CONTENTS 



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Phonetic Key vni 



Introduction 1 



Myths Recorded in English at Sitka 3 



1. Raven : 3 



2. The Big Clam 21 



3. English Version of the Story of the Four Brothers 22 



4. Origin of the Killer \Miale 25 



5. KAka' 28 



6. The Land-otter Sister 29 



7. The Land-otter Son 30 



8. The Wolf-chief's Son 33 



9. Wolverine-man 36 



10. The Halibut People , 38 



11. Stories of the Monster Devilhsh and the Cry-baby 40 



12. The Woman who was Killed by a Clam 41 



13. Root-stump 41 



14. The Protracted Winter 43 



15. Beaver and Porcupine 43 



16. The Poor Man who Caught Wonderful Things 45 



17. The Finding of the Blue Paint, and How a Certain Creek Received its 



Name 46 



18. Various Adventures near Cross Sound 47 



19. Katsl 49 



20. The Unsuccessful Hunters 50 



21. Origin of Iceberg House 52 



22. The Woman Taken Away by the Frog People 53 



23. How the Frogs Honored the Dead 54 



24. The Bi-ant Wives 55 



25. Story of the Puffin 57 



26. Story of the Wain-house People 58 



27. The Alsek River People 64 



28. The Youthful Warrior 69 



29. The First War in the World 72 



30. How Protestant Christianity was First Heard Of at Sitka 79 



Myths Recorded in English at Wrangell 80 



31. Raven 80 



32. Kake'q!"t-e 154 



33. Origin of the GonaqAde't 165 



34. A Story of the GonaqAde't 170 



35. Origin of the Lle^nAxxi'dAq 173 



36. The Thunders 175 



37. Origin of the Screech Owl 176 



38. Little Felon 177 



39. Origin of the Fern Root and the Ground Hog 180 



40. The Halibut that Divided the Queen Charlotte Islands 180 



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