One day she offered her daughter in marriage: “Djīnâ′-â-â, nałgū-ū-ūs Ga′oax (Tsimshian words).”[28] A large creature came running in at the side toward the door. “I will marry your daughter.” “What will you do when you marry my daughter?” “Oh, bother! after I have married your daughter I will come out at one end of the town and eat them all up from the end. I will eat them all.” That was Grizzly-bear.
At once she said the same thing again: “Djīnâ′-â-â, djīnâ′-â-â nałgū-ū-ūs Ga′oax.” Something with crooked legs came in. “I will marry your daughter.” “After you have married my daughter what will you do for us?” “I will tip the town over by digging it up with my teeth.” That was Beaver.
“Djīnâ′-â-â, djīnâ′-â-â nałgū′-ū-ūs Ga′oax.” “What will you do after you have married my daughter?” “I [will] run into the water at the end of the town. Then they [will] take me into some canoe, and I [will] make them quarrel. Then all the townspeople will kill each other.” That was Deer.
Still another time [she cried]: “Djīnâ′-â-â, djīnâ′-â-â nałgū-ū-ūs Ga′oax.”[29] Someone came in and stood there. He had a bow for a staff. Feathers were around it in one place. He held arrows with [[168]]it in his hand. He had a quiver on his back. He had dancing leggings. He had a gable-crowned hat. He did not say a word. “What are you going to do if you marry my daughter?” He took a heavy step with his right foot. The earth cracked. “Stop! stop! great chief, you are the one.” Then the earth closed again. “Indeed, I thought that you had your daughter for me.”
He took off his hat. He laid aside his quiver. He started off with only two arrows and his bow. He rolled a grizzly bear down from a steep place with his foot. There he also rolled down a deer and a beaver. Again he started off. He brought a post out on his shoulder. He put it into the ground, and without waiting, pulled it out. He went to the other side and did the same thing there, also toward the door, and on the other side. There he let it stay.
Again he went off. He brought out a wall post. In the rear of the house he stuck it in, in the other corner, on the side toward the door, in the corner opposite to that.
He went off. He brought out a stringer. He put it up and, after he had moved it backward and forward a while, he took it over to the other side. He put it up on the wall posts, too, and on the opposite side. There he let it stay.
Again he went off. He brought a plank out on his shoulder. He set it up on edge above the side opposite the door, and he rolled it over. By doing this again and again he completed half [of the roof]. He did the same to the other half of the roof. He filled up that, too.
Again he went away. He brought out a wall plank. He stood it up, shoved it along, and one side of the front was filled. He treated the other side and the side opposite the door in the same way. He treated both sides of the house in the same way.[30]
The house was finished. He went away. He brought two white rocks. He rubbed them against each other and laid them down under the smoke hole. The fire burned continually. It was never extinguished.