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advances. He takes no notice of her. Finally the youth makes her disfigure herself 

 in the same way as he had to do before, and finally laughs at her and leaves her. The 

 princess sets out with her maid, and reaches the house of Chief Pestilence. On their 

 way they meet a man, who asks them where they are going, but she passes by without 

 listening to him. The maimed people call her. She does not wait for the chief to 

 come out; and as soon as she enters the house, they fall on her, break her back, and 

 make her lame, turn her head and break one of her arms. Her maid is treated in 

 the same way. They return home, and finally die Ts 185. 



In Ts 5.278 the house of Chief Pestilence is also described, although the story itself 

 is not recorded. It is stated there that the persons of both sides of the house are 

 hermaphrodites, who kill those who follow their beckoning. 



In Nu ap 917 occurs the incident of boiling a person in order to make him beau- 

 tiful; but otherwise the story does not belong here. 



The nephew of a chief living in the north with his cousin is in love with a girl who 

 rejects him. The boy comes in dressed in abalone shells, nevertheless she rejects him. 

 One day the girl asks her cousin to accompany her when she goes to get spruce bark. 

 While they are in the woods, she tells him to take off his marten robe and throw it 

 into a pond. Next she tells him to pull off his hair and to throw away his shell orna- 

 ments. When he has done all this, the girl runs away. The youth lies down and 

 cries. He sees a Loon swimming in the sea, who tells him that he has come after him. 

 The fourth time this happens he sees a man coming up to him, who is the Loon. The 

 Loon dives with him, and comes up far offshore. When he emerges, hair is growing 

 again on his head. The third time he emerges he sees a village, and the Loon 

 tells him that he is to marry the chief's daughter. He is given shell ornaments and 

 a marten robe. The chief is the Calm. After some time the youth wishes to return. 

 He is given presents. The daughter is given a cup by means of which she can tell 

 whether her husband is faithful. When one day his cousin seizes him and speaks 

 to him, his wife discovers it and leaves him. He follows her. She looks back, and 

 he is drowned (see p. 779) Tl 243. 



The two Haicla versions that have been recorded are both placed 

 in the Tsimshian country. In the Masset version, which is combined 

 with another story, special stress is laid upon the point that the youth 

 does not speak the Haida language. It would seem likely, for this 

 reason, that the story was learned by the Haida from the Tsimshian. 



A prince named Ga'ogal wishes to marry his cousin, who dislikes him. She tells 

 him to pull out his eyebrows, his eyelashes, his hair from his head, and his hair from 

 his body. After he has done so, she leaves him. The youth ascends Mount Q la'gan. 

 He eats devil's-club and searches for dead animals. He clubs a sea lion and stuffs 

 the skin with moss. When it is dry he goes into it. He tries several times to swim 

 in it, but gives it up. He hangs up the sea-lion skin among the trees. It covers his 

 head, and it occurs to him that if he should use four stones for ballast he might use 

 the skin. He tries to dive, and is successful. He tries larger stones, and is still 

 more successful. He then swims around the island Q la'gan and in front of his 

 father's town. His hair grows again and is of a reddish color. The fourth time 

 he swims to Nass River and is seen by the fishermen. When they harpoon 

 him, he cuts off the spear-heads inside the skin. The people lose all their 

 hunting-spears and war-spears. He goes back and takes off the sea-lion skin. He 

 hides the arrows, spears, and harpoons, goes back to Nass River, where the people 

 are boiling olachen. The people try again to kill the sea lion, but the same happens 

 as before. He goes to the place where he had eaten devil's-club, discovers Queen 

 Charlotte Islands, and swims out there. He discovers several Masset towns. The 

 people try to kill him, and he takes away their arrows and spears. At night he lands 

 behind the town, comes out of the skin, and carries the weapons into the woods. He 



