91. THE SHAMAN WHO WENT INTO THE FHIE, AND THE 



HERON'S SON« 



A little boy's friends were all gone. His uncle wtis a great hunter, 

 and the little boy was always going around far up in the woods with 

 bow and arrows. He was growing bigger. He also went out with 

 his uncle. His uncle went about everywhere to kill things. He 

 always brought plenty of game down from the mountains. 



One time he again went hunting. At that time the inside of the 

 house was full of the sides of mountain sheep, on racks. His uncle's 

 wife hated her husband's little nephew very much. When she went 

 outside for a moment, he l)roke off a little piece of fat from the sides 

 of mountain sheep hanging on the rack, to put inside of his cheek. 

 Although there was so much he broke off only so much. Then his 

 uncle's wife looked all around. The end piece was not there. "Is it 

 you that has done thisT' she said to her husband's little nephew. He 



DucAgu'ni qotx cu'waxTx yu-At-k-lA'tskl". Dukfi'k qo'a At 



His friends destroyefl all were a little boy's. His uncle, how- be- 



ever, 



slate'x siti. Tclagu'tsA nagu'ttc yu-At-k!A'tsk!" tcu'net tin yuda'q. 



cornea was. Everywhere was always the little boy bow and with way up in 



great hunter going around arrows the woods. 



DesgwA'tc Llaga'lige. An wuligfi's!. Qoiye's At wudjfi'q cut 



Now he was get- With him he went out. For a long things lie could kill any- 



ting bigger. time where 



nagu'ttc dukfi'k Ca'j^adadAx yeq At kudje'ltc aLe'n. 



was always his uncle from the nioun- down things he always plenty, 

 going tains brought 



Wiinanl'sawe wugu't'tslu At lun. Yu'nel qo'a At-kAgedl'tc 5 



At once he went again things to hunt. In the house, how- sides of moun- 



ever tain sheep 



coalihi'kyu'kAxyi. Hawa'staga Acikla'n doxo'x qel klA'tsk!**. GA'nde 



it was full of upon a rack. [His uncle's wife] hated him her hus- nephew little. Outside 



very much band's 



nagu'tawe duka'k cAt yJl'kAxyex dixwA'tsIi Atkage'di cfitx awaLl'q! 



when she was his uncle's wife on the rack hanging the mountain- from it he broke off 



going sheep sides 



yutayA'k! tela du'wAc tu'gii. Hagu'sa lax ye'yakuga'yi At. 



a little piece just his cheek for the in- Much very yet he only broke off so 



of fat side of. much. 



At aoLige'n doka'k cAttc. Le gwayA'i acu'wua. " Wae'tc gawe' ge 



Looked ail his uncle's wife. Then not it was was any there. "You is '? 



around 



ye'sini," Le yu'ayaosuja duxo'x qel klAtsk!". Tc!a ade' gAxj^e'de 10 



did it," then she said to her hus- nephew little. .Tust at it lie was crying 



baud's 



oFor another version of the first jiart of this story, see Emmons, The Chilkat Blanket, in Memoirs 

 of American Museum of Natural History, iii, 333-334. 



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