280 PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGV 



And that man that wanted to marry brought him great lots of wood. 

 And that Soccali Tyee tried to cut that wood in two pieces. And the 

 Soccali Tyee told that man to get right in the wood (like a hollow log). 

 The Soccali Tyee took an ax away from that stick, and that man was 

 in the stick, and that Soccali Tyee tried to go away from that sticky 

 and that man was in that stick. Because that Soccali Tyee think that 

 man was dead. And that Soccali Tyee stay in the house as long- as he 

 can. And that man get in the house with the wood. And that Soccali 

 man get mad about that man because he thought he was dead, and he 

 is alive now. 



And that Soccali Tyee tried to go out trom the house. And that 

 Soccali Tyee saw lots of i)eople on the end of the land. And the Soc- 

 cali Tyee saw lots of ])eople to play in the Indian land. And the lots 

 of people play with a ball and they throw it. They throw it and it 

 get burnt. And that Soccali Tyee tried to go in the house. And the 

 Soccali Tyee told that man to go in the people to steal that ball for 

 him. 



And that man tried to go and take that ball away from the people. 

 And that man that wanted to marry tried to stand between the peo]>h' 

 and watch the ball. And the people throw the ball away, and he take 

 it. Tried to run as fast as he could. And the people cried like every- 

 thing. And they took the i)itchwood and tried to burn it, because the 

 land was too dark like everything to see the man. And the people 

 tried to take the ball away from that man, and the laud is raining like 

 everything, and the light is gone out. And the people go back again. 

 They did not take the ball from that man. fie run like everything. 

 And that man that wauted to marry gave that ball to the Soccali Tyee 

 Bird. And the Soccali Tyee Bird was glad, and that man married the 

 daughter of the Soccali Tyee Bird. 



A story of men and animals. — A lady was married to a man a. few dajs, 

 and she went into the woods to i)ick some berries; and she was there 

 in the woods as long as she can to pick some berries, and then she 

 came back in the house. Next morning, then again, she will go to the 

 woods and pick some berries; and the lady was stay in the woods as 

 long as she can; and her hirsband tried to sell her dress and clothes 

 and everything away from her. And the lady came back to the house 

 and tried to find her dress and everything to change her things. And 

 she get mad, because she never find her things in the house; and she 

 didn't want her husband any nu)re. And the man was mad, and told 

 his wife to go to the woods to pick some berries as fast as she could. 

 And the man tried to put his wife on his back, and tried to put her in 

 a high tree, and the man told his wife to sit down in the tree; and he 

 leave his wif^ in the tree and go home again. 



And the woman cried as loud as she could, because her three brothers 

 was fishing in the river. The woman she get three brothers. One of 



