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.site the door. Above the door, to his astonishni(>nt, he saw tne head 

 of tlie cliief's son who had disai)i)eared. He recooiii/ed him by tiie 

 al)alone-shell earring.s he wore. 



He picked up the live coals and started away with them. When he 

 came to tlie ice he threw tlu^ coals away. Then ho returned. Though 

 he had looked right at it, he did not believe himself. And he went 

 in agaiji, and again he put the coals into the fire. After he hiid looked 

 at)()ut tlu' house for a while he fastened his eyes upon it again. It was 

 really the chief's son. Then he went away with the burning coals. 



^Mien he was halfway back he also threw those coals away. He 

 thought: '* I must have been mistaken." Then he went back again. 

 He entered, and he put [fresh charcoal] into the fire. And as soon as 

 he hud done so, he looked. It was truly he. He saw with his e3^es. 

 Then he stai'ted ofi' with the burning coals. 



flust outside he threw them away. At once he I'an ofi' shouting. 

 ''The head of the chiefs son who disappeared forever is stuck up in 

 this house,'' he shouted out as he ran. As soon as they heard his voice 

 from the town they did not de'lay. They put on their armor, shields, 

 helmets. And they ran to fight with war spears and bows and 

 arrows. At once the}' fought with Sqag.ai\s children. 



She and her mother \vere the only ones from among her kindred 

 who were saved. Her brothers, however, thej^ destroyed. They (the 

 two women) came to live in a branch house in front of a hill behind the 

 town. She lived there some time with her daughter. Ever}- evening 

 she cried. They went to })ed, and they continued to lie there. 



One day she ofiered her daughter in marriage: ''Djlna'-a-a, naigii- 

 u-uls (Ja'oax (Tsimshian words). "'^^ A large creature came running 

 in at the side toward the door. 'M will marry your daughter.'' 

 ** \\'hat will you do when you marry my daughter r' "Oh, bother! 

 after 1 have married your dtiughter 1 will come out at one end of the 

 town and eat them all up from the end. I will eat them all.*' That 

 was (iri/zly-bear. 



At once she said the same thing again: '' DjTna'-a-a, djina'-a-a naigu- 

 u-us (xa'oax.""' Something with crookfnl legs came in. '* I will marry 

 your daughter." "' After you have married my daughter what will 

 you do for usf " 1 will tip the town over by digging it up with my 

 teeth." That was Beaver. 



"■ Djimx'-a-a, djIna'-a-a nalgu'-u-us Ga'oax." '" \\'liat will you do 

 after you have married my daughter T' ''I [willj run into the water 

 at the end of the town. •Then they [will] take me into some canoe, and 

 1 [will] make them quarrel. Then all the townsi)eople will kill each 

 other." That was Deer. 



Still another time [she cried]: " Djina'-a-a, djTna'-a-a nalgu'-u-us 

 Ga'oax.""' Someone came in and stood there. He had a i)OW for 

 a stati'. Feathers were around it in one place. He held arrows with 



