Chapter XXII: Part 22

awungaʟ̣āˊgayᴀ. G̣êʟǃx sîtîˊ yuaỵeˊ hᴀs wunîˊỵiỵᴀ.
could get. Cliff there was that they got like.

Dēsgwᴀˊtc dēx dîs hᴀsduīˊk kāˊwakîsǃ. Gūtx
Already two months on them were finished. From anywhere

yākᵘ hᴀs ᴀg̣âˊqsîtīn. Tcaweˊ qākāˊqǃawe hᴀs 361-5
canoe they could see. It was on the man they

wutêˊ wecāˊt wuqoaˊnitc wusnēˊxê.
lived (were) the mountain being had saved.

When they became discouraged they made steps across the glacier. In one place was a precipice, and they had a hard struggle. They left one of their brothers in front of the cliff. He had become dizzy. So they left him. They came among trees after they had left him. He suffered very much from the cold. They, however, came upon a red-cedar house. They used a fire drill. Already it smoked. Then the fire came quickly out of the red cedar, and they sat by the fire without food. Day came without their brother having died.

Ciêˊx hᴀs tāxt dahāˊ aweˊ yūˊsîtǃ
About themselves they were discouraged when the glacier

yᴀx hᴀs qeˊya kaodzîtǃᴀˊqǃ. ʟe yatīˊỵiỵa aaweˊ hᴀs
across they made steps. In one place they

doqǃanawudāˊq ᴀdawūˊʟ ỵes aosîˊnî. ʟēqǃ
found a precipice and they had a hard struggle. One

ᴀtīˊỵia hᴀsduhuˊnx ag̣ōˊt hᴀs wuāˊt
there was [of them] their brother away from him they went

yūˊg̣îʟ yᴀqǃ. Ākāwałîˊk. ʟe anᴀˊq 361-10
the cliff in front of. He became dizzy. Then from him

hᴀs wuāˊt. Āsqǃ cūˊỵīt hᴀs ūˊwaᴀt anᴀˊq. ᴀqǃaweˊ
they went. The trees among they came from him. There

āt tcianādjᴀˊq. Hᴀs qoˊa łax hît
he suffered very much from cold. They however red cedar house

akᴀˊx hᴀs wuāt. Hᴀs āˊwatuł. Desgwᴀˊtc
upon it they came. They used a fire-drill. Already

yāndusǃᴀˊq. ʟe dāˊk ỵaosîx̣īˊx̣ yūˊłax tūˊnᴀx
it smoked. Then out came quickly the red cedar from into

yūˊqǃān. Hūtcǃ yuwūwūˊ tsǃᴀs yuqǃāˊnawe ᴀgūˊkt ᴀqēˊn. Lēł
the fire. Ended the food only the fire by it sat. Not

āt djudjāˊq yuhᴀsduhuˊnx kᴀx qeˊwaa.
there died their brother but it got daylight.

Now they made fun of their youngest brother. “Where is the being that helped you? Didn’t you say that you could kill anything?” Then he became angry at the way they talked about him. He started off aimlessly. When he started he did just as the mountain being had directed him. Then he saw their white dog that used to go everywhere with them. He saw the little dog running up. He looked toward it. He saw that a mountain sheep was holed in there for the winter. Before he could believe it he heard the little dog bark. The mountain sheep had very large horns. He ran his spear into it just once and killed it. Not knowing what he should do, he squeezed himself in beside it. He cut open the animal, which was very large. This was the mother of the bears. He cut off only the fat from around its stomach. It was of the thickness of two fingers. Then he ran down to his brothers with it. That made them feel lively and drove away all their hunger. Then they brought down all of the parts. After they had brought everything down into the house they started back to hunt for their brother, but the wolf people had taken him. When the canoe that was hunting for them came outside they did not have much food left. They let their brother go, for they could not find him. They started to the town, and they got home. Then they stayed right where they were because something was always happening to them.

Hᴀs ᴀkāˊwacūq yuhᴀsdukīˊkǃ. “Gusūˊwu ỵīg̣āˊt
They made fun of their younger brother. “Where is for you

wusūˊwu a. ʟēł ỵîqǃeˊ ułqǃēỵīn ᴀt wudjāˊq.”
helped is. Not did you say any thing you could kill.”

Hᴀsduqǃwaiˊyēt kǃānt uwanuˊk. Tcǃᴀkug̣eˊỵî
The way they talked to him angry he got about it. Aimlessly

yēˊdî ᴀt wux̣ū’n. Ỵāgᴀgūˊt qotīˊsǃ tcayuˊ
off he started. When he started away did just as

catuqāˊwutc adêˊ daỵaqāỵîỵaˊ yᴀˊxawe qōwanūˊkᵘ.
the mountain being there had told him like it he did.

Āweˊ aosîtīˊn hᴀsdukēˊʟ̣î ʟ̣ēt yᴀx hᴀs iteˊ 362-5
And then he saw their dog white like they had

hᴀsduīˊn wuckēˊt wudiᴀˊt. Yūˊkǃeʟkǃ aosîtēˊn kînda
with them around used to go. The little dog he saw toward

ke nacīˊx̣î. ᴀt aoʟ̣îg̣êˊn. Aosîtēˊn ᴀqǃ qōˊdᴀt
up running. To it he looked. He saw there holed in

a djêˊnwu ᴀsiyuˊ Łᴀkǃ wuhīˊnî aweˊ tsǃᴀs adēˊ
a mountain sheep was. Before he could believe it only there

saˊoduwaᴀx. Adeˊ ᴀcaˊ ye kᵘdîʟaˊ
he heard it bark. There on its head thus were very large

ᴀcedîˊ yudjêˊnwu. ʟēˊqǃawe ᴀtūˊdî aosîgūˊ
its horns the mountain sheep. Just once into it he ran

wetsag̣ᴀˊʟǃ. ʟe ᴀc ūwadjᴀˊq. ʟēł adeˊ ūˊnᴀx
the spear. Then it killed it. Not what with it

sîˊniiỵa, atǃᴀˊxkᴀnᴀˊx nēł ckaˊoʟ̣îqǃîqǃ. ᴀt 362-10
he should do, beside it in he squeezed himself. Thing

ʟēn ayuˊ ᴀx ᴀkaołîx̣ᴀˊc. Xᴀtc yetsīˊnet-ʟa ᴀsîyuˊ.
large was open he cut. This mother of the bears it was.

Tsǃᴀs weaỵîˊkîawe ᴀcūˊtx awałîx̣ᴀˊc.
Only the fat around the stomach from around he cut off.

Dēx ʟeł yᴀxyᴀˊx kᴀsîkāˊk. Ān dāk wudjîx̣īˊx̣
Two fingers like it was thick as. With it out he ran

dohōˊnxō-hᴀs xᴀˊndî. ᴀkāˊtxawe qᴀgeˊwatsīn.
his brothers to. It was that made them feel very lively.

ʟeckāˊx hᴀs at wuʟ̣ikêˊʟǃ. Łdakᴀˊta ᴀt hᴀs
Away they drove hunger. All things (=parts) they

ᴀkāˊwadjêł. Yuhîˊt ỵīt yuʟ̣īˊīātxaweˊ
brought down. The house down into after they took everything

qox hᴀs qaodîciˊ hᴀsduhuˊnxō g̣a. G̣ōtc qoaˊnî
back they started to hunt their brother for. Wolf people

ᴀˊsiyu ᴀc wusîˊnēx. De ʟēł ugeỵīˊawe hᴀsduwūˊwu hᴀˊsdu
were him saved. Now not was very much their food them

yā uwaqoˊx hᴀˊsduỵîgaˊ qociỵîˊ. Hᴀs aołîʟīˊt
for came outside of them came hunting. They let go

hᴀsduhuˊnx. Ayeteˊx hᴀs qowucîˊ. Āndeˊa hᴀs
their brother. They could not find him. To the town they

wuāˊt. ʟe ānt hᴀs uwaqoˊx. Hᴀsduīˊn ʟeyēˊqǃde yē hᴀs
went. Then home they came. With them right there thus they

wuqīˊtc ʟᴀkᵘ uxqēˊs-ninīˊdjayu.
stayed always because things were happenning to them.

Afterward they started down in this direction with their brother-in-law, whose name was Heavy-wings. They started this way and came out here. He had a daughter. They came to Kᴀstaxēˊxda. Their daughter was grown up, but no man had ever seen her. Then they were going to Auk, but could not reach it on account of a storm. Heavy-wings had many nephews. They had some eulachon grease inside a sea-lion stomach, which they would throw on the fire whenever they made one. After that they said something to anger the north wind. On account of the north wind they had already been there for two months, and the food in the sea-lion’s stomach that they thought would never be used up, was quickly consumed. Already only half of a piece of dried fish was left and the north wind was still blowing hard. They had already consumed everything. One night, when they went to bed, they could not sleep for thinking about their condition, but toward morning all except Heavy-wings fell asleep. When he at last fell asleep he dreamed a man came to him. It was a fine-looking man that came to him. It was North Wind that he dreamed of. [The man] said to him, “Give me your daughter. Then you will see the place you are bound for.” But he did not believe his dream. In the morning he said, “One does not follow the directions of a dream.” His wife, however, said, “It is not right to disbelieve what the dream says.” His wife was angry with him. She said, “Why then did you tell your dream to me? This is why I am talking to you so.” Next morning they went down to dig clams, but his nephews kept very silent as if they were thinking about themselves. When they were about to go to bed their fire was heard.[165] Four days later he dreamed North Man came to him again. “Give me your daughter quickly if you want to see the place whither you are bound.” In the morning he said to his wife, “Had I not better obey my dream?” and he said to his nephew, “Go outside and shout, ‘I give my daughter to you.’”

ᴀtxaweˊ yāˊdê hᴀs tūˊwate 363-5
After that this way some started to come

hᴀsdukāˊnî tîn. Kîtcîłdᴀˊłqǃ yūˊdowasakᵘ
their brother-in-law with. Heavy-wings was named

hᴀsdukāˊnî ʟe yāˊdê hᴀs wukoˊ. ʟeyāˊq
their brother-in-law then over this way they started. There

dāk hᴀs uwaqoˊx. Cāˊwᴀt ỵêt āˊwa-u, Kᴀstaxēˊxda-ānt
out they came. Female child he had, to Kᴀstaxēˊxda town

hᴀs uwaqoˊx. Hᴀˊsduỵêˊtkǃo koyēˊkułîg̣e. ʟēł qā ye
they came. Their daughter was large. Not a man so

ustīˊntc. Āˊkǃᵘde ayuˊ ỵāsnaqoˊx. Ā hᴀs
had seen her ever. To Auk it was they were going. There they

ỵāˊwasîk ākêˊnqǃ. Doqēˊłkǃî -hᴀs qodzîteˊ
could not get on account of a storm. His nephews were many

Kîtcîłdᴀˊłqǃ. Tān yuwuỵîˊqǃ yeˊỵatî 363-10
Heavy-wings. Sea lion in the stomach was

sāk-exēˊ ʟacūˊt hᴀs awudaagêˊ gᴀnᴀłkaˊt
eulachon grease completed they made the fire, on the fire

hᴀs ax ōg̣ēˊqtc. ᴀx hᴀs kǃᴀnakōʟ̣îg̣ᴀˊt
they from always threw. After it they said something to anger

yux̣ūˊn. Dēsgwᴀˊtc dēx dîs āỵeˊs ỵᴀtiˊ
the north wind. Already two months for it was

yux̣ūˊn tǃēqǃ. A hᴀs
the north wind on account of. The thing they

tāła x̣āˊdjî yūˊtān yuwuˊ hᴀs
thought never would be all gone the sea lion stomach they

aosîkǃîˊtǃ. Dēsgwᴀˊtc ᴀtqǃēˊcî kîˊkî ᴀt tīˊndjᴀ
consumed quickly. Already piece of dried fish half was left

ʟak aỵaˊodite yux̣ūˊn. Dēsgwᴀˊtc cg̣axᴀˊnx
was still blowing hard the north wind. Already with themselves

hᴀs ᴀt ỵaodzîxaˊ. Ayuˊ yūˊtāt hᴀs xᴀqǃᵘ ʟēł
they things came to consume That night they went to bed not

ciˊaỵide hᴀs wudaxēqǃᵘ. Wānanīˊsawe
for thinking about themselves they could sleep. And then

qeakādeˊawe tādj uwadjᴀˊq Kîtcîłdᴀˊłqǃ qoˊa. Tādj
toward morning asleep they fell Heavy-wings, however. Asleep

wudjag̣ēˊawe ye awadjūˊn ᴀcxᴀˊnt uwaguˊt yuqāˊ.
when he fell thus he dreamed to him came a man.

Ag̣ᴀqaˊ ᴀcxᴀˊnt uwaguˊt. Yux̣ūˊntuwuˊ ᴀsiyuˊ 364-5
A fine-looking man to him came. It was the north wind

ye ỵawadjūˊn. “Îsīˊ ᴀxdjīˊt djîtᴀˊn,”
so he dreamed of. “Your daughter to me give,”

yuᴀcdāˊỵᴀqᴀ. “Ag̣aˊ adeˊ āˊni qox
he said to him. “If so to it place going to

ỵaỵēkg̣êsatīˊn.” ʟēł ᴀqguhīˊn yu-adeˊ-ᴀdjūˊn-ya.
you are going to see.” Not he believed what he dreamed.

Qenaaˊ ye qǃaỵaqaˊ, “ʟēł adeˊ djūn
In the morning thus he said, “Not as a dream

qǃa yᴀˊx yuckuˊ-kᴀʟ̣înīˊgîˊỵa.” Ducᴀˊttc ye
directs (lit. voice) like one goes.” His wife thus

dāˊỵaqa, “ʟēł ayᴀˊxawe qǃaỵiqaˊ ayᴀˊxsatî kᴀt djūn.”
said to him. “Not is right to disbelieve what the dream says.”

Ducᴀˊt aqǃakaocîkǃᴀn yuqāˊtc. “Hadāˊt sᴀˊkᵘsawes xān
His wife was angry with the man. “What for then to me you

kīnīˊk idjūˊnî? ᴀˊtcawe ʟᴀkᵘ idāˊt 364-10
tell your dream? This is why like that to you

qǃaxâˊtᴀn.” Qēˊnaa hᴀˊsdu eg̣ayaˊỵîk hᴀs qowacîˊ
I am talking.” Next morning them down below they went

g̣āʟǃ kāˊha. Duqēˊłkǃ-hᴀs qoˊa uhaˊ
clams to dig. His nephews however dug

kaodîg̣āˊʟǃ. Hᴀs
just as if they were thinking about themselves. [When] they

gᵘgwaxēˊqǃuawe hᴀsdugᴀˊnî duāˊx̣ Daqǃūˊn
were about to go to bed their fire was heard. Four [days]

uxīˊawe tsǃu āˊwadjūn wex̣ūˊn-qāˊayu ᴀcxᴀˊnt uwaguˊt.
after again he dreamed the North man it was to him came.

“Îsīˊ ᴀxdjīˊt djîtᴀˊn āgaˊ ādeˊ yānîˊqoxỵᴀ
“Your daughter to me give quickly if where you are going

yēqg̣êsatīˊn.” Ducᴀˊt ye adāˊỵaqa yuqēˊnaa. “Adeˊ
you shall see.” His wife so he told to in the morning “What

ᴀxᴀdjūˊnî ᴀˊxdê yên ckᴀkᴀsỵāỵîˊ.” Duqēˊłkǃ ye
my dream to me then had I not better obey?” His nephew thus

aỵaˊosîqa, “Yux tǃāˊnīsīqǃ îdjīˊt qāˊdjî wuxâˊtᴀn,”
he said to, “Go outside and shout to you person I give,”

yūˊyênᴀqᴀ.
he said to him.

Then the North Wind came to his daughter. “It is well that I marry you,” he said to her, and he slept with her. She was willing to cohabit with him. Then he did so, and it became calm. So they started off. Afterward the woman told her mother about it. “A fine man keeps coming to me.” They started to cross the bay. Then this fine man came to her again. Cruor eius defluebat e rostro in puppim, de qua depletus est. Undae, ubi effusus erat, semper clarae erant. Now they came ashore. This is why people keep saying to one another, “Did you give your daughter to North Wind that you are not afraid of all the weather in the world?” He came ashore and stayed among the people.

Dusīˊ xᴀnt uwaguˊt, “Yukǃeˊ kᴀcaˊ,”
His daughter to it came, “It is well I marry you,”

yūˊᴀciaosîqa. ʟ ᴀcīˊn wuxēˊqǃ. 365-5
he said to her. Then with her he slept.

ᴀdjîgāˊc kaodjînuˊk. ʟᴀ ʟāˊgᴀc wusîˊnî. ʟe
She was willing to cohabit. Then cohabited he did. Then

kaˊoduwayēʟǃ. ʟē hᴀs ᴀt wux̣ūˊn. ʟe duʟaˊ tîn
it became calm. And they started off. Then her mother to

akāˊwanîk wecāˊwᴀttc. “Āg̣aˊ qǃāˊqǃayu ᴀxxᴀˊnx gut.”
told about it the woman. “Always a fine man to me comes.”

Āˊgude dāk yaˊoʟ̣îᴀt. Yᴀqǃāˊqǃawe tsǃu
Across [the bay] out they started to go. This fine man again

ᴀcxᴀˊnt uwaguˊt. Cᴀkāˊnᴀxawe cî hadeˊ kᴀnāˊda
to her came. From the bow blood into the stern came

agīˊknᴀx kᴀduskūˊx. Hīˊndê āˊyᴀx
out of which it was bailed. In the water just where

kᴀdusxēˊxỵa ʟe kaˊoduwayēʟǃ. ᴀˊnᴀx yên 365-10
they poured it in then it always got clear. Ashore there

hᴀs uwaqoˊx. ᴀtcaweˊ ye ᴀt g̣adułkūˊwun
they came. This is why thus people always say to each other

“Djīˊdᴀgî kādjîỵatᴀˊn
“Did you give your daughter to the wind

Łīngîˊt-āˊnî łᴀkīłx̣ēˊʟǃ?” ᴀt
that you are not afraid of all the weather in the world?” To it

uwaqoˊx aᴀˊq qoaˊnxō ᴀqǃ ye wuteˊ.
he came there among the people at it so was.

That winter the people going for firewood went away forever. When they were gone, Heavy-wing’s wife’s labret broke and he went after one. He went along the shore. He kept chopping into things to find the hard part of the tree. Then he saw a woman digging far down on the beach. She had a child on her back. He said, “Some one might think I was fooling with her.” When he came up close to her, he saw that she was not a woman such as he had been in the habit of seeing. It was the ʟǃêˊnᴀxx̣īˊdᴀq that he saw. The mussel shells that she threw up always fitted together.

Tākᵘ tākᵘdjīỵīˊnawe gᴀˊng̣a naadîˊ naᴀˊttc.
Winter when it was toward after firewood going always went.

A-iteˊawe ducᴀˊtdjîỵîs ducᴀˊt qǃēntāˊqǃaỵî kāwawᴀˊʟǃ
At that time for his wife his wife’s labret broke

a-iteỵîˊs āx łayeˊx dawawugūˊt. Aˊawe nīdjx wuguˊt.
for after one he went. Then along the shore he went.

Łdakᴀˊt-ᴀt ke ᴀłxuˊtǃtc g̣ᴀqᵘ
All things up he chopped always the hard part of the tree

sîtīˊỵi ᴀt kᴀqǃ. Akᴀgēˊt aosîtīˊn yucāˊwᴀt yuēˊqǃ
was for it. Way down on it he saw a woman the beach

qokdahaˊ. Ỵêtkǃᵒ dudᴀˊqǃ kā wuaˊ.
was digging on. A child on her back on she had.

“Dukᴀgēˊ xᴀt nᴀxdudjîˊ,” yūˊỵāwaqa. ᴀxᴀˊnde
“Some one might think I was fooling with her,” he said. To her

ỵāg̣āgūˊdawe ʟēł cāˊwᴀt ūˊwatcǃayu
when he came up closer not woman such as

aỵᴀtīˊnîa g̣onᴀyāˊdaỵakāˊx̣ᴀt. Xᴀtc 366-5
he had been in habit of seeing it was like. This

ʟǃêˊnᴀxx̣īˊdᴀq ᴀsiyuˊ aosîtīˊn.
ʟǃêˊnᴀxx̣īˊdᴀq was he saw.

Naqǃa-iteˊ ỵadudᴀˊqǃdê ag̣ēˊtc weyāˊk nūˊqǃu.
Always fitted together that she threw up the mussel shells.

Then he went out after her to the place where she was digging. Without thinking of anything else he ran to her and caught her. His hands passed right through her body. He chased her and seized her again. Again his hands passed through her. When he got close up to the trees he remembered his earrings. He threw them away. Afterward he chased her once more. He seized the child on her back, and she immediately began to cry out. She scratched him in the face. She made great marks upon him. When he caught her he said within himself, “May I be a rich man. May all the children that come after me catch you.” But he made a mistake in speaking, for he said, “Let me burst open with riches.” After he had chased her a short distance up into the woods she sat down in front of him. There the woman defecated. When she got up there was only foam to be seen. Her excrement was very long and white. Then he took the foam and put it into a piece of paper. He made a box for the foam. The scabs from his face were called Medicine-to-rub-on-the-body (Dā-nākᵘ), and he gave it to those of his brothers-in-law who loved him. Although anything he had was very little it grew to be much, and he became a rich man.

ʟe dāk ᴀkāˊwaᴀt yūˊ-ᴀt-kaodzîkīˊtiyēˊdî. ʟēł
Then out he went [after her] where she was digging things. Not

yu-ᴀkāˊwudjî axᴀˊndê yagacīˊxawe ᴀkasᴀˊnqǃ
thinking about anything else to her he ran her

āwacāˊt. Tsǃᴀs atūˊnᴀx ỵāˊwadjêł.
he caught. Right through her [his hands] went.

Yāayêˊnᴀs nᴀq āwacāˊt. Tsǃu ᴀtūˊnᴀx
He chased her again [and] caught her. Again through her

ỵāwadjêˊł. De āsdjîseỵīˊde ỵānacīˊx̣îawe 366-10
[his hands] went. Just as close to the trees he was running

ᴀkāˊ dāk seˊwaha duguˊk-kᴀdjāˊcî. Guˊkdᴀx yūˊde
there he remembered his earrings. From his ears away

akaˊodîg̣êtc. ᴀdᴀˊxawe aỵaˊosînāq. Awacāˊt akᴀˊqǃ
he threw them. After that he chased her. He caught on her [back]

yūaỵêˊdî ag̣aweˊtsa kaˊodîg̣āx wēˊcāwᴀt. Gᴀˊxᵘde
her child as soon as started to cry out the woman. In the face

ᴀc ỵawacāt. A-iteˊ kaołisîˊʟǃ. Cūˊqǃwa
him she scratched. On him she made great marks. At that time

ᴀgacāˊt ye awuʟ̣îxēˊsǃ “Anqāˊwox xᴀt
when he caught her so he said within himself “A rich man me

nᴀxsatiˊ qǃwᴀn. Łdakᴀˊt ỵēˊdê” ᴀłxēˊsǃ, “tcǃu axiteˊ
be let. All children,” he said, “still after me

ỵᴀˊditc tsǃu ig̣āˊxłacāt” aweˊ qâq dāq ỵāˊwaqa. Tsǃᴀs
come also will catch you” but wrong he said it. Only

ye aoduʟ̣ixēˊsǃ qâq, “Dāqx xᴀt kᴀxłanāˊłx
thus he said wrongly, “Let me burst open with riches”

qǃwᴀn.” Yūˊdage dāq aỵaāˊt
(imp.). When he had chased her a little way up into the woods

ᴀˊcu kaˊodjiqāk. Xᴀtc awaʟǃîˊʟǃ ᴀsiyuˊ yucāˊwᴀt.
in front of him she sat down. There defecated did the woman.

Ax g̣ᴀdagūˊt xēł ᴀt satīˊn. Yîkᵘłiyāˊtǃ
From it when she got up foam there was seen. Was very long

dohāˊʟǃî ᴀsiyuˊ ʟ̣ēt yᴀx ỵatîˊ. ʟe ᴀt 367-5
her excrement was white like was. Then something

tūˊdê ye aosînêˊ yūˊxēł kuqǃ tūqǃ aỵiˊ ye
into thus he took the foam paper into inside of it thus

āˊwa-u. Yūˊxēł ᴀdāˊka qōkᵘ ʟe aołiyᴀˊx.
he put. The foam for it box then he made.

Dā-nākᵘ yūˊduwasakᵘ yūduyaqǃēˊtcî.
Medicine to rub on his body was called the [scabs] from his face.

ᴀc sîxᴀˊnea dokāˊnîdjīˊdawe ucāˊttc.
Who loved him to his brothers-in-law he gave it.

Tcǃa ye gug̣aikǃeˊ-ᴀˊtawe ʟe aʟēˊnx wusîteˊ. Āʟēˊn
Though it was a little thing then it grew to be large. Very

ānqāˊwux man wusîteˊ.
become rich he did.

Toward the end of winter he started for Yakutat. Before he reached home they went ashore. The sun was shining. He had his things taken outside. Then he wanted to sleep, and he lay down beside them. By and by some children ran against them and the pile fell on top of him. A copper plate cut through his stomach, and it was all laid open. His sister’s son, named Xᴀtgāwēˊt, was with him. Right there he burned his uncle’s body. He gathered together his bones and all of his uncle’s property, and he took his uncle’s bones to Yakutat. The same thing happened to his nephew. He also seized the ʟǃêˊnᴀxx̣īˊdᴀq. He caught her when going for an ax handle. But he handled the ʟǃêˊnᴀxx̣īˊdᴀq better than his uncle. He became richer than his uncle had been.[166]

Tākᵘ iteˊ Yākᵘdāˊtdê 367-10
After winter [was beginning to go] to Yakutat

ᴀt wux̣ūˊn. ʟēł aỵā wuʟ̣āq doāˊnî, yᴀx dāq hᴀs
he set out for. Not he got to his home, afterward ashore they

uwaqoˊx. Aodîgāˊn. Gāˊniyux ᴀkāˊwadjêł doᴀˊtî.
came. It was sunshiny. Outside he took his things.

Duīˊt yetāˊwaha. ᴀtaỵīˊqǃ yên cwudzîtaˊ.
To him was desire to sleep. Under it there he laid himself.

ᴀt ỵᴀˊtqǃî ᴀtǃēˊniqǃ łuwag̣uˊq. Dukādêˊ dāk
Some children against it ran. On top of him over

kaodzîkoˊq. Doqǃōˊʟǃ tūˊnᴀx aỵaodîg̣ēˊtc yutîˊnna.
it fell. His stomach through went a copper.

Wuʟ̣îkaˊʟǃe yêˊxayu ỵᴀˊtî. Duʟ̣āˊkǃ ỵᴀˊtî doxᴀˊnî
All opened like it it was. His sister her son with him

yeˊỵati. Duqēˊłkǃ Xᴀtgāwēˊt yūˊdowasākᵘ. Tcǃa ᴀqǃ ke
was. His nephew Xᴀtgāwēˊt was named. Right there up

aosîgᴀˊn dukāˊk. ᴀsǃāg̣êˊ aỵāˊwaxa qᴀ łdakᴀˊt
he burned his uncle. His bones he took and all

dukāˊk ᴀˊdî. Yākᵘdāˊt ỵāˊwaxa dukāˊk sǃāˊgê.
his uncle’s property. Yakutat he took to his uncle’s bones.

ʟēł agowᴀnāˊdî wutiˊ duqēˊłkǃ. Hūtc tsˊu aołîcāˊt
Not different from him was his nephew. He, too, seized

yuʟǃêˊnᴀxx̣īˊdᴀq. Cînᴀxâˊỵe-sᴀˊkᵘti g̣ā wuˊgudîayuˊ
the ʟǃêˊnᴀxx̣īˊdᴀq. An ax handle for when he went

aołîcāˊt. Dukāˊk caỵadāˊxayu ᴀdāˊq wuguˊt 368-5
he caught her. His uncle better than about he went

yuʟǃêˊnᴀxx̣īˊdᴀq. Dukāˊk yāˊnᴀx ānqāˊwux wusîteˊ.
the ʟǃêˊnᴀxxīˊdᴀq. His uncle more than become rich he was.

FOOTNOTES:

[163] This story was told by a man named Qǃāˊdustin, who belongs to the same family, and therefore contains some of the peculiarities of Yakutat speech.

[164] This seems to have been the ancient name of the family.

[165] The fire being a medium of communication between the two worlds.

[166] Cf. stories 35 and 94.

106. ORIGIN OF A LOW-CASTE NAME[167]

There was a certain village in the north from which the people were fond of going hunting. By and by three men went out, and finally came to the rocks among which they always hunted. After they reached the rocks they saw a little boy. Then they took him aboard, thinking it was strange that he should be there. When they spoke to him he did not reply. After that they came home. They kept him as their friend. Whenever they gave him something to eat he ate nothing. Only after everyone had gone to bed did he eat. Whatever thing he touched would spill on him. He was whimsical and they could do nothing with him. He was also lazy. When he was asked to chop wood he broke all of their stone axes. The axes were then valuable. Then the people who had kept him were very sorry. When he played with the children he hurt them badly. Afterward the people who kept him would have to pay for the injuries. If he made something with a knife he would break it. Right after a skin shirt had been put upon him it was in rags. If shoes were put on his feet they were soon in pieces. He drank a great deal of water. He was a great eater. He was a dirty little fellow. He was a crybaby. If they gave him anything to take to another place he lost it. So he made a great deal of trouble for the people.

ᴀǃēqǃ ān ayuˊ ᴀt natīˊ. Hᴀs
One village that there (up north) was. They

ᴀkᵘcîtᴀˊn yūˊān qa-ūˊwu. Wananīˊsayu nᴀsǃginᴀˊx
were fond of hunting the town people. One time three

qā hᴀs wuqoˊx ᴀt nᴀtīˊ. Wananīˊsayu adeˊỵa
men they went by canoe things after. Finally ahead of them

hᴀs naqoˊx yū-hᴀs-aʟǃūˊnutc-ītcqǃ xō. Atxaˊyu
they came to the they always hunted rocks among. After

āt hᴀs uwaqoˊx yuīˊtcqǃ xō daˊsayu ᴀqǃ hᴀs
to them they came by canoe the rocks among where at it they

aosîtīˊn ᴀtkǃᴀˊtskǃᵘ. adᴀˊx yāx hᴀs aosîgūˊt 369-5
saw a little boy. After that aboard they went with him

tcǃa g̣oˊna-ᴀt hᴀs uwadjīˊ. Adᴀˊxayu djag̣êˊg̣a
yet something strange they thought. After that to him

ᴀx hᴀs qǃᴀtāˊn. ʟēł hᴀsduīˊx qēˊcgu. Adᴀˊx
after it they spoke to. Not to them he replied. After that

nēł hᴀs uwaqoˊx. Hᴀsduxōˊnî sᴀkᵘ hᴀs aosînēˊx.
home they came. Their friend for they saved him.

Adᴀˊxayu ᴀqǃēˊx hᴀs ᴀt tēˊxnutc. ʟēł
After that to him they something always gave to eat. Not

hᴀˊsdudjīqǃ ᴀt kūctᴀˊn. Adᴀˊx tsaˊtsǃᴀ
from them anything he ate. After it everybody

ᴀng̣axēˊqǃun tsa hᴀˊsduyatǃēˊqǃ ᴀt xāˊnutc.
when they went to bed then after them things he would eat.

Adᴀˊx tcǃa-dāˊsᴀ ᴀt ūwacīˊ tcǃuʟeˊ
After that whatever thing he would touch then

yᴀx kᴀcxêˊnx. Adᴀˊx tuūˊs ᴀkucitᴀˊn ʟᴀkᵘ 369-10
would spill on himself. After it he would get cranky when

ʟēł tūcqēˊnutc. ʟēł yūkduᴀˊqukᵘ.
not was any reason. Not they could do anything with him.

Udzikāˊ. Adᴀˊx gᴀn axōˊtǃ g̣anuguˊn, tcǃuʟeˊ
He was lazy. After that wood to chop when he was asked, then

taỵīˊs yūaỵaʟǃīˊqǃk. Yūˊtaỵīs qǃᴀłitsīˊn.
stone axes he broke all. The stone axes were valuable.

Adᴀˊx yu-ᴀˊc-wusînēˊxe-qoūˊ wāˊsᴀ hᴀsdutūˊwu
After that those people who saved him how their minds

nīˊknutc. Adᴀˊx yu-ᴀt-ỵᴀˊtqǃî tîn
would be sorry. After that the children with

ᴀckułỵᴀˊdî tcǃuʟeˊ yuqoỵᴀłisǃêˊʟǃk. Adᴀˊx
he would be playing, then he would hurt them badly. After it

yu-ᴀˊc-wusînēˊxe-qoūˊtc tcǃuʟeˊ koỵᴀsᴀgēˊx.
the people that saved him then would have to pay for the cuts.

Tcǃū łîtāˊ ān ᴀt łayēˊxe tcǃuʟeˊ
Then knife with it something he made then

yūˊaỵaʟīqǃk. Adᴀˊx tcǃayeˊsu dunāˊqǃ yen duēˊtc
he would break it. After that right on him these they put

ᴀt dūguˊ kǃudᴀˊsǃ tcǃuʟeˊ ᴀˊqg̣asǃêˊʟǃtc. Adᴀˊx 370-5
some skin shirt then always had in rags. Then

tīł duqǃōˊsî yen duēˊtc tcǃuʟeˊ
shoes his feet these they had on then

ᴀˊqg̣asǃêˊʟǃtc. Hīn ᴀˊłitsǃêx. Qa
he would always have them in pieces. Water he drank a lot of. And

ʟᴀx yaʟᴀˊqᵘku. Dunāˊ ᴀt łīˊtcǃêqᵘkᵘ.
very he was a great eater. He was a dirty little fellow.

Kᴀdîgᴀˊxkᵘ.
He was a crybaby.

Yaᴀˊnᴀtîn ᴀt tcǃuʟeˊ
If they gave him anything to take to another place then

qot ke ᴀg̣îˊqǃtc. Adᴀˊx
he always lost it. After it

kaxīˊʟǃ qadjiˊ ye aỵaūˊ.
he made a lot of trouble for the people.

Then they said of him, “He is really a man of the rocks.” All the town people agreed to take him back to the place where he had been found. After he had been brought in it was very rainy. Then the people who had saved him got into their canoe and carried him back. They put him on the very same rock from which they had taken him. Then they went back. They reached home. The world was now calm. The rain also had ceased. Then the town people were all talking about it. They said to one another, “What could it have been?” and no one knew. Finally the town people said, “Don’t you see it was a rock man’s son?”

Adᴀˊx ye dūˊwasa,
After it thus they said of him.

“Itckᴀqāˊwo.” Adᴀˊx djîłdakᴀˊt
“He is really a man of the rocks.” After that all

yūˊāntqenî yē qǃaỵaqaˊ āˊqox yêx duxaˊ. Tcǃu 370-10
the town people thus said back to take him. When

wudusnēˊxe dᴀx tcaʟᴀˊkᵘ īłdjaˊ qᴀsīˊwu yēˊỵati.
they saved him after very rainy it had been.

Adᴀˊx yūˊqoū ᴀc wusînēˊxe djîłdakᴀˊt hᴀs tsǃu
After it the people him that saved all -they again

yūˊyakᵘỵîkx hᴀs wuāˊt āˊqox hᴀs aỵāˊwaxa.
into the canoe they went back with him they went.

Yūīˊtc tsǃaqōˊnᴀx ᴀkāˊx hᴀs āˊwusnuguītc tsǃu
The rock on the very same from on it they had taken him again

ᴀkaˊ yên hᴀs aosinuˊk. Adᴀˊx ᴀnᴀˊq qox hᴀs
on it there they put him. After it from it back they

wudiqoˊx. Adᴀˊx nēł hᴀs uwaqoˊx. Yūˊłīngîtanî
went. After it home they came. The world

kᴀnduwayēˊʟǃ. Yū’siu tsǃu kāwatā’n. Adᴀˊx adaˊ
was now calm. The rain also let up. After it about it

yuqǃᴀˊduʟ̣iᴀtk yūˊan qoū’wutc. Ye
were all talking the town people. Thus

qoqǃāˊỵaqa, “Dasa’yu,” ʟēł
they were asking one another, “What that?” [and] not

wuduskuˊ. Adᴀˊx yuan-qoū’wu ye hᴀs qǃāˊỵaqᴀ,
any one knew. After it the town people thus they said,

“ʟēˊgîł ỵīˊ-sᴀku îtckᴀqāˊwu ỵᴀˊdî ayuˊ.”
“Don’t you see a rock man’s son it is?”

FOOTNOTES:

[167] A Wrangell story.

THE TOBACCO FEAST[168]

If one of the family of the writerˊs informant, the Kasqǃagueˊdî, had married a Nanỵaāˊỵî woman and she died, the Nanỵaāˊỵî would invite his people for tobacco. They invited them there to mourn. This feast was different from the pleasure feasts, when dancing and such things took place. The people asked them while the dead body was still lying in the house. Then the other Kasqǃagueˊdî would ask the bereaved man to deliver a speech. The Nanỵaāˊỵî would be very quiet because they were mourning. Then he would rise and speak as follows:

“Yes, yes, my grandfathers, we remember you are mourning. We are not smoking this tobacco for which you have invited us. These long dead uncles of ours and our mothers are the ones who smoke it. Do not mourn, my grandfathers. She is not dead. Her aunts are holding her on their laps. All her fatherˊs brothers are shaking hands with her. Our [dead] chief has come back because he has seen you mourning. Now, however, he has wiped away your tears. That is all.”[169]

(“Aˊa ᴀxłīˊłkǃ-hᴀs ᴀdāˊt hatūˊwatī
(“Yes, yes, my grandfathers, about it we remember

ỵītūˊła ỵīcāˊnî. Yaayîˊsǃ haỵīīqǃîsǃēq ʟēł
you are mourning. This [tobacco] you have invited us to smoke not

ohāˊntc aˊỵatūsǃēˊqs. Ya-tcǃākǃᵘ-wūˊnāỵî hakāˊk-hᴀs qa
we we are smoking it. These long dead uncles of ours and

haʟaˊ-hᴀsdjaỵa hᴀs ᴀsǃēˊqsǃ. Łîł ỵītūwuˊ
our mothers are the ones they smoke it. Never your minds

unīˊguq ᴀxłīˊłkǃ-hᴀs. Łēł wūˊna. Duāˊt-hᴀstc
let mourn my grandfathers. Not she is dead. Her aunts

g̣ōc kᴀt îˊsā. He djᴀˊłdakᴀˊt dusᴀˊnî-hᴀstc
have her on their laps. All her father’s brothers

ᴀdjîˊn hᴀs ᴀłʟ̣ēˊkᵘ. Haānqāˊwo ēq uwaguˊt 372-5
hands with her they are shaking. Our chief back has come

ỵīkᴀˊx ỵītūwunīˊgu aosîtīˊn. Haỵīdᴀˊt qoˊa
on you you are mourning he has seen. Now, however,

ỵīˊwᴀq-hīˊnî aołîg̣ōˊ. Yūᴀˊ.”)
your eye water he has wiped away. That is all.”)

One of those giving the feast would now reply:

“I thank you deeply, deeply for the things you have done to these grandfathers of yours with your words. A person will always take his shell to a dry place.[170] So you have done to this dead of ours. All these, your grandfathers, were as if sick. But now you are good medicine to us. These words of yours have cured us.”

(“Hoˊho gunᴀłtcīˊc ᴀˊskî.
(“I thank you deeply, I thank you very much.

Yā-îłīˊłkǃ-hᴀs adeˊ ᴀt qǃēỵatᴀniỵêˊ.
These your grandfathers to things you have done in speech.

Hededjᴀˊ ye ỵatīˊ qā dākᴀnūˊqǃu uwax̣uˊgu yex
It always so is a person his outside shell a dry place like

kᴀdūłx̣īˊt. Aỵīˊsînî yāˊỵīdᴀt wūˊnawuaˊ ỵa-îłaˊāt.
will take to. You have done thus to this dead of ours.

He tcᴀłdakᴀˊt ya-îłīˊłkǃ-hᴀs ỵanīˊkᵘ yêx hᴀs
All these these your grandfathers sick like it they

tīˊỵīn. Haỵidᴀˊt qoˊa ākǃeˊ nākᵘ haqǃēˊx ỵītīˊ.
were. But now good medicine to us you are.

Ya-iyaqaỵîˊ haosînēˊx.”) 373-5
These words of yours have cured us.”)

Then they would say to the dead woman:

“Get up from your husbands’ path [so that they may pass out].”

(“Hᴀsduqǃᴀnāˊt kîdāˊn îxōˊxqǃᵘyên.”)
(“From their way get up your husbands.”)

The spirits of the dead of both phratries are supposed to be smoking while their friends on earth smoke, and they also share the feast. People of the opposite phratry took care of the dead, because it was thought men would be wanting in respect to their opposites if members of their own phratry were invited to do it. For this service the opposites were well paid.

FOOTNOTES:

[168] Obtained from Katishan at Wrangell.

[169] Immediately following the English translations of the several speeches on pp. 372–386 are given the corresponding Indian texts accompanied by interlinear translations.

[170] The opposite clan is spoken of as the “outside shell.”

SPEECHES DELIVERED AT A FEAST WHEN A POLE WAS ERECTED FOR THE DEAD[171]

Some morning just at daylight the chief who is about to erect the pole and give the feast, no matter how great a chief he is, passes along in front of the houses of the town, singing mourning songs for the dead. Then the people know what is wrong and feel badly for him. The memorial pole seems to bring every recollection of the dead back to him. Now is the time when the story of Raven is used.

After that the chief stands in a place from which he can be heard all over the village and calls successively for the different families on the opposite side, which in this case we will suppose to be Raven. He mentions the names of the greatest men in the family, always with the family chief’s name first.

Then he will perhaps speak as follows:

“My father’s brothers, my grandfathers, people that I came from, my ancestors, my mother’s grandfathers,[172] years ago they say that this world was without daylight. Then one person knew that there was daylight with Raven-at-head-of-Nass, and went quickly to his daughter. When he was born he cried for the daylight his grandfather had. Then his grandfather gave it to him. At that time his grandchild brought daylight out upon the poor people he had made in the world. He pitied them. This is the way with me. Darkness is upon me. My mind is sick. Therefore I am now begging daylight from you, my grandfathers, my father’s brothers, people I came from, my ancestors, my mother’s grandfathers. Can it be that you will give the daylight to me as Raven-at-head-of-Nass gave it to his grandchild, so that day will dawn upon me?”[173]

(“Āxsᴀˊnî-hᴀs, ᴀxłīˊłkǃ-hᴀs, ᴀxdākēˊqǃî,
(“My father’s brothers, my grandfathers, my people I came from,

ᴀxdākᴀnūˊqǃu, ᴀxʟaˊ-łīˊłkǃᵘ-hᴀs, he tcǃāˊkᵘ
my ancestors, my mother’s grandfathers, these years ago

kᴀdunīˊgîn yaˊłīngît-āˊnî kawucg̣ēˊdîn. Adᴀˊx ʟēˊnᴀx
they told us this world was without daylight. Then one

qātc wusikūˊ Nās-cᴀki-yēˊłtcīqǃ ye tīỵīỵêˊ qeˊa.
man knew with Raven-at-head-of-Nass so was daylight.

Adᴀˊxayu ᴀsīˊt cdjiuʟ̣îhāˊ. Adᴀˊx qog̣āstīˊ
Then to his daughter he went quickly. Then when he was born

yuqēˊᴀ dułīˊłkǃ ᴀˊdî aodzîg̣āˊx. Adᴀˊx 375-5
the daylight his grandfather’s things he cried for. Then

ᴀcdjīˊt wuduwᴀtīˊ dułīˊłkǃᵘtc. He adᴀˊx
to him it was given [by] his grandfather. At this time

qᴀnᴀcgîdēˊx sîtīˊỵî aołîyēˊxê łīˊngît-āˊnî to qoaˊnî,
were poor people he had made world into people,

adᴀˊx ᴀkāˊ kǃēwusîāˊ dudᴀtcxᴀˊntc. Icᴀndēˊn
then on them brought daylight his grandchild. Pity

ᴀdāˊ tuwᴀtīˊ. Hē ye xᴀt ỵᴀtīˊ. ᴀxkāˊ
for them felt. This like I am. On me

qokaodjîg̣ēˊt. ᴀˊxtuwu nīkᵘ. He adᴀˊx ỵīdᴀˊt qoˊa de
there is darkness. My mind is sick. So this way however now

ỵiīˊx xoaˊsg̣āx qēᴀˊ ᴀxłīˊłkǃ-hᴀs,
from you I am begging daylight my grandfathers,

ᴀxsᴀˊnî-hᴀs, ᴀxdākēˊqǃî, ᴀxdākᴀnūˊqǃᵘ,
my father’s brothers, my people I came from, my ancestors,

ᴀxʟaˊ-łīˊłkᵘ-hᴀs. Heỵidᴀˊt-ūc ᴀxdjīˊt ỵītīˊ
my mother’s grandfathers. Can it be to me you will give

yūˊqeᴀ, Nās-cᴀkî-yēˊł yᴀx 375-5
the daylight, Raven-at-head-of-Nass as

ỵīn g̣ᴀtīˊ adᴀˊx ᴀxkāˊ qêng̣ᴀāˊ?”)
he gave to [his grandchild] so that on me will be daylight?”)

Then the five opposite families will say, “Yē kᵘg̣watīˊ” (“We will make it so”).

This speech means that the chief wants the people of those five families—men, women, and children—to come and raise the pole. By “being in the dark” he means that the pole is not raised, and he tells them that they will give him daylight by raising it. After it is raised he says, “You have brought daylight on me” (“Haỵedᴀˊt ᴀxqāˊ qeỵīˊỵî sī āˊ”). After this speech all show the greatest respect to this chief and keep very quiet. They do not allow the children to say anything out of the way.

The evening of the day when the pole is erected they have a dance. At Wrangell the Kîksᴀˊdî, Qāˊtcᴀdî, and Tī hît tān danced on one side and the Kasqǃagueˊdî and Tāłqoeˊdî on the other. The head men of both of these divisions say, “Now we must give a dance for him.” While the dancers prepare themselves in another house, the outsiders assemble in the house to look on. The Raven division that is going to dance last comes in, dressed and painted, and sits down to wait for the others. The giver of the feast sits in the rear of the house with his friends about him. Then the ones that are to dance first come in dancing one by one, all dressed and painted. As soon as they are through, the others walk out, dress again, and enter dancing. Each side has two song leaders, a head song leader and a second song leader, who bear dancing batons.

All this is done only when a chief or one of his family has died, not for a common person, and the first side to dance is that to which the widower, or the widow of the deceased belongs. Sometimes the dance used to go on all winter. Ordinary living houses for the high caste people were put up as monuments for the dead and were viewed as such. In that case no pole was erected to the man’s memory, but his body was placed in the graveyard. This is why they never built a house in old times without feasting.

After this dance the widower, or one of the widow’s family, might rise and speak as follows:

“In the first time took place the flood of Raven-at-head-of-Nass. What the people went through was pitiful. Their uncles’ houses and their uncles’ poles all drifted away. At that time, however, Old-woman-underneath took pity [and made the flood subside]. You were like this while you were mourning. Your uncles’ houses and your uncles’ memorial poles were flooded over. They drifted away from this world. But now your grandfathers make it go down like Old-woman-underneath. Now all of the dead of your grandfathers’ people have gathered your uncles’ houses and your uncles’ memorial poles together. You were as if dying with cold from what had happened to you. Your floor planks, too, were all standing up [from the flood]. But now they have been put down. A fire has been made of the frog-hat, their great emblem, hoping that it will make you warm.”[174]

(“Tcǃū cūˊgū Nās-cᴀkî-ỵēˊł qīˊsî kᴀnadaˊ.
(“At the first time Raven-at-head-of-Nass his flood took place.

Īcᴀndēˊn yūˊqō kāwacūˊ. Qā
It was pitiful the people what they went through. Both

kāk-hᴀs hîˊtî łdakᴀˊt yēˊde łîqōˊ qa kāk-hᴀs
their uncles’ houses all away drifted and their uncles’

daqēˊdî łdakᴀˊt yēˊdē łîqōˊ. He adᴀˊx
poles put up for all away drifted. This time at it,

qoaˊ yuHaỵicāˊnᴀkǃᵘ īcᴀndēˊn
however, Old-woman-underneath pity

kadatūˊwati. Heyeˊ îtīˊỵīn îˊtūwu
felt [and made the flood go down]. Like this you were your minds

nīˊgutc. ᴀkᴀˊx ka wudāˊỵîn ikāˊk-hᴀs hîˊtî qa 376-5
were sick. Over were flooded your uncles’ houses and

îkāˊk-hᴀs dakēˊdî. Yałīngîˊt-āˊnî kādeˊ
your uncles’ memorial poles. This world away from

awuskuˊg̣un. Heỵīdᴀˊt qoˊa Haỵicāˊnᴀkǃᵘ yêx wutîˊ
they drifted. So now, however, Old-woman-underneath like are

îłīˊłkǃᵘ-hᴀs ikāˊỵên aołiłāˊ. Heỵidᴀˊt qoaˊ tcǃākᵘ
your grandfathers make it go down. Now, however, anciently

qotx cūwax̣īˊx̣î îłīˊłkǃᵘ-hᴀs wūckāˊnᴀx ye hᴀs aosîneˊ
those destroyed your grandfathers together so they gathered

ikāˊk-hᴀs hîˊtî qā îkāˊk-hᴀs dakēˊdî. Qa
your uncles’ houses and your uncles’ memorial poles. And

āttc ya-iˊnadjᴀg̣ê yêˊx tsǃu îtīˊỵîn
you were dying with cold like also you were

înanīˊỵîtc. Qa yūˊinēłỵī tǃāˊỵî ānᴀˊx
from this that was done to you. And your house flooring from it

ᴀcawuāˊỵîn. Heyîdᴀˊt qoˊa 376-10
was all standing (i. e. floated up). Now, however,

ᴀx hᴀs aỵaˊołiādᴀn. Qǃanēˊ hᴀs
from it they have put them all down right. A fire they

aosîˊnî x̣îx̣tcǃ sǃāx̣ᵘ îcūˊqǃu-gîn-łtāˊt hᴀs awaᴀˊk
have made of frog hat from one great emblem they made

kǃuāˊkcîł iwułtǃāˊq.”)
hoping it would make you warm.”)

After every sentence the chief to whom is given the speech says, “Hoˊho” (“I thank you from the bottom of my heart”). When they speak of the crest, he says, “Wēˊtǃa qoˊa” (“That’s the one”), meaning that that was the crest he wanted to hear of.

The speaker continues:

“We hope that you will be well warmed, and that you will sleep well on account of what your grandfathers have done for you. This is all.”

(“Gu ākᵘcêdēˊł kǃedēˊn iwutǃāˊq qā kǃêdēˊn
(“There we hope well you will be warmed and well

nᴀg̣etāˊ îłīˊłkǃᵘ-hᴀs ādeˊ îdāˊqǃ wuādiỵēˊtc.
you sleep, your grandfathers there for you having done.

Aˊa yūˊa.”)
This is all.”)

Then the man who is putting up the pole rises and says:

“I thank you, my grandfathers, for your words. It is as if I had been in a great flood. My uncles’ houses and my uncles’ poles went drifting about the world with me. But now your words have made [the flood] go down from me. My uncles’ houses have drifted ashore and have been left at a good place. Through your words my uncles’ poles have drifted ashore at a good place. Your kind words have put down my floor planks. We have been as if we were cold. But now that you have made a fire for us with my grandfathers’ emblem we shall be very warm. Thank you for what you have done. On account of your words we will not mourn any more. This is all.”

(“Gūnᴀłtcīˊcᴀ, ᴀxłīˊłkǃᵘ-hᴀs, īỵaqaỵîˊ ādeˊ wutīˊỵiỵê.
(“We thank you, my grandfathers, your words please me.

Tcǃayêˊxawe uwaỵāˊ xān wułqōˊwu yêx tīˊỵîn yā
Just so it was with me was flooded like was these

ᴀxkāˊk-hᴀs hîˊtî, qa ᴀxkāˊk-hᴀs dākedîˊ xān 377-5
my uncles’ houses, and my uncles’ poles with me

łīngît-āˊnî tūt wułqōˊwu. Ỵīdᴀˊt qoˊa iỵᴀqāỵîˊ
world in were drifting around. But now your words

ᴀxkᴀˊqǃ yên wułîłāˊ. Qā ᴀxkāˊk-hᴀs hîˊtî
for me thus have made it go down. And my uncles’ houses

yᴀkǃēˊỵî ỵēnax yên wułix̣āˊc ᴀqǃ kǃêdēˊn
on a good place ashore there have drifted at it well

ỵīx wułāˊ. Qa ᴀxkāˊk-hᴀs dakēˊdî
down from it flood has gone. And my uncles’ poles

yᴀkǃēˊỵi ỵēˊnᴀx yên wułixāˊc iỵaqāˊỵîtc. Qā
at a good place ashore there drifted your words. And

ᴀxtoqỵītāˊỵî ỵᴀqaỵêˊtc kǃedēˊn āˊỵî ỵīsîˊnî ỵīỵᴀqaỵîˊtc.
my floor planks well down you put your [kind] words.

Hāsēˊwaᴀtǃî yêx hātīˊỵīỵîn, hānᴀnīˊỵîtc. Heỵidᴀˊt 377-10
We were cold as if we were we have been. But

qoˊa ᴀxłīˊłkǃᵘ-hᴀs ᴀtūˊwu hātcūˊłỵīāgîˊtc
now my grandfathers’ crest you have made a fire for us of

tcᴀʟᴀˊkǃᵘ hāˊkᵘgwatǃā. Gunᴀłtcīˊc ādēˊỵīỵî-dzîgīˊdîỵê.
very we will be warm. Thank you for what you have done.

ʟēł tuˊła īcāˊn hātūˊyēqgwatīˊ ādeˊ ỵīỵᴀqaỵîˊ
Not any more we will mourn, because your words

wutīˊỵiỵētc. Aˊa yūˊa.”)
have been [so kind]. This is all.”)

Now the chief of the Kasqǃagueˊdî, of the opposite division, speaks, directing his remarks at first, not to the giver of the feast, but to the opposite Ravens:

“My ancestors, if the other side did not share in your enjoyment it would not be right. So, if we have said anything to displease you, please overlook it for the sake of the chief.”

(“ᴀxdākēˊtqǃî tcǃaadeˊ yēn g̣oatīˊỵī sᴀgūwuˊ ʟēł
(“My ancestors, if the other side did not share in this not

g̣āgoˊxcatī. Ła ỵāˊqǃa qowustīˊỵiỵê ỵēsᴀgūˊwu he
it would be right. So if we have said anything to displease you

ᴀtc qǃwᴀn tcᴀdāˊqo yuqǃatᴀˊnksa
this (imp.) please overlook

agēˊdî wutīˊỵî tcᴀadeˊ ỵîˊndî yeˊna-îsᴀˊnî nī qǃwᴀˊn.”)
for the sake of the chief.”) (imp.)

Then he says to the singers:

“Take up your poles. Start a song.”

(“Ỵīwutsǃāˊg̣aỵî ỵīdjīˊk ke ᴀt gᴀx ỵîcîˊ.”)
(“Your poles you take up thing will you sing.”)

After this the second division of dancers goes out, dresses up, and enters dancing. When the dance is over, the first chief of that division—of which there are three chiefs, although it contains only two families—i. e., the chief of the Kasqǃagueˊdî, begins to talk to the chief of the feast. He says:

“Now wrap your father’s brothers up in good words. Yes, yes, hear my words just as they come to you.”

(“Dudāˊt cᴀqaỵêˊq qǃwᴀn isᴀˊni-hᴀs.
(“About him wrap good words (imp.) your father’s brothers.

Ā-aˊ hēˊtcᴀ ctūx xᴀt qǃᴀkîgeˊʟ̣îguts 378-5
Yes, yes, now into themselves to me words come

qǃwᴀˊn.”)
let.”)

Then he calls out the name of the chief giving the feast, that of the chief next under him, and the names of some high-caste women. As their names are called they answer, “Hē” (“Present”). Then he perhaps proceeds as follows:

“People killed one another at Gîtǃîˊkc. And the people of Gîtǃîˊkc were being destroyed. Then only one chief was saved along with his sister and niece. Now the chief began thinking, ‘I wonder what chief would know certain things that he could tell me.’ He asked one old man if he could tell him. Not being suited, he sent for several, who did not suit him either. By and by he thought of Old-man-who-knows-all-troubles. He sent for him to have him tell the thing, and he suited him completely. He stayed with him. At this time he (the old man) made him a helmet and an arrow, an arrow which could talk. Then the old man was going to show him what to do. He instructed him: ‘My friends always lie way out there in their canoes. Never let it go at them.’

“Then he let the arrow go toward his enemies. It struck the chief’s heart. It killed him. The people did not see where the arrow came from. Then Old-man-who-knows-all-troubles was sent for. He was examining it, and it flew out from him. As the arrow flew away it said, ‘Nᴀx̣guyūˊuū.’ So they discovered the chief who owned this arrow. They set out to war against him. Then he put on his war hat, and his sister went before him. He went out of doors in a cloud of ashes. He killed all in four of the enemies’ canoes. Then they went toward him to war again, but he forgot what the old man had told him. For this reason the old man killed the chief with his own arrow. At this time the woman went up to the woods with her daughter. And now the two alone saved themselves. Now something helped her. The sun’s son married her daughter, and her daughter had children. There were eight, one of which was a girl. Then a house was made for them and food and provisions were put into it. They were let down on Gîtǃîˊkc, their grandfatherˊs town.[175]

“That is the way your grandfathers have been. There were canoe loads of trouble around you. Now, however, these grandfathers of yours have been lowered down like the sun’s children. Your food was burnt through the trouble you have had. The hard times they had at Gîtǃîˊkc are the hard times you have been having on account of your troubles. Now your grandfathers have made war clothes for you. They have done like Old-man-who-knows-all-troubles. Now your grandfathers have put their raven hat on your head. They have put all your grandfathers’ emblems around you like a fort to save you. And your grandfathers who have gone will seat themselves around you. These, your grandfathers’ people, will gather around, and they will raise up these emblems to console you. It has been raining upon you so that you could not find a dry place. Now, however, your grandfathers have put the raven boards over you. Finally you are in a dry place. You will sleep well under them, grandchild. This is all.”

(“HeGîtǃîˊkcîqǃ aweˊ wūc wudūˊwadjᴀq. Adᴀˊxawe
“At this Gîtǃîˊkc it was one another they killed. Then

qotx ỵā hᴀs cundułx̣īˊx̣ he Gîtǃîˊkc qoan. Adᴀˊx
they were getting destroyed these Gîtǃîˊkc people. Then

tcǃu ʟēˊnᴀx āˊwunēx anqāˊwo qā duʟ̣āˊk qa duqēˊłkǃ.
only one was saved a chief, and his sister and his niece.

Adᴀˊxawe ctāˊyu tudîtᴀˊnk yuanqāˊwo yetuwatīˊ āsdōˊsa
Then to himself began thinking the chief ‘I wonder what

ckᴀˊłnîk sǃāˊtî sᴀkᵘ xān ckᴀngałnīˊk. Adᴀˊxawe 379-5
would know chief for to me he could tell.’ Then

āˊwaxōx ʟēˊnᴀx wudīcᴀnîˊ qā duīˊn ckᴀng̣ałnīˊk. Adᴀˊx
he asked one was an old man to him he could tell. Then

ʟēł ᴀcwag̣aˊg̣ā wuctiˊ, adᴀˊx ʟa qǃūninᴀˊx yên wāt sᴀ
not when he suited him, then then for several there to that

āˊwaxōx. ʟēł duwāˊg̣e kǃē wuctīˊ. Wananīˊsayu akᴀˊx
he sent. Not his eyes good were. Finally of him

tuditāˊn ᴀdawuˊʟǃ-cāˊnakǃu. Adᴀˊx āwaxoˊx
he thought Old-man-who-knows-all-troubles. Then he sent for him,

ᴀcīˊn ckᴀngᴀłnīˊgît. Adᴀˊx ʟᴀx
to him he could tell him some things he did not know. Then very

wāˊsa ctuˊg̣a qǃaoditāˊn. Doxwᴀˊnî uwaxeˊ.
much (lit. how) he suited him. With him he stayed.

Headᴀˊx ʟǃaocadāˊdji ỵîs aołiyêˊx qā tcūˊnet, 379-10
At this time a helmet for he made and an arrow,

yūtcūˊnet yu-qǃaỵatᴀˊnk. Adᴀˊx yucanuˊktc du-īˊ kūłguˊktc
an arrow that could talk. Then the old man would show him

ādeˊ qukᵘg̣ᴀnūˊkᵘỵê. Adᴀˊx acukāˊwadja: ‘Xᴀt ᴀxxōˊnqǃî
what to do. Then he instructed him: ‘To me my friends

aweˊ dᴀˊkdê yên cᴀkūstīˊqǃtc. Łîł aỵîˊkde djinᴀˊqxêq
are out there lie. Never toward it let go

qǃwᴀn wetcūˊnet.’
(imp.) the arrow.’

“Adᴀˊx yūtcūˊnet ke aocîduˊk duyanāˊỵî anîˊ kādeˊ.
“Then the arrow up he let go his enemies’ town toward.

Yuanqāˊwo dutēˊqǃ wułīgᴀˊsǃ. Ac uwadjᴀˊq. Adᴀˊx ʟēł yên
The chief his heart it struck. It killed him. Then not where

dutīˊn yūtcūˊnet. Adᴀˊx wudūˊwaxōx 380-5
they saw the arrow. Then was sent for

ᴀˊdawuł-cāˊnᴀkǃᵘ. Adᴀˊx dudjīˊt dustāˊn.
Old-man-who-knows-all-troubles. Then to him was examining.

Dudjidᴀˊx ganᴀˊx ke udîqê’n. Adᴀˊx
From him outside through smoke hole out it flew. Then

yutcūˊnet yūqǃwayatᴀˊnk ‘Nᴀx̣guyūˊu-ū’ yuqǃaỵaqaˊ. Adᴀˊx
the arrow flying away ‘Nᴀx̣guyūˊu-ū’ said. Then

a-īˊt wudūdzîkūˊ yūanqāˊwo tcunēˊtîx sᴀtiỵîˊ.
it was he came to know that chief who had come to have the arrow.

Dudāˊt xā djîududzîgūˊ. Adᴀˊx dułaocadāˊỵê tūˊdê
To him to war they went quickly. Then his war hat into

wugūˊt. Adᴀˊx kᴀnduwahāˊkᵘ duʟ̣āˊktc. Adᴀˊx yux nagūˊt 380-10
he got. Then went before him his sister. Then out went

gunīˊte-dᴀˊndjaỵi tūt yêsēˊn. Adᴀˊxawe daqǃūˊn xaˊỵī yāˊgu
the dust of ashes in he was. Then four enemies’ canoes

ỵîkt kacułix̣īˊx̣. Adᴀˊx tsǃu a-īˊt dudāˊt xā
in he killed all. Then again there to him to war

djiudiguˊt. Adᴀˊx akᴀˊt sēwakᴀˊkᵘ adeˊ yucanᴀˊkᵘtc
they came. Then to him he forgot what the old man

dāỵaqāˊỵiỵê. ᴀtcayuˊ duwadjᴀˊq yuanqāˊwo yucanᴀˊkᵘtc
had told him. This is why killed the chief the old man

tca dutcunēˊdî tîn. Headᴀˊx yucawᴀˊt
indeed his own arrow with. At this time the woman

adᴀˊqde wugūˊt dusīˊ tîn. He deˊtca ye
up to the woods went her daughter with. And now thus

dᴀxnᴀˊx hᴀs cudzînēˊx. Headᴀˊx qoˊa du-īˊg̣ā 380-15
just two they saved themselves. Then, however, for her

ᴀt wusūˊ. Adᴀˊx yug̣ᴀgāˊn ỵīttc uwacaˊ
something was helped by. Then the sun’s son married

dusīˊ. Adᴀˊx duỵᴀˊtqǃî qōdzîteˊ. Nᴀsǃgaducuˊnᴀx
her daughter. Then her children came to be. Eight

wūtīˊ. ʟēˊnᴀx cāwᴀˊtx aositeˊ. Adᴀˊx hᴀˊsdu hîˊtî yên
were they. One a woman was. Then their house there

ūˊwanī aỵīˊ ᴀtxaỵîˊ qa yūˊduwēt. Adᴀˊx
was made into which their food and provisions [went]. Then

hᴀs kᴀnduʟ̣iỵaˊ Gîtǃîˊkcîk hᴀsdułīˊłkǃ-hᴀs ānîˊqǃ.
they were let down on Gîtǃîˊkc at their grandfathers’ town.

Ye āỵatīˊỵîn natīỵēˊt îkāˊk-hᴀs.
So it was have been your grandfathers.

Qotx ᴀc u wułx̣īˊx̣în nātiỵēˊt. Adᴀˊxayu 380-20
Canoe loads of trouble were around you. Then

îkāk-hᴀs ᴀt-ūˊwu idēˊnx aỵaˊosîgᴀn nātīˊỵēttc. He yīdᴀˊt
your uncles’ crests from you burnt are. Now,

qoaˊ de g̣ᴀgāˊn ỵīt yêx hᴀs wudzigīˊt
however, indeed the sun’s children like they were lowered

yā-îłīˊłkǃ-hᴀs. Qa iᴀtxāˊỵî iqǃaxᴀˊnxya
these your grandfathers. And your food belonging to you

wusgānîˊn īnanīˊỵîtc.
has been burnt through this trouble you have had.

He yaGîtǃîˊkcîqǃ ỵawusāˊỵi adawuˊł aˊya īkᴀˊqǃ yeỵatiˊ
Those at Gîtǃîˊkc were hard times there to you were

ya-înanīˊỵî yeˊỵati. Adᴀˊx yīdᴀˊt îdjiỵîˊs hᴀs
through your troubles are. Then now for you they

aołiyêˊx īˊłaocadaỵî sᴀkᵘ îłīˊłkǃᵘ-hᴀstc. He
have made your war clothes for your grandfathers. This

Adawuˊʟǃ-cāˊnakǃᵘ yêx hᴀs wudzîgīˊt. Heỵidᴀˊt
Old-man-who-knows-all-troubles like they have come to do.

de îcāˊx hᴀs awatīˊ îłīˊłkǃ-hᴀstc
Now indeed on your head they have put your grandfathers’

hᴀsduyēˊł sǃāx̣ᵘ. He tcᴀ gwaᴀtēˊ îg̣aˊ g̣ᴀnēˊxît dᴀgêˊ
their raven hat. Is it indeed for you to be saved that

nu yêx idāˊqǃ hᴀs aosîniˊ łdakᴀˊt iłīˊłkǃ-hᴀs
fort like around you they put all your grandfather’s

ᴀtūˊwu. Qa ya-dᴀˊqde-wuāˊdê iłīˊłkǃ-hᴀs idāˊqǃ 381-5
emblems. And they that have gone your grandfathers around you

wūˊcte hᴀs gux daqēˊ. Qa ya-îłīˊłkǃ-hᴀs ᴀdadê
themselves they will seat. And these your grandfathers around

g̣onayeˊ qwaāˊt ā hᴀs
will begin to gather and they

ᴀcaguˊx saqeˊ. Qa
will raise up these emblems [to console you]. And

inᴀnawuˊtc ikadeˊ kawuˊł qǃāˊsîn.
it has been raining on you so that you could not find a dry place.

Heỵidᴀˊt qoaˊ îłīˊłkǃ-hᴀs qǃēˊnî yēł qǃēn
Now, however, your grandfathers boards raven painted boards

îkāˊ kēˊnduwatᴀn. Hūtcǃ ikadêˊ kawułqǃāˊsî. He
over you have put. Finally for you is a dry place. This

kǃêdēˊn ᴀta-iˊỵīqǃ gᴀg̣eˊtā tcxᴀnkǃ. Aˊa.”)
well under them you will sleep grandchild. This is all.”)

Then the chief giving the feast answers: