BOAS] APPENDIX I-j-NOOTKA TALES 911 



Q!a'nexe £ naxw when he comes to do mischief to the world." This he 

 said as he rubbed a painted round stick on a rough stone. Q!a'nexe- 

 £ naxw said, "Let me see your spear!" and Raccoon gave the spear 

 to him; and then he took it and said, "Turn your rump this way!" 

 and the foolish Raccoon turned his rump toward him. "I will put 

 this spear on your rump, for it is always best to fight backward," 

 said he, as he stuck the spear on Raccoon's rump, and slapped on 

 each side of it, and said, "Now, you shall be a raccoon hereafter!" 

 Raccoon walked away slowly, and went into the woods. 



Q !a'nexe £ naxw walked along, and he saw a man with a big belly 

 sharpening a broad flat stone. This man was Beaver Man (Adok u ). 

 Q !a'nexe £ naxw asked him what he was doing; and the man said, 

 "How is it that you are the only one who does not know that Q!a'ne- 

 xemaxw is come to do harm to the world ? I am sharpening this stone 

 to fight him with it." Then Q !a'nexe £ naxw said, "Let me see your 

 great spear, so that I may make one like it!" Then Beaver gave 

 the spear to him; and Q!a'nexe £ naxw took it and looked at it for a 

 while. Then he looked at Beaver, and saw that he seemed to be 

 foolish, and did not look as if he were ready to fight. ThenQ!a'nexe- 

 £ naxw walked behind him and put the great flat spear on his rump, 

 and slapped on each side of it, and said, "I am Q !a'nexe £ naxw, who 

 came down to put everything right in the world. Hereafter you 

 shall be a beaver." And Beaver walked away Very slowly. He 

 would look back at Q !a'nexe £ naxw and stare at him. Then he went 

 into the woods. 



Again Q !a'nexe £ naxw walked on. He had not gone far, when he 

 saw a small man sharpening his little spear. Tins little man was 

 Marten (iJi'LJihet'), and he seemed to be very quick in his move- 

 ments. Q !a'nexe £ naxw asked him what he was doing; and Marten 

 said to him, "Where have you come from ? You must be a stranger, 

 for you are the only man who does not know what I am sharpening 

 my war-spear for. Don't you know that Q!a'nexe £ naxw is coming 

 to this world to do harm to all who are living in this place ? Now, 

 I shaU get my spear ready to defend myself against him whenever 

 he comes," said Marten; and Q!a'nexe £ naxw said to hini, "Will you 

 let me see your war-spear, so that I may make one just like it, and 

 be ready to fight him when he comes?" The little man Marten 

 looked at him for a long while. Then he gave Iris spear to him; and 

 Q!a'nexe £ naxw took the little spear, and said, "Now I will look at 

 it, and I will make one to figh't against Q !a'nexe £ naxw when he comes ; 

 but I shall try to put it on you in the place I think best for it, that 

 I may put mine there too. Now, turn your rump this way!" Marten 

 obeyed him; and then he stuck the spear into his rump and slapped 

 on each side of it, and said to him, "I am Q!a'nexe £ naxw. Hereafter 

 you shall be a marten: so stay in the woods and five on whatever 



