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slfix". He'tca ayA'x gmiAltcI'c Axa't-hAs Axdji't liAs TiwatA'n 



hat. It is true like it I thank you iny aunts to me they gave 



yiixi'xtc! WLitsIa'ga yuslA'xt! xe'du yAxt hAs aosl'ni. HeyidA't qo'a 



the frog cane * the devil's comb like to they gave. But now 



club 



uwaya' xAt wunc'xe yAxt Axtuwu' yAtf. YaAx}r}k!"-hAs hA'sduAtu'wu 



it is I had been like to my mind is. These my grand- their emblems 



.saved fathers 



dex uwaya' gaL! yex Atle'q! iye' xAt gogwAne'x. HeyidA't tclak" 



two it is' ehff like behind it ,so I will be saved. ' But now long 



time ago 



5 wunJi'wu AxI'c-hA8 axcu'iiax yen hAs uwaqo'x. Ade' hA'.sduyix 



died my fathers ashore there they came. There down to them 



qwagu't. Hade' tcIuLe'x hA'.sduyikq! xAt wune'x. A'a yu'a 



I will go. Now forever down with them I am saved. This is so, 



Axi'c-hAs.") 



my fathers.") 



Next the chief of the Tl hit tan might speak as follows: 



"Down in the Tsimshian country lived a young high-caste woman 

 who was captured by a dcviltish. The i)eople discovered that she was 

 lost, and tinally they began hunting for her, l)ut they could find her 

 nowhere. After they had given up looking for her they saw some ,young 

 devilfish coming up on the doorstep. The}^ were thrown down from 

 there upon the beach. Afterward they came back again. Then they 

 left them alone, and they climbed up into the chief's lap. From this 

 circumstance he found out what had luippened. He said, ■■ My daughter 

 must have been captured by the devilfish.' Then lie gave food to the 

 devilfishes. When they went away the food left over was carried down 

 after them and the trays were set down by the devilfish rock. When he 

 found out that his daughter was under that rock, he felt very happy." 



"So it was with you, my son. It was as if you had been captured 

 by the devilfishes. Therefore, these your father's people have come 

 down to ask you to partake of food with them from under that rock. 

 That is how your father's people have gotten 3'ou now. Therefore 

 they have taken the clothes off of you that have been wet by the sea 

 water and which you can not yourself see. It was so with that woman. 

 She could not see that her clothes were in that condition. Just so 3'ou 

 are now going to be given clothing from tlicse skins that Ijelonged to 

 your father's people. They will make a great fire to warm j^ou out of 

 everything your fathers' people have claimed. 



"This is the way it has been with you. The way your uncles were 

 taken away from you was just as though you had been captured by 

 devilfishes. I hope you will be warm this evening and lie down and 

 be comfortable. A'a yu'a (This is so)." 



The chief would answer thus: 



"Thank you, ray father's people, for having talked so well of me, 

 KiksA'di, Kasqiague'di, Tfilqoe'di, Tl hit tfin, and Qa'tcAdi. It is 

 so. I have been captured by the devilfishes. This trouble had cap- 



o See story 32, pp. 130-1 3 



