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7. He is adopted by a man, and becomes voracious by eating scabs. 



S. He begins his migrations. 



In this order there is a lack of connection between 6 and 7, for 

 there is nothing in this tale that leads up to the adoption. 



We must add as incidents quite analogous to exploits made during 

 his migrations — 



9. The making of land. 



10. The appearance of the ancestors of the Haida after the Deluge. 

 The various types may be summarized in the following forms: 



Sequence (if incidents in — 



Ska Skjr Sk 5 



5 



6 



9,8 — — 



1 1 1 



2 2 



3 3 3 



4 4 4 



5 5 5 



(10) 



7 



Swanton, in S.75, places the event 10 after the second deluge (as 

 told in Ska 110), although it does not so appear in Ms version of the 

 Raven myth. 



It would seem that the tale of how people originated from a clam- 

 shell belongs also to the introductory part of the tale. All the rec- 

 ords we have belong to Masset. One version has been recorded by 

 Swanton in his Masset texts (Ma 324); another one was obtained by 

 me from Chief Edenshaw of Masset (Sk 320) ; a third one was recorded 

 by Dawson (1.149 B); and a fourth one by Deans (Hai 6.30). 



Raven heard a noise in a clamshell. When he opened it, he found one half full of 

 human beings, the other half full of animals. He told the people to make a town , the 

 animals to go up the mountains. Since Queen Charlotte Islands were too small for 

 all the animals, he sent some to the mainland . At the same time he pushed the islands 

 apart with Ms feet Mo 324. 



Raven found a Cockle, and heard a noise inside. He found people in it, and made 

 towns for them. From these originated a number of Haida families Sk 320. 



Raven married a Cockle, which gave birth to six children. These were sexless, 

 and he made them three males and three females Hai 6.30. 



Raven married the Cockle, which gave birth to a girl, whom later on he married. 

 According to another version given at the same place, a man and a woman origin ited 

 from two live Cockles. These became the progenitors of mankind, Dawson 1.149 B- 

 150 B. 



