94. THE LIK'NAXXI'DAQ-^ 



A man at Auk went out on the lake after firewood. On the way 

 round it he .saw a woman tioating- about. Her hair was long. Look- 

 ing at her for .some time, he .saw that her little ones were Avith her. 

 He took one of tiie children home. ^Vhen it ])ecame dark they went 

 to sleep. It was the child of the L!e'nAxxi'dA(i, and that night it went 

 througli the town picking" out people's eyes. Toward morning a cer- 

 tain woman bore a child. In the morning, when she was getting up, 

 this [the Lle'ttAxxi'dAq's child] came in to her into the house. The small 

 ])oy had a big belly full of eyes. He had taken out the eyes of all the 

 people. That woman to whom the small boy came had a cane. He 

 kept pointing at her eyes. Then she pushed him away with the cane. 

 When he had done it twice, she pushed it into him. He was all full 

 of eyes. After she had killed him the woman went through the 



Ak!"q!ayu' ye yati' qa akade' wugu't gA'nga. A'yAxde 



At Auk stopping a mail (Hit on got for firewood. Around it 



yanagudl'ayu ao.sltl'n cawA't yu'adlgiga cwu'Llxac. Ducaxawu' 



going was lie saw woman one fioating. Her liair 



yeklu'Liyat!. Tc!;Tk" alti'ni a'ya aosTtl'n ye'k^tsliga'yi a. At yA'tqli 



washing. Sometime looking liesavvlier her little ones were. Children 



AX a'wucat nclde'. YTmi (lo'cjacget ayu' awaxr''(|!". XAtc 



from he took to [his| h.imc There it got dark of itself tliere they went to sleep. It was 



them 



5 Lle'nAxxi'dAq ye'ti asiyu' tfi'dawe yfi'anqlAtux yfi'wagut qawa'q ax 



the Leu.\xxl'dAq it's child if was he that night through the town was going eyes fnim 



them 



ke akawadJA'I. Yaqe'gaa yuca'wAt yAt a'wa-u. Tslutfi't ayu' 



up he took out. When it was a woman child had. In tlie morning then 



getting light 



yacA'ndanuk'' doxA'nq!" neJ u'wagut. AtklA'tsk!" 3^e'(iIolkulige 



she was getting up to her into the went. A small boy a big belly 



house 



xatc qa'wage A.slyu' aca'ollhik. LdakA't yu'q"u (ia'\\age ayu' ax ke 



this eyes* itwa.s was full of. All the people's eyes tliese from it up 



aka'wadjel. Wutslfi'ga Acdji' hu yu-cawA't AcxA'ninel uwagu't 



he took them. A cane ' to her was that woman into the house to her came 



10 yu-Atk!A'tsk!°. Duwa'qde yagacl'tc. TcIuLe' duwutslaga'yitc yut 



the .small boy. At her eyes was always Then her cane away 



pointing. 



akuItfi'qAtc!. DA'xa ye'nasgit aija' ka'o-lItAq. Ts!as qawage'tc 



she pushed him. Twice he did it intoliim she pushed. Only eyes 



ca'ollhik. Hi'tqli tux ya'owagut yucawA't adja'q dAx. AdA'xayu 



it was full of. Hou.ses through .she was going the woman killed it after. And then 



aSee story 36 and cf. close of story 1U5. This is the equivalent of Skil dja'adai, or "Property Wo- 

 man," among the Haida. 



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