BOAS] TSIMSHIAN TEXTS 231 



Tho chief had a tiro in liis house, and the birds reentered through 

 the smolve-hok\ Each threw some fat into the tiro, so tliat it lilazed 

 up high. They ))rought a long pole as high as a mountain, vvhicli was 

 covered with fat. The chief of the birds gave this pole to his father- 

 in-law, who divided it among his tribe. Then the chief and his peo- 

 ple in return gave presents to the chief of the Gi'ouses. They gave 

 him a feast, after which the birds left. The chiefs daughter and her 

 children went back with them to tho town of the Grouses. 



Tsegu'ksk" 



In the town Lax-anLoE, below Cx'iLwunksi'Lk, was a shaman who 

 owned a rattle and a carved squirrel, which became alive as soon as it 

 was dark. There was a village on the opposite side of the river, whose 

 inhabitants were enemies of tho shaman. One night he sent his 

 squirrel across tho river to kill his enemies. It olieyed and killed all 

 the people, with the exception of a few men. among them a shaman, 

 whose name was TsEgu'ksk". After the squirrel had killed all the 

 people, TsEgu'ksk" and three other men got into a canoe and descended 

 the river. He had a long Ijoard in his canoe which was painted red. 

 They landed near Cape Fox. There TsEgu'ksk" lay down on the 

 plank and covered himself with a mat made of cedar bark. Then 

 his friends made a small tire on the end of the plank and burnt 

 meat, tallow, and l)errios in tho tire. They turned tiioir faces away 

 from the plank, and when they looked again tho plank with the 

 tire and TsEgu'ksk" had disappeared. They heard a noise from the 

 depths of the sea. TsEgu'ksk" had been taken into the house of the 

 chief G'itk'staqL, who lives at the bottom of the sea. The chief sent 

 for a box drum. The three men h«ird the following song coming 

 from the deep: 



Wude', wude', wudC, lie'yi, wudu, wudn'. 



Hwil iiE-gEbga'bEL puVon qanL niiqL, iO', 



Hwil g'oL-qalgil'l qaba'q ie'. 



Hwil g'oL-die'qat wi-Ts'egii'uks ts'iiuL wi-hwi'lpsqat G'itk'tsEm -n-a'ApElG'. 



That is, "Fastened together are sea otter and killer-whale; scattered 

 are the cockles where TsEgu'ksk" walks about in his groat house at 

 Wa'opEl."' 



Then G'itk'staqL gave TsEgu'ksk" a club in shape of a land otter and 

 a small box, the lid of which was carved in the shape of a tin of a 

 whale. Furthermore, ho gave him a chamber-pot made of wt)od. He 

 said to him, " The river is frozen now. Take this, it will break the ice 

 for you. ■■ Then TsEgu'ksk" was sent back. All of a sudden he was seen 

 again in the canoe, and by him were the presents of the chief from 



1 A place near Clnua ilat. 



