290 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 29 



The story of those who were abandoned at Stasqa'os 



[Told l)y Abniliiim of Those-born-at-QIa'dAsgo, to whom it was related by an old Ninslints man] 



Some people were abandoned at Stasija'cs, including a man, his wife, 

 and his mother-in-law. The latter owned some salmon egg's. When 

 it became cold and he was very hungry he wished his mother-in-law 

 would cut them open, and he brought in firewood. After he had l)uilt 

 a large tire he thought he would get something from his mother-in-law. 

 He was unsuccessful. He was hungry many mornings and brought 

 firewood to his mother-in-law, all the time expecting to get the salmon 

 eggs. 



By and by, when the snow was gone, he sent his wiie out to get 

 spruce roots for himself. While his wife w^as digging spruce roots 

 she heard a puppy bark within the earth. Then she started to dig it 

 out. She dug out a little puppy. And she went home with it. 

 Then they reared it. It grew up very fast. 



One morning, when the}' got up, two large fish lay outside. They ate 

 them. Next morning some lay there again. The number increased. 

 After the fish had been found there in this way for a while half a hal- 

 ibut lay there. Another time a whole halibut lay there. After there 

 had been halibut for some time porpoises began ly'in^ there. After 

 thai had happened for a while hair seal began lying there. After they 

 had been found lying there for a time a whale's tail lay there. Again 

 half of a whale la}^ there. The dog also became large. 



After this, when they became tired of eating grease, she cut open 

 the salmon eggs. His mother-in-law gave some to him. He did not 

 look at them. 



When his mother-in-law had become tired of eating grease she 

 went after things found at low tide. Then he covered all the chitons 

 with rotten whale. Instead of eating them his mother-in-law went in 

 and sat down. There came to be whole whales Lb'ing on the beach]. 

 Stasqa'os beach was all covered with whales. 



Then, unbeknown to her son-in-law, she collected urine. She ])ut 

 hot stones into it, and, while the dog was out at sea and her son-in-law 

 was sleeping with his wife, she poured it into the sea. At once a 

 great east wind arose. When daylight came the wind increased. 



Then he saw the dog's ears show at intervals above the water in 

 front of Stasqa'os.^ After he had looked for a while they disappeared 

 around GA'iixet-point.'^ After that the waves carried it along the 

 west coast out to sea. Presentl}' it tried to climb ashore at a steep 



