BOAS] APPENDIX I BELLABELLA TALES 885 



father takes it down and gives it to him. The boy takes it in his 

 arms, plays with it, and rolls it about. 



One day he begins to cry again. He wants to go out of the house. 

 When they open the door, he takes the box out and rolls it about on 

 the street; suddenly, assuming the form of the Raven, he carries it 

 away. He flies to Dza'wade, where the people are catching olachen. 

 He asks to be given some, but the people refuse it. He promises 

 them to open the box if they will give him some olachen, but they 

 decline. Then he flies to Rivers Inlet and to Skeena River, but 

 nobody will give him anything to eat. Finally he comes to Xass 

 River, where many people are fishing. He sits down on a stone and 

 takes good care of his box. Finally he opens it, and it is broad 

 daylight. Then the fishermen become frogs and water-birds. 



Xow the people had daylight. At night a blanket was drawn over 

 the sky in order to make it dark. 



5. The Boy who Fed the Eagle 



A chief's son, Iaxdze, used to go out with the other boys to fish. 

 They make a dam and catch salmon. Then they string the fish 

 on a rope, but they do not tie a knot at the end; therefore, when they 

 drag the rope along, a salmon drops off. This annoys the chief. 



The Eagle picks up the salmon, and also takes those that he leaves 

 in the river. The boy is as a brother to the Eagles, and gives them 

 much food. Finally the father becomes so annoyed that he decides 

 to desert him, and he leaves with all the people of the village. Only 

 the grandmother of the boy remains; she hides a little fire for him 

 in a clamshell. Then they build a fire of leaves. The Eagles watch 

 them. In the morning the old woman nudges the boy and asks 

 him to get up. Then he finds food on the beach, which is given to 

 him by the Eagles. First he finds a halibut, which they roast over 

 the fire. 



The father sees the smoke from a distance, and wonders where it 

 comes from. The Eagles give them larger and larger food, seals 

 and sea lions. 



After some time the father sends a canoe with two men to look 

 after his son. They discover the food, and on returning tell the 

 father that his son is wealthy. The father returns with his people; 

 but when they arrive, the boy upsets their canoes. (After this 

 follows the story how the father offered various girls to the young 

 man. who finally accepted one whom he liked.) 



6. Mink 



(A boy named Hanaxla'xtua makes a chain of arrows, and climbs up 

 to the sky, where the wife of the Sun sees him coming. The Sun asks 

 him to stay with him and to be his son. One day he cries until he 



