854 TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY [KTH.ANN.31 



and he says that he has no stake. They ask him to stake his stone wedge, and laugh 

 at him. When they begin to gamble, the sister puts on her belt, because she knows 

 that the youngest one always begins to fight when he gambles. He stakes his stone 

 wedge, and kills his opponent Sk.] Then they begin to fight (all versions). The eldest 

 one kills them in the house with his club; the youngest one stands in the doorway and 

 strikes them with his stone fist [the eldest one is naked and fights with his fists Ska]. 

 When the brothers are wounded, the sisters suck out the arrows and heal them Ts 5 

 [when the eye of one of the brothers is hit, the sister sucks out the arrow N; the sisters 

 are invulnerable; when one of the brothers is wounded, the sister sinks out the arrow, 

 the other one rubs over the wounds Ska; the sister revives the brothers when they are 

 killed ; she is always holding medicine in her mouth Ski]. [The enemy start in canoes 

 to attack them Tla. The chief sends over two heralds to ask when they are to fight; 

 a day is agreed upon for the battle; it is cold; it is seen that the boys wear armor and 

 weapons that are not human; they see their paintings representing nets; the boys 

 put their war-spears into the ground, as is done before fighting M. The youngest 

 shoots his weasel arrows, which bile through the throats of the enemy and then come 

 back; they fight against four towns M.] The brothers are tired out, and they use 

 the weapon given them by their grandfather (all versions) [when they are tired out, 

 they open the box which kills the enemy Ts 1]. [The brothers offer to make peace; 

 when all are assembled, they open the box; they see that it is black inside; when 

 they move it around in the direction of their enemy, all die, their houses collapse Ts 5. 

 When they pull off the cover, the town of the enemy is burned, the people destroyed 

 Sko. The eldest brother threatens to turn his club; when the enemy do not withdraw, 

 he does so, and the ground turns over; he turns it back; the houses reappear, and the 

 enemies continue to fight; then he turns his club again and burns them N. The 

 youngest one runs to the house, makes a drawing on a wedge, and throws it into the fire, 

 telling it to inform their grandfather; the wedge goes to the front of theSun'shouseand 

 says that the boys are hard pressed ; then the Sun looks down between the planks of his 

 house, takes out of the innermost of five boxes something like a skein of yarn covered 

 with the sky and tied with a rope; he throws it down, and the legs of the enemy only 

 are visible; it is called Clouds Of The One Who Kills Ska. The wedge is put into the 

 fire; at once the sun shines fiercely; the enemy jump into the sea, but the ocean is hot 

 and they die there; those who remain on the land are blinded by the heat and killed 

 Tl. When the sun is low, the brothers are tired; their mother instructs them what 

 to do; four towns come against them, and they do not dare to flee; their father lets the 

 sun fall at night on the place where the enemy are, the ice splits, and they go down; 

 the rest are enslaved, and when they weep they are freed ( !) M. After this they travel 

 north and south and make war. Where people agree to establish the clans, they do 

 not fight Ts 1 [the brothers travel and make war Ts 5, N; they start down Nass River, 

 come to a town at the mouth of the river, make war on the Tlingit, and continue to 

 make war on other tribes Ski; they fight other families M]. When they return from 

 a war, they make a potlatch Ts 1. They paint their relatives with the net design, 

 which remains among them M. The head-ornament of abalone remains among the 

 relatives N. This is the beginning of the G'ispawadwE'da Ts 1. Whenever they 

 are pursued, they open the box, a strong wind arises, and the water burns and destroys 

 their enemies Sk6. The chief gets uneasy because they wage war too much, therefore 

 he takes them up Ts 1. Therefore he makes them forget the box, and they are killed ; 

 their heads are cut off and put on a pole; when a raven comes to peck out the eyes, 

 the head of the eldest one says, "A raven wants to peck out our eyes," and scares it 

 away Ts 5. On Stikine River they are pursued by many canoes; they open their 

 box, but nothing happens, because they had taken the wrong one by mistake; they 

 are all killed; the youngest one is put up at the end of a town on a pole; although he 

 is dead, his voice is heard; the sister sees that they have forgotten the box; shegoes 

 with the wives of the men to search for them; they find cedar bark and forget their 



