204 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 29 



And they would not toucli tlicir ])!iddlcs to the edovs of their cuiioes 

 [for feiir of niakiuo- a noise |. 



When he had nearly destroyed them all, Djila'cions' son said: ".I 

 will ^o to the south country. I Avill kill Q!ri'^-.awa-i." Then his 

 mother said to him: '' Do not do it, chief; they will say f^A'ndal to 

 you/' After she had said so for some time, she told him he might go. 



And, after he had gone along for a while, [when lie reached] point 

 Skwai he became tired of walking and lay with his back against a 

 rock. Then a sound like the rushing of wind came to his ears, and he 

 looked in 'the direction of it. [An eagle] was almost touching a salt 

 water pool in front of him in its Hight. 



Then he went thither, and, when he looked into the pool, [he saw] 

 a small halil)ut floating there. Now he took it out. And, when he 

 tried to cut it open along the side, all the supernatural beings pro- 

 tested. It also thundered. In whatever way he tried it, he was 

 unsuccessful until he cut it open f roiu its tail when nothing happened. 

 Now he skinned it and dried the skin in the sunshine. He was glad 

 to have it. And he went away with it. 



By and by he came to the town of Lg.adA'n. It was evening and 

 he looked a])out among the houses. He looked for a place where a 

 child had just l)een born. By and by he saw a child l3nng in the cra- 

 dle. When they were asleep, he destroyed it. But he became l)orn 

 in its place. His [new] mother was named Gwa'g.anat. 



And, after he had grown somewhat, he asked to have a copper bow 

 and copper arrows made for him. All the time he was growing up 

 they went out tishing and he (QIa'g.awa-i) swallowed them. And, 

 when the\' came in from fishing. Supernatural-sparrow*** living in 

 front of the town ate all of their uncut halibut. 



Then he began to shoot birds. He shot robins, the feathers of 

 which along with those of the flicker were on his cradle. After he 

 had become quite strong he killed geese and wild swans. His mother 

 asked him whence he got them, and he said: "I, am [getting them] 

 from Ldas.*^ After that he also killed the big sparrow that lived 

 there. 



After he had shot birds for some time longer he said he had lost a 

 black bird wdiich he attempted to kill. He was sad about it. The 

 next time he went out he brought it in skinned. That was the raven. 

 Again he went out and flew around the island with its skin on. He 

 flew down from alcove. He shot it in the countr}^ he called Ldas. 



After he was able to fly to some height he said: "I am going to 

 kill Q!a'g.awa-i."' Then his uncle said to his mother: "' Put charcoal 

 on the lips of that boy who is talking.'' At once his mother did so to 

 him. They were afraid to mention the name of Qlfi'g.awa-i near the 

 fire. They were afraid that " Woman-under-the-fire" would take 



