boas] COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY 777 



The boy in the form of a salmon wishes his father to catch him; his sister, to carry 

 him to the house. There he resumes human form Chil 24. 



The incident of the recognizing of an individual who has been 

 transformed into an animal by his ornaments occurs in another con- 

 nection in Tl 113, where a girl who has been transformed into a fox 

 is recognized in this manner. 



In a Haida and Ts!Ets!a'ut tale a man who has the form of a mar- 

 mot is recognized in the same manner by his brothers; viz, by his sis- 

 ter. When he is skinned, his bracelets are found under the skin 

 (Sk260; Tsts264). 



(n a) The Boy Has Attained Magical Powers from the Salmon, which 

 he Uses for Catching Birds. Owing to a Mistake Made by His 

 Friends, he Dies 



The prince makes an eagle trap and catches eagles, assisted by his four friends. 

 The friends do not know what kind of bait the prince uses. One day the prince 

 takes the round pebble out of his mouth and puts it into that of his friend . He is 

 transformed into a small salmon, which is taken up by a large hawk. The prince 

 dies and is buried. His friends watch the body; but one after another leaves, 

 except the prince's dearest friend Ts 202. 



The Salmon boy plays with a companion on the bank of a river. He tells his 

 friend to shout every time he approaches the hut. The Salmon boy hunts birds 

 from the hut, and has always a large supply. One day the friend does not shout. 

 When he enters, he sees a Salmon vomiting pieces of quartz. The friend informs the 

 people, who place the dead salmon on poles near the water. The boy watches it 

 BC74. 



(ii b) The Salmon Take Him to their Country, and without their 

 Knowledge One of His Companions Goes with Him 



The dead Salmon boy's friend hears a canoe coming up the river. The crew take 

 the body out, which revives. They go aboard. The friend goes aboard too; but 

 neither the people nor the Salmon boy notice him. He tries to talk to the prince, 

 who, however, does not seem to hear. He touches him, and the prince feels pain. 

 The boatmen wear large cedar-bark neck-rings. He presses these, and they faint. 

 They reach the Salmon village, where the Salmon boy is welcomed, but nobody 

 notices the friend Ts 203. 



A canoe comes up the river, and the Salmon is called to go aboard. He tells the 

 crew to keep close to the bank of the river. The friend jumps aboard, but is not 

 noticed. When they land, they see him. (Here follows a description of the various 

 Salmon villages.) When they reach the last Salmon village, the children smell the 

 Salmon boy's friend, and say he smells like the country where they go every spring. 

 They can not see him 130 74. 



The incident of a person, generally a shaman, touching super- 

 natural beings without being visible to them, and causing them 

 discomfort, occurs also in other connections. 



In a story of two Haida shamans it is told how one of them dies because he breaks 

 his taboos. Then the supernatural ] lowers of the shamans appear at the grave. They 

 skin the body of the dead shaman and go aboard. The other shaman, who is watching, 



