Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents ix
3. Introduction xi
4. Foreword xxiii
5. In the Beginning
6. The Two Villages 3
7. The Two Survivors and the Search for a Husband 9
8. The Happenings in Heaven 13
9. The Gambling Game 18
10. The Birth of Damelahamid 22
11. People of Damelahamid
12. The Fatal Game 27
13. The First Punishment of Damelahamid 32
14. Meeting the Spirits 37
15. The Journey Home 41
16. People of Damelahamid
17. Strange Feasts 45
18. The Flood 52
19. The Medeek 56
20. Move to Kitsekucla
21. The Big Snowfall 63
22. Adventures of Two Sisters 66
23. Moving of Many People 69
24. Lo-tres-kū’s Story 71
25. The Origin of the Thunderbird, Twe Tjea-Adku
26. The Origin of the Thunderbird, Twe tjea-adku 77
27. The Origin of the Killer Whale
28. Gudeloch and the Princess 83
29. Gooch nach no emgit Finds a Bride 96
30. The Kidnapping 100
31. The Origin of Weeget and Quiskex
32. Strange Journeys 107
33. Weeget and the Water 115
34. How the People of Damelahamid First Brought Their form of Civilization to the Queen Charlotte Islands
35. The Strange Pregnancy 119
36. Return to Damelahamid 124
37. Conclusion 127
38. Glossary 132
39. Major Sources 139