Traditions of the Thompson River Indians of British Columbia
- ISBN-10
- 1230352538
- ISBN-13
- 9781230352534
- Series
- Traditions of the Thompson River Indians of British Columbia
- Pages
- 64
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09
- Publisher
- Theclassics.Us
- Author
- James Alexander Teit
Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...of the rejected suitors threw a sickness on the girl, so that she died in a few days. The night after she was buried, the Otter repaired to the grave, and dug her up, and tried to resuscitate her until daybreak, but without avail. He then hastily buried the body again. During the daytime he sat sullen and sorrowful, without talking to any one, neither would he partake of food. At night he again dug up the body of his love, and tried to resuscitate her until daybreak. He did this four successive nights, and on the fourth he brought her so far back to life, that she was able to sit up and speak to him. He then took her on his back, to her father's house, laying her down in the same place she had occupied when in life, and which was not yet occupied by the people.219 He then lay down beside her, spreading her robe over both. The people woke up in the morning, and were startled to see a couple sleeping there in the place of the dead girl. Her father and mother cried out, "Whoever you are, don't sleep there, for evil will befall you." But the couple never moved. The people wondered who they might be, until the Coyote, who was sleeping in one corner of the house, said, in his usual peculiar manner of speaking, "It is the Otter, and he has dug up his sweetheart out of the grave, and brought her home." The people would not believe the Coyote until the Otter arose and told the girl to do the same. When the people saw it was their daughter brought back to life again, they were both astonished and pleased. Messengers were sent out to cry with a loud voice; and all the people gathered in the lodge to verify the statements, and to see the man who had restored her to life. The Otter then became a mighty shaman. One day he was lying...
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