Haida texts and myths

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY: W. H. HOLMES, CHIEF BULLETIN 29 HAIDA TEXTS AND MYTHS SKIDEGATE DIALECT RECORDED BY JOHN R. SWANTON WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1905 CONTENTS Page. Introduction 5 Texts with free and interlinear translations: Moldy-forehead (Skidegate dialect) 7 Îłdī′nī (Masset dialect) 15 Stories accompanied by texts: How Shining-heavens caused himself to be born 26 How Master-carpenter began making a canoe to war with Southeast 32 Canoe people who wear headdresses 36 Tcꜝîñ qā′-idjît 44 The girl who fed a raven 48 Sounding-gambling-sticks 52 Tcꜝaawu′nkꜝa 58 Story of the Food-giving-town people 70 Story of Those-born-at-Skedans 86 Story told to …

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