Note 18 — Chapter IV · MYTHS AND LEGENDS

I did not obtain any legend of the origin of fire from the Oko̱-J̌uwo̱i and Aka-Ko̱l tribes, but a version from each of these tribes has been given by Mr Portman. A translation of Mr Portman’s Oko̱-J̌uwo̱i story is as follows18. “Mo̱m Mirit19 stole a fire-brand from Kuro-t’on-mika while Bilik was sleeping. He gave the brand to the late Leč, who then made fire at Karat-tatak-emi.”