^^bSas^] the salmon myth TRANSLATION. 81 



at their napes, hauled them out of the house, struck them together aiul 

 killed them. He threw down Coyote and said: "Coyote will be your 

 name; henceforth you will not kill chiefs." He threw down Badger 

 and said: "Badger will be your name; henceforth you will not kill 

 chiefs. People will fear oidy your winds. You will never go near men.'" 

 He threw them away and burned their house. 



He went on. [After traveling sometime] he came to a prairie. He 

 crossed it and saw smoke arisiug at its end. He went on. He almost 

 reached a house, and heard a woman crying inside. He opened the 

 door slowly, but it made a noise. The woman looked up and saw him j 

 [he looked like] her husband whom they had killed. He entered. The 

 house was full of meat. He said: " I came to look for j'ou; let us go 

 home. The one who was killed was my father." Then she replied : 

 " The monsters will kill you." " Let them kill me," he said. She gave 

 him to eat and he ate. In the afternoon he went outside and cut live 

 pieces of flesh from his nape. He tied them up. Then he ate alder- 

 bark until his stomach became full. He re-entered the house and gave 

 the woman the five bundles of meat, saying: "When the monsters 

 come home give each one of them a bundle of meat. If they eat it I 

 shall be able to win over them. Give it to them when they notice me." 

 Now he deceived them. He blew on the fire until he was covered with 

 ashes and looked like an old man. 



In the evening the noise of falling objects was heard. A person 

 entered and when he came to the middle of the house he cried: "I 

 smell salmon; I smell salmon." When he saw the old man he kicked 

 him many times, until blood came out of his mouth.* Then the woman 

 arose and gave him one bundle of meat, saying: "I am a human being; 

 do you think I have no relatives ? This old man [is one of my family] ; 

 he brought this for you." " O, my sister in-law's relative, why did you 

 not tell me before, I should not have hurt my sister-in-law's rela- 

 tive." After a little while a noise was heard again. Another person 

 appeared. He entered. When he was near the middle of the house 

 he cried: "I smell salmon; I smell salmon." When he noticed the old 

 man he kicked him many times, so that he iiew about and blood came 

 out of his mouth. Then the woman arose and said: "I am a human 

 being; do you think I have no relatives? This old man brought this 

 for you." And she gave him one bundle of meat. "O, my sister-in- 

 law's relative, why did you not tell me before, I should not have hurt, 

 my sister-in-law's relative." Again a noise was heard outside and a, 

 person ai)peared. He entered. Some distance before he reached the 

 middleof the house he said: " I smell salmon ; I smell salmon." When 

 he saw the old man he kicked him and he flew about in the house and 

 blood came out of his mouth. The woman waited a little while, then 

 she arose and took a bundle of meat and gave it to her brother-in-law, 

 saying: "I am a human being; do you think I have no relatives? This. 



*Ia fact he waa expectomtiug the juice of the alder bark which he hal chewed. 

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