188 CKULKUL(3'l his myth. [ethnology 



Translatio)!. 



There was Ckulkulo'L [the salmon-h.arpoon ] and his elder sister. 

 Once upon a time the latter said to her brother: ''Do as the other peo- 

 ple do and catch steel-head salmon." Now he did so. He made a har- 

 poon. On the day after he had finished it his sister went digging 

 roots. Now he Avent to catch salmon. He speared a steel-head salmon 

 and went home. When he arrived at home he roasted it and when it 

 was done he said: "I will give the head to my sister to eat. No, else 

 she will get a fish's head. I will give the belly to my sister to eat. 

 No, else she will get a fish's belly. I will give the back to my sister to 

 eat. No, else she will get a fish's back. I will give its tail to my sister 

 to eat. No, else she will get a fish's tail." Now he ate the whole fish. 

 He ate the belly, he ate the back, he ate its tail. Then he lay down to 

 sleep. Now his elder sister came home. Her brother was asleep. She 

 heated stones and roasted the roots. Then she gave them to him to 

 eat. 



On the next morning she went again digging roots. After some time 

 her younger brother arose and went to catch salmon. After some time 

 he speared a large steel-head salmon. "Ah, Ckulkulo'L behold! he 

 does not give anything to his sister," said the people. His sister 

 thought: ''Oh, they make fun of my poor brother." Now Ckulkulo'L 

 went home. When he arrived he roasted his salmon. It was done. 

 Then he said: "I will give the head to my sister to eat" [etc., three 

 times, as above]. 



Now she smelled the smell of grease in their house. On the next 

 morning she went again digging roots. Then her brother went again 

 to catch salmon. Again she heard: "How large is Ckulkulo'L's sal- 

 mon!" "Oh, perhaps they make fun of my poor brother." Then 

 Ckulkulo'L speared a salmon and went home. When he arrived he 

 roasted it. Now its head was done. He said: "I will give the head 

 to my sister to eat. No, else she will get a fish's head. I will give the 

 belly to my sister to eat. No, else she will get a fish's belly. I will 

 give the back to my sister to eat. No, else she will get a fish's back. 

 I will give its tail to my sister to eat. No, else she will get a fish's 

 tail." Now he ate the whole fish. He ate the back; he ate the tail. 

 Then he lay down to sleep. Now his elder sister went home. When 

 she came home she heated stones and roasted her potentilla roots. 

 When they were done she gave them to her younger brother. Now 

 she found some grease in the house. "Oh, indeed! Behold how he 

 acted against me. He never gave me anything to eat." Now she found 

 a salmon-egg in his mouth. She placed it on top of a shelf. Then she 

 gave him the roots. Then she took that salmon egg and gave it to 

 him. "Oh, somebody gave this to me." When he saw it he became 

 afraid. "Look, she found me out." On the next morning she made 

 herself ready and said to her younger brother: "Leave the house." 



