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trees and struck the tail against the Initts of the trees. Then the butts 

 of the trees cau<;ht tire. He went on after he had obtained the fire. 



■i: Now he came to a chieftaiuess, and they ate together. He ate all 

 the provisions of the chieftainess. He was angry and threw away the 

 salmon, and then all the salmon which he was going to eat ran away. 

 After that his head became ugly, while it had been very nice when he 

 first met the chieftainess. After that it was ugly.' 



2a. Txa'ms»:m did another thing. Pie induced the olachen to come 

 to Na.ss river. He entered the house called Supernatural place 

 or Tabued place. There were many people inside gambling. 

 Txil'msEm heard them. He was very hung.-y. He found a small her- 

 ring. Then he squeezed out its roe and rubbed it all over the inside 



3 k-si-daa'<iLk"L lak". 



out he obtaino«l tire. 



4 4. K-"et hwaL hwil d'aL k-'alL sig'idEmna'q. NLk-'e 



Then he founil where was one chieftainess. Then 



5 stik-"a'61tk"t; at g'ipL wunii'x-. HuX dzaLL wunii'x-L 



they ate together; he ate the food. .\Kain he ate all the food of 



NLk-'et am'a'lEgaL ha'ng-e. 



NLk-'e 



Then 



6 sig-idEUina'q. ^-^•^ ^^ «i^ .. w.^ 



the chieftainess. Then he threw away tlie salmon. 



in anger 



7 hiln La dEm g-e'ipdetg'e. NLk-'e a'd'ik- 



the iperf.) (fut.) he ate them. Then came 



salmon 



8 t'Em-qe'st. K-'e La k-"ax-a'm-gaL t'Em-qe'st at 



his head. Then (perf.) before good "it is his head when begin- he 



hwil 



being 



k-si-ho'L 



out es- 

 caped 



had'a'xk"L 



bad 



said 



9 sig-idEmna'qg-e. K-'e ha'ts'ik'SEm had'a'xk^t gon.' 



the chieftainess. Then once more it was bad now. 



he-hwa'L 



egin- he 

 ning found 



10 



ia. 



HuX k-'el hwil hwi'ls Txii'msEm dat k-soho'k"sL sak- 



11 aL 



to 



Again one 



ts'Em-Le'sEms. 



did 



Txii'msEm 



when 



he induced to 



the 



K-'e ts'ent aL hwilpL SpE-uExno'q. 



Nass river. Then he entered the house of the magic 



place of power. 



12 Spa-waLk"L hwat. K-'e lo-hwa'nL he'ldEm g-at lat. Xsa'ndet. 



Place tabu is its name. Then in were many people in it. They were 



of K.lUlblillg. 



13 K-'et naxna's Wl-g-a't aL sEm-xda'x-t. K-'et hwaL k-'ii'guL 



Then heard Giant very hungry. Then he found one 



•14 Lgo-sg'a'n. K-'et k-SE-da'mik-sL lant. K-'et lo-wusEn-niEnma'nt 



small herring. Then out he squeezed itsspawn. Then in- along he rubbed it 



side 



' This is an allusion to the legend about how the raven obtained the salmon. See Boas, Indianieche 

 Sagen von der nord-pacifischen Ktiste Amenkas, Berlin, 1895, pp. 160, 174, 209. 



