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Tsimshian narratives: volume 2
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These oral histories, collected by Marius Barbeau and William Beynon from the Pacific Northwest reflect the Tsimshian relationship with the environment, their understanding of the spiritual universe and their interpretation of the physical world.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Abstract
- Résumé
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. The Origin of the Gitxawn Group at Kitsemkalem
- 2. Narrative of the Cannibal Society
- 3. Rivalry Between Tsibasa and Gunaxnutk
- 4. Meluleq's Taunting Song
- 5. Tsetsaut Attacks upon Kisgegas
- 6. A Raid by the People of Nass
- 7. Trading Feud of Hlitux on the Skeena River
- 8. Kaldo Raids Against the Tsetsaut
- 9. Tsetsaut Raids on the Kitwancool
- 10. Why the Eagles and the Wolves Fought at Laxsail, Alaska
- 11. The Conflict of Laxsail, Alaska
- 12. The Tlingit attack the Kitkatla
- 13. The Purchase of the Nahuhulk
- 14. The Laxlsewanem Fortrkss of the Gitwilgoats
- 15. The Controversy between the Nishikumik and Rapligidahl
- 16. The Origin of Niswaxs Among the Ginadoiks
- 17. The Bella Bella Origin of Legaix
- 18. Revenge of Legaix Upon the Haida
- 19. When Legaix's Mother was made a Captive
- 20. Gispaxloats Invasions of the Bella Bella
- 21. Githawn's Trading Privileges on the Upper Skeena
- 22. Legaix's Conflict with the Kitselas Tribe
- 23. The War Club Representing a Woman
- 24. Controversy over the Shark-Fin and Gnawing-Beaver Crests
- 25. The Xmas Feast of Legaix
- 26. Legaix's Supremacy Challenged
- 27. Controversy Between Legaix and Wisai
- 28. The Last Feast of Legaix
- 29. Legaix tries to Conquer the Nishga
- 30. The Supremacy of Legaix
- 31. Legaix Taunts the Gitlan
- 32. A Challenge Feast of Tsibasa
- 33. Legaix Cremates Himself
- 34. The Legaix Group Accused of Practicing Witchcraft
- 35. Legaix's Triumph
- 36. The Gispaxloats Raid on the Kispiox
- 37. Legaix's Attack on the Kispiox Tribe
- 38. Ayairansk, The Great Raven Warrior
- 39. A Stikine Raid upon the Kitisu
- 40. War Between the Gispaxloats and the Gitsis
- 41. The Origin and Adventure of Haimas
- 42. The Marriage of Haimas' Sister to Gusran
- 43. The Tsimshian way of Fighting
- 44. The Rise of the Kitkatla over the Tsimshian
- 45. The Origin of the Name Hale
- 46. Tsetsaut Raid on the Meluleq
- 47. A Peace Ceremony Between the Nishga and the Kisgegas
- 48. The Tradition of the Household of Naxl
- 49. The Murder of Maws
- 50. Hlidex, The Wolf Chief of the Nishga
- 51. The Ginaxangik Raid on the Nootka
- 52. The Ginaxangik at the War on the Sitka
- 53. The Gitxahla Fishing Eulachon on the Nass
- 54. Haida Wolves Held as Hostages
- 55. The Fight of Hlkuwasan
- 56. The Massacre of White Traders by Kamtsoop
- 57. When Legaix Tried to Murder Mr. Duncan
- 58. How Tamks Saved William Duncan's Life
- 59. A Trading Incident Between the Nishga and the Gispaxloats
- 60. The Wolf Chief Nislaganos
- 61. The Gitraitz Haida are Defeated by the Gispaxloats
- 62. The War of the Gispaxloats and the Haida
- 63. The Gispaxloats Fight the Hagwilget
- 64. Recent Tsimshian Warfare (1868)
- 65. The Eagle Royal House of the Gitwilgoats
- 66. Early Traders with the Tsimshian
- Illustrations