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dark they went and gnawed holes through the bottoms of the canoes of 

 the Salmon. The Raven went and (the Salmon) fed him. He wanted to 

 steal the daughter of the Salmon. The Raven lay down. When it got 

 day he arose. Then they fed him again. When they had finished he 

 loaded his canoe. The chief gave him traveling provisions. The Raven 

 spoke : "Let your daughter put them into my canoe." The Raven went 

 into his canoe. The chief's daughter brought the load into the canoe. 

 Then he took her (into the canoe) and paddled away. They arrived at 

 (the place where he had left) his younger sisters. The girl's father came 

 and pursued the Raven, but his canoe foundered. The Raven's sisters 

 had gnawed it through. The Raven came to Nuxa'lk*. Then he threw 

 the Salmon's daughter into the water, (and since that time) there are 

 many salmon in the river. 



4. The Deer and the Raven. 



Alai'k'S atE'mas ti mna'is ti sx'pani'Ltx. Wa skoana'tsqts wa 

 Long ago it was dead the child of the Deer. He cried he 



s'ai'mis ti sx'pani'Ltx' s'anusmE'nas : " AnusuaLax"Lai' ta 

 always the Deer for his dead child : "ItisdeadC?) the 



mnaLsai' ananai'k's ta mnaLsai'. ALnix'ne'q'ots anima'so wa 

 my child, I cry aiiana' for the my child. ? ? 



siai's ta mnaLsai' ananai'k's ta mnaLsai'." 

 ? the my child I cry anana for my child." 



PoLsktu'o ti qoa'xtx* sk"a anai'x-otsis sk'a koana'ts : 



He came the Raveu and sat down vvith him and cried : 



"Anoai'k'ts sk-a aLuai'x'Otstsino aL ta mnaLno sk"a koanatiL, 

 "I wish to and together with you to the your child and we cry, 



qamai'ts. AnusniEna'nomak's ala lau'atuxtsL koanatsmasa auxtsi 

 my dear. Your dead child ? cry 



aL ti anusniE'na x'ti mEnas, qamai'ts." Ti qoa'xtx" sk'a 

 about the dead child the his child, my dear." The Raven and 



qe'exlixis : "L'aix'L'aix'k'aik'aL ti squ'x'ts'ai," koana'tsqts ti qoa'xtx" 

 began: " His legs are thin the legs," he cried the Raven 



sk'a nuya'mts. Nnya'ratsqts ti sx-pani'Ltx* : " Wix'wix'lx-a'L ti 



and he sang. He sang the Deer: " His legs are lean the 



squx'ts'ai." Anoai'k'ts ti qoa'xtx- sk*a k'xmixn's ta sx'paniLtx 

 legs." He wished the Raven and for food the Deer 



sk-a nuLuqo'axisqts ta sx'paniLtx ta stsqa'ats. LapakMmisqto'o 

 and he ate his inside the Deer's his anus. He opened him 



sk'a i'stox is. L'apaqto^o tu susqoe'mtsx sk'a aLxapate'm 

 and skinned him. They came the his sisters and carried it home 



ta sx'pani'Ltx. La^pak'memqto'o sk"a slome'm ta sx'paniL sk*a 



the Deer. They cut it and boiled it the Deer and 



k'x'nix'e'mts ta sx'pani'L. 

 it was their food the Deer. 



Translation. 



A long time ago the child of the Deer died. He always wailed for his 

 dead child. " Oh, my child is dead. I wail for my child." The Raven 



PROC. AMER. PHILOS. SOC. XXXIV. 147. F. PRINTED MARCH 20, 1895. 



