"838 TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY [bih.ann.31 



position. The incident of the wet wood is replaced in BC by selec- 

 tion of peculiar material for a bed. For the copper bracelets other 

 copper ornaments are substituted. 



The woman who was taken in summer becomes homesick in the fall Ts 1. The 

 Mouse Woman tells her that her home is near by, and points out the trail Ts 1, Ts 5 

 [the helpful woman tells her how to escape M6, Skfc; after her dentalia are nearly gone, 

 the old woman achises her how to escape T16]. [The Mouse Woman (see p. 752) 

 tells her that she is among the Grizzly Bears, and shows her the way to her father's 

 home Tld.] She tells her about Dzaga-di-la /0 Ts 1, Ts 5. She is always watched by 

 two Bear girls Ts 1 [her sister-in-law Ts 5, one man M6]. When gathering wood, she 

 pretends to tie a bundle on the back of her companion, and ties each to a stump Ts 1, 

 Ts 5 [she ties big bundle on the back of the watchman Mb]. They call the men Ts 5, 

 and the Bears pursue her [T16, Tic/, M6, Sk6, introduce here the Obstacle myth; in M6 

 Snowbirds help the. Bears and pursue her; in Sk6 the Wolves join the Grizzly Bears 

 in their pursuit.] 



(b) Marriage of the Girl with the Lake-Being 



(6 versions: Ts 1.157; Ts 5.295; T16 127; TW254; M6 505; Sk6 337) 



She reaches a lake, on which Dza^a-di-la'° stays in his canoe Ts 1, Ts 5 [called Saga- 

 dila''o Ski, man fishing halibut T16; a canoe wearing a dance hat Tld]. He is look- 

 ing down into the water Ts 5. She asks him to save her, and offers first her father's 

 property, then herself Ts 1, Ts 5, M6 [ten coppers Sk6; he asks her to become his 

 wife T16]. 



The woman who offers to marry the man who rescues her occurs also in other com- 

 binations. A girl who goes to marry Hawk has to pass over a fish dam. Bald- 

 Headed Eagle will not let her pass. She addresses him as "man," "friend." When 

 she calls him "husband," he gives way and takes her home Lil 318. The same 

 story, with the substitution of Golden Eagle for Hawk, and terms of relationship 

 for "man " and "friend, " is found U 243. In Ntl Teit 3.345 it is the hawk Ra'tarat, 

 the same as in Liliooet, who is referred to. She addresses the Bald-Headed Eagle as 

 "uncle," "brother," etc. 



The same incident occurs in Sh 685. A Seal woman who has taken Eagle's claws 

 and Raven's teeth offers to return them if the messenger will address her as wife 

 Wish 77. A boy engages himself to marry a helper's daughter Chin 32. 



The story continues with the woman's rescue from the Bears: 



Then he hits the canoe with his club. It moves by itself, and he takes her aboard 

 Ts 1, Ski) [he puts the club into water and the canoe moves Ts 5; he goes ashore, takes 

 her aboard T16, M6]; [he goes back and continues to fish with a float at the end of his 

 line T16]. Immediately the Bears appear and demand their wife Ts 1, Ts 5, T16. 

 The man looks into the water Ts 1. He is sealing Ts 1, M6. The Bears jump into 

 the water to attack him. He strikes the edge of the canoe, which bites off the heads 

 of the pursuers Ts 1, Ski [he throws the club into the water, which kills the Bears Ts 5, 

 T16, Mi, saying that his father belongs to the GinAxcAmge'tk, and that therefore he 

 does not fear the Bears T16]; [the woman is asked to hold her head down while the 

 club is killing the Bears M6]. He asks the woman to louse him; she sees that his lice 

 are frogs, and, being afraid to bite them, she bites her nails Ts 1, Ski [he asks heragain 

 to hold down her head, and 'first a snake, then a frog, passes around her waist; the 

 man proves to be XA'nUdafi, a being similar to a sea anemone; when she is afraid, 

 he reminds her that she had promised to marry him M6J. Dzaga-di-la'"'s house is at 

 the bottom of the lake Ts 1 [she was underground, but she thought that she was in a 

 house because she was out of her head Tli]. When he goes fishing, his canoe goes 

 down into the lake and reappears in the sea Ts 5. 



