SEAL AND CRAB (TOLD 1891) 
One day the Crab and her elder sister, the Seal, were hungry. The 
Crab cried, and her elder sister said: ‘‘Sister, let us go and wash 
ourselves.” They went down to the water and bathed. The Crab 
felt cold and went up again to the house. The Seal dived several 
times and killed two salmon—large salmon. ‘Then she went up. The 
Crab was sitting there. The Seal said: ‘‘Go and bring that small 
salmon.” The Crab went down and found those salmon. She took 
them and hung them onto the point of her finger. ‘‘ How small are 
these salmon,” said she, but they broke her finger. She hung them 
onto the next finger. It broke also. She broke all her fingers. Then 
she went up to the house and cried. She opened the door and spoke 
to her elder sister: ‘‘ What are you doing? I broke all my fingers.” 
Aqeé’cGoax Icra’KjANE KjA AQALX®'LA 
THE SEAL HER MYTH AND THE CRAB 
Qa’xtkané’ka-it aqa wald’ igd’xoa aqaLxe’la a’galXt aqgée’sgoax. 
One day then hunger acted on the crab her elder the seal. 
her sister 
Axgr’qunk aqé@/sgoax Lxgp/eqax LqaLxe'la. Igagn’tcax, wald’ igd’xoa 
The elder one the seal the younger the crab. She cried, hunger acted on 
one her 
LgqaLxe'la. Igo'lXam a’galXt: ‘‘THxdya atxqoa/ta.” Icto’Lxa 
the crab. She said to to her elder “Let us go let us bathe.” They went to 
her sister: the water 
matniX. Icon/kXoat. Tsjes itn’xox tqaLxe'la. Ino’ptcga. 
to the water. They bathed, Cold became the crab. She went up. 
Qa’wattX  igakt@’meng aqé’sgoax. Ikto’tena moket  tgu’nat, 
Several times she dived the seal. She killed two salmon, 
them 
ita’qa-itax tgu’nat. Igd’ptega aqe’sgoax. A Lixt LqaLxe’la. ‘*A’yaq 
large ones salmon. She went up the seal. Oh, there the crab. “Quick! 
was 
tea/’lemam taXi tkjuna’temax.” I1no’nxa LqaLxe’la. - ILugua’qoam 
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go and fetch those small fish.” pe Hen: to the crab. She reached them 
the beach 
taXiteuna’temax. Qui ikta’wix th’gaksi. ‘* Ksemm taXi tkjuna/temax 
those salmon. Hang she did her fingers. “Small those small fish 
them on 
o’xoaxt.” TouXoala’Xit tr’gakei. Too’nue qui ikta’wax taXi 
are.’’ They broke her fingers. Other ones hang shedidthem those 
tkjuna’temax. IguXoala’Xit tn/gakei. Ka’nauwi2 iguXoala’Xit 
small fish, They broke her fingers. All broke 
tr’gakci. Tgd’ptega igagn’teax. A’quiqt igixp’laqnqiX. I2go’lXam 
her fingers. She went up she eried. She wept she opened the door. She said to 
aoealXt: “Qa é@mn’xdx? A igugoala’Xit te’gakei.”  Icto’Lxa 
her elder “How are you? Ah, ~ they broke my fingers.”’ They went 
sister to the beach 
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