288 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 29 



He who was abandoned nr his uncles 



[Told by Abnihiini, of Those-boni-nt-Qlfi'iiAsg-.o, to whom it was related by an old Niiistints iiiaii.] 



A mail, along" with his sister, was abandoned by his nine uncles. 

 They built a small house under a tree. He lived in this with his sister. 

 After they had lived there for a while two ravens came fl3"ing" from 

 the west coast. Then they sat on a branch of the tree below which 

 they lived and wiped their bills. Afterward they flew back in the 

 direction from which the}^ had come. They disappeared over the 

 mountain. 



After this had happened many times while they were living there 

 they began to be suspicious. Then they conferred with each other. 

 He asked his sister to go with him in the direction the ravens always 

 took when they flew over. Immediately they started up in the bed 

 of Stasqa'os creek. 



When they got far up they came to the end of a trail. And they 

 went up upon it. When they got to the top of the mountain [they 

 found] a hole there. The bottom could not be seen. And when they 

 started to leave it they came back to it again. They kept doing so all 

 day. A short time after they had started from it they came back to it. 



Then the man became angry, took dirt in his hand and threw it in. 

 " Yawai^'a'H-, it makes people come back who try to go away from it," 

 said he.* Then, when they started away, they came to the town-site 

 of Ku'ndi.^ 



Three rows of whales had floated ashore there. Tho;se in the row 

 nearest hind were rotten. Those in the next row were a little rotten. 

 Those next the sea were fresh. Killer whales came out to sleep on a 

 reef which ran out into the strait. They made a noise, touching each 

 other. 



Then he and his sister constructed a house. When it was tinished 

 he cut up some fresh whales. At the same time he steamed them. 



And one night he heard something whispering to his sister. He did 

 not ask her about it. The night after that he again heard something 

 talking to his sister. Then in the morning he asked his sister: "What 

 talked to you in the night? " " Brother,^ they tell me a strange thing. 

 KIu'dAna-point will marry me. If you agree, they say they will give 

 you much food. If you agree, they direct you to make a strong club. 

 When the house is full they direct you to stand outside the door. 

 Then they direct you to l)reak their heads with your clul)." He 

 agreed. Evening came again, and his sister was gone in the morning. 



He finished his club. Then good-looking people came in to him. 



