8WANT0N1 HAIDA TEXTS AND MYTHS 325 



How onp: of the Stasa'os-t.a'nas became wealthy 



[Told by Walter McGrcjiror of the Sealion-tovvii i)e()ple.] 



His name was Sqi'lg-.aAlAii/ His wife belonged to the Seaward- 

 sqofi'iadas, and her name was A'%.a-slwa't. The}^ were camping at 

 Djihl'. 



And, when the tide was low, he went seaward. He heard some 

 puppies yelping. He looked for them. He could not tind them. 

 Then he began to eat medicine. After he had eaten medicine for a 

 while, he went seaward again. Again he heard the puppies 3^elping. 



After he had gone toward the place where they were yelping the 

 yelping sounded behind him. After he had done this for a while he 

 found two small pups among some stones lying* in a pool of salt water. 

 Then he pick them up and stood up planks on edge for them 

 around a hollow between the roots of a tree behind the house. And 

 he had them live there. He hid them. He named one of them 

 Found and the other Helper. He fed them secretly. 



When they became larger they went into the water early one 

 morning. They came shoreward together. They had a tomcod in 

 their mouths. The}'' gave it to him. He said he had gone out to look 

 for it very early. And he l)rought it into the house. 



Again the}^ swam seaward. They brought in a red cod in their 

 mouths. When the}^ started off again they brought back a halibut in 

 their mouths. When they became larger they brought in a piece 

 bitten out of a whale. All that time he said he had found the things. 

 When he had a quantity of food he carried the whale to his brothers- 

 in-law^ at Skidegate as a gift. 



They were nearly starved at Skidegate when he came and gave them 

 what he had. The day after he arrived he went for firewood. When 

 he brought it in the food was all gone. He wished to eat some 

 salmon eggs put up in bladders which his mother-in-law owned. She 

 did not give them to him. At that time he kept repeating: "1 guess 

 there will be phuity in the dogs' house." Then his mother-in-law 

 said: " I wonder what sort of dogs have grease all over their house." 

 His mother-in-law was stingy. 



Next day he again came in from getting wood and said the same 

 thing as before. And his mother-in-law again said: "I wonder what 

 sort of dogs have grease all over their house." 



Next day he started for Djilfi', and his mother-in-law went with 

 him. After they had gone along for a while they came to a porpoise 

 floating about, and his mother-in-law wanted it. He paid no attention 



