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The man says he has another wife on the other side of the house Tli. He gives all 

 the seals to his first wife, the Wolverene Woman Ts 1, Ts 5 [La'gal-djat Ski, Finger- 

 Nail Woman Mi]. Wolverene Woman says the new wife shall be her sister Ts 5 [she 

 is pleased with the new wife Mi]. The woman is warned not to look when the first 

 wife eats Ts 1, Ts 5, Tli, Mi, Ski [wnen he goes home from fishing, he sits down on 

 top of the house with his new wife, who asks him to tell her all he knows; he says his 

 first wife is the Clam, and whoever looks at her while she is eating falls into the water 

 in which she sits and drifts away Tli]. The woman looks secretly at the other wife, 

 and sees her bolting whole seals Ts ] , Ts 5 [sucking the seals out and spitting out the 

 bones Mi, Ski]. As soon as looked at, she chokes Ts 1, Ski [she feels when she is 

 being looked at Ts 5]. Then the old wife bites through her neck Ts 1, Ts 5 [kills her 

 Ski; scratches her to pieces Mi; when she looks at the Clam through a hole in her 

 blanket, the Clam shoots out water, which drowns her Tli]. The man feels that his 

 wife is dead Ts 1. When he asks her, she says that the other wife is asleep; sparks fly 

 out of Wolverene's mouth and eyes when she is asleep Ts 5. He cuts off Wolverene's 

 head Ts 1 [sends his club to bite through her neck Ts 5; kills her Ski; he enters a 

 red-cod skin, clubs his wife, and cuts her in two Mi; kills the Clam by breaking its 

 shell Tli]. The parts of the body come together until he puts poison on Ts 1, Ts 5 

 [until he puts a grindstone in, on which the parts of the body grind themselves to 

 pieces Mi, Ski]. He takes out the heart of Wolverene and swings it [four times 

 Ts5] over his second wife and revives herTsl, Ts5. [She is restored to life by puttiug 

 eagle feathers on the body, therefore eagle feathers are used in dances Tli. He wakes her 

 Ski, spits medicine on her to revive her Mi.] They bury the body of Wolverene. 

 Her nine brothers come to visit him, bringing meat Ts 1 [her children come to visit 

 their mother Ts 5]. They find the body Ts 1, Ts 5, and take it back Ts 5. The man 

 and his young wife escape in their canoe Ts 1, Ts 5. 



The Tlingit version Tlrf distorts this incident. The canoe belongs to the Sun's 

 sons, whose wife is a cannibal. They destroy her and marry this woman. They chop 

 up the cannibal woman and throw her body down. It falls on a Tsimshian town. 

 Therefore there are many cannibals among the Tsimshian. This version bears clear 

 evidence of the effect of disintegration. The remark of the narrator that "she was 

 out of her head " illustrates this. 



A boy is born Ts 1, Ts 5, Ski, who receives the name Gunaxne'sEmga'd Ts 5. 

 His father washes him and pulls liim, so that he grows quickly Ts 5, Ski. The woman 

 longs for her parents Ts 1 [the youth longs to see his grandfather Ts 5]. The man gives 

 her his copper canoa and otter club, instructs her to give the boy devil's-club and to 

 name him GunaxnesEmg'a'd Ts 1 [the father gives him his copper canoe, club, bows 

 and arrows, a harpoon, skins, and sling-stones Ts 5; he makes a small canoe and club 

 for him; the club, when thrown into the water, picks up small fish with its teeth for 

 its master Ski]. He tells her that her parents live near by Tli. The canoe is loaded, 

 and the load pressed down to a small compass Ts 5. He sends her home Ts I. — She 

 returns to Qlado' Ski; he takes her on a visit to her father Mi; after the canoe is 

 loaded, she goes home with her husband; the canoe is a Brown Bear that must be 

 fed Tli. — They have a child. They load the father's grizzly-bear canoe, which can 

 hear and is fed as they go along Tlrf. 



The version Ts 5 introduces here the story of Tsauda and Ha'lus 

 (p. 855), which, according to Mr. Tate, is a Wolf Clan story- Ha'lus 

 is said to accompany GunaxnesEmg'a'd, who takes Tsauda's place. 



The Masset story ends here with their return, and the statement 

 that the new wife does not eat so much as the old one Mb. 



The woman hides the canoe behind the town Ts 1 [puts it on a dry place under a 

 tree Tli 129]. She finds her father and mother dead Ts 1 [the parents think she has 

 died Tli]. Her uncles refuse to admit her, except the youngest one. Her son is 

 made fun of because he eats devil's-club all the time and soils the house Ts 1 [when 



