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_ THE quINEea. HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 1 20, 1926

‘FISHING. BY TORCHLIGHT.

). ) AN INDIAN LEGEND
q . RECOUNTED, BY (MRS, ROXY I. TOMLINEON

“The original 1 name of. Hazelton,
B, C., was Kit-wan-makx, which
means “Rishing by. Torehlight’’.
The- legend. connected with this
+ name is believed: by. the natives
to be an historical fact, We will
let the readér judge ‘for himeelf.
. When the Indian girl attains
the age of puberty she is sent to
live | in a hut, which is usually
some .distance from the village.
The time of .her exile isa full
} year, - During the first four days
she- must fast, neither is she
“allowed to’ drink: from ‘a ‘recep:

tacle. A hallow bone,
from the wing-of the wild swan,
i is used for a ‘dritiking-tube, and

through this she may take a, small.

sip four times a day.’

, The fifth day. is one of great
rejoicing for the exiled gir] and:
the people of the village, for on
that dav the girl breaks her fast.

and i is allowed to eat dried salmon

@ after it has been thoroughly mas- |

licated oy four relatives from her
father’s side of the house. A
a feast is.spread in the village in
honor of the girl; dances. and
weird dirges are sung to the time
of the Indiap drum.

‘Daring: the remainder of the
f year the girl’s mother supplies
her with provisions,, but she is

not allawed to mingle with others

of her tribe. When the time of
m:her exile has passed she slips
ws into, her mother’s house, pnd no.

taken:

thing.is saidof her long absence;
itis taken quite as a matter.of

‘course, - .

‘Cumsha. Clatz. was the. daugh-
ter. of the head chief of. the. tribe
which was camped at: the forka
of the Skeena‘and., Bulkly rivers.
It.was'a: pretty spot, surrounded
by gigantic mountains and ‘dark
forests which teemed with wild
animals of all kinds. From these
and. the” swift. flowing rivets the].
Indians gained their livelihood.

Many, many years before’ the
white man penetrated the wilds
of Northern .B.C., Cumsha Clatz
lived here with ‘her. father and
mother. Her days were spent.in
hunting -with her . brothers, .and
the long winter evenings: in lis-:
tening to older, people-as they

related the tales of daring deeds.

and cunning acts. |

Cumsha Clatz had a dog which,
accompanied her and her brothers:
on their hunting trips. She was:
passionately fond of him, for he:
was a great hunter. - “No animal
was safe when Owsh was on its:
track, ‘since he never. failed to!
run it down. ‘The chief’s family:
was rarely without fresh meat,

Because Cumsba Clatz was the:
princess of her tribe it made no

‘difference in regard to the custom

to be carried out when she reach-

ed the age of wornanhood, for

she, like other girls, had. to be
exiled from her home for a year,

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-vlwas a Knoek.
“". {the door, expecting to greet her
ay ‘tother, but, to her ‘preat. sur-

~ | prise, ‘beheld. a man!
-._:|eold'and covered with snow, and
*""|tired, too, he informed her. '
".*. wish to: have a pilace where he
ot (might rest and get, warm.” '
-jhad been travelling all day and

mt ‘having ° séen him ‘before.

She aia: not ‘take kindly té: ‘the

; idea, for. her carefree life had not
‘Fitted her-!fori‘sitch bn ordeal.

When the time’ came for her to
be’ taken ‘away to the hut; she];
lunged--very. much to” be able ‘to
be able to' take her dog :with \her..
She had often, while out bunting,
voiced her. wish to Owsh, “but: he
appeared not to understand. .

After a couple - of weeks ‘the
girl. was, finding. ‘the loneliness
almost more than, she could bear.
She pictured her brothers and her
beloved dog on the bunt; and, oh,
how she wished that she had been
born a’ boy and: so-eseape that
awful solitude!

cine men in the village with their
drums. ‘and rattles, and dirges,
she was aroused by a scratehing
at the door. Hurriedly she open- |!
ed it, and ‘there before ‘her stood
her faithful old dog. He ‘seemed
just as pleased: as she was and
manifested his joy as only a dog.
can. . Early in the morning he|

j) was scratching at the door to be

let ‘out “again. Cumsha Clatz
opened the: door for him, and he
was off like the wind. ; Soon .he
returned and brought .two rab-
bits; which the girh hurried to:
skin and ‘cook: for their break-
fast. Day after day Owsh would’
make his appearance and bring

‘| fresh meat; often-he would stay:

the night.. Cumsha Clatz always:
looked for his coming and. found:
real joy in his companionship.
It had been snowing. all. day
and the paths through the forest
were piled high. ‘ Cumsha Clatz
was. atone, and was: hoping that
Owsh would come: to keep . her |
company. fer the night., He did
not. appear, and. she was. keenly:
disappointed, but she - listened.

pan She: thought she heard someone

There |
“The girl “opened

‘approaching | ‘the. ‘eabin.

He was
” He
“He

‘the loose snow had hindered his

2 Progress.

‘Cumsha Clatz wasina dilemma.

“I tie: ‘Tonged: to tall to a human
ae being, for she liad ‘seen none for
‘many moons.

This was‘a stran-
Per; “phe ‘eould not: remember
No
doubt ‘he was ignorant of the'fact

| that ‘ahe* was ‘forbidden’ to have!
| visitors, espécially ‘those of the}
|male sex.
‘|such was his name—begged so:
: hard to'be ‘taken in‘ that she gaye]
: Teongent,

However, ‘Gahoot—_

“He stayed: the night,
‘but long. before:dawn was: up and}:

Loft; Cumsha Clatz was .very- dis-}
eo appointed: . when. she »woke- and}
my found that her- visitor.‘had’ Rone.

_:  “Tast night he returned: again].
a and brought with hima quarter|: |
Jof bear meat.

mired his hunting skill, and again |

' {allowed him. to stay: all night. Ha]

The princess’. ad-

i continued, : ‘like: therdog,: to.come,

woot rabbits tand-;grouse,
aa ‘she noticed that: the e dor & anid’ the'

ui and g 0 ag he pleased.  Sometimes| _
1 The. would. -bring. fresh’ meat, and) | .

the. dog. quid. bring |:
- However, |.

While sitting one. evening | by |:
the fireside, listening to the medi- |’

Jto follow.

the house at the same time. This
seemed | strange” ‘to ‘the girl, for
Gahoot would — always throw a
shoe piece of meat down for the

-Gumnsha Clatz.racked her
teeta to remember any time that
the dog had been in the hut when’
Gahoot was there, but she could
hot recall their Kaving met. This
puzzled her, and while she tried

tu dismiss it from her mind, she
felt there must be some mystery.
She had already become the wife

of Gahoot, and she was worried,, _

for if the chief were to find out |
he: ‘would punish her severely. .”

One day when Gahoot was
talking he gave Cumsha Clatz
aside glance which so reminded
her of ..the. dog that, she was
startled, and she made up her
mind to follow her husband the
next. day, .see for herself what
happened, and thus solve ‘the.
mystery.

' Gahoot was awake very early
in the morning,, He made his
preparations for hunting, ‘rot his

breakfast, and .was off on_ his|| -

snowshoes. The girl made ready
snowshoes, she ‘started away.

‘On and on she walked, ‘keeping
on Gahoot’s tracks, for about
four or five miles, when she was
astonished to see a pair of snow-
‘shoes hanging from a tree ahead
‘of her.

snowshoe marks ceased were the
tracks of adog, Cumsha Clatz

‘a little thought she realized that|]
‘change. his personality into, that

dog she loved so. much was Ga-
hoot in the form of a beast.

She resolved that there was but
one thing to do—she must tell her
father. It would be hard to face
his wrath, the disgrace, and the
puhistinient. There was no other] |
solution. Then, too, she had
realized for some time that she
would soon becomea mother,‘and

to be made. She retraced her
steps with heavy heart, but in-
stead of woing to her hut, she
followed the trajl that lead to the
village and her father’s home, »
(To be continued).

dog and the man, were’ ‘never in| rc

Fastening on her|| -

‘wis bewildered at first, but after. |
‘Gahoot must have been able to,

of a dog or ‘a’ man,’ and ‘that: the}. +

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