98. THE KIKSA'DI WOMAN WHO WAS TURNED INTO AN 



OWL « 



When this town (Sitka) was iirst discovered the KiksA'di were here, 

 and we stayed on this (the north) side. This town (at the northern 

 end) was named Mossy-town. There four men grew up, two of whom 

 were named Lqlayii'k! and KAclilA'LkL They married. Lqla^'fi'kl's 

 mother was named KAck!A'Lk!'s-mother. Lq!a3'rrk!''s wife refused 

 to give her mother-in-law herring- to eat. After she had refused 

 her twice she put hot milt into her hand. She told [her son], "She 

 put hot milt from a male herring- into ni}" hand." It burned her 

 hand. For this reason her son carried down the canoe. _ He filled it 

 with herring- by means of a herring rake. When [the canoe] was filled, 

 he brought them in. The herring rock is over yonder this side of 

 Big-fort.'' He brought them in in the evening. He said to his wife, 

 '•Go down to it,'' and she went down empty handed. 



Cu'guya LlAtk wudutle'ye KiksA'di yaqle' yAti' qa fdia'n j^il'naxAq! 



When first this place was founri tlie KilJsA'dt lit-re stayed and we (in this side 



ye'hayeti. SlAtc-sini' j^e duwasa'k" yat. Aqlawe' uwawA't daqlunl'uAx 



we stayed. Mossy-town thus was the name to tliis At it grew up four [men] 



[one] . 



qa ye duwasa'k" Lqlaya'k! KAcklA'Lk!. Has a'waca yuca'wAt. 



and so [two were] named tqiaya'li! [and] KAclilA'Lli!. They married a woman 



(= women). 



Lq!aya,'k! duLfi' qodzite' KAck!A'Lk!-La 3^u'dowasak". Lqlayri'k! 



iqlaya'li! liis mother was KacIiIa'lIcI's mother was named. Eqlaya'k! 



ducA'tc yaocige' yu'yao dutca'n-qle'di. DAxdahi'n 3'e acl'n nasqa' 5 



his wife refused the herring to her mother-in-law's Twice tlius to her she said 



mouth. 



awe' acdji'n taq! yen a'wacAt ya'wat!aye yao-L!e'li. Dul'n aka'wanlk. 



when her hand into there she put it ' being hot herring milt. To him she told it. 



"YawA'tlaye yao-Lle'K awe' Axdji'n taq! 3^en a'wacAt."" Ke uwagA'n 



"Hot herring milt that my hand into there she put." Out it burned 



dudji'n taq!. Atcawe' yak" yeq!{i'watAn duyl't. Yao aca'waxiL! 



her hand in. That is why canoe brought down her son. Herring he filled with 



by means of a 

 herring rake 



yuya'k". Yen aya'o.siqox cahl'k. Yu'do \'ao teyi' yunu' Len hil'na 



tlie canoe. There he brought them when it Over herring's rock the fort big this side 



in was filled. there (= Big fort) 



HAx A. Dexa'na a}^!' yen aya'osiqox. DucA't ye aya'osiqa, 10 



on is. It was evening when there he brought them in. His wife some- he said to, 



thing 



"Ade' nagu'." KAU'tk ade' wugu't. 



"To it go down." Without to it she went, 



anything 



a See story 37 for another version. b The hill un which Baranoff's castle siood. 



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