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brought, it becomes a thick jelly. The man excuses himself by saying that he > I i 1 1 not 

 know what his wife meant when she said that the smoke should not touch her blanket. 

 Later on they return to the man's former home. There he speaks to his former wife 

 and disobeys the Wolf wife's orders. She leaves him, but he follows her tracks. 

 After this follows a story that does not belong here BC 106. In the Lillooet version 

 the Eagle woman plucks, a feather from her wing and dips it into the water. Then 

 she knows what her husband has done Lil 321. 



Among the Seshelt the incident occurs in connection with the story of the man who 

 marries among the Eagles. On his return his Eagle wife tells him that he must not 

 look at another woman. She dips the eagle quill into a cup of water. When she thus 

 discovers that her husband ha.s disobeyed her, she leaves, walking over the water. 

 He follows her; and when she looks back, he sinks Se 56. 



In a Tillamook tale a woman from across the ocean gets homesick and returns 

 walking over the water Till 28. 



29. Sucking Intestines (p. 214) 



(5 versions: Ts 214; Ts 5.272; N 7; Nea 5.170; Nei 9.209. See also Tl 245; Kai 263; 

 Sk70; Sk352) 



This scory appears as the introduction to the Tsimshian Raven 

 legend, and has been discussed under this aspect on p. 634, where 

 the following versions are recorded: Ts 214, Ts 5.272, N 7, Nea 

 5.170, Ne& 9.209. 



In our present collection the story occurs without reference to the 

 Raven tale, and analogous tales referring to a woman who feigns 

 death have been recorded from neighboring tribes. 



A woman who has a lover pretends to die, and, in accordance with her request, 

 is placed in a box on a tree. Her lover puts some wet wood into the box and 

 escapes with the woman. Then follows a story telling how it was discovered that 

 the woman had eloped Sk 70; Sk 352. 



The Kaigani version is placed at Klinkwan. The introduction is the same as in 

 the last version. The husband weeps under his wife's grave. His daughter tells 

 him that she has seen her mother at another house. Then he discovers that the 

 grave-box is empty. The story ends with an account of the way in which the man 

 murdered his faithless wife and her lover Kai 263. 



The Tlingit version is placed at Killisnoo, and is practically identical with the 

 preceding one Tl 245. 



30. Burning Leggings and Burning Snowshoes (p. 216) 

 (3 versions: Ts 216; Ts 5.279; Sk 348. See also K 5.130) 



A chief who is married takes a second wife [from the upper course of the Skeena 

 River Ts 5]. She has four brothers who are hunters [she has ten brothers who are rich 

 Ts 5]. The brothers come every year with provisions for their sister, therefore the 

 chief loves his young wife. [The brothers come to visit their sister, bringing provis- 

 ions, skins, and other valuable presents Ts 5. The uncles and brothers of the young 

 wife bring food, cranberries and other kinds of berries, so that they are unable to con- 

 sume them. They also give him much property Sk.] The first wife is jealous because 

 the chief loves the younger wife more dearly. One day the chief and his brothers-in- 

 law gamble. One of the brothers has his face painted red for good luck. They are 

 playing on a gambling-mat. The first wife of the chief sends her slave-girl to the 

 gambler to ask him for some of the red paint and promises to meet him behind the 



