954 TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY [eth. ann. 31 



42. The water-being who married the princess (p. 834). A girl is taken by a 



water-being. She has children and receives gifts Tb. 



43. The story of Part Summer (p. 834) (see p. 835). 



I. A girl offends the Bears and is taken by them. She marries a Bear Ts. 

 II. The Bear taboos are described Ts. 



44. Explanation of the abalone bow (p. 835). A chief finds the abalone bow Ts. 



45. Story of Gunaxnesemg-a'd (p. 835). 



(a) The girl who is taken by the Bear (p. 836). 



I. A girl offends a Bear by scolding his dung. She is taken by him, and 

 marries the Bear chief's son Ts, Tl, M, Sk, BC, Ri. 

 II. She makes the Bear believe that her copper or dentalia ornaments are 

 her excrement Ts, Tl, M, Sk, BC, Ri. 

 Ill a. When gathering fuel, she takes dry wood, which is extinguished by 

 water shaken from the Bears' blankets. She is instructed to use wet 

 wood (p. 837) Ts, Tl, M, Sk, Ri. 

 As incident: Kai 255, Lil 310. 

 Ill 6. She brings the wrong kind of branches for bedding (p. 838) BG. 

 IV. By a ruse she ties up her watchers and escapes Ts, M. 



V a. She detains the pursuers by obstacles Tl, M, Sk. 



V b. Animals help the Bears in her pursuit M, Sk. 



II 6. The Bears are killed Ts (see p. 834) (p. 838)~Ts, Tl, Sk, M. 



II c. The woman returns with her Bear children Ri. 



II d. The woman becomes a Bear, who destroys the people (p. 837) BC. 



In other connections: (p. 837) Chil, Sh, Ntl. 

 (6) Marriage of the girl with the lake-being (p. 838). 



I. She meets a person who is in a canoe on a lake. She promises to marry 

 him Ts, Tl, M, Sk. 

 As incident: A girl being pursued offers to marry her rescuer Ntl, Lil, U, 

 Sh, Wish; also Chin. 

 II. He takes her aboard. The canoe Ts, Sk [the man's club Ts, Tl, M] kills 

 the Bears. 

 Ill a. The man's first wife is a great eater. When the young woman sees her 

 eating, the first wife kills her. Her husband restores her and kills his first 

 wife (p. 839) Ts, Tl, M, Sk. 

 Ill 6. The first wife is a cannibal. She is thrown down to aTsimshian town. 

 This is the origin of the Tsimsliian cannibals (p. 839) Tl. 

 IV. The woman returns with her son. He seems poor and dirty, but proves 

 to be a great successful hunter Ts, Tl, M, Sk. 

 V. The story of Tsauda (see p. 855) Ts. 

 (c) The woman carried away by the Killer Whale (p. 840). 

 I a. A woman who washes a skin is carried away by the Killer Whale. Her 



husband pursues her Ts, Tl, M, Sk, BO, Ri, Na, Se. 

 It. A man and his wife surprise a Killer Whale camp. The woman is carried 



away. Her husband pursues her (p. 841) Tl. 

 II. He climbs down to the bottom of the sea — 

 a. Along the anchor-line Ts; or a rope (p. 841) Tl, M, BC, Na. 

 6. Along a two-headed kelp Sk. 



c. He dives Tl, M, Se. 



d. He lifts the edge of the water and goes down Tl, Ri. 





