Myths and Legends of Alaska

PROVERBS

Tsimshian

A DEER, although toothless, may accomplish something.[5]

[5] Deceptive appearances.

He is just now sleeping on a deerskin.[6]

[6] Comfort now but trouble ahead.

He wants to die with all his teeth in his head.[7]

[7] Too reckless to live to old age.

You think Nass River is always calm.[8]

[8] Foolhardiness of those who think everything favorable to them. The mouth of the Nass is very rough.

You mistake the corner of the house for the door.[9]

[9] A gross blunder.

What will you eat when the snow is on the north side of the trees?[10]

[10] Improvidence. At the end of winter food is always scarce.

More than one hundred figures walk in single file through the snow

Travellers over the Chilkoot Pass (1891) after the Discovery of Gold

Looking Down Cut-off Canyon from below White Pass Summit

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