[1-17, told by Philip; 18 to 20 and 3a told by Moses] 1. There was a chief who had a daughter who swallowed a leaf of a cedar when drinking water. Then she had a pretty child, a boy. The child was able to walk, but he did not eat. Then his grandfather worried. He called two old men to chew some food for the child. The two old men did so. They chewed some salmon and grease, and one of them scratched a scab from his shin. He put it among the salmon that he had chewed. Then the child ate what the old man had chewed; he ate very much. In the evening he ate one salmon in the house of his grandfather. He was hungry all the night, after the two old men who 2. What was he to eat? He went toward the beach searching for some food, but he did not find anything. Behold, there was a fish in 3. Then the prince put on his grandfather's dancing blanket. He went on, not knowing where he went. He tore his dancing blanket and was 5. Then they came to a deep canyon. He took the dried stein of a skunk-cabbage (?)and laid it across. He made a bridge. Then he himself went across, and after he had done so he called K*?ixō'm (that was the name of his slave) to come across; but the slave was afraid to follow Txä'msEm. After a while, however, he followed him, and when he Thus the slave found out that it was Txä'msEm. When the latter went about murdering he heard himself called very bad names. First the Bullhead called him Giant, and then the chief called him Eating-scabs-of-Wâ'sE. He was again very hungry. 8. Txä'msEm did another thing. He came to a chief, who called him into his house. His name was TEnō'kuLEnx. The house stood 9. Another time Txä'msEm came to the house of the Seal. The Seal invited him in. He was eating salmon. He took a dish and placed it near the fire; then he held up his hands near the fire so that they grew warm. Then grease dripped from his fingers and ran into the He went on, not knowing which way to turn. He came to the house of Salmon-berry-bird, who invited Txä'msEm in. Then he ate salmon. When he had finished eating, he drank. Now, Salmonberry-bird took a nice dish. He wiped it out. Then he rose and said, "Miyâ'! Miyâ'!" He said so very often. Then the dish was full of salmon-berries. Txä'msEm saw them and ate. Then he thought he would do the same. Secretly he took an unripe salmon-berry and put 10. He went on, not knowing which way to turn. Behold, he came out of the woods to a large town. There were people in front of the town fishing for halibut. Txä'msEm thought, "They have much bait, and I will eat it." He dived, and he saw the bait. He took it from 11. Txä'msEm went on. He was very hungry, and he saw a steelhead salmon jumping in the river. hen he devised a plan. He
That is the end of another adventure of Txä'msEm. He always ate all the food of the chiefs. He killed two chiefs, Grizzly Bear and Little Pitch. 15. He did another thing. He found the town of the air. He saw houses, and heard people saying, "The chief is coming," but he did not see anyone. A man said to him, "Enter the house of the chief." Then he entered. He walked proudly and erect. Behold, a mat was being spread for him on one side of the house. Txä'msEm sat down on it. Behold, a box opened of itself and salmon came out
17. Then he came to the house of Smoke-hole. The house was at the foot of a mountain. He entered. The chief said to his grandchildren,
18. He went on, and came to a house where a man lived near the beach. Then the Giant said: "I am your friend." The person replied, "That is good." The beach in front of the house was full of seals. The Giant ate them all during two nights. Then he killed his friend. He finished all the seals in front of the house, and he ate them all.