654 TSIMSHIAN MYTHOLOGY [bth. ann. 31 



people make him brace himself with his tongue against the ground 

 when he is fighting. Thus he induces Cormorant to do the same, 

 bites off his tongue, makes it into an olachen. 



In the Tsimshian, Nass, and Newettee versions the incident is 

 brought about by a quarrel between Raven and Gull, which he inten- 

 tionally brings about while they are gambling. 



He calls Gull No, makes gambling-sticks Ts, No. They gamble together Ts, Na, 

 Ne. 0' £ meal (that is, the Raven) stakes his bear-skin blanket and loses. Then he 

 says he is hungry Ne. They quarrel, and he throws Gull on his back Ts, No. 



The Bellabella version is as follows: 



He tells Beaver that Sea Gull is slandering him, and induces him to hit Gull's belly. 

 When Beaver does so, the herrings come out, and Raven eats them H ap 888. 



The end is the same in all the different versions. 



He steps on Gull's stomach Ts, No [the Crane or Heron strikes Gull's stomach Tla, 

 T14; he points at Gull's stomach Ne 9], and the Gull vomits the olachen Ts [two 

 olachen No; the herring Tla, Tl 4, Ne 9]. 



Here begins the second part of the story, how he uses the single 

 olachen to liberate the rest. 



He makes a canoe of elderberry wood Ts, No; lands in Kuwa'sk Ts. [He puts 

 rocks into his canoe and goes to Qadadja'n (owner of olachen, a mountain south 

 of Nass River) Sk; he goes to Qlo'mogwa Ne 9.] He rubs the spawn of olachen 

 over the inside of his canoe Ts [he smears the inside of the canoe with olachen, 

 leaves the tails under the stern-sheets No; he rubs the inside of his canoe with 

 herring roe No; he rubs his canoe with scales of herring Tl 4; canoe and clothing 

 Sk, Ne 9]. He enters the chief's house, and is asked to gamble. He replies 

 he is too tired because he has been fishing No [on entering he says the Tsimshian 

 worked hard getting olachen; they caught many canoe-loads Ts; he says he got cold 

 fishing Sk; tired fishing for herring Ne 9]. The Olachen chief replies, "How can 

 they get here? They will come four months and a half [six No] hence " Ts [he says, 

 "Where should they come from?" Ne 9]. In order to convince him, Raven shows 

 the inside of his canoe, which is covered with spawn, and also a tail of the olachen 

 under the stern-sheets Ts. [The Mouse is sent to look at the canoe, and reports Ne 9; 

 two youths report that olachen spawn and tails are in the canoe No, No; Qadadja'n 

 sits with back to fire, and sees the canoe full of slime Sk.] Then the chief calls his 

 sub-chiefs Burst Under The Stern Sheets, Stick To The Hot Stone, Half Eaten By The 

 Goose, Dried In Olachen Box Ts [Little Captain Of The Canoe, Dry On Boxes In 

 Which Olachen Is Kept, Grease That Is Sticking To The Stones With Which The 

 Fish Are Boiled No]. All agree that the fish should be liberated Ts. The chief orders 

 the men who stand in the corners of the house to break the corners Ts, No [he is angry 

 and pulls the screens down toward the fire Sk; the chief says, "Let us pull down the 

 room faced with boards Ne 9], Then the Olachen (Herrings) rush out Ts, No, Nfc, Sk, 

 Ne9. 



In the Tlingit version Tl 4, the owner of the herrings is omitted 

 entirely, and, instead of that, we have here an attempt on the part 

 of Raven to cheat a wealthy fisherman out of his property. When 

 the fisherman sees that the canoe is covered with scales, he believes 

 that the fish have come, and distributes his stores. 



Raven tells the fish to go up on both sides of the river Ts, No. Therefore olachen go 

 up earlyin spring Ts. [Raven throws the stones out of the canoe, and pushes the olachen 



