief's 

 daughters used to draw water there BC 5; he wished the chief's daughter to be thirsty 

 N6 21, Kodiak.] The chief's daughter [wife Chil 14] came to draw waterat the water- 

 hole [behind the house Ska. She made him sit down at the water-hole, and he asked 

 her to marry him; but she refused, being afraid of her father. Then he wished that 

 she should come down again. When Bhe started with her bucket, the chief said, 

 "Why do you go yourself? I have many slaves." She replied, "They always bring 

 muddy water" Tl 5; she came out dressed in marten skins, with a long ruff of deer 

 fur, and went to get water, Anvik 9; she drank at the water-hole, Ten'a 304, Kodiak]. 

 Then he transformed himself into a hemlock needle T16, Tl 5, BC 5 [cedar leaf Ts, 

 Na,N6 21, 36; coniferneedle Ska, Chil; tiny leaf, Tit 117; tiny spruce leaf Ten'a 304, 

 Hai 6; down, Kodiak; grass Tl 4 ; piece of dirt Tla; fir needle Chil] and dropped into the 

 water [on the rim of her bucket Tl 4. He became a spruce needle and fell into the 

 meshes of the doormat. When the girl entered with her pail and lifted the doormat, 

 the needle fell into the bucket, Anvik 9]. Hefloated on the water, and, when she dipped 

 up water, he went into the bucket. [Twice she tried to throw out the leaf, but could 

 not do so. Then he thought, "Drink it!" Ska. She tried several times to throw it 



