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will be covered with all kinds of fish, and you will be tired of prepar- 

 ing them." So the hawk would think of what Raven was going to do 

 for him, forget everything else, and work all the harder to supply 

 him with food while Raven stayed in the house. Raven would also 

 talk to him', saying, "I remember to have seen 3"ou long ago. You 

 were very high-caste. I remember it very well." In that way he 

 made the hawk forget for a time all the bad feelings he had had 

 toward him. But fuially the little hawk determined to go away, and 

 he left Raven there alone." 



Then Raven went to another industrious bird, called hinyikle'xi, 

 a fishing bird living along the river. He called him ' ' brother-in-law,' ' 

 and was invited to have something to eat, but next morning the bird 

 left him for he knew that he was a lazy fellow.'' 



After that Raven came to the goose people, and married a woman 

 among them. By and by they said to him, "We are going to leave 

 for other countries. I don't think you can stand the journey." "Oh ! 

 yes," said Raven, "I think I can stand the journey. If you can, I 

 can." So they set out, and, when Raven became tired, his wife flew 

 along under him to hold him up. Finally they came to camp and 

 began going out on the beaches to dig roots. Raven helped them, 

 but he did not like the goose life nor the food they ate, so he com- 

 menced to get very lean. One day he killed a goose and began cook- 

 ing it apart by himself, but they discovered him and said, "He is a 

 man-eater." So they left him."^ 



Raven went to another place, and they said to him, "There will 

 soon be a great feast here," and they asked him to make a totem 

 pole. He finished it, and, when they put it up, they had a big dance. 

 The people who gave this were of the Wolf clan, so he danced with 

 one of the two Raven parties. Afterward he made a long speech 

 to the host. Then they danced again, and Raven held a spear in 

 his hands. This meant that he was going to invite to a feast next, 

 and was done that they might give him more than the others. So 

 nowadays some are in earnest in doing this while others go through 

 the performance and leave without keeping it in mind. Raven w\as 

 the person who first had those dances and speeches. 



a "This is tlie way nowadays with pprsons wlio liavo no respect for tlicmselvcs. They go from house 

 to house to be fed l)y others, and such persons are greedy, great eaters, and lazy. The people tell their 

 children that those who lead this kind of life are not respected. A person who tells the truth is always 

 knowai because he keeps his word. When Katishan was a boy, they used to say to him when they 

 could not make him do anything, 'You are so lazy that you mil be left in some village alone.' [It is 

 said that Raven comes along and helps one abandoned in a village.] This is why the Tlingit tried hard 

 to earn their living and make things comfortable for themselves." (From the writer's informant.) 



'>"So it is always said, 'A lazy man will be known wherever he goes.' Such a person will go from 

 place to place li\'ing on others and perhaps bringing in a few pails of water or .Some wood for his food, 

 but however high-caste he is, he will be looked dowii upon. Therefore the little ones were taught to stay 

 in their native place and make their living there, in.stead of wandering from town to to\vn. To this 

 day the high-caste Indians do so and visit in other towns only for a short time. Then people say 

 'Look at so-and-so. He stays in his own vOlage.' " (From the writer's informant.) 



<• ' ' Nowadays it is said that although a, wicked man may appear very nice he will soon be found out. 

 Some little act will betray him." (From the writer's informant.) 



