742 TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY [eth. as.v. 31 



ground. After this the same happens as before; but the young man does not allow 

 the people to take his weapons, and eats sparingly. With the help of his dogs he 

 kills the chief, who is the Grizzly Bear. He swings the heart of the chief over the 

 bodies of his brothers, and they revive. The brothers go home and tell of their adven- 

 tures. The youngest brother marries the White-Bear Woman. The young hunter 

 hears of a shaman woman who kills hunters. His dogs devour her, but the man and 

 the dogs die. The Bear Woman goes back home. 



The tiny, but powerful hunting-dogs occur in other connections: 



In our series they are called Red and Spots Ts 150, N 226, Ts 244. Txa'msEm's 

 pups (Ts'102) have the same character. A small dog of great power is mentioned in 

 Chil 34 and K 10.39. 



The exchange of a hunter's good weapon for others with weak 

 points occurs in other connections. 



A giant tries to exchange a deadly arrow for one with points made 

 of pods of fire weed Tl 95. 



The Sun gives his son-in-law arrows with points made of coal BO 80 [of soft bark 

 Chil 25]. Coyote's son marries a Grizzly Bear girl. Her mother breaks off the 

 points of the arrows of the young man. He is sent to attack the grizzly bear. The 

 arrows are ineffective, and the youth is killed, Okanagon Hill-Tout 150. In U 223 

 points of pine needles are substituted for stone points. In Sh 686 it is not stated 

 how the arrows are spoiled. 



4 similar incident occurs in a Wasco tale. A number of brothers are given leaves 

 in place of arrow-points when ordered by the Grizzly Bear chief to attack a bear. 

 The brothers are killed, Wasco 299. 



(b) The Man who Married the Bear 



(7 versions: Tk 49; T16 228; Tl 5.328; Ska 184; Sk6 186; ' N 200; Sh 720) 



The Tlingit, Skidegate, and Nass stories, which are analogous to 

 this one, tell of a hunter who falls into a bear's den. The female Bear 

 conceals him and marries him. In the course of time he returns 

 home with his children. In the Nass version the particular incident 

 of the man touching the Bear's belly is also mentioned. 



The people of a village are starving. The chief has four sons. The oldest one goes 

 hunting with his two dogs. After crossing a glacier, his dogs bark at the den of a she 

 grizzly bear which has two cubs. The bear pulls the man in and kills him. The 

 next two brothers are killed in the same way. The youngest one is awkward. When 

 the Grizzly Bear pulls him in, he strikes her vulva. She does not kill him, but marries 

 him. She tells her children to make a fire for their father. After several years he 

 longs for his relatives. The Grizzly Bear promises to accompany him. They reach 

 the village, and the man's sister is sent out to call his wife. She is afraid when she 

 sees the Grizzly Bear. Finally her husband leads her into the house N. 



In all the Tlingit versions the man is called Kats!. He goes hunting with his dogs, 

 which find a bear's den. The male Bear throws him in, and the She-Bear hides him 

 When the male Bear looks for him, she says that he has thrown in only the man's 

 mittens. Although the Bear thinks that he can smell him, he does not find him. 

 On the following day the Bear is out hunting, and the She-Bear breaks the rays of 

 the sun that strike the den, and in this way kills the Bear. She marries the man, 

 and they have three children. For some time he wishes to return home, and the 

 Bear lets him go Tl 5. 



Kats!, a man of the Ka'gwANtan, lives at Sitka. His dogs pursue a male bear. 

 The She-Bear pulls him into her den, conceals him, and marries him. They have 



1 A Masset version. 



