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HAIDA TEXTS AND MYTHH 



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Gie'nhao liAii la gTidfi'nag.Ani. "Tfi'wa-i at o-iia dl l! Lx.it-liua. 

 Ga-i L.u Lla'hao iiAiT g-Ida's la qagA'nda-li'na." Gie/nhao ga qiAl 

 Ig.alclA'mdllas 1' guda'iiag-.An g.A'nstA la'g.a sa'wag.Aii. "Ha'osi 

 ta'wa-i 1a dalA'n Lx.i'tsi L.u'hao iiAii glda's Lv (jag.A'ndalifian 1' su'ga." 

 DjI'ina gut r sg.a'gas k'.ia'lhao hAn 1' guda'fiag-.An. Kliil'lhao la g.a 

 l! qo'yadai'3'ag.Ani. WAklia'lhao g.e'istA xagwa'-i at sg.ana'-i klisl'- 

 ga-filglgafiilg.ani. G.al qoan hao gu 1a Idja'u wAnsu'gAii. Qa'odihao 

 hAn xAii 1a gi ta'wa-i l! isdai'\'ag.Aiii. Hai asga'-i L.u'hao I'sifi V 

 .sg.ag.a'gas gien qiaga'-i lii'g.a 1a dAfiklustAsg.oa'uariag.ani. A'hao iiau 

 glda'gas qaga'nan wAusu'ga. 



Dag.ala'-ig.a hao silgia'ii 1a l! qa-isLai'yag,An. lu j^u'An iJ gliAgai'- 

 yag.Aii. Gana'xAii tci'sgwa-i wa gug.ei l! Lg.aL.x.ida'g.ani ga'yina-i 

 dA'nat xAu a. Tji'wa-i e'siii 1' til'-idies g.e'ixAn la sqotxagia'nag.ani, 

 Hao silgia'fi 1a dA'nat Luqil'-idan wAnsu'ga. L.u'hao giO/stA 1a l! 

 T..X. Ida's gu g'.a'lx.ua 1a dA'nat l! isg.a'waii wAnsu'ga. Tc!i'sgwa-i l! 

 L'g.atlAlsi at ga'yina-i rJ i'tlAlsi. 



Dag.ala'-ig.a ^JingaL.a'nasi gien ta'wa-i Lgu gl'na 1a gl'djigitLdjawas 

 gAm gut qlatgag.ri'nan wAnsu'ga. Hao l xa'gu ta'wa-i l! sqa'tg.aLti- 

 ga'nag.An. Qlii'da tcli'sgu l! itla'las iialga-A'nda sg'.u'nxAn gu Igl'- 

 djiawan wAn.su'ga. Gii'yina-i i'sifi Iqea'nia qfi'dji ga xao g.ei .stA'mgllaii 

 .sg.u'nxAn Idja'g.An. Luwa'-i e'sin skAnskwAn yu' + An gu Igi'g.odai- 

 5'ag.Ani. 



Hao Lan 1' g.e'ida. 



Fig. 1. — Diagram of bear deadfall. 



its endeavors to get through pulls the loop (//) out of the notch in the sqaoIg.ai''\va-i. 

 Tliis in turn releases the x.u'na, allowing the si^txasqla'gida to fall upon the animal's 

 back. 



^The fringe or row of puthn lieaks. 



*This paragraph represents an afterthought of the story-teller and should have 

 been inserted farther back. 



"Sleep, as in the present instance, is often represented as a substance called (Ixu. 

 Among my Masset stories is one of the Sleep-bird (QAfi). 



