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and hides in it with her daughter Sqawo' N]. After the village is burned, the women 

 come out of hiding Ts 1, Ts 5. [When the ashes are cool, they come out and sit down 

 near the water; therefore the place is called Hwil-uks-gi-dV Sqawo' (that is, where 

 Sqawo 7 sat down near the water) X .] [One woman who is behind the screens escapes 

 with her mother M, Sk6. The mother and daughter go inland Ts 1, M 728, Ski [live 

 in a branch house in front of the hill behind the town ; the mother cries and stays in 

 her bed Ska; they go to the hunting-valley of the brothers Ts 5]. She wails for 

 her sons Ts 1 . 



(u) The Revenge of the Heavenly Children 



(8 versions: Ts 1.209: Ts 5.283; N 222; Tin 125; T1& 295;' M 728; Ska 1G7; Sko 342 

 [cited respectively as Ts 1, Ts 5, N, Tla, T16, M, Ska, Sk&]. 



The Masset and Tlingit stories begin here. The Tlingit story is 

 joined to the story of the magical arrow of the Wolf Clan (see p. 857). 

 There the woman escapes with her daughter after having lost the 

 magical arrow. Then she calls, "Who will marry my daughter V 



According to Ts 1, the following animals come and answer her question as to what 

 they are able to do. The Wren flies around the hunter. The Hummingbird picks 

 hair off heads. The Sparrow sings and wakens sleepers at dawn. The Robin says 

 when he sings, it is summer; the Mockingbird, when he sings, it is bad weather. The 

 Bluejay foretells good luck when people pick berries. The Eagle pecks out the eyes 

 of enemies. After all the birds have come, the quadrupeds come. The Squirrel 

 scatters pine nuts. The Rabbit frightens people by opening his eyes. The Porcupine 

 strikes with his tail, so that the body of the enemy is full of quills. The Marmot looks 

 at the sun, and knows what weather it is to be in winter. The Land Otter dives 

 with the enemy and drowns him. The Beaver cuts trees, and throws them so that 

 they fall on the enemy. The Wolf kills with his teeth. The Grizzly Bear tears heads 

 and bodies with his claws. He makes the chieftainess afraid. 



Ts 5 has a little bird who says he can do nothing. If an arrow passes him, he is dead. 

 The Deer excites the whole village. The people take arrows to hit him, and then the 

 people quarrel over hini-and kill one another. Gau'6 shouts again, looking up to the 

 sky, and the Grizzly Bear says that he tears off heads and eats people alive. 



In N the following animals appear. The Grouse raises his feathers and frightens 

 man. The Squirrel frightens him by throwing down acorns; the Rabbit, by opening 

 his eyes and moving his ears; the Owl, by talking.. The Bear throws trees down and 

 tears the ground. The Grizzly Bear tears out roots that look like human heads, and 

 chews alder bark. When he spite it on the roots, they look like bloody heads. 



In Ska the woman uses distorted Tsimshian words in calling. The Grizzly Bear 

 says he appears at the end of the town and devours all the inhabitants. The Beaver 

 tips over the town by digging with his teeth. The Deer, when taken into a canoe, 

 causes people to quarrel and kill one another. 



In Skfc the Grouse drums in the summer on top of trees, and his voice is heard. 

 The Sparrow makes summer and winter alternate by his song, and people hear his 

 voice. The bird Klu'djixu says that people listen to his song in summer. The Deer 

 scatters soil with his antlers. The Bear knows how to catch fish. When he gets 

 angr\ , he strikes the enemy with his paws. The Grizzly Bearis powerful, and, when 

 angry, tears his enemy to pieces. The Beaver fells trees and makes houses in lakes. 

 All the animals of the woods appear. 



In M the daughter is called Lia, and the following animals appear. They always 

 sa\ specifically what they will do against the enemies of t lie village that have destroyed 

 the relatives of the women. The Deer says he will pull out skunk-cabbage on the 

 other side of Gi'algudan. The Mink says he will blow out wind against the enemies 

 on the other side. The Grizzly Bear will chew up the roots belonging to the enemies. 

 The Wolf will growl at them. Marten shows his teeth. Eagle claws them out. The 



i A very brief abstract oi the tale. 



