^mfrs^'^l RAVEN AND GULL MYTH TRANSLATION. 91 



it was still quite dark lie started. He had gone quite a distance when 

 the morning star rose. Now lie saw a person, and after some time 

 they met. He recognized the raven. He carried a large mat on his 

 back. "What is in your ]uat, Kanauwulewulewulewule?" "I carry 

 crabs' claws to my children." The gull went around him and said to 

 the man: "What is in your mat, Kanauwulewulewulewulef "I carry 

 crabs' claws to my children." Five times he went around him and 

 then he stabbed [the raven with his knife]. He fell down and died. 

 Then he took the raven's mat and iioured it out. Then poggies mixed 

 with codfish and flounders fell out. He put them into his own mat and 

 went home. [While he was walking he sang:] "I^'ow I have killed the 

 one who always went out first." He got home. 



After a little while some people found the raven dead on the beach. 

 [They said to a young man:] "Quick, go and tell his sister." He ran 

 to the house of the crow and entered. He found the crow at work 

 making a large mat. " Your brother has been killed, crow," he shouted. 

 She remained silent. He repeated, "The gull has killed your brother." 

 She remained silent. Again he said: "Your brother has been killed, 

 crow." Five times he repeated it. Then the crow arose, took some 

 cedar bark, and tied it around her head as a head ring, and tied some 

 around her waist. Then she took a rattle and began to sing and to shake 

 her rattle. She called together all her people, the land birds. She called 

 the eagles, the owls, the cranes, the chicken-hawks, the large hawks, the 

 duck-hawks. All her people were strong. The gull called together 

 his i)eople, the ducks, the tail ducks [?], sprit-tail ducks [?], pelicans, 

 albatross, loons, shags, and coatches. All his people were flat footed. 

 Now the crow made war against the gull. [They sang their war song :] 

 " I shall frighten him away from the beach, Tasmo'tl Tasmo'tl he he he 

 he [Tasmo'tl is the mythical name of the gull]. The duck-hawk jumped 

 at the tail duck and tore off its head and they killed part of the gull's 

 people. They became afraid. The crow said : " Let it be low water early 

 in the morning." They said : "The crow asks for low water in the morn- 

 ing. Then the flood tide shall begin. Many things will drift ashore." 

 The gull wanted to give her high water early in the morning, but the 

 crow" did not accept it. The gull's people were afraid and said: "Give 

 her what she wants, give her what she wants, or she will kill us." 

 Then he wanted to give her half-tide early in the morning. But the 

 crow did not accept it. One-half of the gull's peoj^le were killed by 

 that time. Then he offered her ebb tide late in the morning, but she 

 did not accept it. Then the gull's people said: "Give her what she 

 wants, else she will kill us. She can not rise early, you will always be 

 the flrst to wake up and she will awake after you. You will first go 

 to the beach and she will go after you." Then the gull said: "Tell her 

 that I will give her what she wants." They went to the crow and said : 

 "Now he gives you what you have asked for." Then the crow was 

 glad, and she and her people went home. 



