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felt sad and ashamed on account of what his son had done, for he 

 had devoured almost all the provisions of his tribe. 



Therefore the chief invited all the people in, and said, "I will send 

 my child away before he eats all our provisions and we lack food." 

 Then all the people agreed to what the chief had said. As soon as 

 they had all agreed, the chief called his son. He told him to sit down 

 in the rear of the house. As soon as he had sat down there, the chief 

 spoke to his son, and said, "My dear son, I shall send you away inland 

 to the other side of the ocean." ' He gave his son a small round 

 stone and a raven blanket and a dried seadion bladder filled with all 

 kinds of berries. The chief said to his son, "When you fly across the 

 ocean and feel weary, drop this round stone on the sea, and you shall 

 find rest on it; and when you reach the mainland, scatter the various 

 kinds of fruit all over the land ; and also scatter the salmon roe hi all 

 the rivers and brooks, and also the trout roe ; so that you may not 

 lack food as long as you live hi this world." Then he started. His 

 father named him Giant. 



(2) ORIGIN OF DAYLIGHT 2 



Giant flew inland (toward the east). He went on for a long time, 

 and finally he was very tired, so he dropped down on the sea the little 

 round stone which his father had given to him. It became a large 

 rock way out at sea. Giant rested on it and refreshed himself, and 

 took off the raven skin. 



At that time there was always darkness. There was no daylight 

 then. Again Giant put on the raven skin and flew toward the east. 

 Now, Giant reached the mainland and arrived at the mouth of Skeena 

 River. There he stopped and scattered the salmon roe and trout roe. 

 He said while he was scattering them, "Let every river and creek 

 have all kinds of fish ! " Then he took the dried seadion bladder and 

 scattered the fruits all over the land, saying, "Let every mountain, 

 hill, valley, plain, the whole land, be full of fruits!" 



The whole world was still covered with darkness. When the sky 

 was clear, the people would have a little light from the stars; and 

 when clouds were in the sky, it was very dark all over the land. The 

 people were distressed by this. Then Giant thought that it would 

 be hard for him to obtain his food if it were always dark. He 

 remembered that there was fight in heaven, whence he had come. 

 Then he made up his mind to bring down the light to our world. On 

 the following day Giant put on his raven skin, which his father the 

 chief had given to him, and flew upward. Finally he found the hole 

 in the sky, and he flew through it. Giant reached the inside of the 

 sky. He took off the raven skin and put it down near the hole of 



1 Meaning to the mainland.— F. B. ! Notes, p. 641. 



