786 TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY [bth. ann. 31 



and cranberries for her. When the tribe moves, the mother and her son live with the 

 mother's uncle Sk.] 



The tribe moves. [They move back to the winter village Ts&.] In winter the food 

 is all used up Tsa. [The mother has no food, 1 it-cause, without the help of her boy, she 

 has not been able to dry a sufficient supply of salmon Ts6. In winter the people eat 

 Balmon and berries with grease N . In the spring the provisions are used up Sk, M 415.] 

 The father is displeased. He orders his brothers-in-law not to feed the boy Tsa. [The 

 uncles refuse to feed the boy Tso. No food is given to the prince N, Sk, M.] The 

 father says, "Let the eagles feed him" Tsa, 6 ["Let him live on the food that he 

 gathered for the eagles" Sk 356]. The chief's nephews make a fire. The people sit 

 around it, and the boy is chewing fat. The father does not give any food to the boy, 

 and tells him to get food from the eagles. The boy goes to the house of his eldest uncle, 

 who spreads a mat and tells his wife to feed him. She prepares food. When the boy 

 stretches out Mb hand to take it, he says, "Let the eagles feed you," and takes it 

 away. This is repeated in the houses of all the uncles except the youngest one Tsa. 

 [The mother asks for food for her boy. The uncle first says, ' ' Let him go to the eagles. ' ' 

 Then he calls the boy. His wife prepares food ; and when the boy stretches out his hand 

 to take it, he takes it away, telling him to get food from the eagles Ts6. The people 

 refuse to have anything to do with the boy and his grandmother M.] The youngest 

 uncle takes pity on the boy and feeds him Tsa. [He gives him berries and crab- 

 apples. The boy does not at first want to take the dish, thinking that it will be taken 

 away from him Tso. The youngest uncle's wife gives him the dorsal fin of a salmon, 

 which he chews Sk.] The youngest uncle cries for pity Tsa, 6. 



A Skidegate story belonging to this group opens somewhat differently. A chief 

 sends a hair-seal flipper home from a feast. His son eats it. This annoys the father 

 so much that he orders the boy to be deserted Sk 173. 



Next follows the desertion of the boy. 



The chief is angry, and orders the tribe to move to Nass River Tsa, N. [The chief 

 is angry, and before the olachen appears he orders the tribe to move, to take along all 

 their provisions, and to put out the fires Ts6. The people leave the boy and his 

 mother Sk. The father orders the tribe to leave. The grandmother and the boy 

 remain behind H ap 885.] 



The youngest uncle's wife leaves a dried spring salmon, a bucket with crabapples, 

 fire, a small bucket of grease. A little slave and the boxes of arrows are also left Tsa. 

 [The youngest uncle orders his wife to leave provisions and a fire-drill in a bag Tsi. 

 The lioy's mother buries a clamshell with fire and half a spring salmon. She tells the 

 boy's grandmother where it is hidden. The boxes of arrows are also left N. The 

 youngest uncle's wife says, "Dig where I sit down to defecate." He finds a bag with 

 split humpback salmon and other food. The youngest uncle leaves an old small 

 canoe Sk. His younger brother and his dog stay with him. One.of his uncles' wives 

 tells him to dig where she sits down to defecate. He finds a small box. Fire and 

 food are in the box Sk 174. The grandmother hides a little fire in a clamshell Hap 885.] 



The prince builds a small house of old boards and bark. He feeds the slave with 

 the food left for him. He site outside making arrows Tsa. [The boy makes himself 

 strong and works. He builds a small house. The slave lives inside, the boy stays 

 outside. He feeds the slave with provisions left for him Ts6. The grandmother 

 starts a fire. They have no food. The boy site outside every morning N. The 

 prince feeds the dog and his younger brother Sk 174.] 



One morning an eagle screeches on the beach Tsa, N [on a rock on the beach Ts6, Sk]. 

 [The eagle which he fed in the summer calls him M 415. The eagles watch them 

 H ap 885.] The prince sends his slave down. He finds a trout. The slave takes 

 it up, roasts it, and eats it alone Tsa. [The slave finds a Bmall fish Tab. The 



