328 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 39 



In those days doors were made of skin hung- on tlie outside, and the 

 women wore laV)rets. All of the people there lay dead as they slept 

 just like his steersman. He went through the houses among- their 

 bodies. Because he had knocked down Sleep not even one small boy 

 was saved, and to this day people have the saying, " He knocked down 

 the sleeper." They made a parable of it. 



Fur blankets were not scarce in ancient times, so Qake'q!"te took 

 two marten blankets out of a box and put them around him. He was 

 going to start away in desperation because he had killed his own 

 sleep. He also put abalone shell in his ears and piled together the 

 things they used for snowshoes. In a bag he carried along a bone knife 

 and a bone trap, tied a weasel skin in his hair, and put a painted drum 

 on his shoulder such as people used to beat when anybody was dead. 



aqlaha'di gti'nnaxAt nAlgA'qtc tsastc ada'k dusxA'ttc agA' 



to doors outside always swinging skin up hung always, and then 



q!ent!a'q!A du'wau'wiya awe' catc. Tcluwe' doAtlo'igi ade' yatiyi' 



labrets were wearing it was the Just like li is steersman at it was 



women. 



jAxawe' JA'ti yu'fmtqeni axo'x yfi'nagut yuhi'tqi. Tc!u ade' 



like it were the people among he was going tlirough the Just where 



whom houses. (at it) 



• xaqlu'ya awe' avA'x qotx ci"i'waxix. Tc!u Lo'nAx AtklA'tsk!" 



they were there like it destroyed they had all been Even OTie little boy 



sleeping quickly. 



5 Lei cwusne'x kayata'ayi caodcVxeidjI tcayu'. Tc!i\yedA't ts!u ye 



not saved himself the sleep he knocked down because. Even now also as fol. 



lows 



Atgaku' "Ciata'ja a caodexi'tc." At-kuqedi'x duliye'x tcluyedA't. 



people say "Sleeper it was he knocked A sign (or parable) they take even now. 



down." it for 



Tc!ak" q!u Lei udayA'cqen. Kok" yidA'x ke ye aosine' dex 



Anciently blankets not were scarce. Box from down in out as fol- he took out two 



[of fur] lows 



k!ux. Aodiqiu' Gunxfi' tslu ax ke ye aosine'. Dogu'kq! ye 



marten He started to put Abalone also from it out as pre- he took. At his ear as pre- 



[skins]. on (or blanket cedes cedes 



himself). 



awa-u', hutclayu' de wuttl'ayi. AwadJA'q duyata'ayi. Dja'dji 



he put on, when finished it then he could sleep. He killed his own sleep. Snowshoes 



was 



10 ao'xqiun At ts!u wudjkfi' ke ye aosine' fm gugagu't tciA 



they used to things also on top of up as pre- he put with when he was where 



have for each other cedes them going to go 



ii'un gana'waye'di. TsAsgwe'l slaq gfita' At ts!u atu' ye yati' 



he could die with them. (Name of a kind bone trap some also inside as pre- was 



of bag) of it cedes 



slfiq li'ta ts!u. Gonaye' qugwagutnu'gawe date At wulitcli'n. 



bone knife also. Starting when he was going to go weasel thing tied on his head. 



Qongana'n dugwA'lnutc gao At XA'cteajai ye'nduetc ku'ducxittc. 



When anyone they always beat a drum some cut thing (skin) used to they always had a 



is dead " painting on it. 



A'wayA yu'gao tela an nagana'dayu'. TsAlxtl'n yu'duwasak" 



He carried tlie drum even -with it * to die (Cape Fairweather) its name 



up [on his 



shoulder] 



