TEXTS⁠[128]

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89. THE ORIGIN OF COPPER⁠[129]

A chief lived in the middle of a very long town. His daughter was fond of picking berries. Once she went for berries with her father’s slaves, and while picking far up in the woods she stepped upon some grizzly-bear’s dung. “They always leave things under people’s feet, those wide anuses,” she said. When they wanted to go down her basket broke, and her father’s slaves picked up the berries and put them back for her. Very close to her father’s house it broke again. Then one said to her, “Now pick them up yourself.” While she was putting them in a man came to her whirling a stick in his hand. “Let me marry you,” he said to her. Then he started off with her. He went up toward the woods with her and passed under two logs. These things which looked like logs were mountains.

An Town kułayᴀˊtǃ was long dîgīˊỵīga in the middle of aˊya u it was lived ānqāˊwo. a chief. Dusīˊ His daughter qokǃīˊtǃ berries akucîtᴀˊn. liked to pick. Qokǃīˊtǃ For berries ān with them ūˊat she went duīˊc her father’s guxqǃᵘ slaves tîn. with. Akāˊyan On it kaoʟ̣îỵᴀˊsǃ she stepped yux̣ūˊtsǃ the grizzly bear’s hāˊʟǃî dung yudāˊqqǃ way up in the woods qokǃīˊtǃê. while berrying. Yē So aỵaˊosîqa she said to yūx̣ūˊtsǃ the grizzly bear’s hāˊʟǃî, dung, “Tsǃᴀs “Always qaˊqǃosi feet ỵidêˊ down to hᴀs they aʟīˊʟǃ want, toq anuses qᴀkᵘ.” wide!” Ātxêˊqdê Down hᴀs they aỵᴀˊ when daāˊdawe wanting to go ỵˊaołikǃūts broke down dukᴀˊgu. her basket. Duīˊc252-5 Her father’s guxqǃūˊtcawe slaves it was ỵᴀsahēˊx were picking up and putting akāˊdê on to it dudjiỵîˊs. for her. ʟᴀxdêˊ Very close to yāˊduīc her father nełixᴀˊn- into his qǃawe house it was tsǃu again ỵaˊolikǃūts. it broke. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then yē so aỵaˊosîqa he (i. e., one) said to her “Tcǃa “Now waeˊtc you dēˊ right now ỵᴀsahaˊ.” pick it up.” Akāˊdê On to it tcǃa right ʟēˊ by nᴀˊxawe herself it was de at once ᴀt things aˊna she was putting in doxᴀˊnt to her ūˊwagut came yuqāˊ a man wᴀsǃ-ya a stick acakᴀˊnᴀłỵên. was whirling in his hand. “Iqâcaˊ” “Let me marry you”, ʟe then yūˊᴀciaˊosîqa. what he said to her. Tcǃuʟeˊ 252-10 Then ᴀcīˊn with her g̣oneˊ starting uwaᴀˊt. he went. Dᴀq Up datcūˊn toward the woods ᴀsiyuˊ it was dēx two xao logs taỵinᴀˊx under ᴀcīˊn with ỵāˊwaᴀt. her went. Xᴀtc These cāˊayu mountains were xao logs yᴀx like ᴀc her tuwāˊỵatî. looked to.

The people missed this woman. For that the people were called together, and they searched everywhere for her. It was the grizzly bear to which the high-caste woman had spoken angrily that married her. The grizzly-bear people kept going after salmon. After they had gone her husband went out after wet wood. She, however, always collected dry wood. When they came up from the salmon place they threw off their coats. They shook them. Something in these like grease would burn in the soaked wood. The woman’s dry wood, however, always went out. It was not long before they did something to the high-caste woman on account of it.

Duītēˊx For her qoỵaˊodūˊwaci searched yucawᴀˊt the woman yūˊantqenītc. the people. Yên [Every] where yuˊqodūciawa having searched duiteˊqǃ for her yug̣āˊ for that wuduwatᴀˊn. the people were called. Xᴀtc This x̣ūtsǃ grizzly bear qoaˊnî tribe ᴀsiyuˊ it was ᴀcūˊwaca that married her yuaˊxkǃᴀnya-kaˊoʟ̣îgᴀdî what-angrily-had-spoken-to yuānỵêˊdî. the high-caste girl. Xāt Salmon g̣ā for naᴀdîˊ going naᴀˊttc always went yux̣ūˊtsǃ the grizzly bear qoaˊnîˊ. tribe. Yuxāˊt The salmon g̣a for naᴀˊdî when they had gone itīˊqǃawe after they had left hīn wet tākᵘcāgê wood yᴀdanēˊnutc. he (her husband) always went after. Hoˊ She, qoˊa however, tsǃᴀs only x̣ūk dry wood ᴀʟīˊqǃanutc. always got. Kē Up ag̣aᴀˊdînawe 253-5 when they came xāt salmon āˊni place dᴀx from qākǃudᴀˊsǃ their coats kāxkîˊnde off duˊqêtcnutc. they always threw. Kᴀdukîˊksînutc. They always shook them. Atūtxīˊnawe From into it (clothing) ʟe then ex grease yêx like ᴀt something akug̣āˊntc would burn yūˊcaq the soaked wood xōqǃᵘ. among. Doaỵēˊ Hers, qoˊa however, aweˊ that thing tsǃᴀs only kułkīˊstc always went out yūˊx̣ūk the dry wood yūˊcāwat. the woman. Akāˊqǃawe For it was ʟēł not unałᴀˊ was long wâsaˊ what (or something) odusniyîˊ they did yuānyêˊtqǃᵘ. to the high-caste woman.

When they went out again, the woman saw smoke right under her foot. A grandmother mouse was coming out from under a little hill. It was that which was going to help her. “Come in, grandchild,” she said, “These are very dangerous animals you are among. The grizzly-bear people have carried you away.” She told her the truth. Then she gave her advice. “Over there is your father’s home.” So next morning when they were gone after salmon she started running in the opposite direction. When they came home at midday the grizzly-bear people missed her. The woman’s dress had rotted up there. After she had crossed one mountain she glanced behind her. It looked dark with grizzly bears. When they gained on her she began crying for her life. She came out on the edge of a lake. In the middle of this big lake a canoe was floating wearing a dance hat. It said to her, “Run this way into the water.” Then she ran into the water toward it. She was pulled in, and it went up with her into the sun.

Tsǃu Again ᴀnaāˊdawe when they were going tsǃu again hᴀs they wuāˊt went g̣ᴀˊng̣a for firewood tcǃa right yāˊdoqǃosî her foot ỵêdêˊ under aˊwe 253-10 that thing aositīˊn saw yucāˊwᴀttc the woman sǃēq. smoke. Yūˊgutc The little hill kîtūˊnᴀx out from under nacuˊ was coming out qᴀg̣ᴀˊqqocā-nᴀkǃ a grandmother-mouse. ᴀsiyuˊ It was that ᴀcigāˊ for her wusuˊ. would help. “Nēł “Into the house gu come tcxᴀnkǃ. grandchild. ʟēł Not niyaˊ easy kucîgᴀnēˊx what saved you ᴀt things iỵᴀˊdawe, around you xūtsǃ grizzly bear qoaˊni people aweˊ it was īˊusinēˊx.” saved you.” ᴀcīˊn To her qonāˊxdaq right akaˊwanîk. she told it. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then ᴀcukāˊwadjᴀ. she gave her advice. “Yūˊdo “Over there ỵīīˊc your father’s ānîˊ.” home.” Ayᴀˊxawe Like it it was tcǃu then tsǃutāˊt in the morning xāt salmon g̣a after naadêˊ, when they were going g̣onayeˊ started āˊdawe when they went ᴀdakᴀˊdīnawe in exactly the opposite direction yūt away wudjix̣īˊx̣. she ran. Yīˊgîỵî At midday ke up aāˊdawe when they came duitēˊx for her qoyaˊoduwacî they searched X̣ūtsǃ grizzly bear qoaˊnitc. tribe. Yāqǃ At this place kē up uwaʟǃᴀˊk had rotted duʟǃāˊke her dress yucāˊwᴀt. the woman’s. De Now ʟēqǃ one cā mountain kᴀnᴀˊx across ỵawucîx̣īˊawe when she had run qox back awuʟ̣îgêˊn she looked duîˊtdê. behind her. ʟē Then qag̣êˊt it was dark yᴀx like g̣âˊawe as if yatîˊ it was duîˊt to her x̣ūtsǃ grizzly bear qoaˊnî. 254-5 tribe. ᴀckāˊ On her yᴀx like ỵāg̣āāˊdawe when they were gaining ciaỵidēˊkdag̣āˊx. she began to cry for life. ᴀkǃayaxêˊ On the edge of a lake dāk out udjix̣īˊx̣. she ran. Yūˊa The lake ʟen big ᴀˊdî of it gīyīg̣ēˊt in the middle gwâyuˊ was łix̣āˊc was floating yūˊyākᵘ a canoe cᴀdakūˊqǃ a dance hat with high crown ᴀcaˊ. on its head. “Hāˊnde This way hīnt into the water icîˊx̣” you run”, yuaciaˊosîqa. what it said to her. ʟe Then akāˊde to it hīnt into the water wudjix̣īˊx̣. she ran. Yāx From it wuduwaỵēˊq. they pulled her in. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then ᴀcīˊn with her dekīˊt far up wudzîxᴀˊq it came to go g̣ᴀgāˊn sun tūt. into.

The sun’s sons had married a cannibal.⁠[130]Whomsoever they married never lasted long before they killed her. Now, however, they liked the one they had just married. To make way for her they killed the cannibal. They killed her over a Tsimshian town. They chopped her into very fine pieces. This is why there came to be so many cannibals there. They could see the Tsimshian town. When the sun got straight up over her father’s town they said, “Here is your father’s town.” Very soon they had a child. Their father’s canoe, a grizzly-bear canoe, stood at the end of this town. The canoe could hear. They loaded it with things. They put grease inside of it for their father-in-law. Then it walked away with them. After it had walked on for a long time it would stop suddenly. This was because it was hungry, and they would then break up a box of grease in front of the bow. They came in front of their father-in-law’s house. Then she recognized her father’s house, and went up in front of it. Then her brother came into the house and said, “My sister has come and is outside.” But his mother beat him because he claimed to see his sister who had been long dead. His mother went out. It was indeed true, and they were coming ashore. They did not see them (her husbands), however, for they were like streaks of moonlight. Now, after they had brought all their things up, one went out and said, “There is nothing there.” The wife said, “That moonlight down there is they. Tell them to come up.” So people went to tell them. They came up. Then the sunbeams lay alongside of the woman in streaks, and their little son in front of them was also like a sunbeam. After they were seated inside of the house they began to appear as if coming out of a fog. “Eat something, my daughter,” said the chief. Then a very young man ran to get water for them. But her husband took a fish-hawk’s quill out, and put this into it. If it bent over on account of the wet the man had not behaved himself. After they had examined everyone she sent her little brother, and her little brother always brought water for them. When her brother went away she took her husband’s bucket for the water herself. But after she had been twice a man near the water seized her hand. And, when she brought it into the house and set it close beside her husbands, they put the fish-hawk’s quill into it. This time, after her hand had been caught, the quill bent over with slime. Then they started to get up to go outside, away from her. She would catch first one and then the other, but her hands passed right through them. Then they ceased to see them. Their canoe, however, ran about on the lake.

Łuqᴀnāˊ Cannibal ᴀsiyuˊ it was hᴀs they āˊwaca married yūˊg̣ᴀgān the sun’s ỵêˊtqǃî. sons. Hᴀs They ᴀˊg̣acān when they married ʟēˊłsdjî never hᴀs 254-10 they ułsāˊkᵘ. lasted long. ʟē Then sadjᴀˊqx. they always killed [them.] Ỵīdᴀˊtî Now āˊỵî it was, qoˊaawe however, ctūˊgas they liked [the one] aˊodîca. they started to marry. Aˊya To aq make dᴀˊxawe way for her hᴀs they āˊwadjᴀq killed yūˊłūqᴀnaˊ. the cannibal. Tsǃūtsx̣ᴀˊn Tsimshian āˊnî town kînāˊqǃ on top of ayuˊ it was hᴀs they āˊwadjᴀq. killed. Tcǃaỵēˊguskî Very small wucdᴀˊx apart awułîsūˊ. they chopped her. ᴀtcaweˊ That is why łuqᴀnaˊ cannibals āˊcaỵᴀndihēn. began to be so many [there]. Tsǃūˊtsx̣ᴀn Tsimshian āˊnî town ʟe then kǃawêˊłguha. they could see. Duīˊc Her father’s āˊnî town akînāˊ on top of it wug̣ax̣îˊx̣în when gets yūˊg̣ᴀgān the sun ye thus yên there dosqêˊtc, they always said, “Hē “Here [is] duīˊc your father’s āˊnî.” town.” Wānanīˊsawe Very soon ỵēt baby hᴀs they āˊwa-ū. had. Hᴀsdutcukᴀˊtawe At the end of them (i. e., the town) ỵiatᴀˊn stood hᴀsduīˊc their father’s yāˊgu canoe, x̣ūtsǃ grizzly bear yākᵘ. canoe. Qōˊwaᴀxtc Could hear yūˊyākᵘ. the canoe. Āỵîˊs For it ᴀt things kaˊołiga. they loaded it with. Hᴀsduwūˊ Their father-in-law xᴀˊndî to dᴀnēˊt grease box aỵîdeˊ inside it ye thus wududzîˊnê. they came to put it. Hᴀsduīˊn With them g̣onayeˊ started ūwaguˊt. 255-5 it walked away. Tcǃākᵘ Long time yāˊnaguˊtîawe after it had walked on qox back ᴀkūˊdadjītc. it would turn suddenly. Xᴀtc This uˊtiyāng̣ahēˊn, when it would get hungry aweˊ when wēˊyākᵘ the canoe dᴀnēˊt grease box hᴀs they akustǃēˊqǃᴀtc would break up always ayatǃᴀˊkqǃᵘ. in front of the bow. Yūˊyākᵘ The canoe āeg̣ayāˊt below it hᴀs they ūˊwaqox went dūwuˊ. then his father-in-law. Awusikūˊ She knew duīˊc her father’s hîˊtî. house. ʟe Then āeg̣ayāˊ in front of [the house] dāq up ūwaguˊt. she came. Duīˊkǃtcawe Her brother it was nēłtǃāˊ into the house uwaguˊt came [and said] “ᴀxʟ̣āˊkǃ “My sister gānt outside ūwaguˊt.” came.” Akāˊqǃawe Foritwas dudjāˊq beat him duʟāˊtc his mother tcǃākᵘ a long time qot lost wudzîgīˊtî had come to be duʟ̣āˊkǃᴀtc his sister Wᴀq eyes kaodᴀnigītc. 255-10 he claimed to see with. Āˊyux Out to it wugūˊt went duʟāˊ. his mother. Xᴀtc That qǃēˊg̣a truly ᴀsiyuˊ was so dᴀˊqde ashore hᴀs they dułaˊt. were coming in their things. Hᴀs Them, qoˊa however ʟēł not hᴀs they dutīˊn. saw. Xᴀtc This dēˊtcǃa very thing ᴀˊsîyu it was yūˊᴀłdîˊs the moon qǃos shine (streaks) yêx like kātuwāˊ(ỵ)ati. was. Dāq Up kᴀdudjēˊławe when they brought all yūˊᴀtłaᴀt their things āˊyux out to them āˊwagut. [one] went. “ʟēł “Not da there ᴀt,” [is] a thing,” yūˊsiaodudziqa. what he said to them. Ducᴀˊt His wife ye thus ỵawaqaˊ, said, “Detcǃaˊaaweˊ “That is they weᴀłdîˊs-qǃos that moon shine ỵi down yêx like ỵatîˊ. there is. Yē Thus ỵana-isᴀqa you tell them a dāq up ỵiᴀˊdî.” to come.” Ye Thus ỵaˊodudzîqa. they came to tell them. Dāq Up uwaᴀˊt. they came. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then g̣ᴀgāˊn the sun qǃōs beams wᴀˊsâ how nēł in the house kᴀx across duguˊg̣un lay in streaks yūˊg̣ᴀgan the sun qǃōs beams yūˊcāwᴀt the woman tuwᴀˊnqǃ alongside of hᴀsduỵīˊt their son kǃᴀtskǃᵘ little tsǃu also qǃwᴀseỵêˊ in front of them, ᴀłtsǃuˊ and also g̣ᴀgāˊn sun qǃōs beams yêx like ỵatîˊ. were. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then nēłqǃ at the house yên there hᴀs they qēˊawe being seated tsa just then wᴀˊsa as if ᴀtūˊnᴀx from into it kês out yêˊnᴀx from there has they ỵî being yᴀˊxawe like that ỵasiateˊ was yuqog̣āˊsǃ.256-5 the fog. “ᴀtg̣ᴀxāˊ dê “Let eat something (imp.) ᴀxsīˊkǃᵘ” my daughter” yūˊỵawaqa what said yuānqāˊwo. the chief. ʟᴀx Very ckᴀstāˊx̣wâ was a young man aweˊ that wudjîx̣īˊx̣ ran hᴀsduqǃoeˊs for them hīˊng̣a. for water. Ax From it ke out āˊwatᴀn he took kîdjūˊk a fish-hawk qîˊnaỵî. its quill. ᴀqadêˊ Into it awatsāˊq. he put it. Yū If yên it kāˊwatᴀn bent over xēʟǃ slime qāx on account of ʟēł not ckaˊ wuckuˊk behaved himself yuqāˊ. the man. Cunāỵêˊt Everyone yên there da when yēˊg̣awetsa, they examined, duīˊkǃ her brother kǃᴀtskǃᵘ little. kāˊwaqa. she sent. Tcǃuʟēˊxdê Ever since then hīn water hᴀˊsduqǃoēˊdê for them āˊwayᴀ carried hᴀˊsduīkǃ their brother kǃᴀˊtskǃᵘ. little. Qot 256-10 Entirely g̣agūˊdawe when went away duīˊkǃ his brother hīn water g̣ā for aˊwatan she took qǃīcaˊ bucket duxoˊxqǃᵘ her husbands wᴀˊnqǃes. for. Dᴀˊxda Twice hīˊng̣a for water gūˊdawe when she went ᴀcdjīˊn her hand awuˊłîcāt caught qā a man hīn water qǃēqǃ. near (by the). Tcǃuʟeˊ Then nēł into the house awîˊsīneˊawe when she brought it duxoˊxqǃᵘ her husbands awᴀˊn close by xᴀˊnqǃ to aqadēˊ into it uduwatsāˊk they put [it] kîdjūˊk fish-hawk qǃîˊnaỵî. its quill Tcǃuyūˊ The time dudjīˊn her hand wudułcādî was caught aweˊ when ʟa then yūˊyênkāˊwatᴀn it bent xēʟǃqāx. slime from. ʟē Then awēˊ it was wudînaˊq started to get up duxoˊxqǃᵘ her husbands wᴀˊng̣ᴀˊndî to go outside dunᴀˊq. from her. Tsǃuhēˊtǃaawe First one and then the other ag̣acᴀˊttc, when she would catch ʟe then atūˊnᴀx through them wudjᴀˊłtc. [her hands] would go. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then ʟēł not hᴀs they wudustīˊn. saw [them]. Hᴀˊsduyāˊgu Their canoe, qoˊa aweˊ however, ā lake kᴀt on wudjix̣īˊx̣. ran up.

After that the sun’s children began to wish that filth would kill their son. This is why poverty always kills a little boy when his father dies. After her little child had begun to suffer very much they compelled him to go outside with his mother. She made a house with branches at the other end of the town. There she stayed with her little child. She continually bathed her little child inside of the house of branches, and he grew larger there. People kept throwing the leavings of food on top of their house. They always called him “This man living here.” They would laugh at him. Whenever the little boy ran out among the boys who were playing they said “Uh! Garbage-man.” Now he said to his mother, “Make a bow and arrows for me.” And, after she had made them, he went out shooting just at daybreak. He shot all kinds of things. When he was getting to be a man, he kept going up close by the lake.

Hᴀsdūỵīˊdî Their son, qoˊa aweˊ however, yēˊᴀt for this hᴀs they aodîcîˊ came to wish qahāˊsǃtc filth ỵāqgadjāˊq. would kill him. ᴀtcaweˊ This is why duīˊc his father nᴀg̣anāˊn when he dies ᴀtkǃᴀˊtskǃᵘ a little boy’s qǃᴀnᴀskîdēˊtc poverty wudjāˊqtc. always is killed of. ʟax Very wâˊyu when kᴀcūˊsawedê257-5 had suffered duyêˊtkǃᵘ, her little child duʟāˊ his mother tîn with gāˊnîyᴀx outside kaˊoduʟ̣î-uˊ. they let him go. Ān Town tcukᴀˊqǃawe at the other end of tcāc branch hît house akaˊ at it aołîyᴀˊx. she made. Duyêˊtkǃᵒ Her little child ᴀˊqǃ then ān with it yē so wutîˊ. she stayed. ᴀˊcutcnutc She always bathed duyêˊtkǃᵒ her little child yūˊtcāc the branch hît house ỵîk. inside. Desgwᴀˊtc Now ʟǃagāˊyan he was getting nᴀłgēˊn. large. Qaqǃaitēˊawe Garbage dukadêˊq on top of him (i. e., his house) dog̣êˊtcnutc. they would always throw. “Yāˊtǃayauwaqāˊ,” “This man living here,” yuaweˊ was what daỵadoqāˊnutc. they always called him. Uˊx At him udułcuˊqnutc. they would laugh. Wānanīˊsawe As soon as yux out wudjix̣īˊx̣ he ran yuᴀtkǃᴀˊtskǃᵒ257-10 the little boy ᴀckułỵêˊtîxōqǃ. among the boys playing. “Tca-īˊ “Oh! you dirty Qǃaīˊtî-cūyeˊ-qā” garbage-man” ʟa then yūˊduwasa. what they called him. Duʟāˊ His mother ye thus aỵaˊosîqa, he asked, “Sᴀks “Bows and arrows ᴀˊxdjîỵîs for me łayᴀˊx.” make.” aʟeˊ Then ye so anᴀsnīˊawe when she had made them tcǃūˊya just then akᴀˊndagᴀnêaweˊ when it was daylight ānaguˊttc he always went atǃoˊktǃ. shooting with them. Łdakᴀˊt All ᴀˊdawe things those atǃoˊktǃînutc. he would shoot. Qāx Getting to be a man ỵaqsatīˊyawe when he was desgwaˊtc now yūˊākǃ the lake aỵahêˊtaqguttc. he always went up close by.

After he had gone up there many times something came up quickly toward him. Its mouth was red. After it had done so twice he asked his mother, “What is that, mother?” Then he prepared a new spear. “When it opens its mouth for you and puts its forefeet up on land run down to it. It is your father’s canoe.” So he went there and it opened its mouth for him. His mother had said, “Shoot it in the mouth,” and, when he had shot it, it was heard to say “G̣a,” like a raven. It was as if its seats had been all cut off. It was a copper canoe in which were wide seats. The canoe was nothing but copper and broke entirely up. Throughout the night he carried it into his house to his mother. No person knew of it.

Qǃūˊna Many times āˊdaq inland to it gūˊtsawe after he had gone ᴀcỵîs for him ỵînᴀx toward ke up qǃēˊwax̣ix̣. came quickly. Qǃānᴀˊx It was around mouth łatîˊ was ᴀłeqǃāˊ. red. Dᴀxdanīˊn Twice ye so ᴀc him nᴀsnīˊ it had done for duʟāˊ his mother qǃēˊwawūsǃ, he asked, “Dāˊsayu “What is that, aʟeˊ?” mother?” Tcuʟeˊ Then yên there aˊosînî he prepared ỵīs spear ʟāk. new. “Dekīˊ Seaward qǃwᴀn now dāq out īcīˊq you run îyᴀˊx for you qǃaowutǃāˊxe it opens its mouth x̣ākᵘ claws qâˊdjî gᴀˊłaat. it puts up on land. Iīˊc Your father yāguˊ his canoe aweˊ. it is. aqǃ To it āyᴀˊx so dugudēˊawe 258-5 when he had gone ᴀcyᴀˊx for him qǃēˊwatǃāx. it opened its mouth. “Dułēqǃᴀˊ “Its (mouth’s) redness tcᴀ right in tǃuˊk.” shoot it.” Tcǃuʟeˊ Then awutǃūˊguawe when he had shot it ye so uduwaᴀˊx it was heard to say “G̣ā” “G̣a,” yēł raven yᴀˊx. like. Ayêˊx As if caỵaˊoʟ̣ix̣ac were all cut off yeyᴀˊx like it aweˊ that wūneˊ it was ayêxakǃāˊwu. its seats. Xᴀtc It was ēq a copper yāˊgu canoe ayuˊ that yēkᵘdīwuqǃ in it were wide ayᴀxakǃāwˊo. seats. Xᴀtc It was tcǃᴀs only ʟe then yēˊtî was ēˊqayu, copper it was ʟe and kāˊwawᴀʟǃ broke up yūˊyākᵘ the canoe łdakᴀˊt all ā. did. Tāt Night ỵinᴀˊx throughout aweˊ it was āˊwaya he carried duhîˊtî his house dê to duʟāˊ his mother xᴀˊndî. to. ʟēł Not Łīngîˊttc 258-10 Tlingit wuskoˊ. knew it.

Now he began making a big house out of copper. He would pound out spears and bracelets under the branches. In those days there was no iron or copper. He also pounded out copper plates. Then he set them all round the inside of the house. When they threw garbage upon his house [they kept calling him] “Pounding-chief.” After he had finished the house there were plenty of copper plates which he kept pounding out. When they laughed at him and he ran outside they would say, “Uh! Garbage-man.” There was a chief’s daughter whom they would let no one marry. After people from all places had tried to get her he prepared himself. He dressed himself at night. He took a piece of twisted copper. He knew where the chief’s daughter slept. He poked the woman through a hole with this copper roll, and the woman caught hold of it. She smelt it. She did not know what the copper was, no person in the world having ever seen copper. Then he called to her saying, “Come outside,” and she went outside to him. “Go down to my house with me. With me you shall stay,” he said to her. She did not know whence the man came. The man that used to be called dirty was only going to the beach with her. Just before she touched the door it opened inward. The copper door shone in her face. Whence were all those coppers that stood around inside of the house? Then he married her in his house.

Tcǃuʟeˊ Then āˊʟen big one hîˊtxawe into house it was ỵāˊnᴀłyᴀx he was making from yuīˊq. the copper. Yutcāˊctaỵīqǃ Under the branches adeˊawe there it was āˊtǃᴀqǃanutc he would pound ʟāq spears sᴀkᵘ for kīs bracelets sᴀkᵘ. for. ʟēł Not g̣ayēˊsǃ iron qōstīˊỵīn there was qaˊtcu or ēq copper yᴀx like ỵatīˊỵī were ᴀt. things. Tînnaˊ Copper plates yax like tsǃu also atǃēˊqǃ. he pounded. ʟe Then nēł in the house ỵīˊya inside ᴀcᴀˊkᴀnadjᴀł. he set them all down. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then dokᴀˊt on him ku-doxēˊtc they always threw qǃaīteˊ. garbage. “Yāˊdatǃᴀˊqǃ-anqāˊwo.” “This pounding rich man.” Yên When asnīˊ he finished wehîˊt the house qa and yuˊtînna the copper plate de of cāˊỵadîhēn there were plenty yūˊnîłqǃ in that house adeˊ at them ᴀtǃaqǃᴀˊt. he was pounding. Tcǃayeˊ So uˊxanᴀx at him dułcuˊg̣taweˊ, when they laughed, kǃêsāˊnî little boys xō among yux out nacîˊqtc. would run. “Tca-īˊ “Oh! you dirty qǃa-iteˊ-cūˊye-qā.” garbage-man.” Yūˊansǃatîˊ-si A rich man’s daughter ʟēł not dudjîdeˊ to her yēˊqasadoˊha. would let anyone have. Łdakᴀˊt All [places] yētx from ducāˊqǃaweˊ when they tried to marry tcǃuʟeˊ then aỵîˊs for her yēn there ūˊwani. he got ready. Hūtc He, qoˊa however, tāˊdawe at night ctāˊde259-5 himself yēˊdjîwudîne. dressed up. Eq Copper kᴀtîˊqǃ a twist of aosîteˊ. took. Ātēˊxya Where she slept aosîkuˊ he knew yuānỵēˊdê. the rich man’s daughter. Tǃaqǃāˊnᴀxawe From the hole ᴀtc that yu-ᴀqłîˊtsᴀqk he was pushing with it yucāˊwᴀt the woman yuēˊq-kᴀtîˊqǃtc. the copper roll. Yucawāˊttc The woman aołicāˊt. caught it. Aodzînîˊqǃ. She smelt it. ʟēł Not ag̣aˊ what (for it) wus-ha it was [she knew] yuēˊq. the copper. ʟēł Not łīngîˊt-ānēˊqǃ in the world ax of it dustîˊndjîayuˊ having ever seen ēq. copper. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then āˊwaxox, he called her, “Hāgu “Come gāˊnqǃa.” outside.” Xᴀˊni To him yux outside wugūˊt. she went. “ᴀxhîˊtîỵīdêˊ “Down to my house xāˊnaᴀde. go with me. Axᴀniỵeˊ With me îq-gwâteˊ” you are going to stay,” yūˊaỵaosîqa. what he said to her. Gudᴀxqāˊx259-10 From whence sayuˊ it was ūˊwadjî he came ʟēł not yeˊawusku. she knew. Yūˊduīqonīˊk The man they used to call [dirty] qāx come to be the man sateỵîˊ, it was tsǃᴀs only yuîˊqtê to the beach ayuˊ that ᴀcīˊn with her ỵāˊnaᴀt. was going. Tcǃa Just dudjîˊ before her cukᴀdaweˊ in front of nēł into thehouse cūˊdjîxîn, it flew, yuēˊq the copper qǃaxāˊt door duyêˊt her face kaodîgᴀˊnaỵîˊ. shining in. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then gutxᴀˊtsayu from where was it ʟe then nēłỵīˊ down inside the house caỵaqāˊwadjᴀł stood all around yūˊtînna. the coppers. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then āˊwaca he married her duhîˊtîqǃ. in his house.

By and by the people began searching for that woman. They missed her for many days. Two days were passed in searching for her. Then her father said to a slave, “Search below here.” The slave searched there for her. When he had looked into the house the slave backed out. It began shining in his face. Then the woman’s husband from inside the house said to him, “Come in. Do not tell about my house,” he said. “Say Garbage-man has married her.” When he came into the house he told about it. He said, “Garbage-man has married her.” Then they started to rush out. Her mother cried, “My daughter!” Then they rushed to his door. They kicked into the house, under the house made of branches. “Dᴀm” it sounded. It shone out into her face, and they started back from the house door. Where was their anger against him? Then she became ashamed. After they got home he sent for his father-in-law, and he put eight coppers on him because he had married his daughter. Then they threw the branch house away, letting the copper shine out. But his father had done this purposely to him in order to help him. So even now, when a man is poor, something comes to help him. This shows how valuable copper was at the place where this happened. Even lately a copper plate used to cost two slaves. It has since become an everlasting thing there (i. e., it is now used there all the time).

Du-īg̣āˊ For her qodicīˊ they started to hunt yūˊcawᴀt. that woman. Wudūˊdziha They came to miss her kǃūˊnỵagīỵî. for many days. Kᴀnaxsaˊ After dēx two [days] oxeˊ were passed ᴀg̣aˊ for her ug̣aˊqoduciỵaˊ. while they were hunting. Wānanīˊsawe And then duīˊc her father gux, a slave, yeˊ thus aỵaˊosîqa, said to, “Kǃē “Good g̣ênaˊt below here qeˊcî.” hunt.” ᴀt Then kūˊwacî hunted yūˊgux the slave doxᴀˊnt. for her. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then āˊnēł into the house ỵawusaỵeˊawe when he looked yūˊgux the slave g̣āˊnî outside qoˊxodjîqᴀq. backed. Duỵêˊt His face kaˊodigᴀn. it started to shine in Yuhîˊt The house ỵīˊdᴀx,260-5 from in, “Nēł “Into the house guˊ” come,” yūˊaỵaosîqa what said to him yūˊcāwᴀt the woman’s xoxtc. husband. “Łîł “Never kīnigīˊq tell it ya axhîˊtî” about my house,” ʟe then yūˊaỵaosîqa. he said to him. Yē So qoˊa but yên there aỵaˊosîqa, he said to him, “Qǃa-īˊtîcuye-qātc “Garbage-man uwacaˊ” married her” yuqǃwᴀˊnskāniłnîk. tell that. Lᴀ Then nēł into the house wugudīˊawe when he came akaˊwanêk. he told it. “Qǃa-īˊîcuye-qātc “Garbage-man uwacaˊ” married her” yūˊckᴀłnīk. he said. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then aweˊ it was yūx out hᴀs they djuˊdeᴀt. started to rush. “ᴀxsīˊkǃ” “My daughter” yūˊqǃoyaqa said duʟaˊ. her mother. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then aqǃaˊwułt to his door hᴀs they łūˊwaguq. rushed. Yūˊtcac-hît260-10 The branch house g̣etłaˊa inside hît house nēł into ᴀcukaˊołîtsᴀx. they kicked. “Dᴀm” “Dᴀm” yūˊyudowaᴀx. it was heard like. Duyêˊtayu Her face it was kaodigᴀˊn. it started to shine in. Yuhîˊtỵīanᴀˊq From the house door gāˊnīqox back outside hᴀs they wuˊdiqêʟǃ. started to go. Gūsūˊ Where aỵîˊs for him kǃānt anger wunūˊgu. was. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then kāwadīˊqǃ. she became ashamed. Nēłdêˊ Home hᴀs they naāˊdawe when went ag̣āˊ for him qoqāˊawaqa he sent for duwuˊ. his father-in-law. Doxᴀˊnt To him hᴀs they āˊdawe when came nᴀsǃgaducuˊ eight tînnaˊ coppers ᴀcnāˊỵe on him aosîˊne he put ᴀsīˊ his daughter awucāˊỵetc. because he married. ʟe Then adadᴀˊxdê from around it caoduʟ̣îg̣êˊtc they threw away from yutcāˊc-hît the branch house ỵīỵî. did. Yut Out kaˊodigᴀn started to shine yūˊēq. the copper. Qoˊa But duīˊc his father aweˊ that one ye so ᴀcīˊt to him taˊoditᴀn did it purposely duīg̣āˊ for him ᴀt something nᴀg̣asūˊt. to help him out. ᴀtcaweˊ This is why ỵiỵidᴀˊde even now qawu a man tsǃu also qǃanᴀckîdēˊx poor nᴀˊxsᴀtīn is yug̣āˊayu for him ᴀt something yᴀsēˊk. comes up and helps out. ᴀtcaweˊ This is why hēˊnᴀxa there ēq copper āˊqǃaołitsīn. is expensive. ᴀqǃ At it ye so ᴀt thing wuniỵīˊtc. happened. Tcǃuyaˊ ỵîdᴀt xᴀˊng̣āt Even lately tsǃu too dēx two gux261-5 slaves ckᴀˊteᴀtsinen used to cost tînnaˊ. a copper. Tcᴀ Become ʟᴀˊkᵘ an everlasting qoˊdzîtīˊỵī-ᴀtx living thing sîtîˊ it is ᴀqǃ. there.

90. THE MAN WHO WAS ABANDONED

People living in a long town were suffering from famine. A certain man stayed with his uncle, who had two wives. The people were very hungry. This man was always sleeping, for he was lazy. When their food was all gone, they started away from the lazy man to camp, but his uncle’s wife threw some dried fish into a hole beside the house post for him, while she was walking around back of the fire. Then she said to him, “I threw a piece of dried fish into the post hole for you.” He would put a small piece of this into his mouth. When he took it out, he would go to sleep. He always had his head covered.

Qowauˊwau Were living āntqenîˊ people ān town qołayᴀˊtqǃ in a long aayaˊ where ᴀqǃ in it qōˊwaēn. was a famine. Dukāˊk His uncle xᴀnqǃ with yēˊỵatî, he stayed yuqā. a man. Dᴀxnᴀˊx Two ỵatîˊ were dukāˊk his uncle’s cᴀt. wives. Yuqāˊ The men āˊawe those yān were dēnkūˊwane. very hungry. Tcǃa lᴀkᵘ Always natēˊtc slept yuqāˊ the man, ūdzîkaˊ. he was lazy. ʟᴀx Very qāqǃaxᴀˊnt to men acux̣īˊx̣awe when [food] was all gone naołig̣āˊsǃ they started for camp dunᴀˊq from him yūˊudzikaỵa-qua. the lazy man. Dīỵīˊnᴀx Back of the fire aa it was dukāˊk his uncle’s caˊttcawe262-5 wife that g̣āsǃ-kǃî post hole iteˊdê down in the ᴀt something wug̣ēˊqǃ threw ᴀtqǃēˊcî dried fish doqǃēˊs. for him. Tca Just as adêˊ there wuckᴀˊt around wudiguˊt she started to walk diyēˊdî. at the rear of the fire. Ayuˊ When yeˊ thus aciaˊosîqa she said to him “Eqǃēˊs “For you g̣āsǃ-kǃî post hole ītīˊdî into ᴀtqǃēˊci dried fish xâg̣ēˊqǃ.” I threw.” Yēˊkᵘg̣e A small piece aweˊ that wuctūˊdî into his mouth andatīˊtc. he would put. Āx From it ke out ag̣atīˊn when he took it tcǃa Lᴀkᵘ all the time natēˊtc. he would sleep. Cᴀnaˊodasǃîˊttc. He would always cover his head.

Suddenly something said to him, “I am come to help you.” When he looked there was nothing there. At once he fell asleep. Hunger was overcoming him. At once he prepared himself for it. What was speaking to him was a small thing running around him. Its teeth were long. Then he took it away. He put it among his rags, and fell asleep again. Then he dreamed that it said to him, “Put me into the water.” When it was getting light he did so. He went down into the water with it. He kept throwing it up and down in his hands. Saying, “You came to help me,” he threw it into the water. Where he threw it in [the water] smoked. And when it was getting dark he covered his head. When day was beginning to dawn he heard the cry of the raven below him. A halibut had drifted ashore there, and the thing that was helping him was at its heart.

Wananīˊsawe At once duỵîxᴀˊndî down close to him yē thus ỵaˊodudzîqa, something said to him, “Iīg̣āˊ “For you xᴀt I wūsuˊ.” come to help.” ʟēkǃ262-10 Not gwâˊyᴀł wudaᴀˊt was anything there ᴀt at it ᴀłg̣ēˊn. when he looked. Wananīˊsawe At once tātc asleep uwadjᴀˊq. he fell (or was killed by). Dadukᴀˊnᴀx Overcoming him yᴀx like ỵatîˊ was yūłˊāx̣ᵘ. the famine. Wananīˊsawe And then yên there aỵāˊwayᴀk. he got ready for it. Yūˊye-ᴀct-āỵaqa-ᴀt What was speaking to him yekułigāˊỵî-ᴀtaweˊ was a small thing which duyāxᴀˊnt around by him wudjîx̣īˊx̣. was running. Duūˊx Its teeth yēkdiyāˊtǃ. were long. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then ax from it (up) āˊwacāt. he took it. Doᴀtsǃīˊʟǃ His rags tūˊqǃawe among aỵāˊwacᴀt. he put it. ʟe Then tātc asleep uwadjᴀˊq. he fell. Ye As follows adjūˊn, he dreamt, “Hīnqǃ “In the water qǃwᴀn (imp.) yên there xᴀt me cᴀt,” put,” yu-ᴀct-āˊỵaqa. what it said to him. Ỵaqēnaēˊnî It was getting light aweˊ when ayᴀˊx like it aˊosîne. he did. Eg̣e Inside ān with it ỵēq down [to the water] uwaguˊt.263-5 he went. Dudjīˊn His hands tāˊqǃawe in those ke up [and down] āxêˊtctc. he threw it always. “Xāg̣aˊ “For me iwasuˊ,” you come to help,” yēˊaỵênᴀsqāˊawe when he said so hīn water nᴀx into āwaxēˊtc. he threw it. Wuduwasǃᴀˊqawe It smoked ᴀt where āwaxêˊtciỵa. he threw it. ʟe Then yêˊndiỵax there x̣înᴀˊ-ᴀˊtî it was getting dark aweˊ when canaˊodîsǃît. he began to cover his head. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then aqēˊnaēˊnî it was getting toward daylight tî’nawe when with āˊwaᴀx he heard yēł raven’s sa cry duīg̣ayaˊdê. below him. Tcāʟ Halibut gwâˊỵa it was yāˊnᴀx ashore yên there aˊosîguq. drifted. ᴀtēˊsǃî Its heart kadeˊqǃ on it aỵax̣ᴀˊt was yūˊ-ᴀcīg̣āˊ-wusūˊwu-ᴀt. the thing that helped him.

Quickly he built a house. He built a big one. In the morning he went down to the beach with his helper and let it go. Toward daylight he again heard the raven’s call at the beach, and he ran down. Then five seals were floating below him, one behind another. His helper hung around the neck of the fifth, and he took it off. One could not see about inside of his house on account of the drippings. His uncles who had left him, however, were suffering from famine.

Tsǃayuˊkǃawe263-10 Quickly hît house yᴀx he djiˊwᴀne. made. Aʟēˊn A big one aołiyᴀˊx. he made. Tsǃutāˊdawe In the morning it was ēq beach an with it ỵēq down uwaguˊt, he went ᴀdjiwanᴀˊq and let it go tsǃu. also. Āx After that ỵaqēˊga aˊawe when it was getting daylight tsǃu again eq beach de at wudūˊwaᴀx he heard yēł the raven’s sa. call. Āˊỵēq Down there wudjix̣īˊx̣. he ran. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then kīdjîˊnawe five wudcuˊta one behind another kaˊodiha started to float yūˊtsa the seals duīg̣aỵāˊqǃ. below him. Kidjîˊna The fifth one’s łēdᴀˊqǃ neck adēˊawe around qǃayax̣ᴀˊt. it hung. Weˊaciye g̣ānasēˊtc-ᴀt Around his neck thing daᴀtxakāˊ from it awadjᴀˊŁ. he took. ʟēł Not dutīˊn could be seen de duhîˊtî his house aỵî inside of it yuqᴀłūˊxtcātc. on account of the drippings. Yu acnᴀˊq-wułîg̣āˊsǃî Those from him went dukāˊk-hᴀs his uncle’s, qo however, yaēˊn dēn suffering from famine wūˊnî. were.

Suddenly some mountain sheep came out above him. He let it go among them. Then all fell down. The inside of his house could not be seen on account of the great abundance of food.

Wananīˊsawe At once dukînāˊda on top of him (i. e., above him), kaˊodîkǃîtǃ came out djᴀˊnwu. mountain sheep. Xōˊde Among them adjīˊwanᴀq. he let it go quickly. ʟē Then łdakᴀˊt all dāq down kawasūˊs. fell. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then ʟēł not wudutīˊn could be seen de duhîˊtîỵî-ᴀt the things inside of his house cāˊỵełahēn264-5 [on account of] plenty of ʟēn. great.

Now when his uncle thought that he had died he sent some one thither to burn his body. His slaves that he told to go after him came thither, and he called the slaves into the house. They came up. He gave them things to eat, and they remained with him one night. One of these slaves had a child. Then he said to them, “Do not take away anything.” The little slave, however, threw a piece inside of something. “Tell your household that you burned me up.” He left those directions with them.

Dutuwūˊtc łāˊxawe When he thought he had died of famine dukāˊktc his uncle adeˊ thither kokāˊwaqa told some to go duīg̣aˊ for him qᴀg̣āˊx dusqāˊndayu. in order to burn up [his body]. Dugūˊxqǃo His slaves aˊde there akāˊwaqa he told to go ᴀtxaweˊt after it doxᴀˊnt to him uwaqoˊx. (they) came. Wēˊguxqǃ The slaves nēłdeˊ into the house awaxōˊx. he called. Dāq Up aˊosiᴀt. [they] came. Qǃēx He was ᴀt tīx. giving them things to eat. ʟēqǃ One [night] ᴀcxᴀˊnî with him uwaxeˊ. [they] stayed. Aˊsiwe It was ỵêˊtkǃwaỵa u had a child yūˊgux. a slave. Yēˊsdo-daỵaqa,264-10 He said to them, “Łîˊł “Nothing ke away aiˊcᴀˊtdjīk take” qǃwᴀn.” (imp.). Aᴀˊsiwe ᴀt tūˊde It was something into āˊwug̣ēqǃ threw yūˊguxkǃutc. the little slave. “Dekēˊwu tusigᴀˊn “We burned him up yu-qǃwᴀˊn-ckan-īłnīk-îtsǃāˊtītîn.” tell your household.” Yūˊyên That word ᴀcukāˊwadja. he left with them.

When they reached home that night the baby began to cry: “Little fat, Little fat,” the slave’s child began to cry out. There was a great famine in the town whither the people had moved. Some among them had died. Then the chief thought about the way the slave’s baby was crying. He kept crying louder: “Little fat, Little fat,” he cried. His mother said, “He is crying for the inside of a clam.” But the slave had a piece of fat on her side for her baby. She sat up with it. Its mouth was greasy all over. At once she confessed to him. She said to her master, “He is there. The things that he has are many.”

Tāt ān At night home hᴀs they qōˊxawe when got ke out kaˊodigᴀx began to cry duỵêˊtkǃᵒ. the baby. “Tayêˊkǃwe, “Little fat, tayêˊkǃwe,” Little fat,” yūk out dag̣āˊx started to cry yūˊgux the slave’s ỵêtkǃᵒ. child. Qōˊwaēn There was a great famine yūˊān in the town yūˊ-ᴀt-naołigᴀˊsǃîỵa. where the people moved to. ᴀˊxo ałᴀx̣ᵘtǃ. Among them some died. Āˊwe This āˊwaqēt thought about yūanqāˊwutc the chief yu-adêˊq-dag̣ᴀˊxỵa the way was crying yūˊgux the slave’s ỵêˊtkǃᵒ. baby. Tsǃᴀs Only akaˊ to it ke up akᴀnatīˊn. he was adding [he was making it louder]. Yūk Out dag̣āˊx cried in this way yūˊgux the slave’s ỵêˊtkǃᵒ: baby: “Tāˊỵakǃwe, “Little fat, tāˊyakǃwe.” Little fat.” Yūk Out dag̣āˊx cried yūˊgux the slave’s ỵêtkǃᵒ. child. “G̣aˊʟg̣eỵīˊawe “The inside of a clam it is ỵīˊaỵasākᵘ,” he is calling for,” duʟāˊ his mother ye so ỵawaqaˊ. said. Xᴀtc265-5 But kîtcyêˊdawe a piece [of fat] on her side āˊdatīn had yūˊguxtc the slave duỵêˊtkǃᵒ her baby qǃēs. for. Ān With it caˊodîqe. she started to sit up. Dōˊqǃwᴀ Its mouth daˊwᴀłîtêtʟǃ. was greasy all over. Wananīˊsawe At once ān to him yên there akāˊwanîk. she told it to him (her master). Ye Thus ān to him akāˊwanîk she told dusǃatīˊ her master tîn. to. “Āˊwu ho. “He is there. Aʟ̣ēˊn ᴀt Many things cāˊỵᴀłahēˊnawe there are many dudjīˊ.” he has.”

Then all started thither. Indeed it was a great quantity of things that he had. The wife of his uncle who had hated him tried to make herself look pretty, but when she wiped her face something got inside of the rag and she cut her face. But the one who had thrown something into the post hole for him, he thought kindly toward. Then the people moved to him. He willed, however, that the food should not fill his uncle or his uncle’s wife. Just where they lay, his uncle and his uncle’s wife were dead. So he married the other wife that helped him. The food his helper obtained for him, however, he sold for slaves. The people came to him to buy everything. Afterward he fixed a little box for the thing that had helped him. No one ever saw it because it was kept out of sight.

Tcǃuʟeˊ Then nāqǃ thither kaˊodowᴀnaˊadê. all started. Tcayᴀˊx Like it gwâˊyu it was aʟēˊn great there ᴀt-caỵᴀˊłahēn quantity of things g̣wâyūˊ it was dudjīˊ. he had. ʟ̣ukᴀtctāˊdᴀna Tried to make herself look pretty ʟēqǃ one ᴀtīˊỵia it was dukāˊk cᴀt his uncle’s wife, ᴀcakǃāˊne-a. the one that had hated him. Duˊyeda265-10 Her face ᴀłg̣ēˊgu was wiping ayuˊ when ᴀtūˊx inside of it (rag) ᴀt something wux̣īˊx̣. got. Duwᴀckᴀˊ Her face awakǃᴀˊkǃᵘ. she cut. Wēˊdoqǃes The one for him g̣āˊsǃ-kǃî post hole ītīˊdî into ᴀt something wug̣ēˊqǃêa threw, qoˊa however, kǃedēˊn in a good way ᴀt something tōˊditᴀn. he started to have thought. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then doxᴀˊnt to him naołîg̣ᴀˊsǃ moved yūˊāntqenî. the people. Yudukāˊk His uncle, qoˊa ye however, so ᴀtūˊdîtᴀn, he started to think of yūˊᴀtxā food łqǃēˊa would kūˊnᴀx duˊnugu not fill him qa dukāˊk cāt. and his uncle’s wife. Tcǃa Just aˊdê at it taỵēˊdî he lay aweˊ where kaołîtǃîˊk he was dead dukāˊk his uncle qa and dukāˊk cᴀt. his uncle’s wife. Yu-ᴀcīˊt-wudacīˊỵia The one that helped him dukāˊk his uncle’s cᴀt wife ʟe then āˊwaca. he married. Yūˊ-ān-duīg̣āˊ-qowasūˊ-ᴀt The food his helper got for him, qoˊa aweˊ however, gūx slaves g̣ā for awahūˊn. he sold. Duīˊtx From him yᴀx like ỵaˊodudzî-ū came to buy all the stuff āntqeniˊ. the people. Yên There kudagāˊawe when he got through ᴀdakeˊtkǃe a little box for him aosîneˊ he fixed yu-ᴀcīg̣āˊ-wusuwuˊ-ᴀt. the thing that helped him. ʟēł Not aduˊtsa anyone ye so ustîˊntc ever saw it tcaqāˊwᴀq everyone’s eyes wᴀntǃēˊqǃayu. because it was out of sight of.

One day a whale came along, moving up and down, and he let his helper go at it. In the morning the big whale floated up below on the beach. When all were busy with the whale he forgot his helper. It was hanging to the last piece. When they took up the whale he forgot it. And because he forgot it all of the people were destroyed. This is why people say to a lazy man even now: “You will be like the man that was abandoned.” All the things that had been killed came to life. Some ran into the water and some into the woods. The people were completely destroyed.

Dekīˊx266-5 Way out ỵāỵiêˊndaxun went along up and down yāˊî. a whale. Āˊde To it ᴀtcīˊwanᴀq. he let this go. Tsǃutāˊtayu In the morning it was eqêg̣ayāˊnᴀx below on the beach yên there akāˊwaha floated up yuyāˊî the whale Lᴀnqǃ. big. Tcǃu Then atāˊt with it qoỵaˊostāg̣e all were busy ayuˊ when yuyāˊî the whale akᴀˊtsiwᴀqǃᴀkᵘ. he forgot it. Yuhūˊtcǃî-āˊỵê The last piece daˊde to qǃax̣ᴀˊtî. was hanging. Akᴀˊtsiwaqǃᴀkᵘ He forgot it dāq up kᴀdudjēˊłayu when they took yuyāˊî. the whale. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then akᴀˊ tsa because wuqǃag̣ōˊdjayu he forgot it qot destroyed cūˊwax̣ix̣ were all yūˊantqenî. the people. ᴀtcayuˊ This is why, “Yeˊ-ᴀtg̣âku-nᴀq-naołîg̣āˊsǃî266-10 “The man they went away from wūckāˊdjātê the lazy man yᴀx like qǃwᴀn (imp.) īng̣âˊte.” you will be.” Yūˊa-inî-ᴀt The things killed he had łdakᴀˊt all qox back [to life] wuˊdîᴀt. came. Hīˊndê Into the water a it was ᴀt some kāˊwaᴀt ran qā and dᴀˊqdî. [some] up. Hūtcǃ Finally łdakᴀˊt all qotx destroyed cūˊwax̣īx̣ were all yūˊantqenî. the people.

91. THE SHAMAN WHO WENT INTO THE FIRE, AND THE HERON’S SON⁠[131]

A little boy’s friends were all gone. His uncle was a great hunter, and the little boy was always going around far up in the woods with bow and arrows. He was growing bigger. He also went out with his uncle. His uncle went about everywhere to kill things. He always brought plenty of game down from the mountains.

Ducᴀgūˊnî His friends qotx destroyed cūˊwax̣īx̣ all were yū-ᴀt-kǃᴀˊtskǃᵒ. a little boy’s. Dukāˊk His uncle, qoˊa however, ᴀt sǃatēˊx become a great hunter sîtî. was. Tcǃaguˊtsᴀ Everywhere naguˊttc was always going around yu-ᴀt-kǃᴀˊtskǃᵘ the little boy tcūˊnet bow and arrows tîn with yudāˊq. way up inthe woods Desgwᴀˊtc Now ʟǃagāˊłigê. he was getting bigger. Ān With him he wułîg̣āˊsǃ. went out. Qołyēˊs For a long time ᴀt things wudjāˊq he could kill cūt anywhere naguˊttc was always going dukāˊk his uncle Cāˊỵadadᴀx from the mountains ỵēq down ᴀt things kūdjēˊłtc he always brought aʟēˊn. plenty.

One time he again went hunting. At that time the inside of the house was full of the sides of mountain sheep, on racks. His uncle’s wife hated her husband’s little nephew very much. When she went outside for a moment, he broke off a little piece of fat from the sides of mountain sheep hanging on the rack, to put inside of his cheek. Although there was so much he broke off only so much. Then his uncle’s wife looked all around. The end piece was not there. “Is it you that has done this?” she said to her husband’s little nephew. He cried and said, “No.” Then she put her hand inside of his cheek. “Why don’t you go up on the mountain?” [she said.] She scratched the inside of his cheek. Blood ran out of his mouth. While crying he pulled his uncle’s box toward him. He took his uncle’s whetstone out of it. Meanwhile his uncle was far away.

267-5Wānanīˊsawe At once wugūˊt he went tsǃu again ᴀt things łūn. to hunt. Yūˊnēł In the house, qoˊa however ᴀt-kᴀgedīˊtc sides of mountain sheep coałihîˊk yūˊkᴀxỵî. it was full of upon a rack. Hawāˊstaga ᴀcikǃāˊn [His uncle’s wife] hated him very much doxoˊx her husband’s qeł nephew kǃᴀˊtskǃᵒ. little. Gᴀˊnde Outside nagūˊtawe when she was going dukāˊk cᴀt his uncle’s yāˊkᴀxỵēˊx wife on the rack dîx̣wᴀˊtsǃî hanging ᴀtkageˊdî the mountain-sheep sides cūtx from it awaʟīˊqǃ he broke off yutayᴀˊkǃ a little piece of fat tcǃa just dūˊwᴀc his cheek tūˊg̣ā. for the inside of. Hagūˊsa Much ʟᴀx very yēˊỵakugāˊỵi yet he only broke off much. ᴀt. so ᴀt aoʟ̣îg̣êˊn Looked all around dokāˊk his uncle’s cᴀttc. wife. ʟe Then gwâyᴀˊł not it was acūˊwua. was any there. “Waēˊtc “You gâwêˊ is ge ? 267-10yēˊsînî,” did it,” ʟe then yūˊaỵaosîqa she said to duxoˊx her husband’s qēł nephew kǃᴀtskǃᵘ. little. Tcǃa Just adēˊ at it g̣ᴀxyēˊdê he was crying aweˊ when ye thus aỵaˊosîqa, he said, “ʟēkǃ.” “No.” Tcǃuʟeˊ Then aˊwᴀc his cheek tūˊdî inside of wūcîˊ she put her hand doxoˊx her husband’s qēłkǃ. nephew’s. “Wāˊsᴀł “Why not cāỵadat up on the mountain iguˊt?” you go?” Awᴀctuˊ Inside of his cheek akᴀʟ̣āˊk. she scratched. Doqǃēˊnᴀx From his mouth cî blood ỵēˊkuwūq. ran. Tcǃa Just adîˊ at it g̣ᴀxỵēˊde he was crying aweˊ when dukāˊk his uncle’s qōˊgu box tūt toward him aosīîˊn. he pulled. Aỵîˊkdᴀx From inside ke out āˊwatī he took dokāˊk his uncle’s ỵaỵīˊnᴀkǃo. whetstone. Dukāˊk His uncle kō far uyêˊx. was away.

Then he started off into the woods, carrying the whetstone, and came out to a creek. He came out on a sandy bank, pounded (or scooped) it out like a salmon, and made a nest beside the water. He stayed upon it overnight. His dream was like this. He was told, “Let it swim down into the water.” It was his spirit that told him to do this.

When his uncle came down he missed him. He asked his wife, “Where is my nephew?” She answered. “He went up that way with his bow and arrows.”

268-5ʟe Then g̣onayeˊ started uwaguˊt ᴀtgotūˊdî. he went off into the woods. Hīn Creek yax to hîˊtaq out uwaguˊt he came weyaỵīˊna the whetstone x̣ᴀkᵘ sandy [bank or bar] ka an dak on with it out uwaguˊt. became. Akᴀtǃēˊqǃ He pounded it out xāt yᴀx. salmon like. Kut Nest awasǃîˊt he made yuhīˊn-yāxqǃ. by the water. Akaˊ On it uwaxeˊ he stayed overnight yukuˊt.ˊ the nest. Dutcūˊnî His dream ayuˊ yē it was thus ỵatî.ˊ was. Ye So daỵaˊdoqa, they said to him, “Hīnỵîˊx “Down in water nᴀsqǃāˊq.” the let it swim.” Xᴀtc This duyuyēˊk his spirit ᴀseyuˊ was ye so ᴀcīˊt to him tūˊditᴀn. started to have him do. Duitīˊqǃ After him ỵēq down uwaguˊt came dukāˊk. his uncle. Aqǃewūˊsǃ He asked ducᴀˊt, his wife, “Gūsuˊ “Where ho is 268-10ᴀxqēˊłkǃ.” my nephew?” “Wēˊde “Up that way aweˊ it was tcūˊnēt bow and arrows aˊołiāt.” he took.”

When [the boy] got up farther he made another nest. This man was named “For-little-slave.” He made eight nests. Now his spirit helper began to come to him on the last. At that time he took his whetstone down into the creek, and it swam up in it. Then he lost his senses and went right up against the cliff. He stayed up there against the cliff. Everything came to hear him there—sea gulls, eagles, etc. When his spirits left him they would always be destroyed—the eagles, sea gulls, all of them.

Nāˊnāqǃ Farther ke up gūˊtawe when he went tsǃuˊa another uwasǃîˊt he made wekuˊt a nest sᴀkᵘ. for. “Guˊxkǃᵘsᴀkᵘ,” “For-little-slave,” yūˊdowasakᵘ was named yuqāˊ. the man. Nᴀsǃgaducuˊ Eight awasǃîˊt he made yukuˊt. the nests. Hūtcǃîaỵeˊ The last one kᴀˊqǃawe on it was uxyēˊk his spirit uwatsǃᴀˊq. began to come to him. Tcǃᴀˊtcǃa Just then ag̣āˊawe hīn creek ỵī down into yaawatîˊ he took duyaỵīˊnaỵî. his whetstone. Hīn Creek ỵîkt up in wuʟ̣îtsîˊs. it swam. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then łstāˊx senseless awudᴀnūˊkᵘ he got aweˊ when yug̣āˊʟǃ the cliff ỵêt right up against wudzigîˊt. he came to go. ᴀx̣ Right up then wułix̣āˊtǃ he stayed yūˊg̣āʟǃ the cliff ya. against. ᴀˊqǃawe At it doqǃᴀˊkᴀt to him wuskēˊntc always came to hear łdakᴀˊt-ᴀt, everything, kēˊʟ̣adî, seagull, tcākǃ. eagle. Qotx Destroyed cūˊnax̣îx̣tc they would always be duīˊtx from him qeyēˊk his spirit, g̣aᴀˊtîn, when they would go, yutcāˊkǃ, the eagle, kēˊʟ̣adî, seagull, łdakᴀˊt all of them a. would be destroyed.

Now, his uncle hunted for him. After he had been out for eight days he discovered the nest his nephew had made by the creek. He saw all the nests his nephew had camped in. His uncle looked into the creek. The salmon was swimming there, and he camped under the nest. Afterward he listened. In the morning he heard the beating made by shamans’ sticks. He heard it just in the middle of the cliff. Then he came up underneath it. Before he thought that [his nephew] had seen him, his nephew spoke to him: “You came under me the wrong way, uncle.” The uncle pitied his nephew very much. “Come up by this corner,” said his nephew. Ever afterward he was named, “For-little-slave.” Then his uncle asked him, “What caused you to do this?” He did not say that his uncle’s wife had scratched the inside of his cheek. Instead he said to his uncle: “Cave spirits told me to come here.” This was a big cave, bigger than a house.

269-5Duīg̣āˊ For him quwacîˊ hunted dukāˊk. his uncle. Nᴀsǃgaducuˊ Eight days uxeˊ he had been out aqᴀˊx there quuwacīˊ he found yukuˊt the nest duqēˊłkǃ his nephew aˊdjî iteˊ made yuhīˊn the creek yāxqǃ. by. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then łdakᴀˊt all āˊwusitīn he saw yukuˊtqǃ the nests duqēˊłkǃ his nephew ᴀx there kēnaxēˊnîỵa. he had been camping [going up]. Yuhīˊn The creek ỵîkt down in aoʟ̣îg̣êˊn looked dukāˊk. his uncle. Aỵîˊx In it uwaqǃᴀˊq was swimming yuxāˊt. the salmon. Āˊuwaxe He camped yukuˊt the nest taỵeˊ. under. ᴀtxāˊwe From there qołᴀˊxsǃ. he listened. Tsǃutāˊtawe In the morning āˊwaᴀx he heard xēˊtca beating of shaman’s sticks kayēˊk. for spirits. Tcǃa Just yūˊg̣eʟǃ the cliff yakᴀtūˊde in the middle of aweˊ it was 269-10āˊwaᴀx. he heard. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then ᴀkǃeỵīˊt underneath it ūˊwagut. he came. Tcǃuł Before ᴀc him utēˊnx he saw ᴀc him wudjîỵīˊayu he thought ᴀcīˊt to him qǃēˊwatᴀn. he spoke. “Qâq The wrong way ỵēˊnᴀx along ᴀxtaỵīˊt under me īˊỵagut you came, kāk.” uncle.” Lᴀx Very wâˊsa how awug̣āˊx he pitied duqēˊłkǃ his nephew hūtc. he. “He “This qǃênguˊkcî corner nᴀˊxo from ke up guˊ.” come.” Gūxkǃᵒ Little slave saguˊtc ever since then yē thus uwasaˊ. he was named. Dukāˊktc His uncle qǃēˊwawūs, asked him, “Dātkułāˊnsaỵa “What caused you yē thus qēỵanūˊkᵘ.” to do?” ʟēł Not ān to him akāˊwunīk he told duwᴀˊctu into his cheek kaˊoduʟ̣akᵘ she scratched yāˊnᴀx. of his. “Āˊwu “There is tatūˊk a cave yēkqǃîˊtc spirits adêˊ there xᴀt me kūnaˊ,” told to go,” yūˊaỵaosîqa he said to dukāˊk his uncle aʟēˊn big tatūˊkâyu cave it was hît house ỵāˊnᴀx bigger than kug̣eˊ. it was.

Then his spirits came to him while his uncle was with him. They went inside, and his uncle beat time for him. Then he told his uncle to remember this: “When the spirit Nīx̣âˊ runs into the fire with me, do not let me burn up. While I am getting small throw me into a basket.” That was the way he did with him. It ran into the fire with him, and he threw him into the basket. Then he always came to life inside of the basket. He became a big man again.

Tcǃuʟeˊ Then kāyēˊk his spirit wūāˊt came to him dukāˊk his uncle tîn. with. Aˊỵi nēł Inside into the house hᴀs they āt came ᴀc him qǃaxēˊtc beat with beating sticks for 270-5dukāˊk. his uncle. Yên Then ᴀcukāˊwadja he told to remember dukāˊk. his uncle “Gᴀnᴀłtāˊ “Into the fire xān with me gu then g̣acīˊx̣ when runs yuyēˊk the spirit Nīx̣âˊ, Nix̣â, łîł never ʟᴀx very ye so xᴀt me kugᴀˊndjîq. let burn up. Tcuyēˊ While xᴀt I kǃugēˊikǃî am getting small qǃwᴀn (imp.) łītǃ basket tūˊdayu into it is x̣ᴀt me nag̣ēˊỵagîqǃt.” throw.” Ayᴀˊxawe Like that aosîˊne he did ᴀcīˊn with him gᴀnᴀłtāˊ into the fire dîcîˊx̣ it ran łītǃ basket tūˊdî into ᴀc him wug̣ēˊqǃ. he threw. ʟe Then ᴀˊqǃawe at it qoˊxodaguttc he always came alive yułīˊtǃ the basket tūqǃ. inside of Aʟēˊn A big qāx man becoming nᴀstīˊtc. he always was.

That same evening he sent out his uncle to call, “This way those that can sing.” Then the cliff could hardly be seen for the mountain sheep that came down to look into the cave. When they were seated there, he whirled about his bow and arrows and all the mountain sheep were destroyed. The inside of the cave was full of them. Now, he said to his uncle: “Take off the hides.” He was singing for great Nix̣âˊ. When the spirit came out of him he reminded his uncle, “When it runs into the fire with me, don’t forget to take me out and put me into the basket.”

270-10ᴀdᴀˊx After that x̣āˊna-awe that evening qǃēˊg̣a truly yūˊᴀqǃ outside aqǃāˊwana he sent out dukāˊk. his uncle. “Hādeˊwᴀt “This way ᴀt-cīˊỵî.” those that can sing.” ʟēˊławe Not ᴀt things akaˊodag̣ān could be seen (i. e. hardly be seen) yug̣ēˊʟǃ the cliff djᴀˊnuwu mountain sheep yūˊtatūk the cave ỵidêˊ into ᴀdołtīnīˊ [came] to look on sᴀkᵘ. for. Yên There qēˊawe when they were seated dusᴀˊksî his bow and arrows yūˊaosînî, he whirled, ʟa then qotx destroyed cūˊwax̣ix all were yudjêˊnuwa. the mountain sheep. Yutatūˊkỵî Inside the cave ʟe then cāˊwahîk. it was full. Dukāˊkawe āˊadjî His uncle it was to this one kāˊwaqa, he said, “Dātx “From there kīˊdᴀsǃîʟ.” take off the hides.” Aỵacîˊ He was singing for Nix̣âˊ Nix̣âˊ ʟēn. big. Dutūˊtx From inside of him ke out yîcīˊx̣ came the spirit dukāˊk his uncle yên there yuaỵᴀsîqēˊk. he reminded. “Xān “With me gᴀnᴀłtāˊt into the fire îcîˊx̣ni when it runs qǃwᴀn (imp.) akᴀˊttse don’t îsaqǃāˊkᵘ you forget āx from it dāq out xᴀt me īcāˊdê you take łītǃ basket tūˊdê.” in the.”

After all of the sheeps’ sides were covered up he sent him for his wife. He came up with his wife into the cave. Then he said to his uncle: “Take the half-basket in which we cook. Mash up the inside fat for your wife.” His spirits took out the woman’s bottom part from her. For this reason the woman never got full eating the mountain-sheep fat. She could not taste the fat. He put her in this condition because she had scratched the inside of his cheek.

ᴀc nacᴀˊttc Taking all yên there kudag̣aˊ were covered up yūˊtatūk the cave ỵīqǃ in yudjêˊnwu the sheeps’ kagēˊdî sides ducᴀˊt his wife g̣a for ᴀc him kāˊwaqa. he sent. Ān With her ke up ūˊwaᴀt he came ducᴀˊt his wife tatūˊk cave taỵīˊqǃ. in under 271-5We-akᴀˊt-ᴀt That-in-it-thing gatūˊsî we cook kᴀgᵘ-tāˊỵî half-basket qǃwᴀn (imp.) tsǃū also gatāˊn. take. “Ayîˊk-ᴀˊdî “What belongs inside (the inside fat) katǃᴀˊqǃ” mash up,” dukāˊk his uncle ye thus aỵaˊosîqa, he said to “îcᴀˊt “your wife qǃēs.” for.” Akǃūˊłî Bottom part āx from her āˊwatê took yūˊcāwᴀt the woman yuqg̣wahēˊỵᴀkᵘ (or duyēˊgî). his spirits. Ayᴀˊxawe This is why ʟēł not ye so unᴀˊxtc ever got full yucāˊwᴀt, the woman, ᴀtaỵîˊ fat ᴀxaˊ eating yudjêˊnwu. the mountain sheep. ʟēł Not qǃeakutᴀˊnūk she could taste yūˊtāî. the fat. ᴀqǃāˊqǃ On account of it duwᴀctuˊ his cheek akawuʟ̣āgūˊtcawe she scratched the inside of yē thus ᴀqsayīˊn. he got her.

By and by he said to his uncle: “Make your mind courageous when Nix̣âˊ comes in.” In the evening he told his uncle to go out and call. The cliffs could hardly be seen. Grizzly bears came in front of the house to the door of the cave. They extended far up in lines. Then his uncle started the song for the spirit. They kept coming inside. Suddenly a grizzly bear came in. It was as if eagle down were tied around its ears. At that [the uncle’s] wife became scared and broke in two. He did this to her because she had scratched on the inside of his cheek on account of the fat. His spirit also ran into the fire with him. While his uncle stood in fear of the grizzly bear, For-little-slave burned up in the fire.

271-10Yē Thus adaˊỵaqa he said to dokāˊk, his uncle, “Îtuwūˊ “Your mind qǃwᴀn (imp.) cᴀtǃîˊqǃ make courageous Nîx̣âˊ Nix̣âˊ neł into house guˊtni.” when he comes.” X̣āˊnaawe In the evening yoxᴀˊqǃ out akāˊwana he told to go and call dokāˊk. his uncle. ʟēł Not aweˊ it was ᴀt thing akaˊodagan could be seen (hardly) yugēˊʟǃ. [up between] the cliffs. X̣ūtsǃ Grizzly bears, hît house yᴀt in front of uwaᴀˊt came yutatūˊk the cave qǃawuˊł. at the door of. ʟe Then yukîˊnde way up in rows sîx̣ᴀˊt they extended ke up akāˊwacī he started a song yuyēˊk [for] the spirit dukāˊktc. his uncle. Nełdêˊ Into the house naāˊt. they kept coming. Tcǃa Just when akᴀˊtǃut half in kᴀˊqǃawe when they got ye thus ᴀciaˊosîqa he told him ag̣aˊ for it qonatīˊs. he should look. “Nełdêˊ “Into the house ỵākugwâsaˊ.” he is going to come.” Wananīˊsawe At once nēł into the house ỵaˊodzia came to be yux̣ūˊtsǃ. the grizzly bear. Doguˊk His ears kᴀqǃ around qǃâʟǃ eagle down wuduˊwaduqǃwa was tied yᴀˊxawe like it ỵatiˊ. was. Anᴀˊqawe At that aodilǃᴀˊkᵘ became scared ducᴀˊt. his wife. ʟe Then wūˊcdᴀx apart wuʟǃīˊqǃ. she broke. Yūˊtaỵîqǃāqǃ The fat about duwᴀctuˊ inside her cheek akaˊ on it wuʟ̣agūˊtcawe she had scratched ye so aołiyᴀˊx. he made her. Gᴀłtāˊt Into the fire ᴀcīˊn with him wudjîx̣īˊx̣ it ran 272-5duyēˊgî his spirit tsǃu. also. Awēˊtcǃayu And just then x̣ūtsǃ grizzly bear djiakułxēˊʟǃawe when he was afraid of gᴀnᴀłtāˊx in the fire kāwagāˊn burned up Guˊxkǃᵘsᴀkᵘ. For-little-slave.

At that the cave creaked, and every animal ran into its skin. The things they were drying did so. They did so because the shaman had burned up. So the shaman and his uncle also were finally burned up.

Tcǃuʟeˊ Then aweˊ it was wucikǃᴀˊʟǃ creaked yutatūˊk, the cave, tcǃūˊye and then qāˊawe every being duduguˊ his skin tūˊde into wudjix̣īˊx̣iyᴀ. ran. Yudusx̣ūˊgu-ᴀˊt The things they were drying ayuˊ those yē like kawanūˊkᵘ. did it. Yuîˊxtǃ The shaman kawagānēˊtcayu burned up because yē so wudzigēˊt. he came to do. Hūˊtcǃayu Finally ʟe then kāˊwagān burned up yuîˊxtǃ the shaman 272-10qᴀ and dukāˊk. his uncle.

Now people were disappearing from the town they had left. There were two wood roads. When anybody went out on one of these roads he never came back, and a person who went out on the other also, never came back. When one went away by canoe, he, too, was never seen again. He did not come home. In a single year there was no one left in that town except two, a woman and her daughter. After she had thought over their condition, this woman took her daughter away. She said, “Who will marry my daughter?” A heron that was walking upon the shore ice spoke to them, “How am I?” “What can you do?” said the woman. “I can stand upon the ice when it comes up.” “Come home with us,” said the woman. So the heron married [the girl], and she became pregnant. She brought forth. She bore a son. It began to grow large. The heron said to his wife, “What is the matter with your friends?” and she answered, “When they went after wood they never came back.”

Xᴀtc Now yuˊ-āx from that (town), yēs qowanūˊguỵa when they came ān town qoˊa however ᴀsiyuˊ it was ʟeł not ke up wudaqāˊt. was left. Dēx Two ỵᴀtîˊ there were yugᴀˊng̣adê. the wood roads. Yāˊtǃaỵîtê In this was awucix̣îˊ when one went ʟēł not ỵek down uguˊttc. he ever came. Łīngîˊt People qᴀ and yāˊtǃaỵîte in the other road awugūˊde who went ʟēł not ye thus dustīˊnto they ever saw again qa and awuqōˊxo when one went away by canoe ʟēł not ye so dustîˊntc. he would ever be seen. ʟēł Not ānx home uqōˊx. he came. Tsǃu Also ʟēqǃ in one 272-15tāˊgawe year ʟēł not wudaqāˊt was anyone left weˊān. in the town. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then dᴀxanᴀˊxawe two of them ā cwudzinēˊx saved themselves wecāˊwᴀt a woman yūˊānqǃ in the town yūcāˊwᴀt a woman dusīˊ her daughter tîn. with. Tcᴀł When ctaˊyênkᴀx about themselves hᴀs they tūndatāˊnawe had thought ān with her wuāˊt she went dusīˊ. her daughter “Adūˊs “Who gî ? qasīˊ My daughter. g̣acaˊ will marry” yūˊawe that is what qǃayaqaˊ. she said. Yutǃīˊqǃ The shore ice [on the beach] cukᴀˊt upon dāq shoreward nahēˊn was walking łᴀqǃ heron aˊawe that hᴀsduīˊt to them qǃewatᴀˊn. spoke. “Wâˊsᴀ “How xᴀt I ỵateˊ, am xᴀt.” I?” “Hᴀdāˊtîn “What with sᴀ,” ?,” yūˊaciaosiqa what said to it yucāˊwᴀt. the woman. 273-5“Kᴀnēˊq “The ice xān with me dāq up ᴀqg̣atcūˊkun when it comes ᴀtūˊ into it yên there xâhantc I always stand ān hāˊawe.” this is what with.” “Hᴀ “Now nēˊłdê home hāˊīn with us naᴀˊdî,” go,” yūˊaciaosîqa what said to him yucāˊwᴀttc. the woman. ʟe Then ᴀc her uwacaˊ married yułᴀˊqǃtc. the heron. ʟe Then duīˊt to him yêtsǃdjîwahaˊ. she was going to bring forth. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then ʟe indeed kaˊodzîte. it came to be born. Qā A boy ayuˊ it was kaˊodzîte. came to be born. Desgwᴀˊtc Now ỵānᴀłg̣ēˊn. it commenced to to be big. Ye Thus adaˊỵaqa said to ducᴀˊt his wife yułᴀˊqǃtc, the crane, “Wâˊsa “What wūˊnî is the matter with îxōˊnqǃî.” your friends?” “ʟe “When g̣ᴀˊng̣a after wood awugudî they would go ʟēł not 273-10ỵēq they uguˊttc.” ever came down.”

After the child had become large he kept taking it to the beach. He would bathe it amid the ice. Then the little boy began shooting with arrows. He always took his bow and arrows around. When he killed anything his father would say of the little boy, “My little son is just like me.” By and by he said to his wife, “I am going away.” After that the little boy began to go into the water. He crawled up, when he was almost killed by it.

Tǃcuʟeˊ Then ye kawuˊłgeỵî got big aweˊ when tacukāˊdî to the beach aksanuˊktc. they always took him. Tǃīqǃ Ice tūˊqǃawe into it ᴀˊcutcnuttc. he would bathe him. Desgwᴀˊtc Now ᴀt things tǃukt shot with bow and arrows yuᴀtkǃᴀˊtskǃᵒ. the little boy. ᴀttcūˊnet Bow and arrows ᴀnaˊłᴀttc he always took around. Wug̣ādjāˊg̣e When he killed ᴀˊtg̣a for anything qot away wugūˊt went hᴀsduīˊc their (his) father yuᴀtkǃᴀˊtskǃᵒ. the little boy’s. “Detcǃaˊ xᴀˊtawe ᴀxỵīˊtkǃ.” “It is I my little son.” (my little son is just like me). Yūˊaỵaosîqa He said to ducᴀˊt, his wife, “Deỵînᴀˊq “Away from here koqāguˊt.” I am going.” Dêsgwᴀˊtc Now hīnx into the water ye thus îcx̣îˊx̣tc always ran yuᴀtkǃᴀˊtskǃᵒ. the little boy. Tcǃayeˊ Just dāq up g̣acīˊtc when he crawled ᴀc him g̣adjᴀˊqên. when it almost killed.

Once he started off with his bow and arrows. When he was walking along the beach [he saw] a hīn-taỵiˊcî⁠[132]swimming in a little pond of sea water. He took it up. It cut his hands with its sharp sides. He reared it in the little pond. As he was going along with his bow and arrows he would feed it.

Wananīˊsawe At once tcūˊnet bow and arrows tîn with wugūˊt. he went. Eq The beach dugūdeˊawe when walking on ākǃᵘ a little lake kᴀt on wuqǃāˊgî was swimming hīntāyīˊcî. [a fish]. Āx From it awacāˊt. he took it up. Yadudjîˊnawe His hands ʟe then wūˊctᴀx to pieces 274-5uwakǃuˊts it cut awᴀˊnîte. from the sharp sides of it. Ākǃᵘ The little pond kᴀˊqǃawe within ỵāˊᴀnᴀswat. he was raising it. Aqǃēˊx There ᴀt tīˊqǃnutc he would feed it tcūnēˊt his bow and arrows ag̣aˊłaᴀt when he was g̣anuˊkᵘ. going with.

One time he said to his mother, “I am going after firewood.” “But your uncles never came down,” [she said]. In the morning he jumped quickly out on the floor. He took a stone ax and ran up in one of the roads. In it there was a finger sticking up, which said to him, “This way with your finger.” He took hold of it and pulled up the being which was there. He threw it down on a stone. In the place from which he took it bones were left where it had been killing. Then he cut off its head with his stone ax. He took it down to his mother. He threw it into the house to her and to his grandmother, and they cut the face all up. They burned its face in the fire along with urine. They treated it just as they felt like doing. By and by the boy went up to the hīn-taỵīˊcî he was raising. Before it got longer than himself he shot it in the head. He took off its skin. Then he put [the skin] on a stump. How sharp were its edges!

Wananīˊsawe At once ye thus aỵaˊosîqa he said to duʟāˊ, his mother. “G̣aˊng̣ā “After firewood naādêˊ.” I am going.” “Ỵīkāˊk-hᴀs “Your uncles ʟēł not ỵî g̣āˊuguttc.” ever came down.” Tsǃutāˊtawe In the morning on tǃakᴀˊt the floor wudjîx̣īˊx̣. he jumped quickly. Tāỵīˊs Stone ax āˊwacāt. he took. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then ya in [road] ʟēqǃ one yatīˊỵīỵa he was ỵîk inside of āˊwe that dāq up anacîˊk. he was running. Yāˊde This 274-10ỵîk inside of nᴀxawêˊn from łîcuˊ was sticking up qāʟǃēˊq. a finger. “Hāndêˊ “This way īʟǃēˊq,” your finger,” yūˊaciaosîqa. what it said to him. ʟe Then anᴀˊx of it ʟǃakołiˊtsag̣ēˊawe when he took hold āx from it ke up āˊwaxotǃ. he pulled him. Tᴀkᴀˊtawe On a stone acaˊołîxotǃ. he threw him. Yuˊ-āx-kē-awaxoˊtǃeỵa The place he pulled him out from aweˊ that qāxagîˊ bones ye thus wudzîg̣āˊt came to be left adeˊ where qoīˊniỵa. he had been killing. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then qaxᴀseˊ his neck wasǃūˊ he cut off yūˊsǃu taỵīˊstc. [with] his stone ax. Yîˊqdê Down awateˊ he took it duʟāˊx. to his mother. ᴀnᴀˊxawe From it nēł into the house āˊwagîqǃ he threw it qᴀ and dułīˊłkǃ. to his grandmother. ʟe Then hᴀs they aỵadaˊkahān. were cutting its face all up. Kwᴀs Urine tîn with hᴀs they aỵatǃūˊsǃ were burning his face gᴀˊnᴀłtāqǃ. in the fire. Adeˊ The way hᴀs they dᴀnūˊguya felt yᴀˊxawe like it sᴀtānâˊ. they were doing it to him. Wananīˊsawe At once tsǃu again tcūˊnet his bow arrows aˊołīāt and he went up with yūˊỵaanᴀˊswᴀt toward the thing he was raising hīntaỵīˊcî hīntaỵīˊcî xᴀˊndî. to. Tsāˊtcǃᴀs It was only dohᴀˊnî his own height yāˊnᴀx more than kołagēˊỵîawe was bigger than āwatǃuˊk he shot it cakīˊnᴀx in the head yūˊỵaanᴀˊswᴀt the thing he was raising hīntaỵīˊcî. hīntaỵīˊcî Cunāỵˊêt All its skin dāq off āˊwate. he took. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then 275-5ᴀtgūwuˊn stump ax on awateˊ. he put it. Awᴀˊn On the edge of it ʟᴀx very wâˊsa how yakǃuˊtsǃ it was sharp.

When he got home again he jumped quickly out on the floor in the morning. He took his stone ax along in the next road. When he got far up he saw a head sticking up in the road. He said, “Up with your eyes, Kucaqǃēˊtkᵘ.” The head was bent far backward. After he had moved its head backward he cut it off. The place where he took up this head was all full of bones. He threw that also down into the house. They rubbed its face with dung. They did to it as they felt toward it. After that he kept taking his bow and arrows up. He brought all kinds of things into the house for his mothers (i. e., his mother and grandmother). The son of the heron who came to help the woman was doing this. By and by he asked his mother, “In which direction did my uncles go who went out by sea and never came home?” She said to him, “They would go this way, little son.” He went in that direction with his bow and arrows, and came out above the hole of a devilfish. As he was sitting there ready for action he looked right down into it. Then he went back for the hīn-taỵīˊcî coat he had hidden. When he returned he threw a stone down upon the devilfish. He put on the hīn-taỵīˊcî coat in order to jump into the midst of the devilfish’s arms. Then he went right into them very quickly. He moved backward and forward inside of the devilfish’s arms, and cut them all up into fine pieces with his side. By and by he cut its color sac in the midst of its arms, and afterward he swam out of the hole. He was floating outside, and he came ashore and took off his coat. Then he put it on the stump, and came again to his mother. The large tentacles floated up below them. He had cut them up into small pieces. It was that which had destroyed the people.

Ānt Home gūˊdawe when he got tsǃu again tǃāˊkᴀt on the floor wudjîx̣īˊx̣. he jumped. Yāˊde wucūˊwu The next road aỵîˊkdê in tāˊỵīs stone ax āˊwacāt. he took. Yudāˊqedaqe Far up cīˊx̣awe when he got aositēˊn he saw qācaỵîˊ a head deỵîˊknᴀx in the road cᴀnacūˊ. sticking up. “Kîˊndê “Up with iwâˊq your eyes, Kucaqǃēˊtkᵘ.” Kucaqǃēˊtkᵘ.” Yutcǃagᴀˊx̣dê Far backward wūdūwaʟǃīˊxe he was bent yᴀˊxawe like it wūnîˊ was like yūqācāˊỵî. the head. ʟe Then kāx off ᴀseˊ wasǃuˊ, he cut his head, gᴀˊx̣ᵘdê backward yūˊnᴀskīt. when he moved. Qāxāˊge Bones 275-10ayuˊ those yē so udzîg̣āˊt. it was all full of. Doxᴀˊn Near him awacāˊt he took up ᴀcaỵîˊ. the head. Îˊqdê Down tsǃu again nēł in the house āˊwagîqǃ. he threw it. Hāˊʟǃi Manure tîˊnawe with ayāˊwatǃus. they rubbed his face. Ādeˊ As adjīˊỵit about him hᴀs they ctᴀnūˊguỵa felt yᴀx like ayūˊ that hᴀs they adāˊna. did to him. ᴀtxaweˊ After it tcǃuʟeˊ then tcūˊnēt bow and arrows ke up ᴀłᴀˊttc. he always took. Łdakᴀˊt-ᴀt All things dulaˊ-hᴀs his mothers qǃēs for nēłdeˊ into the house ỵaᴀkāgādjᴀˊłtc. he would always take. Łᴀqǃ Heron duỵīˊdawe his son it was yē thus quwanūˊk was doing ag̣āˊ for him wūsuˊ came to help yucaˊ. the woman. Wananīˊsa At once qǃēˊwawūs he asked duʟaˊ, his mother, “Gūˊnᴀx “Where (to what side) aˊde to it wuqoxōˊ going sa ? ᴀxkāˊk-hᴀs my uncles ʟēˊłxax not ever āˊwoqox.” came home.” “Wēˊde “This side wuqoxōˊawe when they would go on ỵîˊtkǃī,” little son,” yūˊaỵaosîqa. what she said to him. ᴀniyāˊdeawe Toward it wūgūˊt he went tcūnēˊt bow and arrows tîn. with. Akînāˊ On top dak out uwaguˊt he came awᴀˊq-qaˊowułī the hole nāq. devilfish. Kîˊndaqǃesǃtūˊnawe When he was sitting ready for action a ʟeyeˊ then aqǃîsǃtūˊt right into it aoʟ̣îg̣êˊn. he looked. Ag̣āˊ For it qox back wudjîx̣īˊx̣ he went quickly yūˊ-aołîsîˊnî-kǃudᴀˊsǃ the coat hīntaỵīˊcî he had hidden kǃudᴀˊsǃ. hīntaỵīˊcî coat. 276-5Āqoˊx Back to it wudagudeˊawe when he went ʟe then tᴀ stone adêˊ there dāq out awagîˊqǃ. he threw. ᴀqǃîˊts Devilfish’s arms cᴀntūˊdî into midst of kᴀx to aodîgēˊqǃ he put on yūˊhīntaỵīˊcî the hīntaỵīˊcî kǃudᴀˊsǃ. coat. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then aqǃîˊts tentacles cᴀntūˊ into midst of wudîx̣īˊx̣. he went quickly. Atudaweˊ Inside yawakǃuˊt ʟǃadēˊn he went backward and forward qa and hēˊde here yunāˊq the devilfish’s qǃîts arms cᴀntūˊt. inside of. Tcǃayēˊ Very kᵘdayāˊʟǃawe into short pieces ye so akᴀˊnax̣ᴀc he cut it all up duwᴀˊntc. his side. Wananīˊsawe At once aqǃîˊts its arms cᴀˊntu in midst of kaxwēˊxê color sac akaˊ on it kaˊołîx̣ᴀc. he cut. Atcāˊg̣awe When he killed it, awᴀqaˊowū the hole nᴀx from dāq out uwaqǃᴀˊq. he swam. 276-10Atǃekᴀtaweˊ Outside of it cwuʟ̣îx̣āˊc. he was floating. X̣ᴀkᵘkāˊ Ashore wuguˊt. he came. Kāx From on kē up awudîtīˊ. he took off his coat. ᴀtguwunāˊx On the stump aỵāˊwaxetc. he put it. Tsǃu Again tsǃᴀs only duʟaˊ his mother xᴀnt to ūwaguˊt. he came. Hᴀsduīg̣ayāˊt Below then asoîguˊq floated yuatʟǃeˊg̣e the tentacles ʟǃᴀnqǃ. large. Yēkᵘdayāˊʟǃ Into short pieces yêx like ỵaoduʟ̣îx̣ᴀˊc. he cut it up. Detcǃaˊ That indeed aˊayu it was yūˊantqenî the people qot acułix̣īˊx̣. destroyed.

Again he took his bow and arrows. He came across a rat hole. The rat’s tail was hanging out. He came directly home and, early in the morning before the raven called, he set out for it. He took his hīntaỵīˊcî shirt. When he got back he started to put [the shirt] on after he had sharpened its edges. After he had gotten into it he went up to the [rat] hole. Then he threw a stone down upon it, making it give forth a peeping sound, as if the mountain were cracking in two. He swam round a stone, waiting for it to swim out. When it swam out it ran its nose against him. It swam past him. It wanted to drop its tail down on him. Then he floated edge up, and it tried to drop its tail down upon him. When it dropped its tail down upon him it was cut up into small pieces. Then it swam up to his side, crying on account of what he had done. He cut it all up. Afterward he swam ashore. He put his skin back on the stump. In the morning its head floated in front of them. They cut it up.

ᴀdayuˊ It was tsǃu again tcūˊnet bow and arrows aˊołiāt. he took. Akᴀˊx Across it wuguˊt he came kutsǃīˊn rat awᴀˊq-qaˊowułi. the hole of. Aʟǃīˊt Its tail aˊnᴀx through it kē up aołitsᴀˊq. it stuck. Tcǃakᴀˊt Right ānt home uwaguˊt. he came. Tcǃu Then tsǃūtāˊt early in the morning łiyēˊł before the raven duāxdjīˊawe called adêˊ for it g̣oneˊ starting uwaguˊt. he went. Awaāˊx He took dukǃudᴀˊsǃî, his shirt, hīntaỵīˊcî hīntaỵīˊcî kǃudᴀˊsǃ. shirt. Ayatǃēˊt Back to it gudaweˊ when he came kᴀx on aoditiˊ, he started to put it, aỵᴀłanēˊsǃawe when he had sharpened 277-5awᴀˊn. the edges of it. Atūˊx Into it nagūˊdawe when he got āˊke up to it uwaguˊt he got yuˊwᴀq-qawūˊł. the hole. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then teˊawe a stone ᴀdᴀˊqǃ its back kᴀt on āˊwᴀguq he threw it ākāˊwasǃūnk making it give forth a peeping sound yūˊca the mountain wᴀˊsî as if(or how) wūˊcdᴀx apart g̣āˊxdag̣ᴀˊdîn. were cracking. ᴀnᴀˊx From it yūˊde out koˊkwaqǃaqīˊdjayu because it was going to swim tcayaˊ right tayᴀˊtawe around a stone cwuʟ̣ix̣āˊc he floated himself ayaỵīˊqǃ for him ᴀˊnᴀx from it dāq out qǃᴀˊqnî he would swim ỵîs. for. ᴀˊnᴀx From it dāk out qǃāˊg̣awe when he swam duīˊt against him kǃᴀłūˊwᴀtsǃᴀq. it put its nose. ᴀciyāˊnᴀx Out by him yāˊwaqǃaq. it swam. Duʟǃīˊt Its tail ᴀckāˊyᴀnᴀx down on him łaxōˊtǃ. he it wanted to drop. 277-10ᴀsiyuˊ It was for it ʟa then kîˊndawᴀnīn turned up on edge cwuʟ̣ix̣āˊc. he floated. Duʟǃīˊt Its tail yaỵīˊqǃ for ᴀckāˊyanᴀx down on him łaxōˊtǃ. he wanted it to drop. Wūˊcxken Short pieces duˊłx̣ᴀce cut off ayêˊxayu like it yᴀˊte was duʟǃīˊt its tail ᴀckāˊyᴀn on him yuałxōˊtǃkuᵘ. when he dropped it. ᴀkᴀguwuˊ Short nastiˊawe when it got aˊkᴀʟyêt up to his side wuʟ̣itsîˊs, it swam, kᴀdag̣āˊx crying ᴀcdjīˊỵīt. on account of what he had done Łdakᴀˊt All ye thus ᴀckᴀˊnałx̣ᴀc. he was cutting him up. ᴀtxaweˊ After it yên then uwaqǃᴀˊq. he swam ashore. Tsǃu Again atguwuˊ a stump nāx on awateˊ. he put it. Qēˊna In the morning aˊawe it was hᴀˊsduēg̣ayaˊ below them wułîx̣āˊc it floated ᴀcāˊỵî. its head. Yē has ᴀkᴀˊnᴀx̣ᴀc. So they were cutting it up.

After two days he pulled down his canoe. Going along for a while, he came up to the beach in front of a woman sitting in a house. She had only one eye. “Come up, my nephew. I have stale salmon heads, my nephew,” she said to him. This person in front of whom he had come was the real one who had destroyed the canoes. Those were human heads that she spoke of as stale heads. He did not eat them. He saw what they were. “I have also fish eggs,” [she said]. Those were human eyes, and he did not eat of them. He emptied them by the fire. The woman’s husband, however, was away hunting for human beings. Lastly she got human ribs, and when he would not eat those she became angry about it. She threw a shell at him with which she used to kill human beings, but missed him, for he jumped away quickly. Then he took it up. He hit her with it in return, and the cannibal wife broke in two. After he had killed her he pulled her over on the fire. When he blew upon her ashes, however, they became mosquitoes. This is why mosquitoes eat people. After he had killed her he went away and met the cannibal man. When he met him he killed him. He cut off his head and took it to his mother’s home. There they cut his face all up. They burned his face with dung.

Ayaˊ When dēx two [days] uxēˊawe were past yākᵘ canoe ỵēk down āˊwacᴀt. he pulled. Gog̣aqōˊxwayu When he was going to go off koqōˊxsawe when he had gone for a while aēg̣ayāˊt down on the beach uwaqoˊx, he came hᴀt below cāwᴀˊt a woman gâˊyu to nełtaˊ. sitting in the house. Tca Only ʟēqǃ one ỵᴀtîˊ was duwāˊq. her eye. “Dāq “Up gu came my ᴀxqēˊłkǃ. nephew. Kǃîˊnkǃawe Stale salmon heads it was xāuˊ, I have, ᴀxqēˊłkǃ,” my nephew,” ʟe then yuˊaciaˊosîqa. what she said to him. Xᴀtc This dēcaˊ ho the real one qoˊnᴀx djīdeˊ formerly yākᵘ the canoes nahāˊỵî, destroyed, ᴀsiweˊ it was ayeg̣ayāˊt below her uwaqoˊx. he came by canoe. 278-5Xᴀtc Those heads qācāỵēˊ human ayuˊ were kǃîˊnkǃîx stale heads aołiyᴀˊx. she made into. ʟēł Not awuxaˊ. he ate them. Aosîtīˊn He saw ᴀˊxsîteỵe they were ᴀt. things. “Qᴀhāˊkᵘ “Fish eggs tsǃu too xā-u.” I have.” Xᴀtc Those qāˊwag̣ē human eyes ᴀsîyuˊ were (of which) ʟēł not awuxāˊ. he ate. ᴀt Those things tsǃu too gᴀntcǃūˊkǃ by the fire yêx like akaˊosîx̣a. he emptied. Doxoˊx Her husband qoˊa aweˊ however wuyêˊx. was away. Detcǃaˊ It was łīngîˊt people g̣a for āˊya these qocīˊ. he was hunting. Hūtcǃaỵîˊ Last sᴀˊkawe for aˊodihān she got łīngîˊt people’s sǃūˊg̣o. ribs. Tcaˊtcǃa When, ᴀˊqoa however, ᴀłuxāˊawe he did not eat ᴀctūˊn angry about it wuteˊ. she became. ᴀˊcqosa She used to kill īn with yīsǃ shell ᴀc him ỵītīˊt with it 278-10āwag̣ēˊqǃ. she missed. Āˊỵet Away from it kē up wudjîg̣ᴀˊn. he jumped quickly. ʟe Then āx from it āwacāˊt. he took it up. Tcucyāˊqǃ In return ᴀc her ācaˊoʟ̣itsu. he hit with it. ʟa Then wūˊcdᴀq apart wuʟǃīˊk broke yucāˊwᴀt the woman xᴀtc this qoˊsa xakāˊ cannibal’s cᴀdayuˊ. wife. Adjāˊg̣awe When he killed her tcǃuʟeˊ then gᴀłqādāˊga on the fire awaxoˊtǃ. he pulled her. Akᴀˊʟǃtǃê Her ashes, qoˊa aweˊ however, tcǃuʟeˊ then awułiūˊx̣ he blew āˊwe when tāˊqǃax became mosquitoes osîteˊ. did. ᴀtcaweˊ This is why qoˊsaxa eat people tāˊqǃa. mosquitoes. ᴀtcāˊg̣awe When he killed her wuqoˊx. he went away. ᴀcgēˊt Meet him uwaqoˊx came to weqoˊsaxa the cannibal qoan. man. Āˊwadjᴀq He killed him ᴀcgēˊt qōx. when he met him. ᴀcaỵīˊ His head āx off āwaʟīˊqǃ. he cut. Āndêˊ To his home aỵaˊwaxa he took it duʟāˊ-hᴀˊsdjidê. to his mother’s. Aỵakāˊwahᴀn. They cut his face all up. Hāʟǃ Manure tîn with hᴀs they aỵāˊwatǃusǃ. burned [his face].

In olden times when a person finished a story he said, “It’s up to you.”

ʟāˊgu Old times yên when qᴀx with duł-nîgîˊn they are through ye thus qoỵanaqeˊtc, they always say, “Hūtcǃ qêłqᴀˊx.” “I am out of it.” (or “Up to you.”)

92. MOUNTAIN DWELLER⁠[133]

A chief was living with his two children in the middle of a long town. People were always visiting him, and he kept tallow stored away for strangers. By and by a big canoe came to him, and [the peoples’] things were taken up. [The children’s] grandmother had charge of the tallow. She always had things stored away for strangers. Then she would give these to her grandchildren. Afterward the old woman would say, “The old shaggy dog took it away from me.”

Qōwaūˊayu When was living there yuānqāˊwo the chief yūˊān the town qołayêˊtqǃa in the middle of the long duỵêˊtqǃî his children qoˊdzîtî. he had. Dᴀxᴀnᴀˊx Two ỵᴀtîˊ were duỵêˊtqǃî. his children. Doxᴀˊnde To him nahāˊỵe coming tcǃaʟᴀˊk always usᴀˊttc. were always visiting. G̣onaˊn Different qoaˊne people qǃēs for ᴀt things yīˊakutcāˊkᵘtc he always had stored away yutūˊ. the tallow. Wananīˊsayu At once doxᴀˊnt to him uwaqoˊx came yūˊyākᵘ a canoe ʟēn. big. Dᴀˊqde Up wuduˊʟ̣îāt. the things were taken. Yudułīˊłkǃdji Their grandmother ye thus ỵatîˊ had 280-5yutūˊ. the tallow. ᴀt Things ỵiˊyeᴀnetc she always had stored away g̣oˊnān different qoaˊnî people qǃes. for. ʟayuˊ Then dodᴀtcxᴀˊnqǃ to her grandchild qǃēx for mouths atēˊxnutc. she would give it. ʟe Then ye thus ỵānaqeˊtc always said yucānᴀˊkǃ, the old woman, “Hesawâˊk “The dog haqǃîˊtstc shaggy ᴀxdjīˊtx from me huyēˊq.” took it away.”

After that he invited the foreign people up. He ordered the tallow in the big box to be brought for them. Now there was nothing inside of the big box. The foreign people, however, were all seated. It was thought that his children had done it. They had invited them for the food that was all eaten up. This is why people say even now, “They came to invite for the food that was gone.” It was entirely empty, and great was the shame that the chief felt. Afterward he questioned his children. Their dishes had hair on them. There was a dish apiece, which always lay by them. Then their mother came in to them. “Did you do this?” she said. When they kept on crying, she raised the face of the older girl. She scratched her daughter’s cheek, and also that of the younger one. She scratched on both of their cheeks because they ate up the tallow for which [her husband] had invited strangers. When the people went to bed that night the girls made a hole under the boards. Then they put the hairy dishes in their places. Afterward they went back into a hollow tree.

Adᴀˊxayu After that dāq up aosîᴀˊt he invited yūˊg̣onan the foreign qoaˊnî. people. Aˊg̣ᴀ For it q̣āˊdjî a person kāˊwaqa he told [to get] yuyênēˊsǃî the tallow dakᴀłᴀˊqdê. in the big box. ʟēkǃ Not gwâˊỵa anything łīỵîˊkda inside of it ᴀt thing yūˊyênēˊsǃî. the tallow. 280-10Yuˊg̣onan The foreign qoaˊnî people, g̣âˊayu however, qēn. were all seated. Dudjīˊ They wudūˊwadjî thought duyêˊtqǃitc his children ye thus wusîˊne. did it. Aỵîˊx Out of it ỵaoduˊdzîxa ate it all up hᴀˊsdoqǃwa-itēˊ for their mouths sayuˊ it was dāq up kaˊodudziāt. they invited them. ᴀtcayuˊ This is why tcǃūˊỵedᴀt even now ye thus qǃaỵaˊdoqāˊnutc, they always say, “Ỵîqǃaỵitīˊ “The food that was gone ỵîs for dāq up qox back duˊdzîāt.” they came to invite.” Adᴀˊxayu After that ʟēł not gwâˊyu it was łīîˊkdaᴀt. anything there. Āˊʟēn Big one kadēˊqǃayu was a shame āˊwetǃê got yuānqāˊwo. the chief. Adᴀˊx After that aqǃewawūˊsǃ he questioned duỵêˊtqǃî. his children. Hᴀsdusǃīˊqǃe Their dishes ayuˊ it was yᴀx caodudzîxaˊo. had hair on them. Djᴀsduyᴀˊx Dish apiece dēx for the two ỵatîˊ. there was. ʟākᵘ Always hᴀˊsduxᴀˊnî by them yên there ułāˊttc. he always lay. Hᴀsduʟaˊ Their mother hᴀsduxᴀˊnᴀx to them dāq in uwaguˊt. came. “Ỵīhâˊntc “You ᴀgîˊ, ? ye so 281-5ỵīˊsînî.” you did.” ʟeyēˊdîayuˊ Kept on hᴀs they g̣ᴀˊxsatî cried ayuˊ when ʟēyᴀˊtx up aỵāˊwacat she lifted the face of cᴀtxēˊa. older girl. Dusīˊ Her daughter’s awᴀctu cheek akᴀ’t on ʟ̣ākᵘ scratched tsǃu also kîˊkǃia. the younger one. Tcǃu Then dᴀˊxᴀnᴀx both of them aˊyu it was awᴀctuˊ on whose cheek akāˊwaʟ̣ākᵘ she scratched yūˊtū the tallow yᴀx like hᴀs they aỵaˊowusixaỵēˊtcayu because ate aỵîˊs for it daq up ōsîᴀˊtî he invited aˊayu. it was. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then hᴀs they wuxēˊqǃ went to sleep tāˊdayu in the night tcǃuʟeˊ then tǃāˊtayīs under the board akāˊwaha. they made a hole. Adᴀˊx And then, qoˊa however, tcǃuʟeˊ then yūˊcaodudzîxawu-sǃîˊqǃ the hairy dishes cītīˊyên in their places hᴀs they aˊoʟ̣iᴀt. put. 281-10Tcǃuʟeˊ Then yuᴀtǃāˊk back of them as-tūwułīˊ tree hollow nēł into hᴀs they uwaᴀˊt. went.

Next morning [their mother] said, “I wonder where they have gone.” She said to them, “Get up now.” Then the long dishes moved [as she pulled at the covers]. It was the dishes they had put in their places. They, however, had dug a hole underneath and were gone. Then their mother came out from behind the screens. No one knew whither they had gone. Afterward they went straight up into the woods. And after they had started [the people] rushed up to hunt for them, but they hid themselves. The younger kept saying to the elder, “Let us make some kind of noise for our mother.” She answered, “How does the inside of your cheeks feel?” She kept saying to her younger sister, “Oh! we can not do it. She said to us, ‘Let Mountain Dweller marry both of you.’ I know what she was saying to us.”

Adᴀˊxayu And then ye so aỵaˊosîqa, she said, “Ādeˊ “Where hᴀs they naadeˊ have gone ỵa-ūˊckî.” I wonder.” Ye As follows hᴀs then daỵaˊosîqa, she said to, “Ca-idaqêˊde.” “Get up now.” Tcǃu Then kuwâˊtǃayu the long dishes nᴀcxêˊntc. moved. Yūˊsǃîqǃ The dishes ᴀsiyuˊ it was ciyîtīˊyes in place of themselves ᴀˊti things u. put. Hᴀs They, qo however, tǃākeˊ hole hᴀs they ᴀcukaˊosîha. dug under. Adᴀˊxayu And then ᴀnᴀˊx from it dāq out uwaguˊt came hᴀsduʟāˊ. their mother. ʟe Then gwâᴀˊłdaᴀt they were gone. ʟēł Not hᴀs they kaˊoste. knew where. Adᴀˊxayu And then ʟe then dᴀˊqdatcūn straight up [into the woods] g̣onēˊ started hᴀs they uwaᴀˊt. went. ʟe Then g̣onayēˊ started hᴀs they wuadīˊawe when went hᴀˊsduīg̣āˊ for them qociỵîˊ going to hunt anᴀˊx up dāq from it ỵaˊodîg̣îtc. started to rush. ʟe Then hᴀs they aˊoʟ̣isîn. hid themselves. Cᴀtxēˊa The elder ye as follows yên to dosqēˊtc always said ke’kǃîatc, the younger, “Duīˊhaxt “Some kind of noise duāˊx let us make dê (imp.) ᴀxʟāˊ.” [for] our mother.” “Yē “So qoỵênaqētc do you feel hawâˊsᴀs how īˊỵênuk inside of īwactuˊ?” your cheeks?” Yē So yênᴀsqēˊtc she kept saying to dukīˊk, her younger sister, 282-5“Ayēˊtxā “Oh! haỵāˊwa we can not woqǃ. do it. Cākᴀnāˊītc ‘Mountain Dweller qǃwᴀn let yᴀx like ỵiỵᴀˊx łacaˊ marry both of you,’ yuxahādāˊỵaqa. was what she said to us. Xosîkūˊxoa I know aˊda what hadāˊỵaqaỵa.” she was saying to us.”

For this reason they went far up into the woods. They wandered along, aimlessly crying. The younger sister wanted her elder sister to go back to the place from which they had started, but she did not want her mother to see her down there. After they had gone a long distance they saw a small mouse running across a log. The mouse went into a little hill. Then her younger sister said, “Grandmother mouse, people have seen you.” So said her younger sister. “Put me quickly across this log,” said the little mouse. “My grandmother says ‘Call them into the house.’” On account of that it had run out. Then the door flew open. They [entered and] sat down.⁠[134]“Why did you come?” she said to them. After they had been seated for some time she pushed something between her teeth, and got something out. It was a piece of dried fish. She shook it. It was now a spring salmon taken from between her teeth, and they placed it by the fire. She set it before them, and they consumed it. She took a cranberry out from between her teeth. She placed it before them, and they consumed that. After they had eaten she said again, “Why did you come, my little grandchildren?” and the elder replied, “My mother said we could not marry Mountain Dweller.” “He is a very difficult person to get near. Go now, my little grandchildren.” Then she told them what to do. “Crushing-mountain is before the place, granddaughters, and also the fighting dogs (cᴀkǃ).” She also said, “Kelps float together in front of it. Take your knife and a whetstone with you,” she said. After she had instructed them they started out. When they had gone along for some time they saw the fighting dogs. They threw a piece of dried fish bone to them, and the dogs began to divide it. Again they went forward. Before they had gone far they came upon kelps floating together. They threw moss between. Then they passed through. After that they saw Crushing-mountain. (Just the way people tell this I am telling you, my opposite clansman.) They threw a whetstone between these. They went through. Now they saw the camp. They came to the house door.

ᴀtcaweˊ This is why ʟe then dᴀˊqdatcūn far up in the woods g̣onaỵeˊ starting hᴀs they uwaᴀˊt. went. Tcakugeˊawe In any direction ỵāˊsnaᴀ, they were going hᴀs they gᴀx-satīˊnutc. were always crying. Qoˊxde To go back ᴀt thing kudᴀnaˊ wanted ducᴀˊtx her older sister tcu-ēˊqdᴀx from where they started dukīˊkǃ. the younger one. Tuˊwuqǃ Down there ho she ʟēł not uckuˊ wanted duʟāˊ her mother aỵawutīˊnî. to see her. Wāˊyuskoāˊt-saweˊ After going a long distance hᴀs they 282-10aˊosîtēn saw xao across kᴀnᴀˊx a log ke up îcîktc running kᴀg̣āˊq mouse ỵêtkǃᵒ. a small. Gūtc The little hill tūˊdê into nēł inside ūwaguˊt went yukᴀg̣āˊq. the mouse. Āx After it dukīˊkǃdjē her younger sister aosîqaˊ, said, “Kᴀgāˊq “Mouse kocaˊnᴀkǃ grandmother łīngîˊt people kotīˊnî seeing îdaỵēỵatîˊ.” have done to you.” Yūˊỵawaqa what said, dukīˊkǃ her younger sister, “Hałīngîˊtxa “People xao the log kᴀnᴀˊx across ke up xᴀt me djīˊwatᴀn,” put quickly,” yūˊqoỵaqa said yukᴀg̣āˊq, the little mouse. “Nēłdēˊ “Into the house hᴀs them g̣axoˊx call ᴀxłīˊłkǃuỵe my grandmother īdaˊyaqᴀ.” says to you.” ᴀtxaˊwe After that āˊyux out wudjîx̣īˊx she ran. ᴀtxāˊyu After that hēˊde open cudjixēˊn flew yūˊqǃoahāt. the door. Hᴀs They wuqeˊ. sat down. “Dasᴀˊkᵘcī “What ỵītucūnaˊ,” caused you,” ye hasdudāˊỵaqa. so she said to them. Tcǃākᵘ For some time hᴀs they qēˊni had sat down dᴀˊxawe after duˊux her teeth qǃāˊde ᴀt between something wułîtsāˊk. she stuck. Adᴀˊx From it dāq out akaˊołîhît. she got. ᴀtqǃēˊcî A piece of dried fish kᴀqǃēˊłtî. it was. Akāˊwayuk. She shook it. 283-5Gᴀn Fire awateˊ it was put by tǃakîˊkî spring salmon duˊux her teeth qǃāˊdᴀx between ᴀdayuˊ. thing taken. ᴀqǃᴀseỵīˊ Before them aỵaosiîˊn she put it tsǃu also hᴀs they akǃīˊtǃa. consumed it. Kax̣wēˊx Cranberry duˊux her teeth qǃātx from between dāq out akaˊołihît. she got. Tsǃu Also hᴀs they āwaxāˊ. ate it. Yên When hᴀs they ᴀt things xāˊawe had eaten tsǃu again ye so aỵaˊosîqa, she said, “Dasaˊ “What ỵītucūˊna caused you to come ᴀxdᴀtcxᴀˊnqǃî my granddaughters sāˊnî.” little?” Yūˊaỵaosîqa, What she said to her, “HᴀCakᴀnāˊîxa “This Mountain Dweller yītǃhaỵaoduwawuˊq said we could not marry ᴀxʟāˊtc.” my mother.” “Łnīˊỵaỵîucîg̣ᴀnî-xᴀtî-ᴀˊdawe, “It is a thing very difficult to get near naiᴀˊt go now de, (imp.) ᴀxdaᴀtcxᴀˊnqǃî my grandchildren 283-10sāˊnî.” little.” ᴀtxāˊwe After that ᴀcukāˊwadja. she told her what to do. “Wūtckǃîˊtagᴀt-ca “Crushing-mountain aỵînahoˊ before it tcxᴀnkǃ granddaughters qa and wūˊdjx djîtaᴀt-cᴀkǃᵘ fighting dogs⁠[135] tsǃu also aỵîˊ there a are tcxᴀnkǃ,” granddaughters,” yudāˊỵaqa. she said to them. “Wudjx “Float cᴀˊtdutît-gīc together kelps tsǃu also aỵînaˊ. before it. Ỵīˊłîtaỵi Your knife qǃwᴀn (imp.) tsǃu also ỵītcīˊqǃ with you qa and yaỵīˊna,” a whetstone,” ye so adaˊỵaqa. she said to them. ᴀtxaweˊ After it yên there acukāˊwadja. she instructed them. G̣onayēˊ Started hᴀs they ūwaᴀˊt. went. Tcǃākᵘ For some yā time hᴀs they naᴀˊti were gone aweˊ when hᴀs they aositēˊn saw yu-wūˊtēx-djitaᴀˊt-cᴀkǃᵘ. the fighting dogs.⁠[136] Aqǃēˊt To them aosîg̣îˊqǃ she threw sǃāq. a piece of dry fish bone. Wuct akᴀˊtîn yūˊdînî. They departed together with them. Tsǃu Again g̣onayēˊ started hᴀs they ūwaᴀˊt. went. Łkǃᴀt Before hᴀs they wuᴀˊtdjiayuˊ had gone far hᴀs they aosîtēˊn saw wūdjx-cᴀtag̣ᴀt-gīc. floating together kelps. Sǃîˊqǃga Moss qǃāt between hᴀs they awagîˊqǃ. threw. ʟe Then ᴀqǃāˊnᴀx through it hᴀs they ỵāˊwaᴀt. went. ᴀtxayuˊ After that hᴀs they 284-5aosîtēˊn saw wūtcxkǃîˊtagᴀt-ca. Crushing-mountain. (Detcaˊ This way dêk dułînikiỵa-ayaˊ they tell it ayᴀˊx like it ỵīīˊn to you qokᴀłanīˊk I am telling ʟāˊgu this old story, ᴀxdakᴀnūˊqǃᵘ.) my opposite phratry. Yaỵīˊna Whetstone ᴀqǃāˊt between it hᴀs they aosîgîˊqǃ. threw. Anᴀˊx Through it hᴀs they ỵāˊwaᴀt. went. Hᴀs They aˊosîtēn saw yuqoˊu. the camp. Ahîˊtyêt To the house door hᴀs they uwaᴀˊt. came.

Mountain Dweller’s mother was at home. Nothing could be seen inside of this house, there was so much fat. They were told they could not get into Mountain Dweller’s house. That is why they went there. After they had been seated for some time they were given something to eat. By and by the hunter brought in a load of food. He asked his mother, “What are those people that have come to you doing?” “They came to marry you because it was said that they could not.” So Mountain Dweller married both of them.

Duʟāˊ His mother gwâˊỵa was nēł. at home. Aỵiˊ Inside of it ʟēł not dutīˊn could be seen tāˊîtc. on account of the fat. Cākᴀnāˊỵî-hîˊtî Mountain Dweller’s house aỵīˊt into it hᴀs they ỵaˊoduwawōˊq. said they could not get. ᴀtcayuˊ This is why hᴀs they aỵāˊwaʟ̣aq. went there. Tcǃāk For some time hᴀs they qēˊni had sat down 284-10aweˊ after doqǃwēˊ their mouths xᴀt to dutēˊx. they fed them. Yāndayāˊn Was bringing in packs weˊᴀt-sǃāˊte. the hunter. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then awawūˊsǃ he asked duʟāˊqǃaỵîx, of his mother, “Waˊsa “What qōwanūˊkᵘ are doing qoˊuawe the people îxᴀˊnt to you hᴀs they uwaᴀˊt.” came.” “Īỵīˊt “To you hᴀs they ỵaˊoduwawōˊq said you would not marry yᴀx like hᴀs they ỵag̣ēˊłacāˊdahe.” came to marry you.” ʟe Both yᴀx of them aỵaˊołîca [he] married Cākᴀnāˊîtc. Mountain Dweller.

After they had been there for some time he started off. He said to his wives, “My mother does not let the person that stays with me last long.” For this reason they kept sticks in their hands while he was away from them. Some time afterward their mother-in-law put a side of mountain sheep into the fire. She stood it up on end. Then it caught fire. This was the way she killed her son’s wives. After that they kept watch on her. When it was burning she pushed it toward her son’s wives. Then they pushed it back upon her, and killed her. They pulled her body outside and put something over it. They let it stand out of the ground a very little.

Tcǃākᵘ A long time nᴀstēˊawe after they had been there ᴀt wux̣ūˊn. he started off. Yē So aỵaˊosîqa he said to ducᴀˊtqǃîyên his wives, “ʟēł “Not ūłtsāˊkᵘ let lasts long yu-ax-ᴀˊnî-yēˊnatītc-qā the one that stays with me yuᴀxʟāˊtc.” my mother.” Ayᴀˊxawe This is why qās sticks hᴀsdudji yē wūtîˊ they had with them hᴀˊsdunᴀq them from nᴀgūˊt. while he was. Tcǃuʟeˊ Then yāỵīˊna for some time ỵᴀˊtî it was aweˊ when gᴀłkāˊdāq in the fire awatîˊ she put yūˊᴀtkagēˊdî. the side of a mountain sheep Yêˊnᴀx Upon end āˊwᴀtsāq. she stood it. ᴀt Then ᴀkāˊwagᴀn. it caught fire. 285-5Deˊtcaᴀtc This was qosa-īn-ᴀdayuˊ she killed with duỵīˊt her son’s cᴀˊtqǃîỵên. wives. ᴀtxaweˊ After that tcˊǃuʟeˊ then hᴀs they ᴀdjīîˊn. kept watch on her. ᴀdakāˊwagan. It was afire. Duỵīˊt Her son’s cᴀˊtqǃîỵên wives kādēˊawe toward ke out acakaˊołîtᴀq. she pushed. ʟa Then yuqāˊsǃtc the sticks aỵināˊde back on her kē hᴀs they akaˊołix̣ît. pushed. Hᴀs They āˊwadjᴀq killed hasdutcāˊn. their mother-in-law. Gāˊniyu Outside hᴀs they āˊwaxotǃ. pulled her. Akᴀˊt On her hᴀs they kuˊca-kāˊwaxa. placed something. Tcǃa yēgug̣ēˊkawe A very little koʟǃgutūˊnᴀx from into the ground wułicuˊ. they let stick.