95. ORIGIN OF THE FROG CREST AMONG THE KIKSA'DI « 



A married couple went from Sitka into (.laya' l)a3\ and camped at 

 GA'xgu-an. They were there for jx-rhaps a month. One morning 

 they started out liunting. Then th(\v heard a song on GaA'a' bay. 

 They listened. They did not hear plaiidy. [The man's] wife said to 

 him, "Do you hear itf He said, "I hear the thing making a noise 

 over there." "Turn toward it," they said. They went toward it and 

 saw it. It was a little frog which th(^ man let iloat down to his wife in 

 the stern. He said, "It is for you." So they bronglit it to Sitka. 

 This is how the little frog's song came to be known, and this is why 

 the KiksA'di claim the f roo-. 



Ci'tllvA ayu' wucdAca'yi wu([o'x Gaya' yi'kde. GA'xgu-an(i! ayu' 



(On the back tliat marrifd cmipie wuiit (Java' into. At GAXguaii there 



of Baraiioffislaiiil) la bay) 



Sitka 



hAs uwaxe'. Gut Lax Leq! dis hA'sduka cu'waxTx. LfMj! tsluta't 



tliey cainix'rl. I'r()l)a,l)ly very one moon on tht'in passed. One morning 



ayu' Atnate' liAs djt'usiha. AdA'xayu Claya' kade' hAs awaa'x yuci'. 



there Imnting lliey set out And then Oaya' on they lieard a song, 



for things [alongshore]. 



AdA'xayu hAS kudzla'x. Lei hAs u-A'xtc klede'n. DucA'ttc ye 



And then tliey came to listen. Xot they lieard well. His wile so 



5 ya'osiqa, "Yiyaa'xtc age'" "He'de tuwaA'xtcI-At," ye ya'waqa 



said to him, •• Yon are hearing it ?" "Over there we hear thing," so he said, 



xfia'xtc." "Aka'deyu hAs ya'waqa. AkA't liAs qox ayu' hAs 



"I hear." "Toward it" [turn] they were saying. Toward it they went there they 



aosTtl'n. XAtc xixtcli'k! aslyu' ducA't-dji de ayu' aollxa'c. Ye 



saw it. It was little frog that his wife to this he let it float. So 



3^awaqa', "I'ayi SAk"." Cl'tlkAde an hAs wuqo'x. Ye'ayu xixtclkla 



'"he said, "You for." To Sitka with it they got. That is how little frog's 



ciyi' wududziku'. KiksA'ditc a'tcayu xixtc! hAs ayahe'n, 



soiig is known about. KiksA'di that is why frog they are claiming it. 



a See story GG for a second version. 

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