BOAS] APPENDIX I — NOOTKA TALES 891 



let the people know that I have the sun box." When he arrived 

 near the village, he lifted the box-cover a little, and there was light 

 all over the world. 



Thus the people in his village came to know that Raven had 

 obtained the sun box; and all the people said, "Now our chief, Raven, 

 has the sun box, and we will thank our great chief for bringing light 

 into the world." But Raven shut the sun box up again, and the 

 world was dark once more. 



He thought, "I will not go to my village. I will go to another 

 place near by. The people shall pay me to bring light into the world." 



Then all the people of the Ts !a £ wtn' £ ath a were called into the house, 

 and all the wise men also. Now, Wren (Asboyak - ) was the wisest of 

 all. He always gave good advice. After all the people had gone 

 into the house, they asked Wren how to get the sun box from 

 Chief Raven. It was a long while before Wren, the small man, 

 answered ; for he was lying down on his back, his head covered with 

 his blanket. He was pondering what answer to give. 



After he had been lying a long while in that way, he sat up, and 

 said, "Listen to my plan! Get ten large canoes, fill them with. 

 food and blankets, and take them to where our chief, Raven, is 

 living. Give them to him in payment for his trouble!" 



The people said that they were ready to do this, and every one 

 went out of the house and got something to put aboard the ten large 

 canoes, until they were filled up. Then, when they were all full, 

 they took them to the place where Raven was living; and when they 

 came to the beach of his little house, they sent four of his speakers 

 to tell him that they had brought ten large canoes to pay him for 

 his trouble. 



When they had finished speaking, they waited for an answer; 

 but he would not speak a word to them; he only went out of his little 

 house, carrying the little sun box in his arms, and walked into the 

 woods behind his house. Then the speakers told their friends about 

 it, and they went home again. 



After they had reached their home, they had another meeting. 

 When Wren came in, he saw Elk (L!o'nfm' e mit) sitting on one side 

 of the house, and said to him, "Here, you big man, can yon tell 

 us how we can get the sun from Raven? for you are such a large 

 man, you ought to tell us some way to get the sun box." But the 

 great man Elk became angry, and said to Wren, "Why, you little 

 man, how impudent you are to speak to me in this way! Don't 

 you know that if I were to put my thumb on you, I should kill 

 you?" And Wren retorted, "No, you can not kill me; but I know 

 that I might kill you very easily." 



Then the great man became still more angry, and said, "Do try 

 to kill me!" Then Wren jumped into the great man's nose, and 



