102 ITja'lAPAS his myth. [™ologt 



were at separate places. Coyote roasted them. On the next morning^ 

 he went again. He speared ten silver-side salmon. Coyote was very 

 glad. He came home and split part of the fish. The other part he 

 left and went to sleep. On the next morning he roasted the rest. 

 Then he went again and stood at the mouth of the river. He did not 

 see anything before the flood tide set in. He went home. On the next 

 morning he went again, but again he did not see anything. He went 

 home angry. He defecated and asked his excrements: "Why have 

 these silver-side salmon disappeared?" His excrements scolded him: 

 "When the first silver-side salmon are killed, they are not left raw. 

 All must be roasted. When many are caught, they must all be roasted 

 before you go to sleep." On the next morning Coyote went and stood 

 at the mouth of the river. He speared ten. Then he made many double 

 spits, and remained awake until all were roasted that he had caught, 

 Now he had learned all that is forbidden in regard to silver-side salmon 

 when they arrive first at Nia'xaqce. He remained there and said: 

 "The Indians shall always do as I had to do. If a man who prepares 

 corpses eats a silver- side salmon, they shall disappear at once. If a 

 murderer eats silver-side salmon, they shall at once disappear. They 

 shall also disappear when a girl who has just reached maturity or when 

 a menstruating woman eats them. Even I got tired." 



Now he came this way. At some distance he met a number of women 

 who were digging roots. He asked them: "What are you doing?" 

 "We are digging gamass." "How can you dig gamass at Clatsop f 

 You shall dig |a root, species?] and thistle [?] roots in this country. 

 No gamass will be dug here." Now they gathered |a root, species ?| 

 and thistle [ *?] roots. He left these women and spoiled that land. He 

 transformed the gamass into small onions. 



Then he came to Clatsop. It was the spring of the year. Then he 

 met his younger brother the snake. He said to him: "Let us make 

 nets." The snake replied : "As you wish." Now they bought material 

 for twine, and paid the frog and the newt to spin it. Now Coyote 

 cleaned all the material for twine while the snake was crawling about. 

 Then the frog and the newt spun it. Then Coyote said to his younger 

 brother: "Clean it, clean it. You crawl about all day." Thus he spoke 

 to the snake. Coyote continued : " You shall make one side of the net, 

 I make the other." Coyote finished his twine and said to the snake: 

 "Quick ! quick ! you let me wait. Make your net." The snake replied : 

 "You let me wait." Thus he spoke to Coyote. Now, Coyote made his 

 net. He finished it all. The two women made the ropes. Coyote made 

 the net buoys; while the snake crawled about. Coyote said: "Make 

 your net buoys; you let me wait." Thus he said to the snake. The 

 snake replied: "Make haste! you let me wait." Coyote finished his 

 net buoys. Then he went to look for stones, and the snake accompanied 

 him. They went for stones to Tongue point. The snake crawled about 

 among the stones, while Coyote carried them down. They went home. 



