362 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bvhh.29 



Two Children's Stories 



[Told by my inUTpreter, Henry Moody, of Tliose-l)orii at-Qa'gials] 



I. '•' Hiihahiibe-H, here is youngin- brother [or sister] crying." 

 "Give your 3'ounger brother the large clam's head (q!ong.osqadja'+) 

 that I put away for liini.'" " Where is younger brother? " " I do not 

 know. I destroyed him ((^long.oscja'djig.An) as you told me to do."* 



II. Song-sparrow '^ lived with his grandmother. Whenever his 

 granibnothor soaked salmon (xrizzly-lx'ar"' stole the soaked sahnon. 

 One day S()iig-sj)arrow saw (irizzly-))ear doing this. He said then to 

 his grandmother: ''Grandmother, 1 will kill him." And his grand- 

 mother said to hiui: " Do not tiy, my child; he will swallow you." 

 "That will be all right, grandmother, for 1 shall have a tire drill in 

 his belly." 



He then made a bow and arrows. The people did not like him and 

 his grandmothiu'. By and by, when Grizzly-bear came there again, he 

 shot him. He did not know then what happened to him. . And, when 

 he was in his belly, he came to himself. He then thought of his fire 

 drill and made a tire in his l)elly. When it burned it burned through 

 his belly. And he killed Grizzly -bear. 



He then brought the news to his grandmother. "Grandmother, 1 

 have killed (Jrizzly-])ear." And his grandmother told him that he lied. 

 Then he went again to it and cut some pieces from it. As soon as he 

 showed it to his grandmother his grandmother put on her belt. He 

 and his grandmother began at once to cut it up. 



After they had taken all into the house he went to the neighboring 

 town for some live coals. When he came through the doorway they 

 asked him: " What do you come for, Song-sparrow r' And he said: 

 "I come for live coals, skia'ldjigut ska'ldjigut sketcle'gut."* After he 

 had said this he .spat out the blood of a piece of the grizzly bear that 

 he had in his mouth. 



They were surprised at this, and the townspeople ran toward his 

 house. They took away at once all of the grizzly bear. As be also ran 

 toward it he said to his grandmother: "(irrandmother, keep hold of 

 the biggest piece." And, while he was running, they took all of his 

 meat away. 



After he and his grandmother had cried for a while his grandmother 

 went to sleep. Then, while his grandmother slept, he cut olf his 

 grandmother's vulva. And he put grease and feathers upon the place. 

 He then cooked this. And when it was cooked his graiidmothei' woke 

 up. "Grandmother, get up. I found a small thing in the dirt of the 

 trail where they have been walking. I cooked it for you." His grand- 

 mother got up at once and ate it. 



