142 STIKUA' her myth. Enology 



"What do you waut to dof We luigiit capsize and you would be 

 drowned." 



Early on the following morning the people made themselves reaily. 

 The boy arose and made himself ready also. Blue-Jay and the peojjle 

 hauled their canoes down to the water. The boy tried to boarcj it, but 

 Blue-Jay threw him into the water. He tried to hold the canoe. The 

 water reached up to his armpits. Blue- Jay struck his hands [until he 

 let go]. Then the boy cried and cried. Blue- Jay and the other people 

 went away. 



After some time the boy went up from the beach. He took his 

 arrows and walked around a point of land. There he met a young 

 eagle and shot it. He skinned it and tried to put the skin on. It was 

 too small, it reached scarcely to his knees. Then he took it oft" and 

 went on. After awhile he met another eagle. He shot it and it fell 

 down. It was a white-headed eagle. He skinned it and tried the skin 

 on, but it was too small. It reached a little below his knees. He took 

 it off, left it, and went on. Soon he met a bald-headed eagle. He shot 

 it twice and it fell down. He skinned it and put the skin on. It was 

 nearly large enough for him, and he tried to fly. He could fly down- 

 ward only. He did not rise. He turned back, and now he could fly. 

 Now he went around the point seaward fiom Nakot !a't. When he had 

 nearly gone around he.smelled smoke of burning fat. When he came 

 around the i^oint he saw the people of his town. He alighted on top 

 of a tree and looked down. [He saw that] they had boiled a sealiou 

 and that they ate it. When they had nearly finished eating he flew up. 

 He thought: "O, I wish Blue- Jay would see me." Then Blue- Jay 

 looked up [and saw[ the bird flying about. "Ah, a bird came to get 

 food from us." Five times the eagle gyrated over the fire, then it 

 descended. Blue- Jay took a piece of blubber and said: "I will give 

 you this to eat. The bird came down, grasped the piece of meat and 

 flew away. "Ha!" said Blue- Jay, "that bird has feet like a man." 

 When the people had eaten enough they slept. Raven hid again a 

 piece of meat. Toward evening they awoke and ate again; then 

 Blue-Jay burned the rest of their food. In the evening they gathered 

 large and small mussels and Avent home. When the boy came home 

 he lay down at once. They approached the village and Blue-Jay 

 shouted: "Fetch your mussels, Stikua' !" Noise of many feet [was 

 heard] and Stikua' [and the other women] ran down to the bevich and 

 carried up the mussels. They tried to rouse the boy, but he did not 

 arise. 



The next morning the people made themselves ready and launched 

 their canoe. The chief's son stayed in bed and did not attemi)t to 

 accompany them. After sunrise he rose and called the women and 

 children and said: "Take urine and wash yourselves, be quick." The 

 women obeyed and washed themselves. He continued: "Comb your 

 hair." Then he put down a plank, took the piece of meat out [from 



