86 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 29 



Story of Tiiose-horn-at-Skedans 



[Told ])y Jolm Sky of Tliose-boni-at-Skedans] 



There lay Flat-slope' town. At that time there was sickness in tli(^. 

 place. Da'tcIi-kt'lsLas's ^ daughter, Wonian-whose-feet-uiake-a-thun- 

 derous-noise, owned a knife that shut up.^ Then Woman-whose- 

 feet-make-a-thunderous-noise died at TcixodA'lx.a.* They said that 

 something carried her off on account of the knife. The}' then took 

 the body of Woman- whose-feet-make-a-thunderous-noise to Flat-slope 

 town. They also said that the knife belonged to Pestilence/ and the}' 

 took it to the middle of the inlet. They then put feathers on it and 

 let it sink easil}' into the water. On account of the knife they owned 

 the sea water. *^ 



Some time after that Tlii'giao began hunting with dogs. One time, 

 while he was going after his dogs, the bear turned upon him. Then 

 the bear pulled the skin of his head from him. They went out and 

 got him. And they brought him away. They laid his bod}' away, 

 and again they owned the sea, the land, and all the inlets.' 



Then the Common-food-steamers ^ gave them a plate of copper for 

 their inlet. He was Wii'nAg.An's son." He was the one [the bear] 

 killed at K!ial. And a woman of the Town-of-Cumshewa people'" also 

 gave a plate of copper to Those-born-at-Skedans for her inlet. 



After that Ski'ltlakinaii" began to hunt with dogs. And his dogs 

 began barking at something at Lg.a-i.'" While he was following them 

 his leg slipped into some [crevice]. His leg was scraped to the bone. 

 He died there. And again they claimed the sea water, the inlets, and 

 the land. The Common-food-stearaers put out another copper plate 

 for G.ali'ns," and the Town-of-Cumshewa woman put out another 

 copper plate for Qa'na.'^ They claimed all the islands along with 

 them. There was no land lying vacant. 



Some time after that Wa'nAg.An again came there (to Skedans) to 

 live. And he had a daughter, Flowing-property," when they settled 

 at Skedans. After that Flowing-property went to Skedans bay for 

 something. And a woman of the Witch people'*^ went with her. A 

 woman of the Common-food-steamers ** also went with her. While 

 they were going along they upset. Then Flowing-property, with the 

 woman of the Witch people, was drowned. Then the people wept, 

 wept, wept. Presently they sent food to them through the tire, and 

 in the same house laid claim to the sea and the islands."' Those- 

 born-at-Skedans owned them. 



After the death of Wa'nAg.An another Wa'nAg.An who came to 

 live in his place had Gitko'na'^ as his son. It was he who built |thc 



