Haida texts and myths, Skidegate dialect / recorded by John R. Swanton.

  • Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958.
Date:
1905
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Credit: Haida texts and myths, Skidegate dialect / recorded by John R. Swanton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and he went up with them. Then they had him .sit in the rear of the house and gave him .some food. A person sitting in the corner of the hou.se, who was half rock,' .said to him: “Do not eat that. I am half rock becau.se I ate it.” So he did not eat. lie went out to phi}'^ Avith the children. One day there was such a great (juantity of .salmon eggs about that he sat down and, inside of his blanket, put them into his mouth. Then a child looked at him and shouted, “ Moldy-forehead is eating 6ur excrement.” Then the one who was half rock .said to him: “ When you arc hun- gry go over to the stream that flows l)y one end of the town. Then hike out one of the .salmon that come up into it. Cut it open, and, when you have made a stick for it, roast it and eat up all the parts. Put its bones into the lire.'* Look aliout the place carefully [to .see that none are left out].” Then he went thither and did as he was directed; and, after he came away, the eye of the chief's son became disea.sed. Then the one who was part rock told him to look around in the place where he had eaten 1 1a qa'ils. he went up. 1a Ida g.a iiAn tle'dji in a certain half one ta'g.Aii. eat. Itr.a'ga (j! rock ga )ilin they some- thing aoa wasi .sat La ga I tlmig.s ta'gAii ate Gien tadjx.uii' 1a l! (|!a'otc! idas gien And rear part of him they had sit and lioiise 2 tfi'dax.idaiyas. Na i ku'ngida'-i had begun to give to Tiie the corner eat. house 3 hAii 1’ su'udas: “ (xAin ha'osi ns fol- him stiid to: “ Not those lows •i tle'dji girdg.a'gaga.” Gana'xAii gAiii 1a ttVg.AfiAsi. half am rock.” So not he was eating. 5 L. !a al 1a iia'ngasg.agAfiAs. GantxA'iihao k!a'wa-i Them (the with ho was going down to play. Onetime .salmon eggs children) 0 g.adasi gien 1’ tjla'was giem g.olA'nalan la'g.a xag.a'tclas. ” heap and he sat and inside his blanket ids put into his inoutli. 7 iiAn g.fi'xa 1’ (|en.s gien la g.A'nstA kia'gaiias: “A QoltilA'lg.odii-i ii- a child him saw and him at shouted: This Moldy-forehead on 8 nii'g.e taga'+.” hao dl for tills me qloldju'- was a great • A lien And II! our dung eats. GiCm iiAfi tle'dji Ig.a'gas liAii I’ su'udas: “ Dau qlo'da gie'iiA And the one part was rock as follows him .said to: “Von are hungry when part 10 Inagii'-i gia'ogi g.AiiL. koa't!A'mdAgasi g.a (la'-idAii. L.fi g.ei tci'na the town at end of stream flows narrow to start over. When into salmon 11 skug.a'si sg.ofi'na L.'.stagilin l.u V tila'dan gien la g.Aii L.gwa-i one of bring ashore when it cut open aiut him for stick ■ r ki'tsgilin gien 1’ L'gusi wa'L.iixAii a ta'gAn. make When it roast at the lire and its parts all of tliem eat. r: . ” come up 12 L'g.olg.an gie-'iiA 13 Tc!a'nuwa-i g.ei Ia 1’sku'dji si'sgan. Qo'nxAiiA silti'-i g.ei da'yinAii Tile fire ‘‘into vou its bones putonfiie. More than do the into search (imp.) it (carefully) place around. 14 Gie'iihao g.a 1a ({a'-idesi gien gana'xAii 1a wa'gan wAii.su'gAii. Add then to lie started and as directed he did they say. 15 Gien .stA Ia (la'idxaga-i L.u gien iiAn e'ldxagida.s gi'tg.a xA'fie sf It^'g.ia.s. And from he came when find the chief('s) sou's eye became sick. 10 Gifm iiAil tle'dji Ig.a'gas tci'na Ia ta'gAs sila'-i g.ei Ia la daiya'ng.axal.s Anti the one part was rock salmon he ate the place into it him told to hunt aroumi 1 The small (superior) (igures refer to notes at the end of each story.