140 STIKUA' her myth. Fbureau of 



ETHNOLOOY 



necktni'x. Niktca'xa-itx. O'lXaiu Ljap atca'x. Cta'mkXa cge'sau 



he searched He cried much. A seal hnd lie did it. Only roots 



at the beach. 



aLkca'xo-itx. AtcLE'nk; emEnako iLti'xakj Emana. 



they ate them. He took revenge on them their chief. 



Translation. 



Many people were living at Nakot !a't. Now their chief died. He 

 had [left] a son who was almost grown up. It was winter and the 

 people were hungry. They had only mussels and roots to eat. Once 

 upon a time a hunter said: "Make yourselves ready." All the men 

 made themselves ready and went seaward in two canoes. Then the 

 hunter speared a sealion. It jumped and drifted on the water [dead]. 

 They hauled it ashore. Blue- Jay said: "Let us boil it here," They 

 made a fire and singed it. They cut it and boiled it. Blue- Jay said : 

 " Let us eat it here, let us eat all of it !" Then the people ate. Eaven 

 tried to hide a piece of meat in his mat and carried it to the canoe. 

 [But] Blue-Jay [had already seen itj; he ran [after him], took it and 

 threw it into the fire. He burned it. Then they went home. They 

 gathered large and small mussels. In the evening they came home. 

 Then Blue- Jay shouted : " Stikua', fetch your mussels !" Stikua' was 

 the name of Blue Jay's wife. Then noise of many feet [was heard], 

 and Stikua' and the other women came running down to the beach. 

 They went to fetch mussels. The women came to the beach and carried 

 the mussels to the house. Eaven took care of the chiefs son. The 

 boy said: "To-morrow I shall accompany you." "Blue-Jay said to 

 him: "What do you want to do? The waves will carry you away, 

 you will drift away; even I almost drifted away." 



The next morning they made themselves ready. They went into the 

 canoe and the boy came down to the beach. He wanted to accompany 

 them and held on to the canoe. "Go to the house; go to the house," 

 said Blue- Jay. The boy went up, but he was very sad. Then Blue- Jay 

 said: "Let us leave him." The people began to paddle. Then they 

 arrived at the sealion island. The hunter went ashore and speared a 

 sealion. It jumped and drifted on the water [dead]. They hauled it 

 ashore and pulled it up from the water. Blue- Jay said: "Let us eat 

 it here; let us eat all of it, else our chief's son would always want to 

 come here." They singed it, carved it, and boiled it there. When it 

 was done they ate it all. Eaven tried to hide a piece in his hair, but 

 Blue-Jay took it out immediately and burned it. In the evening they 

 gatliered large and small mussels and then they went home. When 

 they approached the beach Blue- Jay shouted: "Stikua', fetch your 

 mussels!" Then noise of many feet [was heard]. Stikua' and her 

 children and all the other women came running down to the beach and 

 carried the mussels up to the house. Blue-Jay had told all those 

 people: "Don't tell our chief's son, else he will want to accompany 

 us." In the evening the boy said : "To-morrow I shall accompany you." 



