Chapter XVI: Part 16

A woman belonging to the cohoes people (ʟǃūˊkᴀnᴀ-cā), whose father was a chief, was kept very pure and had a girl accompany her always. One day, as she was going out with her servant, she tripped over something and on looking at it found that it was a skull. She said, “Who can the bad person be who has brought skulls near my father’s house in the place where I was going to walk?” She kicked the skull to one side and walked straight back into the house, for she was frightened.

The same night this girl thought she dreamed that two boys came to her. They were two chiefs’ sons who were dead, and it was the skull of the elder that she had kicked out of the way. It was really no dream, as she at first thought, and she married the elder youth. These two chiefs’ sons had met with some accident together, and so they always traveled in company.

Next morning the chief said, “What is wrong with my daughter? She isn’t up yet.” Then he called the servant girl to go and awaken her. So the girl ran to look, saw the young men there, and told the girl’s mother that she was married. “Well,” said the mother, “whom can she have married? She did not know anybody.” After that the girl and the young men rose and came down to the fire to have something to eat. Her husband looked to her like a fine young man, but everyone else could see that he was a skull. They were very much frightened.

At that time the people there had very little food, and presently the girl’s husband said to her, “Has your father a small canoe?” “Yes,” she said, “he has a small canoe.” “Ask him for it and for spears and arrows.” Then the girl said to her mother, “Mother, he is asking for a small canoe. They want to go hunting.” Her mother humored her, for she was afraid she would go off with that man. But when they looked for the canoe it was already missing. Afterward the young men acted in the house just as if they were in canoes, going through the motions of paddling, spearing seals, etc., and the girl was ashamed of them. In the evening they said to each other, “Let us camp.” The people of the village could not see what they did or hear what they said, but the girl could, and she felt very uneasy. Then they pulled off the painted boards from her father’s house and began to cook. After that she saw them act as though they were coming back bringing a load of dead seals, etc. To the people it seemed as if they were still in the house.

Presently the girl called to her mother saying, “Mother, they are in already. They want some one to go down and bring the things up from the canoe.” Then her mother said to the people, “There is a canoe down on the beach, and they want you to go down and bring up what they have killed.” It was late in the evening, and, sure enough, when the people went, they found the canoe loaded with all kinds of fishes, with seals and sea lions. Then the chief gave the head man of each family a seal and fed the entire village with the food which they had brought in. After that the people had plenty of ground hogs, mountain sheep, etc., with which these two men provided them.

The two men began to come to life and were beginning to look like living beings. It was then that people found out who they were. When they got up in the morning they could be seen very plainly, so the chief got some marten robes and put them upon his son-in-law and his son-in-law’s brother. They were both very industrious.

In that same house was a girl who became very angry with the younger brother, after she saw who they were, because he paid no attention to anyone but his brother’s wife. She marked the place where he used to sit with human blood, and as he sat on this blood eating he dropped over dead. The other lived for some time afterward, and the girl who had destroyed his brother tried to draw his attention to herself also; but he was too fond of his wife to think of her in the least. Then she marked his seat with blood, and he in turn dropped over dead.

87. THE RETURNED FROM SPIRIT LAND

The wife of a young man who had recently married, died, and he was very sad. His father was a chief, and both he and the parents of the girl were still living. The young couple had been married for so short a time that they had no children.

The night that his wife died the young man remained awake all night unable to sleep, and the second night it was the same. Next morning he thought that he would walk out, but finally concluded to wait until after his wife’s body had been buried. The body was taken away late that afternoon, and early next morning he put on his leggings and his other fine clothes and started off. He walked all day and all night. Daylight dawned upon him still walking. After going through the woods for a long distance he came to a very large valley. There had been a creek there which was now dried up. Then he heard voices, which sounded as though they were a long way off. Where he was traveling the trees were very thick.

Finally the youth saw light through the trees and presently came out on a wide, flat stone lying on the edge of a lake. All this time he had been walking in the death road. On the other side of this lake there were houses and people were moving around there. So he shouted out to them, “Come over and get me,” but they did not seem to hear him. Upon the lake a little canoe was going about with one man in it, and all about it was grassy. It looked very nice.

After the man had shouted for a long time without receiving any response and had become tired, he finally whispered to himself, “Why is it that they do not hear me?” Immediately a person on the opposite side of the lake said, “Somebody is shouting.” When he whispered, they heard him. “A person has come up (dāq āˊwagut) from dreamland,” the voice continued. “Let some one go out and bring him over.” They carried him across, and, as soon as he got there, he saw his wife. He saw that she had been crying, and he raised his hands and looked at her. He was very happy to see her once again. Finally the people asked him to sit down in the house, and, when he did so, they began to give him something to eat. He felt hungry, but his wife said, “Don’t eat that. If you eat that you will never get back.” So he did not eat it.

After that his wife said to him, “You better not stay here long. Let us go right away.” So they were taken back in the same canoe. It is called Ghost’s-canoe (Sǃî’gî-qāˊwu-yāˊgu), and is the only one on that lake. And they landed on the flat rock where he had first stood calling. It is called Ghost’s-rock (Sǃî’gî-qāˊwu-tēˊỵi), and is at the very end of the trail. Then they started down the road in which he had gone up. It took them the same length of time to descend it, and the second night they reached the youth’s house.

Then the young man made his wife stay outside and he went in and said to his father, “I have brought my wife back.” “Well,” said his father, “why don’t you bring her in?” They laid down a nice mat with fur robes on top of it at the place where they were to sit. Then the young man went out to get his wife. When the door opened to let them in, however, the people in the house saw him only. But finally, when he came close, they saw a deep shadow following him. He told his wife to sit down, and, when she did so, they put a marten-skin robe upon her, which hung about the shadow just as though it were a person sitting there. When she ate they saw only her arms and the spoon moving up and down but not the shadow of her hands. It looked strange to the people.

After that the young couple always went about together. Wherever the young man went the shadow could be seen following him. He would not go into the bedroom at the rear of the house, but ordered them to prepare a bed just where they were sitting. Then they did so, for they were very glad to have him back.

During the day the woman was very quiet, but all night long the two could be heard playing. At that time the people could hear her voice very plainly. The young man’s father at first felt strange in his son’s presence, but after a while he would joke with his daughter-in-law, saying, “You better get up now after having kept people awake all night playing.” Then they could hear the shadow laugh, and recognized that it was the dead woman’s voice. To what the chief said the woman’s brothers-in-law would add, “Yes, get her out, for she has kept us awake.”

The nephew of the father of this girl had been in love with her before she died, although she did not care for him, and he was jealous when he found that her husband had brought her back. One night she was telling her husband that she was going to show herself as she used to be and not like a shadow and that she was going to remain so permanently. Her father’s nephew had covered himself up at the head of the bed and heard everything. Her husband was very glad to hear this, but, while they were playing together afterward, the man who was listening to them thought that he would lift the curtain they had around them. The moment that he did so, however, the people in the house heard a rattling of bones. That instant the woman’s husband died, and the ghosts of both of them went back to Ghost Land.

88. THE SKY COUNTRY

A certain man’s wife was taken away from him, and he longed so much for her that he thought he would follow her along the beach. He was half crazy. When he went out and thought he was walking along the beach, he was in reality in a wide trail which ran through the woods. As he went on he saw where people had been camping, and from the dentalia shells left by these people he made a beautiful necklace. For a long time he wandered on with his head bent down, and, when he looked up suddenly, he saw smoke ahead. He walked toward it very fast. When he came close he saw a woman tanning a skin. He showed her the necklace he had made and said, “I will give you this string if you will tell me where my wife is.” The woman answered, “She is over there at the next camp.” So he finally reached her, and he remained with her for a long time, thinking that he was among his brothers-in-law.

The people of the village where this man was staying, however, hated him and wanted to burn him to death. After they had kindled the fire and were dragging him toward it he said, “Oh! how happy I am. I want to die. I would rather you killed me right away than be as I have been.” When they heard that they stopped and began pulling him toward the water instead. But he said that he was afraid of water, and, as they dragged him along, he struggled hard and seized everything about him. At last, when they did throw him in, he came up again in the middle of the lake and looked at them. Then one of the people said, “See him. He is out there looking at us.” The man laughed at them, saying, “Don’t you know that all of the waters are my work? How foolish you were to put me into the water just where I like to be.” He said this because he was a good swimmer and there was a great deal of rain in his country. Afterward he stayed in the water all the time he was there.

All this while the man had really been up in the sky, and now he wanted to get down. So he and his wife started back together and came to a house where lived a certain woman. She was really the spider and the house her web. Then this woman put them into a web and began to lower them to the earth. Before they started she said to them, “When you get caught on anything jerk backward and forward until the web comes loose.” The things she thought they might get stuck upon were the clouds. In this way the man and his wife reached the earth safely, and afterward the web was drawn up. Then they lived happily again as they had been living before the woman was taken away.

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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 kułayᴀˊtǃ dîgīˊỵīga aˊya u ānqāˊwo.
Town was long in the middle of it was lived a chief.

Dusīˊ qokǃīˊtǃ akucîtᴀˊn. Qokǃīˊtǃ ān
His daughter berries liked to pick. For berries with them

ūˊat duīˊc guxqǃᵘ tîn. Akāˊyan kaoʟ̣îỵᴀˊsǃ
she went her father’s slaves with. On it she stepped

yux̣ūˊtsǃ hāˊʟǃî yudāˊqqǃ qokǃīˊtǃê. Yē
the grizzly bear’s dung way up in the woods while berrying. So

aỵaˊosîqa yūx̣ūˊtsǃ hāˊʟǃî, “Tsǃᴀs qaˊqǃosi ỵidêˊ
she said to the grizzly bear’s dung, “Always feet down to

hᴀs aʟīˊʟǃ toq qᴀkᵘ.” Ātxêˊqdê hᴀs aỵᴀˊ daāˊdawe
they want, anuses wide!” Down they when wanting to go

ỵˊaołikǃūts dukᴀˊgu. Duīˊc guxqǃūˊtcawe 252-5
roke down her basket. Her father’s slaves it was

ỵᴀsahēˊx akāˊdê dudjiỵîˊs. ʟᴀxdêˊ
were picking up and putting on to it for her. Very close to

yāˊduīc nełixᴀˊn- qǃawe tsǃu ỵaˊolikǃūts. Tcǃuʟeˊ
her father into his house it was again it broke. Then

yē aỵaˊosîqa “Tcǃa waeˊtc dēˊ
so he (i. e., one) said to her “Now you right now

ỵᴀsahaˊ.” Akāˊdê tcǃa ʟēˊ nᴀˊxawe de ᴀt
pick it up.” On to it right by herself it was at once things

aˊna doxᴀˊnt ūˊwagut yuqāˊ wᴀsǃ-ya
she was putting in to her came a man a stick

acakᴀˊnᴀłỵên. “Iqâcaˊ” ʟe
was whirling in his hand. “Let me marry you”, then

yūˊᴀciaˊosîqa. Tcǃuʟeˊ ᴀcīˊn g̣oneˊ uwaᴀˊt. 252-10
what he said to her. Then with her starting he went.

Dᴀq datcūˊn ᴀsiyuˊ dēx xao taỵinᴀˊx ᴀcīˊn ỵāˊwaᴀt.
Up toward the woods it was two logs under with her went.

Xᴀtc cāˊayu xao yᴀx ᴀc tuwāˊỵatî.
These mountains were logs like her 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 qoỵaˊodūˊwaci yucawᴀˊt yūˊantqenītc. Yên
For her searched the woman the people. [Every] where

yuˊqodūciawa duiteˊqǃ yug̣āˊ wuduwatᴀˊn. Xᴀtc
having searched for her for that the people were called. This

x̣ūtsǃ qoaˊnî ᴀsiyuˊ ᴀcūˊwaca
grizzly bear tribe it was that married her

yuaˊxkǃᴀnya-kaˊoʟ̣îgᴀdî yuānỵêˊdî. Xāt g̣ā
what-angrily-had-spoken-to the high-caste girl. Salmon for

naᴀdîˊ naᴀˊttc yux̣ūˊtsǃ qoaˊnîˊ. Yuxāˊt g̣a
going always went the grizzly bear tribe. The salmon for

naᴀˊdî itīˊqǃawe hīn tākᵘcāgê
when they had gone after they had left wet wood

yᴀdanēˊnutc. Hoˊ qoˊa tsǃᴀs x̣ūk
he (her husband) always went after. She, however, only dry wood

ᴀʟīˊqǃanutc. Kē ag̣aᴀˊdînawe xāt āˊni dᴀx 253-5
always got. Up when they came salmon place from

qākǃudᴀˊsǃ kāxkîˊnde duˊqêtcnutc. Kᴀdukîˊksînutc.
their coats off they always threw. They always shook them.

Atūtxīˊnawe ʟe ex yêx ᴀt akug̣āˊntc
From into it (clothing) then grease like something would burn

yūˊcaq xōqǃᵘ. Doaỵēˊ qoˊa aweˊ tsǃᴀs
the soaked wood among. Hers, however, that thing only

kułkīˊstc yūˊx̣ūk yūˊcāwat. Akāˊqǃawe ʟēł unałᴀˊ
always went out the dry wood the woman. For it was not was long

wâsaˊ odusniyîˊ yuānyêˊtqǃᵘ.
what (or something) they did 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 ᴀnaāˊdawe tsǃu hᴀs wuāˊt g̣ᴀˊng̣a
Again when they were going again they went for firewood

tcǃa yāˊdoqǃosî ỵêdêˊ aˊwe aositīˊn yucāˊwᴀttc 253-10
right her foot under that thing saw the woman

sǃēq. Yūˊgutc kîtūˊnᴀx nacuˊ
smoke. The little hill out from under was coming out

qᴀg̣ᴀˊqqocā-nᴀkǃ ᴀsiyuˊ ᴀcigāˊ wusuˊ.
a grandmother-mouse. It was that for her would help.

“Nēł gu tcxᴀnkǃ. ʟēł niyaˊ kucîgᴀnēˊx
“Into the house come grandchild. Not easy what saved you

ᴀt iỵᴀˊdawe, xūtsǃ qoaˊni aweˊ īˊusinēˊx.”
things around you grizzly bear people it was saved you.”

ᴀcīˊn qonāˊxdaq akaˊwanîk. Tcǃuʟeˊ ᴀcukāˊwadjᴀ.
To her right she told it. Then she gave her advice.

“Yūˊdo ỵīīˊc ānîˊ.” Ayᴀˊxawe tcǃu
“Over there your father’s home.” Like it it was then

tsǃutāˊt xāt g̣a naadêˊ, g̣onayeˊ
in the morning salmon after when they were going started

āˊdawe ᴀdakᴀˊdīnawe yūt
when they went in exactly the opposite direction away

wudjix̣īˊx̣. Yīˊgîỵî ke aāˊdawe duitēˊx qoyaˊoduwacî
she ran. At midday up when they came for her they searched

X̣ūtsǃ qoaˊnitc. Yāqǃ kē uwaʟǃᴀˊk duʟǃāˊke
grizzly bear tribe. At this place up had rotted her dress

yucāˊwᴀt. De ʟēqǃ cā kᴀnᴀˊx ỵawucîx̣īˊawe qox
the woman’s. Now one mountain across when she had run back

awuʟ̣îgêˊn duîˊtdê. ʟē qag̣êˊt yᴀx g̣âˊawe yatîˊ
she looked behind her. Then it was dark like as if it was

duîˊt x̣ūtsǃ qoaˊnî. ᴀckāˊ yᴀx 254-5
to her grizzly bear tribe. On her like

ỵāg̣āāˊdawe ciaỵidēˊkdag̣āˊx.
when they were gaining she began to cry for life.

ᴀkǃayaxêˊ dāk udjix̣īˊx̣. Yūˊa ʟen ᴀˊdî
On the edge of a lake out she ran. The lake big of it

gīyīg̣ēˊt gwâyuˊ łix̣āˊc yūˊyākᵘ
in the middle was was floating a canoe

cᴀdakūˊqǃ ᴀcaˊ. “Hāˊnde hīnt
a dance hat with high crown on its head. This way into the water

icîˊx̣” yuaciaˊosîqa. ʟe akāˊde hīnt
you run”, what it said to her. Then to it into the water

wudjix̣īˊx̣. Yāx wuduwaỵēˊq. Tcǃuʟeˊ ᴀcīˊn
she ran. From it they pulled her in. Then with her

dekīˊt wudzîxᴀˊq g̣ᴀgāˊn tūt.
far up it came to go sun 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 ᴀsiyuˊ hᴀs āˊwaca yūˊg̣ᴀgān ỵêˊtqǃî. Hᴀs
Cannibal it was they married the sun’s sons. They

ᴀˊg̣acān ʟēˊłsdjî hᴀs ułsāˊkᵘ. ʟē 254-10
when they married never they lasted long. Then

sadjᴀˊqx. Ỵīdᴀˊtî āˊỵî qoˊaawe
they always killed [them.] Now it was, however,

ctūˊgas aˊodîca. Aˊya aq
they liked [the one] they started to marry. To make

dᴀˊxawe hᴀs āˊwadjᴀq yūˊłūqᴀnaˊ. Tsǃūtsx̣ᴀˊn āˊnî
way for her they killed the cannibal. Tsimshian town

kînāˊqǃ ayuˊ hᴀs āˊwadjᴀq. Tcǃaỵēˊguskî wucdᴀˊx
on top of it was they killed. Very small apart

awułîsūˊ. ᴀtcaweˊ łuqᴀnaˊ
they chopped her. That is why cannibals

āˊcaỵᴀndihēn. Tsǃūˊtsx̣ᴀn āˊnî ʟe
began to be so many [there]. Tsimshian town then

kǃawêˊłguha. Duīˊc āˊnî akînāˊ wug̣ax̣îˊx̣în
they could see. Her father’s town on top of it when gets

yūˊg̣ᴀgān ye yên dosqêˊtc, “Hē duīˊc
the sun thus there they always said, “Here [is] your father’s

āˊnî.” Wānanīˊsawe ỵēt hᴀs āˊwa-ū.
town.” Very soon baby they had.

Hᴀsdutcukᴀˊtawe ỵiatᴀˊn hᴀsduīˊc
At the end of them (i. e., the town) stood their father’s

yāˊgu x̣ūtsǃ yākᵘ. Qōˊwaᴀxtc yūˊyākᵘ. Āỵîˊs ᴀt
canoe, grizzly bear canoe. Could hear the canoe. For it things

kaˊołiga. Hᴀsduwūˊ xᴀˊndî dᴀnēˊt
they loaded it with. Their father-in-law to grease box

aỵîdeˊ ye wududzîˊnê. Hᴀsduīˊn g̣onayeˊ 255-5
inside it thus they came to put it. With them started

ūwaguˊt. Tcǃākᵘ yāˊnaguˊtîawe qox
it walked away. Long time after it had walked on back

ᴀkūˊdadjītc. Xᴀtc uˊtiyāng̣ahēˊn, aweˊ
it would turn suddenly. This when it would get hungry when

wēˊyākᵘ dᴀnēˊt hᴀs akustǃēˊqǃᴀtc
the canoe grease box they would break up always

ayatǃᴀˊkqǃᵘ. Yūˊyākᵘ āeg̣ayāˊt hᴀs ūˊwaqox
in front of the bow. The canoe below it they went

dūwuˊ. Awusikūˊ duīˊc hîˊtî. ʟe
then his father-in-law. She knew her father’s house. Then

āeg̣ayāˊ dāq ūwaguˊt. Duīˊkǃtcawe
in front of [the house] up she came. Her brother it was

nēłtǃāˊ uwaguˊt “ᴀxʟ̣āˊkǃ gānt ūwaguˊt.”
into the house came [and said] “My sister outside came.”

Akāˊqǃawe dudjāˊq duʟāˊtc tcǃākᵘ qot wudzîgīˊtî
Forwas beat him his mother a long time lost had come to be

duʟ̣āˊkǃᴀtc Wᴀq kaodᴀnigītc. Āˊyux wugūˊt 255-10
his sister eyes he claimed to see with. Out to it went

duʟāˊ. Xᴀtc qǃēˊg̣a ᴀsiyuˊ dᴀˊqde hᴀs
his mother. That truly was so ashore they

dułaˊt. Hᴀs qoˊa ʟēł hᴀs dutīˊn.
were coming in their things. Them, however not they saw.

Xᴀtc dēˊtcǃa ᴀˊsîyu yūˊᴀłdîˊs qǃos yêx
This very thing it was the moon shine (streaks) like

kātuwāˊ(ỵ)ati. Dāq kᴀdudjēˊławe yūˊᴀtłaᴀt
was. Up when they brought all their things

āˊyux āˊwagut. “ʟēł da ᴀt,”
out to them [one] went. “Not there [is] a thing,”

yūˊsiaodudziqa. Ducᴀˊt ye ỵawaqaˊ, “Detcǃaˊaaweˊ
what he said to them. His wife thus said, “That is they

weᴀłdîˊs-qǃos ỵi yêx ỵatîˊ. Yē ỵana-isᴀqa a dāq
that moon shine down like there is. Thus you tell them up

ỵiᴀˊdî.” Ye ỵaˊodudzîqa. Dāq uwaᴀˊt. Tcǃuʟeˊ
to come.” Thus they came to tell them. Up they came. Then

g̣ᴀgāˊn qǃōs wᴀˊsâ nēł kᴀx duguˊg̣un
the sun beams how in the house across lay in streaks

yūˊg̣ᴀgan qǃōs yūˊcāwᴀt tuwᴀˊnqǃ hᴀsduỵīˊt kǃᴀtskǃᵘ tsǃu
the sun beams the woman alongside of their son little also

qǃwᴀseỵêˊ ᴀłtsǃuˊ g̣ᴀgāˊn qǃōs yêx ỵatîˊ. Tcǃuʟeˊ
in front of them, and also sun beams like were. Then

nēłqǃ yên hᴀs qēˊawe tsa wᴀˊsa
at the house there they being seated just then as if

ᴀtūˊnᴀx kês yêˊnᴀx has ỵî yᴀˊxawe ỵasiateˊ 256-5
from into it out from there they being like that was

yuqog̣āˊsǃ. “ᴀtg̣ᴀxāˊ dê ᴀxsīˊkǃᵘ” yūˊỵawaqa
the fog. “Let eat something (imp.) my daughter” what said

yuānqāˊwo. ʟᴀx ckᴀstāˊx̣wâ aweˊ wudjîx̣īˊx̣ hᴀsduqǃoeˊs
the chief. Very was a young man that ran for them

hīˊng̣a. Ax ke āˊwatᴀn kîdjūˊk qîˊnaỵî. ᴀqadêˊ
for water. From it out he took a fish-hawk its quill. Into it

awatsāˊq. Yū yên kāˊwatᴀn xēʟǃ qāx ʟēł
he put it. If it bent over slime on account of not

ckaˊ wuckuˊk yuqāˊ. Cunāỵêˊt yên da yēˊg̣awetsa,
behaved himself the man. Everyone there when they examined,

duīˊkǃ kǃᴀtskǃᵘ kāˊwaqa. Tcǃuʟēˊxdê hīn
her brother little. she sent. Ever since then water

hᴀˊsduqǃoēˊdê āˊwayᴀ hᴀˊsduīkǃ kǃᴀˊtskǃᵘ. Qot 256-10
for them carried their brother little. Entirely

g̣agūˊdawe duīˊkǃ hīn g̣ā aˊwatan qǃīcaˊ
when went away his brother water for she took bucket

duxoˊxqǃᵘ wᴀˊnqǃes. Dᴀˊxda hīˊng̣a gūˊdawe ᴀcdjīˊn
her husbands for. Twice for water when she went her hand

awuˊłîcāt qā hīn qǃēqǃ. Tcǃuʟeˊ nēł
caught a man water near (by the). Then into the house

awîˊsīneˊawe duxoˊxqǃᵘ awᴀˊn xᴀˊnqǃ aqadēˊ
when she brought it her husbands close by to into it

uduwatsāˊk kîdjūˊk qǃîˊnaỵî. Tcǃuyūˊ dudjīˊn wudułcādî
they put [it] fish-hawk its quill The time her hand was caught

aweˊ ʟa yūˊyênkāˊwatᴀn xēʟǃqāx. ʟē awēˊ
when then it bent slime from. Then it was

wudînaˊq duxoˊxqǃᵘ wᴀˊng̣ᴀˊndî dunᴀˊq.
started to get up her husbands to go outside from her.

Tsǃuhēˊtǃaawe ag̣acᴀˊttc, ʟe
First one and then the other when she would catch then

atūˊnᴀx wudjᴀˊłtc. Tcǃuʟeˊ ʟēł hᴀs wudustīˊn.
through them [her hands] would go. Then not they saw [them].

Hᴀˊsduyāˊgu qoˊa aweˊ ā kᴀt wudjix̣īˊx̣.
Their canoe, however, lake on 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 qoˊa aweˊ yēˊᴀt hᴀs aodîcîˊ qahāˊsǃtc
Their son, however, for this they came to wish filth

ỵāqgadjāˊq. ᴀtcaweˊ duīˊc nᴀg̣anāˊn
would kill him. This is why his father when he dies

ᴀtkǃᴀˊtskǃᵘ qǃᴀnᴀskîdēˊtc wudjāˊqtc. ʟax wâˊyu 257-5
a little boy’s poverty always is killed of. Very when

kᴀcūˊsawedê duyêˊtkǃᵘ, duʟāˊ tîn gāˊnîyᴀx
had suffered her little child his mother with outside

kaˊoduʟ̣î-uˊ. Ān tcukᴀˊqǃawe tcāc hît akaˊ
they let him go. Town at the other end of branch house at it

aołîyᴀˊx. Duyêˊtkǃᵒ ᴀˊqǃ ān yē wutîˊ.
she made. Her little child then with it so she stayed.

ᴀˊcutcnutc duyêˊtkǃᵒ yūˊtcāc hît ỵîk.
She always bathed her little child the branch house inside.

Desgwᴀˊtc ʟǃagāˊyan nᴀłgēˊn. Qaqǃaitēˊawe
Now he was getting large. Garbage

dukadêˊq dog̣êˊtcnutc.
on top of him (i. e., his house) they would always throw.

“Yāˊtǃayauwaqāˊ,” yuaweˊ daỵadoqāˊnutc. Uˊx
“This man living here,” was what they always called him. At him

udułcuˊqnutc. Wānanīˊsawe yux wudjix̣īˊx̣ 257-10
they would laugh. As soon as out he ran

yuᴀtkǃᴀˊtskǃᵒ ᴀckułỵêˊtîxōqǃ. “Tca-īˊ
the little boy among the boys playing. “Oh! you dirty

Qǃaīˊtî-cūyeˊ-qā” ʟa yūˊduwasa. Duʟāˊ ye
garbage-man” then what they called him. His mother thus

aỵaˊosîqa, “Sᴀks ᴀˊxdjîỵîs łayᴀˊx.” aʟeˊ ye
he asked, “Bows and arrows for me make.” Then so

anᴀsnīˊawe tcǃūˊya akᴀˊndagᴀnêaweˊ
when she had made them just then when it was daylight

ānaguˊttc atǃoˊktǃ. Łdakᴀˊt ᴀˊdawe
he always went shooting with them. All things those

atǃoˊktǃînutc. Qāx ỵaqsatīˊyawe desgwaˊtc
he would shoot. Getting to be a man when he was now

yūˊākǃ aỵahêˊtaqguttc.
the lake 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 āˊdaq gūˊtsawe ᴀcỵîs ỵînᴀx ke
Many times inland to it after he had gone for him toward up

qǃēˊwax̣ix̣. Qǃānᴀˊx łatîˊ ᴀłeqǃāˊ. Dᴀxdanīˊn ye
came quickly. It was around mouth was red. Twice so

ᴀc nᴀsnīˊ duʟāˊ qǃēˊwawūsǃ, “Dāˊsayu
him it had done for his mother he asked, “What is that,

aʟeˊ?” Tcuʟeˊ yên aˊosînî ỵīs ʟāk. “Dekīˊ qǃwᴀn
mother?” Then there he prepared spear new. Seaward now

dāq īcīˊq îyᴀˊx qǃaowutǃāˊxe x̣ākᵘ
out you run for you it opens its mouth claws

qâˊdjî gᴀˊłaat. Iīˊc yāguˊ aweˊ. aqǃ 258-5
it puts up on land. Your father his canoe it is. To it

āyᴀˊx dugudēˊawe ᴀcyᴀˊx qǃēˊwatǃāx.
so when he had gone for him it opened its mouth.

“Dułēqǃᴀˊ tcᴀ tǃuˊk.” Tcǃuʟeˊ
“Its (mouth’s) redness right in shoot it.” Then

awutǃūˊguawe ye uduwaᴀˊx “G̣ā” yēł yᴀˊx.
when he had shot it so it was heard to say “G̣a,” raven like.

Ayêˊx caỵaˊoʟ̣ix̣ac yeyᴀˊx aweˊ wūneˊ ayêxakǃāˊwu. Xᴀtc
As if were all cut off like it that it was its seats. It was

ēq yāˊgu ayuˊ yēkᵘdīwuqǃ ayᴀxakǃāwˊo. Xᴀtc tcǃᴀs
a copper canoe that in it were wide seats. It was only

ʟe yēˊtî ēˊqayu, ʟe kāˊwawᴀʟǃ yūˊyākᵘ łdakᴀˊt ā.
then was copper it was and broke up the canoe all did.

Tāt ỵinᴀˊx aweˊ āˊwaya duhîˊtî dê duʟāˊ
Night throughout it was he carried his house to his mother

xᴀˊndî. ʟēł Łīngîˊttc wuskoˊ. 258-10
to. Not Tlingit 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 āˊʟen hîˊtxawe ỵāˊnᴀłyᴀx
Then big one into house it was he was making from

yuīˊq. Yutcāˊctaỵīqǃ adeˊawe āˊtǃᴀqǃanutc
the copper. Under the branches there it was he would pound

ʟāq sᴀkᵘ kīs sᴀkᵘ. ʟēł g̣ayēˊsǃ qōstīˊỵīn qaˊtcu
spears for bracelets for. Not iron there was or

ēq yᴀx ỵatīˊỵī ᴀt. Tînnaˊ yax tsǃu
copper like were things. Copper plates like also

atǃēˊqǃ. ʟe nēł ỵīˊya ᴀcᴀˊkᴀnadjᴀł.
he pounded. Then in the house inside he set them all down.

Tcǃuʟeˊ dokᴀˊt ku-doxēˊtc qǃaīteˊ.
Then on him they always threw garbage.

“Yāˊdatǃᴀˊqǃ-anqāˊwo.” Yên asnīˊ wehîˊt qa
“This pounding rich man.” When he finished the house and

yuˊtînna de cāˊỵadîhēn yūˊnîłqǃ adeˊ
the copper plate of there were plenty in that house at them

ᴀtǃaqǃᴀˊt. Tcǃayeˊ uˊxanᴀx dułcuˊg̣taweˊ, kǃêsāˊnî
he was pounding. So at him when they laughed, little boys

xō yux nacîˊqtc. “Tca-īˊ qǃa-iteˊ-cūˊye-qā.”
among out would run. “Oh! you dirty garbage-man.”

Yūˊansǃatîˊ-si ʟēł dudjîdeˊ yēˊqasadoˊha.
A rich man’s daughter not to her would let anyone have.

Łdakᴀˊt yētx ducāˊqǃaweˊ tcǃuʟeˊ aỵîˊs
All [places] from when they tried to marry then for her

yēn ūˊwani. Hūtc qoˊa tāˊdawe ctāˊde 259-5
there he got ready. He, however, at night himself

yēˊdjîwudîne. Eq kᴀtîˊqǃ aosîteˊ. Ātēˊxya
dressed up. Copper a twist of took. Where she slept

aosîkuˊ yuānỵēˊdê. Tǃaqǃāˊnᴀxawe ᴀtc
he knew the rich man’s daughter. From the hole that

yu-ᴀqłîˊtsᴀqk yucāˊwᴀt yuēˊq-kᴀtîˊqǃtc. Yucawāˊttc
he was pushing with it the woman the copper roll. The woman

aołicāˊt. Aodzînîˊqǃ. ʟēł ag̣aˊ wus-ha
caught it. She smelt it. Not what (for it) it was [she knew]

yuēˊq. ʟēł łīngîˊt-ānēˊqǃ ax dustîˊndjîayuˊ ēq.
the copper. Not in the world of it having ever seen copper.

Tcǃuʟeˊ āˊwaxox, “Hāgu gāˊnqǃa.” Xᴀˊni yux
Then he called her, “Come outside.” To him outside

wugūˊt. “ᴀxhîˊtîỵīdêˊ xāˊnaᴀde. Axᴀniỵeˊ
she went. “Down to my house go with me. With me

îq-gwâteˊ” yūˊaỵaosîqa. Gudᴀxqāˊx 259-10
you are going to stay,” what he said to her. From whence

sayuˊ ūˊwadjî ʟēł yeˊawusku. Yūˊduīqonīˊk
it was he came not she knew. The man they used to call [dirty]

qāx sateỵîˊ, tsǃᴀs yuîˊqtê ayuˊ ᴀcīˊn
come to be the man it was only to the beach that with her

ỵāˊnaᴀt. Tcǃa dudjîˊ cukᴀdaweˊ nēł cūˊdjîxîn,
was going. Just before her in front of into thehouse it flew,

yuēˊq qǃaxāˊt duyêˊt kaodîgᴀˊnaỵîˊ. Tcǃuʟeˊ
the copper door her face shining in. Then

gutxᴀˊtsayu ʟe nēłỵīˊ caỵaqāˊwadjᴀł
from where was it then down inside the house stood all around

yūˊtînna. Tcǃuʟeˊ āˊwaca duhîˊtîqǃ.
the coppers. Then he married her 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 qodicīˊ yūˊcawᴀt. Wudūˊdziha
For her they started to hunt that woman. They came to miss her

kǃūˊnỵagīỵî. Kᴀnaxsaˊ dēx oxeˊ ᴀg̣aˊ
for many days. After two [days] were passed for her

ug̣aˊqoduciỵaˊ. Wānanīˊsawe duīˊc gux, yeˊ
while they were hunting. And then her father a slave, thus

aỵaˊosîqa, “Kǃē g̣ênaˊt qeˊcî.” ᴀt kūˊwacî yūˊgux
said to, “Good below here hunt.” Then hunted the slave

doxᴀˊnt. Tcǃuʟeˊ āˊnēł ỵawusaỵeˊawe yūˊgux
for her. Then into the house when he looked the slave

g̣āˊnî qoˊxodjîqᴀq. Duỵêˊt kaˊodigᴀn. Yuhîˊt 260-5
outside backed. His face it started to shine in The house

ỵīˊdᴀx, “Nēł guˊ” yūˊaỵaosîqa yūˊcāwᴀt
from in, “Into the house come,” what said to him the woman’s

xoxtc. “Łîł kīnigīˊq ya axhîˊtî” ʟe yūˊaỵaosîqa.
husband. “Never tell it about my house,” then he said to him.

Yē qoˊa yên aỵaˊosîqa, “Qǃa-īˊtîcuye-qātc uwacaˊ”
So but there he said to him, “Garbage-man married her”

yuqǃwᴀˊnskāniłnîk. Lᴀ nēł wugudīˊawe akaˊwanêk.
tell that. Then into the house when he came he told it.

“Qǃa-īˊîcuye-qātc uwacaˊ” yūˊckᴀłnīk. Tcǃuʟeˊ aweˊ yūx
“Garbage-man married her” he said. Then it was out

hᴀs djuˊdeᴀt. “ᴀxsīˊkǃ” yūˊqǃoyaqa duʟaˊ.
they started to rush. “My daughter” said her mother.

Tcǃuʟeˊ aqǃaˊwułt hᴀs łūˊwaguq. Yūˊtcac-hît 260-10
Then to his door they rushed. The branch house

g̣etłaˊa hît nēł ᴀcukaˊołîtsᴀx. “Dᴀm” yūˊyudowaᴀx.
inside house into they kicked. “Dᴀm” it was heard like.

Duyêˊtayu kaodigᴀˊn. Yuhîˊtỵīanᴀˊq
Her face it was it started to shine in. From the house door

gāˊnīqox hᴀs wuˊdiqêʟǃ. Gūsūˊ aỵîˊs kǃānt wunūˊgu.
back outside they started to go. Where for him anger was.

Tcǃuʟeˊ kāwadīˊqǃ. Nēłdêˊ hᴀs naāˊdawe ag̣āˊ
Then she became ashamed. Home they when went for him

qoqāˊawaqa duwuˊ. Doxᴀˊnt hᴀs āˊdawe
he sent for his father-in-law. To him they when came

nᴀsǃgaducuˊ tînnaˊ ᴀcnāˊỵe aosîˊne ᴀsīˊ
eight coppers on him he put his daughter

awucāˊỵetc. ʟe adadᴀˊxdê caoduʟ̣îg̣êˊtc
because he married. Then from around it they threw away from

yutcāˊc-hît ỵīỵî. Yut kaˊodigᴀn yūˊēq. Qoˊa
the branch house did. Out started to shine the copper. But

duīˊc aweˊ ye ᴀcīˊt taˊoditᴀn duīg̣āˊ
his father that one so to him did it purposely for him

ᴀt nᴀg̣asūˊt. ᴀtcaweˊ ỵiỵidᴀˊde qawu tsǃu
something to help him out. This is why even now a man also

qǃanᴀckîdēˊx nᴀˊxsᴀtīn yug̣āˊayu ᴀt
poor is for him something

yᴀsēˊk. ᴀtcaweˊ hēˊnᴀxa ēq āˊqǃaołitsīn.
comes up and helps out. This is why there copper is expensive.

ᴀqǃ ye ᴀt wuniỵīˊtc. Tcǃuyaˊ ỵîdᴀt xᴀˊng̣āt tsǃu dēx 261-5
At it so thing happened. Even lately too two

gux ckᴀˊteᴀtsinen tînnaˊ. Tcᴀ ʟᴀˊkᵘ
slaves used to cost a copper. Become an everlasting

qoˊdzîtīˊỵī-ᴀtx sîtîˊ ᴀqǃ.
living thing it is there.

FOOTNOTES:

[128] All these stories, with the exception of nos. 100 and 106, were obtained at Sitka.

[129] Another version is incorporated into story 31.

[130] Łuqᴀnaˊ, probably equivalent to Kwakiutl ʟōˊkoala.

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 āntqenîˊ ān qołayᴀˊtqǃ aayaˊ ᴀqǃ
Were living people town in a long where in it

qōˊwaēn. Dukāˊk xᴀnqǃ yēˊỵatî, yuqā. Dᴀxnᴀˊx ỵatîˊ
was a famine. His uncle with he stayed a man. Two were

dukāˊk cᴀt. Yuqāˊ āˊawe yān dēnkūˊwane. Tcǃa lᴀkᵘ
his uncle’s wives. The men those were very hungry. Always

natēˊtc yuqāˊ ūdzîkaˊ. ʟᴀx qāqǃaxᴀˊnt
slept the man, he was lazy. Very to men

acux̣īˊx̣awe naołig̣āˊsǃ dunᴀˊq
when [food] was all gone they started for camp from him

yūˊudzikaỵa-qua. Dīỵīˊnᴀx aa dukāˊk 262-5
the lazy man. Back of the fire it was his uncle’s

caˊttcawe g̣āsǃ-kǃî iteˊdê ᴀt wug̣ēˊqǃ ᴀtqǃēˊcî
wife that post hole down in the something threw dried fish

doqǃēˊs. Tca adêˊ wuckᴀˊt wudiguˊt
for him. Just as there around she started to walk

diyēˊdî. Ayuˊ yeˊ aciaˊosîqa “Eqǃēˊs
at the rear of the fire. When thus she said to him “For you

g̣āsǃ-kǃî ītīˊdî ᴀtqǃēˊci xâg̣ēˊqǃ.” Yēˊkᵘg̣e aweˊ
post hole into dried fish I threw.” A small piece that

wuctūˊdî andatīˊtc. Āx ke ag̣atīˊn
into his mouth he would put. From it out when he took it

tcǃa Lᴀkᵘ natēˊtc. Cᴀnaˊodasǃîˊttc.
all the time he would sleep. 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 duỵîxᴀˊndî yē ỵaˊodudzîqa,
At once down close to him thus something said to him,

“Iīg̣āˊ xᴀt wūsuˊ.” ʟēkǃ gwâˊyᴀł wudaᴀˊt ᴀt 262-10
“For you I come to help.” Not was anything there at it

ᴀłg̣ēˊn. Wananīˊsawe tātc uwadjᴀˊq.
when he looked. At once asleep he fell (or was killed by).

Dadukᴀˊnᴀx yᴀx ỵatîˊ yūłˊāx̣ᵘ. Wananīˊsawe yên
Overcoming him like was the famine. And then there

aỵāˊwayᴀk. Yūˊye-ᴀct-āỵaqa-ᴀt
he got ready for it. What was speaking to him

yekułigāˊỵî-ᴀtaweˊ duyāxᴀˊnt wudjîx̣īˊx̣. Duūˊx
was a small thing which around by him was running. Its teeth

yēkdiyāˊtǃ. Tcǃuʟeˊ ax āˊwacāt. Doᴀtsǃīˊʟǃ
were long. Then from it (up) he took it. His rags

tūˊqǃawe aỵāˊwacᴀt. ʟe tātc uwadjᴀˊq. Ye
among he put it. Then asleep he fell. As follows

adjūˊn, “Hīnqǃ qǃwᴀn yên xᴀt cᴀt,”
he dreamt, “In the water (imp.) there me put,”

yu-ᴀct-āˊỵaqa. Ỵaqēnaēˊnî aweˊ ayᴀˊx aˊosîne.
what it said to him. It was getting light when like it he did.

Eg̣e ān ỵēq uwaguˊt. Dudjīˊn 263-5
Inside with it down [to the water] he went. His hands

tāˊqǃawe ke āxêˊtctc. “Xāg̣aˊ
in those up [and down] he threw it always. “For me

iwasuˊ,” yēˊaỵênᴀsqāˊawe hīn nᴀx āwaxēˊtc.
you come to help,” when he said so water into he threw it.

Wuduwasǃᴀˊqawe ᴀt āwaxêˊtciỵa. ʟe yêˊndiỵax
It smoked where he threw it. Then there

x̣înᴀˊ-ᴀˊtî aweˊ canaˊodîsǃît. Tcǃuʟeˊ
it was getting dark when he began to cover his head. Then

aqēˊnaēˊnî tî’nawe āˊwaᴀx yēł sa
it was getting toward daylight when with he heard raven’s cry

duīg̣ayaˊdê. Tcāʟ gwâˊỵa yāˊnᴀx yên aˊosîguq. ᴀtēˊsǃî
below him. Halibut it was ashore there drifted. Its heart

kadeˊqǃ aỵax̣ᴀˊt yūˊ-ᴀcīg̣āˊ-wusūˊwu-ᴀt.
on it was 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.

Tsǃayuˊkǃawe hît yᴀx djiˊwᴀne. Aʟēˊn aołiyᴀˊx. 263-10
Quickly house he made. A big one he made.

Tsǃutāˊdawe ēq an ỵēq uwaguˊt, ᴀdjiwanᴀˊq
In the morning it was beach with it down he went and let it go

tsǃu. Āx ỵaqēˊga aˊawe tsǃu eq de
also. After that when it was getting daylight again beach at

wudūˊwaᴀx yēł sa. Āˊỵēq wudjix̣īˊx̣. Tcǃuʟeˊ
he heard the raven’s call. Down there he ran. Then

kīdjîˊnawe wudcuˊta kaˊodiha yūˊtsa
five one behind another started to float the seals

duīg̣aỵāˊqǃ. Kidjîˊna łēdᴀˊqǃ adēˊawe qǃayax̣ᴀˊt.
below him. The fifth one’s neck around it hung.

Weˊaciye g̣ānasēˊtc-ᴀt daᴀtxakāˊ awadjᴀˊŁ. ʟēł dutīˊn
Around his neck thing from it he took. Not could be seen

de duhîˊtî aỵî yuqᴀłūˊxtcātc.
his house inside of it on account of the drippings.

Yu acnᴀˊq-wułîg̣āˊsǃî dukāˊk-hᴀs qo
Those from him went his uncle’s, however,

yaēˊn dēn wūˊnî.
suffering from famine 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 dukînāˊda kaˊodîkǃîtǃ
At once on top of him (i. e., above him), came out

djᴀˊnwu. Xōˊde adjīˊwanᴀq. ʟē łdakᴀˊt
mountain sheep. Among them he let it go quickly. Then all

dāq kawasūˊs. Tcǃuʟeˊ ʟēł wudutīˊn de
down fell. Then not could be seen

duhîˊtîỵî-ᴀt cāˊỵełahēn 264-5
the things inside of his house [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 dukāˊktc adeˊ
When he thought he had died of famine his uncle thither

kokāˊwaqa duīg̣aˊ qᴀg̣āˊx dusqāˊndayu.
told some to go for him in order to burn up [his body].

Dugūˊxqǃo aˊde akāˊwaqa ᴀtxaweˊt doxᴀˊnt uwaqoˊx.
His slaves there he told to go after it to him (they) came.

Wēˊguxqǃ nēłdeˊ awaxōˊx. Dāq aˊosiᴀt. Qǃēx
The slaves into the house he called. Up [they] came. He was

ᴀt tīx. ʟēqǃ ᴀcxᴀˊnî uwaxeˊ.
giving them things to eat. One [night] with him [they] stayed.

Aˊsiwe ỵêˊtkǃwaỵa u yūˊgux. Yēˊsdo-daỵaqa, “Łîˊł 264-10
It was had a child a slave. He said to them, “Nothing

ke aiˊcᴀˊtdjīk qǃwᴀn.” Aᴀˊsiwe ᴀt tūˊde āˊwug̣ēqǃ
away take” (imp.). It was something into threw

yūˊguxkǃutc. “Dekēˊwu tusigᴀˊn
the little slave. “We burned him up

yu-qǃwᴀˊn-ckan-īłnīk-îtsǃāˊtītîn.” Yūˊyên ᴀcukāˊwadja.
tell your household.” That word 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 hᴀs qōˊxawe ke kaˊodigᴀx duỵêˊtkǃᵒ.
At night home they when got out began to cry the baby.

“Tayêˊkǃwe, tayêˊkǃwe,” yūk dag̣āˊx yūˊgux
“Little fat, Little fat,” out started to cry the slave’s

ỵêtkǃᵒ. Qōˊwaēn yūˊān
child. There was a great famine in the town

yūˊ-ᴀt-naołigᴀˊsǃîỵa. ᴀˊxo ałᴀx̣ᵘtǃ. Āˊwe
where the people moved to. Among them some died. This

āˊwaqēt yūanqāˊwutc yu-adêˊq-dag̣ᴀˊxỵa yūˊgux
thought about the chief the way was crying the slave’s

ỵêˊtkǃᵒ. Tsǃᴀs akaˊ ke akᴀnatīˊn.
baby. Only to it up he was adding [he was making it louder].

Yūk dag̣āˊx yūˊgux ỵêˊtkǃᵒ: “Tāˊỵakǃwe,
Out cried in this way the slave’s baby: “Little fat,

tāˊyakǃwe.” Yūk dag̣āˊx yūˊgux ỵêtkǃᵒ.
Little fat.” Out cried the slave’s child.

“G̣aˊʟg̣eỵīˊawe ỵīˊaỵasākᵘ,” duʟāˊ ye
“The inside of a clam it is he is calling for,” his mother so

ỵawaqaˊ. Xᴀtc kîtcyêˊdawe āˊdatīn 265-5
said. But a piece [of fat] on her side had

yūˊguxtc duỵêˊtkǃᵒ qǃēs. Ān caˊodîqe.
the slave her baby for. With it she started to sit up.

Dōˊqǃwᴀ daˊwᴀłîtêtʟǃ. Wananīˊsawe ān yên
Its mouth was greasy all over. At once to him there

akāˊwanîk. Ye ān akāˊwanîk
she told it to him (her master). Thus to him she told

dusǃatīˊ tîn. “Āˊwu ho. Aʟ̣ēˊn ᴀt cāˊỵᴀłahēˊnawe
her master to. “He is there. Many things 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 nāqǃ kaˊodowᴀnaˊadê. Tcayᴀˊx gwâˊyu aʟēˊn
Then thither all started. Like it it was great there

ᴀt-caỵᴀˊłahēn g̣wâyūˊ dudjīˊ.
quantity of things it was he had.

ʟ̣ukᴀtctāˊdᴀna ʟēqǃ ᴀtīˊỵia dukāˊk cᴀt
Tried to make herself look pretty one it was his uncle’s wife,