swANTON] HAIDA TEXTS AND MYTHS 357 



Tlie iK'xt da}^ lio aoaiii looked toward the place where the eao-le had 

 sat. It sat there again. And he again went thither. A larger piece 

 lay thei-e than the one he had found before. Every morning they 

 became larger until a whole spring salmon lay there. 



One day, just at dawn," he looked for the eagle that helped him. It 

 sat there, and he went thither and found a porpoise tail lying there. 

 He then took it to the house, and she (his mother) steamed it. There 

 was a larger piece every morning until a whole one lay there. 



One day the eagle sat there again, and he went thither. The tail of 

 a l)lack whale lay there. He cut it up and took it over to the house. 

 The pieces of whal(> became larger every time until a whole one lay 

 there. Then there were more whales. At last there were ten. 



Then the slaves of his uncles went out to look for him. He felt 

 their presence, brought them to the house, and gave them some food. 

 And he watched tJHMn while tiiey ate. He watched to see that they 

 did not hid(^ any mouthfuls. When they went away he told them not 

 to say that he was being helped. And thej^ went otf. 



The slaves returned home. They said that the}' had not seen him. 

 The}' then went to bed. In the night something choked the child of 

 the head slave, and they made a light for him. They tried to take out 

 the object with their tingers. They pulled something fat out of his 

 mouth. They then put it on a hot stone. It sizzled. 



They then began to ask them about the thing, and they answered: 

 '•You ought to see how the one you al)andoned is living. Black 

 whales are floated ashore in front of him like driftwood." 



His uncles then dressed u}) their daughters, because each thought 

 he would have his nephew marry his child. But the daughter of his 

 youngest uncle was lame. She was the one who had left food for him. 

 They then went to him. but he refused the women and waited for the 

 one who was lam(\ 



Her father brought her last. And he invited her father into his 

 own house. He then married her. She was not pretty, but he mar 

 ried her ])ecause she had left food *f or him.'' And because the woman 

 helped him to live coals he brought down food to her father. But 

 his nine [remaining] uncles began to buy food from him. Because he 

 gathertKl food for the eagle they (the daughters) did not marry him. 

 For that reason he, too, would not give them food. 



Thiw is said to be the family story of a Tsimyiiian family called Nistoy. As the 

 two i)arts were obtained from different sources there are several inconsistencies, and 

 I suspect that the first story-teller would have completed the tale somewhat differ- 

 ently. 



^ But according to Wi'nats (see below) he and his mother continued to remain in 

 the town. Possibly Jackson would have finished the myth like "How something 

 pulled a row of eagles into the water" and "Story of one who saw an eagle town." 



'^ Old words are used here. 



'^ According to Jackson it was this girl's mother who left it. 



