308 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY Ibull.29 



Cloud- WATCHER 



[Told by Abraham of Those-born-at-Q!a'dAsgo] 



A Tlingit supernatural power spoke through him. After he had 

 acted as shaman for a while, and, when all were at Tlfi'Mi, the son of 

 the chief of the salmon spoke throuoh him. At that time there were 

 no sahnon on this island. Then the sahnon came like a strong wind. 



At that time he used to go into a deep place. His moose-skin 

 blankets had pictures of salmon on them. He also wore a dance hat. 

 He had a dancing skirt. He had rattles of puffin beaks. 



At that time the chiefs refused to allow him [to go down]. They 

 told him he would swim awa}^ forever. Then he became disgusted, 

 so the}^ said the salmon would be lost, and the}^ let him go down. 

 They let one who was always truthful go with him. 



Then they sang for him in the way he told them. "When I go 

 down, do not stop singing the spirit song until I get back." Just at 

 evening he prepared to go, and, after he had danced around the tire for 

 a while, he went down. Immediatel}'^ La'ma^ went after him. After 

 he had gone they sang for him, and he went into a deep place. 



Then he lay still in the creek like a dog salmon. La'ma thought he 

 would swim awa}^, and he held the lower edge of his moose-skin blanket 

 in his hand. After he had stayed in the water for a while, he jerked 

 like a dog salmon sending out eggs. After he had done this four times 

 he stood up. He was not wet in a single spot. All that time they 

 sang for him in the house. 



Then there were great numbers of dog salmon in the creek. When 

 he stood up in the house all looked at him. He was not wet in the 

 least. Then dog salmon nearly surrounded the coasts of this island. 

 Before that there were few salmon, but a strong man dried three dog 

 salmon during a season. The strongest man got live. They put two 

 away, and, taking one along as provisions, they spent the winter in the 

 neighborhood of mussels. 



He had them get a large drum otf of the east side of a big cedar. 

 They used to hang that up. 



After that SAqaiyu'i'"' spoke through Cloud-watcher at Lg.o'gi. 

 When his voice came through him he ran into the sea. Then he 

 started around the town begging. He came into a house and held 

 out his blanket. " Dju x.undii'-i." •' They did not understand his 

 words. Hy and ])y in one house he entered Djat-gitcli'iigaga guessed 

 what he meant and put live plugs [of tobacco] into his blanket. At 

 once all in the town gave to him. They each gave him live plugs. 



