UC-NRLF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS IN AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 65-238, PI. 9 December 6, 1909 KATO TEXTS BY PLINY EARLE GODDARD BERKELEY THE UNIVERSITY PRESS GIFT OF UNIV. CAL. PUBL. AM. ARCH. &. ETH. VOL. 5, PL. 9 BILL RAY, THE NARRATOR. (See Introduction, page 67) UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS IN AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY VOL. 5 NO. 3 KATO TEXTS BY PLINY EARLE GODDAED CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION 67 Key to Sounds ! 69 TEXTS. Myths of Origins. i. The Coming of the Earth 71 n. Creation 77 in. The Securing of Light (First Version) 96 iv. The Securing of Light (Second Version) 101 v. The Stealing of Fire 102 vi. Making the Valleys 105 vii. The Placing of the Animals 108 vni. The Supernatural Child 114 ix. Yellow-hammer s Deeds 122 Tales of Animals. x. Wolf Steals Coyote s Wife 133 xi. How Coyote and Skunk Killed Elk 143 XII. Coyote Eecovers Kangaroo-rat s Remains 144 xm. Coyote and the Gambler 146 xiv. Coyote Competes with Grey-squirrels 147 xv. Coyote Tricks the Girls 147 xvi. Polecat Robs her Grandmother 148 xvn. Grizzly Woman Kills Doe 152 xvm. Turtle s Exploit 154 xix. How Turtle Escaped 154 xx. Gopher s Revenge 155 xxi. Meadowlark s Breast 157 xxn. Geese Carry off Raven 158 xxm. The Diving Contest 159 xxiv. Treatment of the Stranger 159 Tales of the Supernatural. xxv. The Great Horned Serpent 160 xxvi. The Dancing Elk 163 xxvii. Coyotes Seen Fishing 170 xxvm. Coyotes Set Fires for Grasshoppers 172 xxix. Water-people and the Elk 174 336790 66 University of California Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. xxx. Rattlesnake Husband 175 xxxi. Water-panther 177 xxxii. Milk-snake among the Eels 178 xxxin. Stealing the Baby 179 xxxiv. The Man Eater 179 xxxv. Description of Man Eater 180 xxxvi. A Prayer for Eels 181 xxxvu. A Supernatural Experience 182 TRANSLATIONS. Myths of Origins. i. The Coming of the Earth 183 n. Creation 184 in. The Securing of Light (First Version) 191 iv. The Securing of Light (Second Version) 195 v. The Stealing of Fire 195 vi. Making the Valleys 197 vn. The Placing of the Animals 199 vm. The Supernatural Child 201 ix. Yellow-hammer s Deeds 205 Tales of Animals. x. Wolf Steals Coyote s Wife 211 xi. Coyote and Skunk Kill Elk 217 xii. Coyote Recovers Kangaroo-rat s Remains 217 xin. Coyote and the Gambler : ... 218 xiv. Coyote Competes with Grey-squirrels 219 xv. Coyote Tricks the Girls -. 219 xvi. Polecat Robs her Grandmother 219 xvn. Grizzly Woman Kills Doe 221 xvm. Turtle s Exploit - 222 xix. How Turtle Escaped 223 xx. Gopher s Revenge 223 xxi. Meadowlark s Breast 224 xxn. Geese Carry off Raven 224 xxm. The Diving Contest 225 xxiv. Treatment of the Stranger 225 Tales of the Supernatural. xxv. The Great Horned Serpent.. 226 xxvi. The Dancing Elk 227 xxvii. Coyotes Seen Fishing 231 xxvin. Coyotes Set Fires for Grasshoppers 232 xxix. Water-people and the Elk 233 xxx. Rattlesnake Husband 234 xxxi. Water-panther 235 xxxii. Milk-snake among the Eels 235 xxxm. Stealing of the Baby 236 xxxiv. The Man Eater 236 xxxv. Description of the Man Eater 237 xxxvi. A Prayer for Eels 237 xxxvn. A Supernatural Experience 237 VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 67 INTRODUCTION. Kato is a Porno word meaning lake. The word in another form, Cahto, has been vised as the name of a valley and former postoffice and stage station near the center of Mendocino county, California. Powers 1 used the name (improperly coupled with Porno) for the inhabitants of this valley. As here used it also includes all other Athapascans on the upper drainage of the South fork of Eel river south of Blue rock on the overland stage road and of Red mountain on the western and main tributary of this stream. 2 Since these people spoke the same dialect and any political grouping of their villages which may have existed has disappeared, it seems unnecessary to continue the distinction made by Powers between Kai and Kato Porno. This distinction seems to have arisen from wrong information given him con cerning the language spoken in this region. It is true that many of the people are nearly bilingual, but their proper dialect as given in the following texts is unmixed Athapascan, distinct to a considerable degree from Wailaki. It is expected that some account of their culture and early treatment by Spanish and American settlers will be published in the future. They are now reduced to about 150 souls, most of whom are living near their old homes. They find employment in the town of Laytonville and on the surrounding farms. They are soon to be placed on a tract of land purchased for them by the federal government in Long valley. Their friendly contact with their Porno neighbors to the south and their necessary, if unwilling, contact with the Yuki peoples to the east and west resulted in considerable assimilation, un doubtedly mutual, in matters of folklore and culture. The myths and tales here presented differ considerably from a much larger body of similar material gathered from the Wailaki to the north east of them. They have in common the myths of the origin of 1 Contributions to North American Ethnology, Vol. Ill, pp. 150-5, 1877. 2 A map showing the location and grouping of their former villages, numbering more than 50, is in preparation. 68 University of Calif ornia Publications. [AM.ARCH.ETH. fire and the sun, but these are also common to much of this re gion. Their stories of creation and the deluge are quite different. The Wailaki claim that Nagaitcho, so important among the Kato, is no god of theirs. They do recognize the Thunders as super natural brothers, but do not seem to give them so much of a place as do the Kato. Many of the minor incidents, especially those connected with Coyote, are found among both peoples. The dialect of the Kato, while distinctly Athapascan, is de cidedly different from Hupa. A Hupa man listened to the story telling and general conversation for several days without being able to recognize more than a few words. It differs less mark edly from the Wailaki, although the general pronunciation is strange enough to occasion some difficulty in understanding other wise common words. Each of these dialects has many peculiar nouns and verb forms which must be learned before conversation is practicable between them. The texts were collected in the late spring and early summer of 1906 from Bill Ray (PL 9). He is between 60 and 65 years of age. He knows only the myths and tales here given, as he claims ; and many of these are fragmentary and probably some what changed from their primitive form. Especial attention is called to the account of his personal experience of a supernatural sort (Text XXXVII), which he first gave voluntarily in English and repeated later in his own language. In the translations placed together after the texts an attempt has been made to pre sent a general interpretation rather than an exact rendering. Many grammatical notes with frequent references to Hupa forms occurring in preceding volumes of this series have been given. It is the intention to publish an account of the phonetic and morphological structure of this dialect. If the uncertain conditions of human life and labor make this impossible, these notes and references may render these texts more available for linguistic study. Dr. Edward Sapir gave assistance in some of the phonetic difficulties of this paper, for which acknowledgment is here made. VOL. 5] GoddardKato Texts. 69 KEY TO SOUNDS. a as in father. ai as in aisle. a, nearly as in but, alternating with a. e as in net. e as in they, but lacking the vanish. as in err. i as in in ; not common. I as in pique. 6 as in note. li approaching u in but, alternating with i. u as in rule. y as in yes. w as in will ; not common. w a surd w found final in the syllable after an aspirated k. 1 as in let. L an unvoiced sound made with the tip of the tongue against the teeth, the breath being allowed to escape rather freely between one side of the tongue and the back upper teeth. 3 L nearly like the preceding, but the sides of the tongue are held more firmly against the back teeth, resulting in a harsher sound preceded by a complete stop. 3 m as in met. n as in net. n as ng in sing. h nearly as in English. s as in sit. 3 For a detailed description of L, L, t and k (k 3 ) as they occur in Hupa see pp. 10-15, this volume. A similar treatment of Kato sounds is in prep aration. 70 University of California Publications. [ AM - AR CH. ETH. z as in lizard, c as sh in shall, j as z in azure. G a voiced velar continuant, as final g in German words like Tag. b as in bit. d a sonant stop with the tongue on the teeth, nearly as in Span ish. The sonancy begins with the release of the tongue. t a surd stop in the position of the last. The release of the tongue is followed by a definite aspiration similar to but somewhat stronger than that heard in accented syllables of English and German. t a surd in the position of the preceding, but noticeably unas- pirated to an English-hearing ear. This sound resembles those which have been called "fortis" or "exploded" in other American languages. Its peculiarity is due to suc tion produced at the glottis at or after the release. g a sonant stop of varying positions on the hard and soft pal ates according to the vowel with which it is associated. k a surd stop corresponding in position to the last. It is strongly aspirated. k a surd in the position of the preceding, but unaspirated like t . q a velar, unaspirated surd stop. dj an affricative, sonant toward its close; similar to j in juice, tc a surd corresponding to the last. It is aspirated, tc a surd similar to the last but unaspirated. used after a vowel to indicate strong aspiration. the glottal stop. The phonetic division of the words into syllables is indicated by a slight space. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 71 I. THE COMING OF THE EAETH. to 4 tesyai 5 ya e m 6 to conk 7 Lefi e ai 8 ya e ni ne e9 Water | went | they say. | Waters | well | met, | they say. | Land ndo el ya e ni t5 cam 11 hakt#dun e ts usno l2 ndo e 2 was not | they say. | Water | only then, | mountains [ were not, ya ni se 13 n do ya e m tcun 14 n do e ya e m L6 they say. Stones | were not, | they say. | Trees were not, | they say. | Grass ndo e ya e ni tonai 15 ndo e ya e ni intce e16 ndo c ya e m 4 was not, | they say. | Fish | were not, | they say. | Deer | were not, [ they say. gestco 17 ndo e ya e m noni 18 ndo e ya m buttco 19 Elk | were not, | they say. Grizzlies were not, | they say. | Panthers n do e ya e ni yicts 20 n do e ya c m do H n do e ya ni 6 were not, | they say. Wolves | were not, | they say. | Bears | were not, | they say. nanec 21 teLkut ya e m nom teLkut ya m buttco People | were washed away, | they say. Grizzlies | were washed away, they say. Panthers 4 A monosyllabic noun common to nearly all Athapascan languages. Ill, 14. 5 A prefix te-, distribution; modal prefix s; root -ya -yai, to go. Cf. Ill, 213. 6 A quotative used in myths and tales, made from the root -ni -n, to speak" (III, 244), and the plural prefix ya e (III, 99). 7 The common root con, good (cf. Hupa hwon, III, 201) and a suffix -k , with the force of "manner." s The prefix Le- (III, 44) ; modal prefix n; and root - e ai e - e a e , "to have position" (III, 205). 9 A monosyllabic noun (III, 13). 10 The negative prefix and adverbial particle do used as a verbal root, and the modal element n indicating completed action (III, 95). 11 Cf. the equivalent Hupa hwane (III, 337). 12 Has the root -no e , "to be vertical" (III, 247). is Cf. Hupa tse (III, 14). i* Cf. Hupa kin (III, 14). isA generic word meaning "fish," apparently made of to "water" and the root -nai "to go" (III, 242). 1 6 Common to all the southern portion of this division of the Atha pascan. 1 7 Has the common augmentative suffix -tco (III, 17). is In most dialects it means black bear, not grizzly. is The augmentative; compare buts "wildcat" with the diminutive suffix and Hupa min ditc (III, 18) where the nasal of the stem appears. 20 The stem yic without the diminutive suffix is common in other dia lects as the name of this animal. 21 This noun evidently originally meant * human, not animal. It now is used to mean "Indian, not European." 72 University of California Publications. [ AM - ARCH. ETH. teLkut ya e m intce teLkut ya m tc si tcun nd5 e were washed away, | they say. | Deer | were washed away, | they say. | Coy otes were not, 2 ya e ni hakw duii e da tcaii c n do e ya m bus tc lo n do e they say, | then. | Ravens | were not, | they say. | Owls | were not, ya c nl tc un t kuts tse tciil ndo e ya e m tc ussai 6 nd5 fi they say. Buzzards | were not, | they say. | Chicken-hawks | were not, 4 ya m seLtc oi ndo e ya e m tcaLm nd5 e ya e m they say. Herons | were not, | they say. | Varied robins (?) | were not, | they say. due tco 22 n do e ya e ni ductc n do c ya m tc us sai e - Grouse | were not, | they say. | Quails | were not, | they say. | Blue jays 6 tern 23 ndo e ya e m nakeits ndo e ya e m buntcbul 2 * were not, | they say. | Ducks | were not, | they say. | Yellow-hammers ndo e ya e m tc untyac ndo e ya e m tcibbowitc ndo e were not, they say. | Condors were not, they say. Screech owls | were not, 8 ya e m tcun tc gi tco n do e ya e ni tcun nuL tcunts n- they say. | Woodcocks were not, | they say. Woodpeckers were not, do c ya e ni na co e k a n do 6 ya e ni tcitc watc n do e they say. Eobins j were not, | they say. | (A bird) were not, 10 ya e m hakt#dun e tc olaki ndo e ya c m hakw;dufi e they say. j Then | meadow-larks | were not, j they say. j Then se e duntc n do 6 ya e m liakw dun e tcun tc bao n do e sparrow-hawks | were not, | they say. | Then | woodpeckers | were not, 12 ya e m hak/;dun e butck ai 6 ndo 6 ya e m haktrdun 6 they say. | Then | seagulls | were not, | they say. Then t kac tco n do e ya e ni cle e n do e ya e ni hakw? dun 6 pelicans | were not, | they say. | Orioles | were not, | they say. | Then 14 seL tcun dun ni n do e ya e ni k ai e ts etc n do 6 ya e m mocking-birds | were not, | they say. | Wrens | were not, j they say. dji dun go yantc tc 6 n do 6 ya c ni haktr dun c da tc^n e tc Eusset-back thrushes, | black-birds, | were not, | they say. | Then | crows 16 n do e ya c ni hakw? dun c tc le lintc n do e ya e ni bus- were not, they say. | Then humming-birds | were not, | they say | (A small owl) buntc ndo e ya e m hak^duii 6 t ebul n do 6 ya e ni were not, | they say. | Then | curlews | were not, | they say. 22 The augmentative, compare ductc " quail." 23 Cf. Hupa kistaitcwin (I, 138, 9). 24 Cf. Hupa mintcuwmil (I, 113, 12). VOL - 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 73 haktc dun 6 seL tcun dun m n do 6 ya 6 m na tc aitc n do 6 Then | mocking-birds | were not, | they say. | Swallows were not, ya 6 ni ban sits n do 6 ya 6 m hakw dim 6 tc 6 la kl n do 6 2 they sa,y. | Sandpipers | were not, | they say. | Then meadow-larks | were not, ya c ni hakw duii 6 L tso gun 25 n do 6 ya e m hakw duii 6 they say. | Then | foxes | were not, | they say. | Then biitc n do 6 ya 6 ni hate dun 6 sis 26 n do 6 ya e m hate- 4 wild-cats | were not, they say. | Then | otters | were not, | they say. | Then dun 6 sa tc 27 ndo 6 ya 6 m hate duii 6 gestco ndo 6 minks | were not, | they say. | Then | elks | were not, ya e m hate dun 6 k untagits dataits ndo 6 ya 6 m 6 they say. | Then jack-rabbits, | grey squirrels were not, | they say. hate duii 6 slus ndo 6 ya ni hate dun 6 gacteok wut- Then j ground-squirrels | were not, | they say. | Then | red squirrels kwiyagits 28 ndo 6 ya m hakz^duii sulsiintc ndo e 8 were not, | they say. | Then | chipmunks | were not, ya e ni hakw; dufi e Lon Lgai 29 n do c ya e m hakw dun 6 they say. | Then | woodrats | were not, | they say. | Then naL ton c ts 30 n do e ya e ni hakt^ dun 6 Lon tc ge 6 nectc 31 10 kangaroo-rats were not, | they say. | Then " long-eared mice" ndo 6 ya e m hakt(;duii 6 tc laki n do 6 ya m hak^- were not, they say. | Then | sapsuckers | were not, they say. | Then dun 6 kwi ymt n do 6 ya 6 m hskw duii 6 kai kos lute 12 pigeons | were not, | they say. | Then j (a bird) n do 6 ya 6 m t hak^ duii 6 s tc ug gi yits n do 6 ya 6 ni were not, | they say. | Then | warblers | were not, | they say. hakwdun 6 ka t32 ndo 6 ya e m hak^dun 6 deL ndo 6 u Then | geese | were not, | they say. | Then | cranes | were not, 25 Contains the stem Ltso "blue" (III, 203). 26 Common to many dialects. 27 With stem sa and diminutive suffix -tc ; the corresponding augmen tative is sa* tco ( fisher. 28 The stem gac yew, the augmentative -tc5 used of the redwood, k wut , "upon," and an uncertain verb form. 29 The common stem Lon < small rodent and L gai white. so Probably the verb "jump around" (III, 267) and the diminutive suffix. si The stem Lon rodent, " tc ge " ear, " nes " long, and the diminu tive -tc. 32 The corresponding Hupa word xa disappeared about a generation ago. American Anthropologist N. S., Vol. 3, p. 208. 74 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. ya e ni liakzc duii c na gol tcik 33 n clo e ya ni haku? diin e they say. | Then | (a bird) | were not, | they say. | Then 2 main n do e ya e ni hate dun* wa nun tci e34 n do e ya e ni weasels | were not, | they say. | Then | wind | was not, | they say. hakt duii c yas n do e ya e ni hakw dufi loo n do e Then | snow | was not, | they say. | Then | frost | was not, 4 ya e m hakw;dun e tutbul 35 ndo e ya e m hakwduii e do- they say. Then | rain | was not, | they say. | Then | it didn t thunder, nai t get ya c ni hakw dun e tcun do hut 36 do tc dun m 37 they say. | Then trees were not when | it didn t thunder, 6 ya c m do tc t tul k uc ya c m hakwdun 6 a ndo e they say. | It didn t lighten, | they say. | Then j clouds | were not, ya m yistot ndo e ya e m donotcoke ya c m go yarn 6 they say. | Fog was not, | they say. | It didn t appear, | they say. | Stars 8 n do e ya c ni tea kwoL gel e38 ya e ni were not, | they say. | It was very dark, | they say. ca 39 n do hut di 40 ne e nun us duk k e c41 ya e ni Sun j was not when | this | earth | got up, | they say, 10 ude c42 ntcaa 43 nes dida e uii 44 qaL 45 ya m kwun- its horn | large long. | From the north | it walked j they say. | Deep 33 The latter part of the word is probably the stem L tcik red. s* Contains the prefix wa- "through" (III, 44) and the root -tci "to blow" (III, 274). The wind blows only when one of the four doors of the great world house is left open. 35 A verb l to fall in drops containing the root -bul, cf . Hupa -meL -mil -miL (III, 240). se Stem tcun tree contracted with n d5 and suffix -hut ( when. 37 Has root -n -ni, "to speak, to make a noise," which is always pre ceded by d when agent is not human. In Hupa a dental stop generally precedes in any case (III, 196). The prefix tc - of the second syllable is used in this dialect of subjects unknown or at least unmentioned. ss tea is either an adverb or a prefix meaning "very" or "entirely"; the root -gel "to become dark" is probably identical with Hupa -weL -wil -wiL (III, 224). 39 Cf. Hupa hwa (I, 104, 10). 40 A demonstrative. Cf. Hupa ded and hai de (III, 31). 41 Cf. Hupa in nas duk ka ei (I, 114, 16; III, 280). 42 The possessive prefix 6- or u- is found in both the Northern and Southern Divisions of the Athapascan but is not usual in the Pacific Division. 43 Cf. Hupa nikkyao (III, 201). 44 Cf. Hupa yidatcin (I, 103, 6). The Kato use different demonstrative prefixes. Directions are always given with regard to whether movement is toward or from the speaker. Toward the north is di de e . 45 Cf. Hupa root -qal (III, 284). VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 75 sat 46 hi hen nac ta 47 u di ce e hai no tc t to c4S ya e ni it went places | its shoulder there | water reached | they say. kwuntuckata ka gun nac 49 ya e m ya e guttguc ya e m 2 Shallow places | it came out, j they say. | It looked up | they say. yida e un to y66ilha e yiLsut ya e m ne e L c ut nun- From the north water | yonder broke | they say. | Earth middle | it came when ya hut 50 di duk ca u ye hun ya e gut t guc ya e ni ne e 4 east | sun under | it looked up | they say. | Earth ntcaGtelit bagunuii 51 kundunts 52 ya e guttguc ya e m getting large when | coast near it looked up they say. dinuk 53 nesdufi. ya e guttguc ya e m ude k wut 6 South | far | it looked up | they say. Its horn | on toca s c an 54 ya e m L ba e ml ha e55 ude e Lba c unha moss | was | they say. | Both sides | its horn, | both sides toGa ya e ni ntcaG nunkwiye 56 di qaL ya c m yi- moss | they say, | large. | Underground | this | walked | they say, | from the north. da e un yoyinuk 57 nestiii 58 ya m nagaitcd 59 k wut Far south it lay down | they say. | Nagaitco | on it ts siii ya e m kwuLguL ya e m 10 stood | they say. | It carried him | they say. 4 6 Cf. Hupa xon sa din, "deep water place," a village (I, 13). 47 Cf. Hupa root -na -nauw (III, 242). The suffix ta is plural in mean ing, -dun being used for the singular. 48 Prefix no- limit of motion (III, 53), and the root -to e "water" (III, 267). 49 Prefix ka- "up, out of," cf. Hupa xa- (III, 56). The g of the second syllable is equivalent to Hupa w, modal prefix (III, 100). so As in Hupa tes ya is employed of setting out and nun ya (Hupa nin ya) of arriving. si The first element, ba e , seems to mean "border." 52 The diminutive suffix and kun dun, the equivalent of Hupa xun din (I, 170, 13). ss Cf. Hupa yinuk (I, 112, 8). 54 Modal prefix s and root - e an. Cf. Hupa sa an (III, 206, 8). 55 Cf. Hupa iL man (III, 328) ; L or iL has a reciprocal force, compare iL de "sisters of each other" (III, 14) ; ba e , see note 51; ha e is used after do "not" and numerals with the sense of "even" or "only" (cf. Hupa he in do he ya iL kit "they did not catch," I, 102, 3). 56 The first syllable is equivalent to Hupa nin (III, 13), which seems to be a derived or related form of ne e mentioned above. 57 Cf. Hupa yoyidukka, "far east" "Orleans" (I, 265, 3). 58 Cf. Hupa tcinnesten (III, 266); the prefix ne- is used when the assuming of the position is in mind; to be in the position is expressed by stin. 59 The moon is called na gai "traveler," but it is probable that a supernatural great traveler is meant here and not the moon. 76 University of California Publications. OM. ARCH. ETH. yi nuk nun ya dun 6 si e co e tc le te lit conk u sl e South | it came where | its head | he was going to fix when | well | its head 2 no e ac co ya ni Letc ba cl 6 na 6 tuk kut no e ri e an ya e ni he placed, | they say. Grey clay j its eyes between he placed | they say. ude e k wut no^an ya e m Letcba La e ude e k wut Its horn on | he placed | they say | grey clay. | Other | its horn on 4 Letc ba no e ii e an ya ni Lo kaL gai ka gum me 62 ya e m grey clay | he put they say. | White reeds | he gathered | they say. usi e da k wut no e n e an ya e m k wut Letc nolai ya c m Crown of its head on | he put | they say. | On it | earth | he put | they say. 6 L6 Ltsd 6 si e da k wut na t guL e a e ya e ni tcun na t guL e a e Blue grass | crown of its head on | he stood up | they say. | Trees | he stood up ya c m ts i e natguL c a e<53 ya c m usl e k wut begeckeoe 64 they say. Brush | he stood up | they say, | its head on. | I am finishing, 8 tc in ya m dl k wut usi e k wut ts usno e ole yo6iiha e to he said | they say. | This on, | its head on | mountain let be. | Yonder j water nun yiL tsuL buii tc in ya m ts usno e slin e ya e m shall break against it," | he said they say. | Mountain | became | they say. 10 ts I kal e a C5 ya c nl osl e k wut seuyacts Brush | came up | they say. Its head on | stone small j he had put kwan 66 ya e m se ulletelit ntcao usi gestco ya e m they say. | Stones were becoming when | large, | its head | elk | they say, 12 n gun do 6 ya e m co e gilaGe c7 tc in ya c m ka c dlde e was not, they say. | " I am fixing it, " | he said, | they say. Well, | north eo Cf. Hupa no auw in do no auw (I, 259, 6). si It has the root -ba, which is found in Hupa as -mai in dil mai "gray" (I, 283, 8). 62 The root is -be to collect. The second syllable normally ends in n, which has nasalized the b and then itself been assimilated to the labial position. es Cf. Hupa naduwina (I, 197, 5 and III, 203-5). This is transitive, as is shown by L of the third syllable. 64 Cf. Hupa root -xe -xu, "to finish" (III, 252). The g of the final syllable is connected with the u of the Hupa form of the root. es Prefix ka-, "out, up"; la modal prefix; root - e a e , "to have position." Cf. Hupa xala with the same meaning (I, 121, 11). ee The last syllable is a suffix indicating that the result of the act, not the act itself, was observed. 67 Cf. Hupa root -lau -la -lu -le, "to do something" (III, 230). The g of the final syllable is connected with the u in the Hupa root. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 77 nahecda 68 co e ocle tgama 69 hide 6 tc in ya e m yo- I will go | I will fix it | along shore | north/ | he said | they say. | Far north yi de e na hes t ya 70 ya m 6 na nac da tc in ya e m 2 he started back j they say. j Around it | I will go, he said | they say. yokwit ukM? e6 e ocle tc in ya e m ot ukw co e tc lla "Far above | I will fix it," | he said | they say. Above | he fixed it, ya e m ncone co e gilaget tc in ya nl ot ukw? 4 they say. | "Good | I made it," | he said | they say. Above yo yi nuk na hes t ya hut se na t guL e a e ya ni tcun ka- far south | he went back when | stones | he stood up | they say. | Trees | grow up . l c a 6 tc istcin 71 ya e m ts i kal e a e tc istcin ya e n! 6 he made | they say. | Brush | grow up | he made | they say. ts usnd 6 nateL e a e ya ni to otcina 72 ne e natguL e a e Mountains | he stood up | they say. | Water in front of | ground | he stood up ya e ni 8 they say. kwiin Lail It is finished. II. CEEATION. se gundi ya m se setc its 73 tc ttegunm ya m Kock | was old | they say, | rock | sandstone. | It thundered | they say diduk tc ttegunm ya e m dinuk tc ttegunm ya e m 10 east. It thundered | they say | south. It thundered | they say dise e tc ttegunm ya e nl dide se gundi cudulle west. | It thundered | they say | north. | Eock | is old | we will fix it " tc in ya e m nakka c nagaitc5 tc enes yoyiduk o- 12 he said | they say, | two | Nagaitco, | Tcines. | "Far above | beyond it tus 74 tc endikut tc in ya e m tc eiLtcut ya e nl ya f we stretch it" J he said | they say. | They stretched it | they say. J Sky 68 The h of the second syllable is found in Navajo in similar verbs, but does not appear in Hupa. 69 Cf. Hupa tuwimma (I, 252, 5). TO Cf. Hupa nates diyai (I, 97, 17). 71 Cf. Hupa tcistcwen, "he made" (I, 336, 8; III, 276). 72 Cf. Hupa mitctcina (I, 96, 9; III, 342). 73 Cf . Hupa xon tcuw dit tcetc where the final syllable means rough (I, 150, 1). 74 Cf. Hupa mittis (III, 341). 78 University of California Publications. [ AM - ARCH - ETH - k wun na gai ya e ni se n tcao na t guL e a c ya e m dl- on it he walked | they say. Eock | large | he stood up | they say, south. 2 nuk dise e se natguL c a e ya e m ntcao nes dide 6 West | rock | he stood up | they say, large, | tall. | North natguL c a c ya c m se ntcao nes diduk natguL e a e he stood up | they say | rock | large, | tall, j East | he stood up 4 ya c m se kwunLail co e tc illa ya c m tunm 75 tunm they say | rock. | All | he fixed | they say, | road. | Eoads co tc illa ya e m dide e tunm coctc illa ya m di- he fixed they say. | North j road | he fixed | they say. | South 6 nuk tcun do bun tc in ya e m kit da ye 76 can La- trees | will not be " he said | they say. | Flowers | only will be many mun 77 tc in ya e m tacan watc amuil tc in ya m he said | they say. | "Where | hole through will be?" | he said j they say. 8 haida e uil watc an tc istcin ya e m a buii ntcaa wa- From the north | hole through | he made | they say. For clouds | large | hole through tc an tc istcin ya e m diduk yistotbun watc an he made | they say. | East | for fog | hole 10 tc is tcin ya e ni di se e hai sin un a^ ta j bun di se a ? he made | they say | west. | "From the west | clouds will go, west | clouds tajbundja 6 tc in ya e m kebul co c tc illa ya e m se- wiU go" | he said | they say. | Knife | he fixed | they say. | For rocks 12 bun co e tc illa ya m kebul nLuts co c tc illa ya e m he fixed it | they say. Knife | stout | he fixed | they say. dantecamuii tc in ya c m dide e tun yae 78 tc in ya e - "How will it be?" | he said they say. | "North you go" | he said | they say. 14 ni dinuk taca e79 ci tc in ya e m dafi e beniLke e e "South | I go | I" | he said | they say. | "Already | I have finished" tc in ya c m se nuLtcut tc in ya e m dide c nahun- he said | they say. | Kock | you stretch " | he said | they say, | north. \ You must untie it 75 Cf. Hupa tin (I, 102, 8) where the second syllable found in most dialects does not appear. 76 Cf. Hupa na kit te it dai ye, "it blossoms again" (I, 364, 3; III, 254). 77 Note the effect of an n which has disappeared after converting b into m. 78 Equivalent to Hupa tin yauw. 79 Cf. Hupa -hwa (III, 248). VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 79 a bun di se e tc in ya e ni di duk na hac gat ci tc in west " | he said | they say. l East | I will untie it I " \ he said ya e m di can a bun tc in ya e ni nan Lut 80 de k a 2 they say. | < What { cloud will be \ he said | they say. | < Burn around | here tc in ya e m nas Lut ya e ni a bun ca na e te s us k an he said | they say. | He burned around | they say, | for cloud. | Creek | in water he made a fire ya c m to a bun n co ne tc in ya c m do kw si e da 4 they say | for dew. "It is good" | he said | they say. | Not | their heads dun tea bfifi 81 co e te illa ya 6 nl^ La e ne e k wut yiduk will be sick | he fixed | they say. | Another | world on up ya m tc enec s us dai bun hut nin djaii kundiintc 6 they say, | Thunder will live. | You | here | nearby sun da nin tc in ya e m live, f you" | he said | they say. to dedunkac 82 to sul uLtci 83 tc in ya e m ne 6 8 Water | put on the fire, | water | hot | you make, " | he said | they say. | Ground nanec tc istcin ya c m ka e otc un 6 kunnucyic 84 man | he made | they say. | Well, to him | I will talk" tc in ya e m wos tc istcin ya c m duk k won 6 tc is- 10 he said they say. Leg | he made | they say. | (Left) | he made tcin ya e m kwam tc istcin ya e m duk- they say. | Arm | he made [ they say. | (Left) k won* La e tc istcin ya c m Lo tc gunyic yam di- 12 too I he made | they say. | Grass | he broke off [ they say. | He did this kwaLsin ya c m tc amun no la ya c m but bun 85 tc t- they say. | For belly | he put it they say. | For stomach | he hung it teL buL ya 6 ni 11 djl bun s us ba dut Lo ? u ye n6 6 ii- 14 they say. | For his heart | when he slapped it | grass | under [ he put it so The prefix na- (III, 48), the sign of the 2nd. per. sing, n, and the root -Lut "to cause to burn" (III, 239). si Cf. Hupa xoideai du win teat (I, 175, 15). 82 Cf. Hupa prefix de d- (III, 61). ss Sing, imp., cf. Hupa iLtcwe (I, 278, 8; III, 276-7). It is frequently used in this manner with intransitive verbs where the needed transitive form does not exist. 84 Cf. Hupa xun ne yeiiw te "I will talk" (I, 217, 11; III, 246). 83 Cf. Hupa xomit (I, 102, 15). 80 University of California Publications. L AM - AR CH. ETH. e an ya e m ii tele 6 bun Lets tb5j 86 n6 e n an ya e m they say. | For his liver clay round he put it | they say. 2 utcoteiLbufi tcoyiha 6 no ii c an ya e m udjlcicte 6 For his kidney | again | he put it | they say. His lungs dje e gun t ats 87 no e n an ya e ni Lo nes tc n guii tcut he divided | he put it | they say. | Grass long he pushed in 4 ya e ni di kwon di di can se H mun 88 tc in ya e ni cic they say. | "What kind | what | blood will be?" | he said j they say. | Ochre (?) tc gunsut ya e m k^cicbun to 6 laii tc in ya e m he pounded up | they say. | "For ochre | water | get" | he said they say. 6 noLtiil ya e m to kw;nas isbil e ya e m uda e89 tc istcin He laid him down | they say. | Water | he sprinkled around him | they say. | His mouth | he made ya e m buntc tc istcin ya e ni ona e tc istcin ya e m na.k- they say. [ His nose | he made | they say. | His eyes | he made they say | two. 8 ka e dantecamM tc in ya e ni ulai e uLtci tc in "How will it be?" | he said | they say. | "His penis | make" | he said ya m otcok n^kka e tc istcin ya e m dje e kuLtcuL they say. | His testicles | two | he made | they say. | Split it 10 tc in ya e m ka e tc in ya e m beniLke e e tc in ya nl he said | they say. | "Quickly" | he said | they say. | "I have finished" | he said | they say. a kas ya ya e ni di duk yis tot di sin uii tai yis- Cloud j came up | they say | east. | Fog | in the west | came up 12 tan ya e m ka e totbuL 90 tc in ya e m wanuntci 6 they say. | < Well, j let it rain " | he said | they say. Wind tc nnoLyoL 91 tc in ya e m yiduk ya t bi e n do bun let it blow " | he said they say. | " Up | in sky | shall not be, 14 oyacts wa nun tci bufi tc in ya e m ka e totbuL yis- little | shall be wind " | he said | they say. | * Well, | let it rain | fog in, 86 The stem -boj is probably connected with Hupa verbal root -mas -mats (III, 240) and with a noun stem found in southern Athapascan meaning wheel. 87 Cf. Hupa -tats -fas "to cut a gash" (III, 268). ss Hupa tsel lin (I, 169, 10) shows the nasal which has changed b to m. so Cf. Hupa xotda (I, 112, 14). so The 3rd. sing, of the imp. cf. Ill, 132. i For the root cf. Hupa -yol -yoL (III, 221). VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 81 totbi c tc in ya m tetbil ya c m do ko gis in e92 ya e m he said | they say. | It rained they say. | One could not see | they say. ya bi c ufi e ko wun suL 93 ya c ni gun t e ca ka nac di c$n 2 sky in | it was hot | they say | now. | Sun | came up. | What cabuii tc in ya e m kwon 6 co c ole sulbun tc in ya m sun shall be?" | he said | they say. | "Fire | fix | for heat" | he said j they say. nagai Le e nagai bun nagai tc in ya e m iistiin na- 4 "Moon | night j shall go | moon" | he said | they say. | Cold | moon. gai kwun 1411 All. nanagutya ya e m d^nco ha e se dje e yoL t$L kwuc 94 6 He came down | they say. | "Who | stone | can kick open I wonder!" tc in ya m d,nco e ha e tcun dje e ot askwuc tc in he said they say. | "Who | tree j can split open I wonder" | he said ya e m ka bec e ai e tc in yam nagaitco doha s they say. | Well, | I will try " | he said | they say. | Nagaitco | he didn t tcun dje e gunt as ya e m ka ci bec e ai c tc in ya e nT tree | split | they say. | Well | I | will try, " | he said | they say, tc enec danco c ha c Lutskwuc tc in ya c m tc enec 10 Thunder. | Who | stoutest I wonder, " j he said, | they say, | Thunder. nagaitco doha e se taskal ya c m doha e tc un do- Nagaitco | didn^t | stone | break | they say. | Didn t | tree | didn t kick open ha dje c giil tal e ya e m ci bec e ai e tc in ya e nl tc e- 12 they say. | "I | will try," | he said j they say, | Thunder. nee se naniLtal 6 ya e m se dje e gult$l e ya e nl se Rock | he kicked | they say. | Eock | he kicked open | they say. | Bock giictyil ya e m se ontguc se dje c iLtal e tc in ya m 14 broke to pieces | they say. | "Rock | go look at." | "Rock | he kicked open" j he said | they say. ka e tcum mec e ai e tc in ya c m tciin dje e guLtal e ya m "Well | tree I will try" | he said | they say. | Tree | he kicked open | they say. tcun giictyil ya c m tc enec nagaitco nanagutya ie Tree j split to pieces j they say. | Thunder, | Nagaitco | came down 2 Cf. Hupa xo wes en nei (I, 120, 5). 3 The prefix is Hupa xo- (III, 94). 4 Hupa root -taL -tul -tuL (III, 261) ; this may be the form used as 3rd. sing. imp. in Hupa; the suffix -kwuc indicates speculation on the part of the speaker. 82 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. ya e m di k wuri na gai tco tok wut nodunta.L dan- they say. | This | on j Nagaitco | water on | you step. " \ l Who 2 co e ha e to no do ta. i, kwuc he u e tc in ya e m na gai tco water j can stand onf" | "Yes" J he said they say. | Nagaitco to k wun no t gun tal e ya c m kwun ye tc gun tal e ya e m water | on | stood they say. | In it he sank | they say, 4 banto e bi e tc enec cl bec e ai e tc in ya c m tc enec ocean in. J Thunder | " I | I will try " | he said | they say. | Thunder to k wut no t gun tal c ya e ni k0 kwe c La ha c kwuL water | on | he stepped | they say. j His foot | one | with 6 notguntal* ya c m beniLke e e ka e tc in ya e m guL- he stood | they say. | " I have finished, hurry " | he said | they say. j It was evening gel e ya e ni they say. t 8 tetbil 6 ya e m tetbll c ya c m kwun L^n djin kwun- It rained | they say. j It rained j they say. | Every day | every Lan uLgul tutbiiL ya*m kwunLan Le e d^nteca- evening | it rained | they say. j Every | night. | "What will be, 10 mufi da 6 nee M co tutbuL hai kwunLan yiLkai what will happen, | too much j it rains j the | every | morning, ya n ya e m 95 dicofi yistot conk ne e otc un e they said | they say. j Some way | fog j well ground | close to 12 no in tan ya e nT yistot a r tgungetc ya c m spread | they say | fog. Clouds | were thick j they say. gunt e nanec kwon e ngundo e ya e m uyacts kwofi* Now | people | fire | was not | they say. | Little j fire H slifi* ya e m ca ? na e ta Ltemun 90 ya c ni to kwunteL- became | they say. Creeks | were full they say. | Water | valley in blk to Leges e a e ya e m ka e beniLke e e tc in water j encircled j they say. | "Well, | I finish" | he said 16 ya m na gai tco heu e tc in ya e m ka e yaLdacbufi 97 they say, | Nagaitco. | "Yes" | he said | they say. | "Well, | you must jump up, LR ya kVut noLd^cbun 07 tc in ya c m cl La e another | sky on | you must jump to" | he said they say. | "I | too s The first, ya e n, is the quoted form and the second the affirmative form. 96 Cf. Hupa root -men -min "to fill up" (III, 241). 97 Note that the inception and completion of the act are both men tioned. They seem to be included in many cases for literary complete ness where they are not needed to make the meaning clear. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 83 kwuc le dja* 98 tc in ya e m guL gel e un ha e Lan L ta ki I will do that" | he said | they say. | f( Night | every | kind nteslaLde* adiille dja 6 tc in ya e m kwunLan tut- 2 when sleeps | we will do it" | he said j they say. | Every | it rained buL ya e m kwunLan yiLkai kwunLan djin kwun- they say. | Every | morning, | every | day, | every L$ii Le e Lene c ha e nanec nteslab" ya m nate un- * night, j All | people went to sleep | they say. | It fell kut 5100 ya m ya< ne e ndo ya e m nesduii ne they say, | sky. Land | was not | they say. | Far | land ndo e ya m to ca.n Len a ya m ban to 6 Lene e ha e 6 was not | they say. | Water | only met | they say, | ocean. All nom telat ya c m gestco Lene c ha e telat ya e m grizzlies | drowned j they say. | Elks | all | drowned | they say. buttco Lene c ha telat ya*m buts Lene e ha telat 8 Panther | all | drowned they say. Wildcats | all | drowned ya e ni in tce e Le ne ha e ya e m Lan L ta r ki te lat they say. | Deer | all | drowned | they say. j AU j every kind | drowned ya m to tesyahut tcun do ya c m ne ndo yam 10 they say. | Water when it went | trees | were not | they say. | Land j was not j they say. nanec slin e ya e ni botc tyits nom yitco 101 gul- People | became they say. | Seal, | sea-lion, j grizzly | dance-house j built yi ya e m co yok ne e k a ya e nte ya e m 12 they say. | In vain | way world over | they looked | they say. hai gulyi* ya e m ne e neon katinmbi e gulsan 102 There | they built it | they say. | Ground | good | Usal it was found ya e m gulsamt hai gunL^n ya e n! tyits telan na- 14 they say. | It was found because | there | are many | they say, | sea-lions. | Whale | human nee tc ek sliri e ya e m telan hai hit Lk ao 103 k wa woman | became | they say. | Whale | that is why | is fat | fat ss The suffix -dja e is used with the first person for intended actions. 99 Cf. Hupa root -lal -laL (III, 232). 100 Cf. Hupa nainxut "it dropped down" (I, 115, 14). 101 yik and yit are two forms in other dialects of a monosyllabic noun meaning house. In the next word this stem is a verbal root. 102 Cf. dowiltsan "it was not seen" (I, 341, 9). It seems doubtful if these forms in 1, clearly passive in Hupa, are really passive in Kato. They seem to be rather simple neutral forms of the verb. 103 The equivalent of Hupa Lukkau "it is fat" (III, 202). 84 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. ntcao nom ndo* ya c m Loyacts ts undunnakaicts much. | Grizzlies j were not they say. j Suckers | blue lizards 2 tonai ndo e hut talgal 104 ya e m tonai ndo c hut dl- fish j were not when | were thrown in water | they say. | Fish I when were not | "What caii tonai bun tci c se e tco talgal ya e m tobi c ges fish will bet" | Bull-snake | was thrown in water | they say. | In water | black salmon 4 slhV ya m dullants talgal ya e nl tobi c datca e hal became j they say. | Salamanders j were thrown in water they say. | Water in | hook-bill slin e ya e m naLcotc talgal ya c m tobi c Lok slin e became | they say. | Grass-snake | was thrown in water | they say. | Water in | steel-head | became 6 ya e m sal gits talgal ya e m tobi Loyacgaitc bun they say. j Lizard j was thrown in water | they say. | Water in | trout 1 shall be, Loyactc tc tce ya e ni kt0kak e e bun ckakV tc in Trout | cried | they say | his net for. | "My net" | he said 8 ya e m Lan Lta ki cu kwaya acit ya m tc kak 105 they say. | Many | every kind j in vain | they gave him | they say. | Net guLtcinkwan ya e m tc*kak guLLonit 106 bi nogultin he had made | they say. | Net | when he wove | he put him in 10 ya e m tc tdeniiel e ya e m takicwulg^l ya e m hota they say. j He stopped crying | they say. | He was thrown in water | they say. j Then Loyactc s uslin e ya e m dic^n kal e a bufi tobi c tc in trout | he became | they say. | "What | will grow | water in" | he said 12 yam lat 107 kal a e ya e m tobi ban to* yo e tcil in they say. | Sea-weed | grew | they say | water in, | ocean. | Abalones kal a c ya c m bantco kal e a 6 ya e m banto c bi c tekus- grew | they say. | Mussels | grew | they say, | ocean in. | Kelp !4 le to ye kal c a e ya c m sul sus kw? t in kal c a ya e m water under grew | they say. | (A kelp) | grew | they say banto e bi tcunkw?t in kal c a e ya e m banto bl e Lan ocean in. | Abalone-sausage | grew j they say | ocean in. | Many 10* Of. Hupa root -waL -wul -WUL "to throw" (III, 222). ice Cf. Hupa kixxak (I, 256, 7) and kwkak e* (Hupa xoxakke) and c ka k e c above. We have here the tc=Hupa prepalatal k, k aspi- rated=Hupa x, and an unaspirated k common to both dialects. ioCf. Hupa -Lon -L6 "to twine baskets" (III, 239). 107 cf. Hupa la (III, 13). VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 85 L ta ki ka l c a e ya c ni L6 Ltso ka l e a ya e ni ban to e - different kinds | grew | they say. Grass blue j grew | they say [ ocean in. bi di c$n Le do muil tc in ya e ni Lan be ya c l c ai 2 "What | salt will be?" [ he said | they say. | Many J they tasted ya e ni tc woe tce e ban to 6 tc woe tee 6 hai Le dofi they say. | Foam | ocean foam | that | salt slifi ya e m na nee biye 6 Ledon e hai bel c ai e ya e m 4 became they say. | Indians | their | salt | that they tried | they say. tc an buL nadeltcamun tc amuL nakomuL na del- Food | with it | they shall eat, | food with. | Clover with they shall eat. tcamun hai neon ya c m Ledon 6 banto daticamufj 6 That | good | they say | salt | ocean. | < What will be to kwiin di kas mufi da din a e mufi di banto e tc in water | | this | ocean?" | he said ya c m de ban to 6 nai e a e biin tai c acbun kwunnunun 8 they say, | "this ocean. | It will have waves, j It will settle back. | Up this way saibun tc in ya e m sai k wiit tcin us dm e108 ya c ni sand will be, \ he said | they say. | Sand | on top | shone | they say. sutdi tekusle 6 nolkubbufi 109 tc in ya m telan iitt- 10 "Old | kelp | will float ashore," | he said they say. | "Whales j old ones yac ndlabun tc in ya c m nanec yamun tonai tonai- will float ashore" he said | they say. "People will eat | fish, | fish big. 7 ntcao tyits nolabundja 6 ya e tamiindja e ncomundja 6 12 Sea-lions | will come ashore. | They will eat. | Good will be, tc in ya c m t ant glilyos 110 beksufihit ncomundja e tc a- he said j they say. "Devil-fish I ugly although I will be good, I they will eat it" mundja tc in ya e m tonai banto bi e Lk abuiidja* 14 he said | they say. | "Fish | ocean in | will be fat" tc in ya c m ncomundja 6 Lan Lta kl bundja 6 ban- he said | they say. "It will be good. | Many | different kinds | will be | ocean in ;> to c bi e tc in ya e m tobuttco bundja e tc in ya c m 16 he said | they say. | "Water panther | will be" he said j they say. 108 The liupa root -den -din "to be light." This probably refers to the phosphorescence of the old kelp. 109 The root is -kut, to float; with b for t by assimilation, no Possibly this contains the root -yos "to pull" (III, 221). 86 University of California Publications. [ AM - AR CH. ETH. setonai bundja e nanec tc ebebun tc in ya m to- " Stone fish j will be, people | he will catch" | he said | they say. | l Fish teeth long, 7 2 nai wo e nes ges L cun e to nai t yits tc e be bun dja e tc in gesLcun c | fish, | sea-lion | he will catch" | he said ya c m tatc kwul e ^cbundja e tc in ya c m tyits kwe e they say. He will come out of the water," he said | they say. | "Sea- lion | foot 4 ndo c bundja e tc in ya e m kw?t a e bundja c tc in none will be" | he said | they say. | "His tail | will be" he said ya e m wo e ntca bun dja e tc in ya c m tcun dobun- they say. Teeth large | will be " | he said they say. | < Trees will not be 6 dja e banto e bi e tonLuts bun dja e banto e bi c tc in ocean in. | Water rough | will be, ocean in" | he said ya e m they say. 8 gactco natguL e a e ya e m tgama tc ibetcifi nat- Eedwood | he stood up | they say. | Shore along | fir | he stood up guLa e ya e m tc ibetcifi ne e utci e dufi dida e un tc - they say. ) Firs | earth tail place j north | he made along 10 guLtciL ya m natguL a e ya c m ne e banto utcina they say. | He stood it up | they say. j Land | ocean | in front of bus tc guLtciL ya e m yida e uii se noga^c ya m slide | he made along | they say. From the north | stones | he put down | they say. 12 yoonha* banto e nunylLtsuL ya c m yoyinuk kwa e - Yonder j ocean | beats against it | they say. j Far south j it does that gulleL ya e m ne c dulbai natgu.L e aL ya c m dultcik 111 they say. | (A pine) | he stood up they say. | Yellow pine 14 natguL e ^L ya m nesdunha c natguL e ^L ya c m ts us- he stood up they say. | Far away | he stood up | they say. | Mountains no c natguL e ^L ya e m to utcina hainukkV dotco e - he stood up | they say | water | in front of. | Way south | he didn t stop, 16 dai natguL e aL ya e m kagul c aL ya e m g^ctcd na- he stood them up | they say. | They grew up | they say. | Kedwoods, | pines, deltc 112 ne e dulbai k eguLyil ya c m atk e 113 tgunna- pines | he placed in a row | they say. | Back | he looked around in The Hupa name is dil tcwag (I, 246, footnote). 112 na del seems to refer to the hanging of the cones. Cf. na del. (I, 39). us It has the reflexive pronoun and the postpositional particle -k e. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 87 tgutguc ya e m kagul^L ya e m g^ctco giinnes they say | were growing they say. | Eedwoods j were tall ya e ni se nat guL e ,L ya e ni u yacts ca na c ts t guL- 2 they say. | Stones | he stood up along | they say. | Small | creeks | he made with his foot t$L ya m tc gul lin teL ta di to nc6miindja c tc in they say. | They run down where that | water | will be good, " \ he said ya e m di tana man dja e tc in ya e m banto e c^n doha e ta- 4 they say. | l This | they will drink, | he said [ they say. j Ocean | only | they will not drink," namundja e tc in ya c m kal e a e tc guLtciL ya 6 m tgunna- he said | they say. Growing up he placed along | they say. | He looked around tguc atk e ka gul C $L kw^n ya e m tosi e dun kunundunne 6 behind himself | they had grown along | they say. | Water-head-place j becoming near, sa dun ha e ts kun nee 114 ya e m a tc un c n co ne ka gul a lit alone he talked | they say to himself. | "It is good I they are growing along" tc in ya e m ca na tc guLtciL ya e m di tanamundja e 8 he said I they say. Creeks I he made along I they say. "This I they will drink," tc in ya e m haihit Lene e ha e haihit tan^n ya e m he said | they say. | That is why | all | that is why | drink | they say. Lan L ta ki to n co nit do dun k 6 tcit in tce e ta na- 10 "Many | different kinds j water is good because | it is not salt because | deer | will drink, mundja* gestco tanamundja e buttco tanamundja e elk | will drink | panther ) will drink, sa tco ta na mun dja e tc in ya e m tcun kal c a e tc - 12 fisher | will drink" | he said j they say. | Trees | grow up | he made along guLtciL ya e m atk e tc onagutguc ya e m kaguL c ^L- they say. | Behind himself | he looked | they say. J They had grown up along kwan ya e m t akwilm datc^n 6 tc ussai e tana mun- ^ they say. | Birds, | ravens, | chicken-hawks | will drink dja e tc in ya e m dataits tana mun dja 6 slus tana mun dja c he said they say. "Grey-squirrels | will drink, | ground-squirrels | will drink" tc in ya e ni vbgk cshmrdshrdcmwf bvy qkgzx cmfwyp rdlu 16 he said | they say. | Quail | will drink " | he said j they say. j Many Cf. Hupa tcexunneuw (I, 272, 6; III, 246). 88 University of California Publications. [ AM - AR CH. ETH. Lta kl tanamundja e tc in ya c m to gictciL to different kinds | will drink he said | they say. | Water | I place along, | water 2 n con tc in ya e m Lan g$c tco ka gul e aL tc in ya m good," j he said | they say. | "Many | redwoods | grew up along" | he said | they say. ka gul e aL ya e m hai nuk k V to tc guL tciL ya m They grew up along | they say. | Toward the south | water | he placed | they say. 4 sakto e nanguLtal c ya e m sakto c bun tc in ya c m di Springs j he kicked out | they say. | Springs will be " | he said j they say. | This intce e biyiye tc in ya e m tc nunkut kwlo tc guL- deer | theirs is" | he said | they say, "deer-licks." | His dog | he took along 6 teL ya e m to tainan 115 UL tc in ya e m kwlo tagi- they say. j Water j drink " | he told him | they say, | his dog. | He drank nan ya e m km La e Lene e ha e tanamundja* they say, j himself | too. | "All | will drink 8 Lan L ta ki t a kwil In ta na mun dja tc in ya e m many j different kinds | birds | will drink " | he said | they say. tcun kagul e aL ya m satciin kal c a e tc guLtciL Trees | grew up along [ they say. j Tan-oaks | grow up | he made along 1 o y a* ni Lan L ta ki kal e a e tc guL tciL ya e ni tc I- they say. | Many | different kinds | grow up | he made along j they say. | Firs, betcifi g^ctco tc ibetcifi na deists kal e a 6 tc guL- redwoods, | firs, | pines | grow up | he made along 12 tciL ya e m to tc guLtciL ya e m ca na e ta f ts tteguL- they say. | Water | he placed along | they say. | Creeks | he dragged his foot taL ya e ni to tc gul lin bun ne e na t guL e $L ya e m they say. [ Water | will flow | land | he placed along on edge | they say. 14 kal c a tc guLtciL tcun se noga e ac ya c m ts usno 6 Grow up | he made | trees, j stones | he placed they say. | Mountains gut tea ya e m kowiyaL ya c m tc unt afi kwunt a- were big | they say. | Were growing | they say. | Acorns | will grow 16 mundja* tc in ya c m tc nneLin* banto e atk e tcufi he said | they say. | He looked | ocean | behind himself | trees tc onatguc ya c m se noga c ac ya c m t5 ncone he looked at | they say.j Rocks | he placed, | they say. | "Water | is good, Hupa would be tun din nun for the sing. imp. VOL - 5 J Goddard.Kato Texts. 89 to guctcilet taganamun tc in ya c m g^ctco nat- water [ I place when | they will drink " \ he said | they say. | Kedwoods | he stood up along guL e aL ya e ni tc I be tciii sa tciin ne e na t guL $L ya e ni 2 they say. j Firs | tan-oaks, | land | he stood up along | they say. ts usno c natguL e $L ya e m ntca bundja e tc in ya e nl Mountains | he stood up along | they say. | "Large will be" | he said | they say, gactco tc ttesya ya e m ne e unasya ya m ts tte- 4 1 1 redwood. " j He went | they say. | World | he went around | they say. | He dragged his foot along guLt^L ya e m to niil lin teL bun na delate natguL^L they say, j water | will flow for. | Pines | he stood up along ya e m g$c tco na t giil aL ya e ni tc I be tciii ca na 6 they say. j Eedwoods | he stood up along | they say, | firs, j Creeks tc guLtciL ya e ni ne e naunguLtaj, ya e m satcun he made along | they say. | Ground | he kicked out [ they say. | Tan-oaks natguL e aL ya c m ne e dulbai natguL ^L ya e m tko- 8 he stood up [ they say. | Pines | he stood up | they say. | Chestnuts icts natguL e g,L ya e m se noga c ac ya e m atk e tc o- he stood up | they say. Rocks | he placed | they say. | Behind himself J he looked gutguc ya c n! giittca se ya c m ne e natguL c ^L 10 they say. | Became large | rocks | they say. Ground | he stood up ya c ni to ca na e ta gi n^n ya e ni to n co ne tc in they say. | Water, | creek | he drank | they say. | Water | is good " | he said ya c m dultcikts natguij e aL ya e m se to 6na c aibun 12 they say. [ Pines | he stood up along | they say. | "Eocks [ water | around will be aguclele tc in ya e m kin ha atc ufi e kin nee tai- I have made" | he said | they say, | himself | to himself | he talked. | "Drink, n$n c lots tc in ya ni i^an L ta ki ta na mun to 14 my dog | he said | they say. | Many | different kinds | will drink j water n con se no ga c ac ya c ni bus no ga c ac ya e ni seL- good." | Rocks | he placed j they say. | Banks | he placed | they say. | Stones white small gaioyacts noga ac ya m tc iint an natguL e g,L ya e - ie he placed | they say. | White oaks | he stood up along | they say. ni nadil 6 Lahata natguL c ^L ya e m LtaG Lahata Sugar-pines | one at a time | he stood up along | they say. | Black oaks | one at a time 90 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. natguL e aL ya e m sakkenes natguL e aL ya m tc ube he stood up along | they say. | Valley oaks | he stood up along I they say. I Firs 2 natguLaL ya e ni Lahata to bec c ai c tc in ya e m he stood up along | they say, | one at a time. | "Water | I will try," | he said | they say. c lots tai n$ii tc in ya c ni Le ne ha e L ta kl ta- "My dog I drink," | he said | they say. | " All | different kinds | will drink" 4 namun tc in ya e m to neon tc tteguLtaL he said ] they say, | water [ good. " \ He dragged his foot along ya e ni ca na e ne e na an guL t$L ya m se no ga e ac they say. | Creeks, | ground | he dragged his foot | they say. | Eocks | he placed 6 ya c m atk e tc neLin* ya e m to tain^n clots tc in they say. Behind himself | he looked | they say. | "Water | drink, | my dog, " | he said ya e nl ci La e tacnan tc in ya e m nom tanamufi they say. | "I, | too, | I drink" | he said | they say. | "Grizzlies | will drink, 8 Lan L ta ki ta na mun na nee ta na mun tc in ya ni many | different kinds | will drink. People | will drink, " | he said j they say. to gic tci le di Lan L ta ki ta na mun se no gac e ac e "Water | I have placed | many | different kinds will drink. | Rocks | I have placed." 10 ts usno e natguL^L ya e m tcun tc ube natguL e aL Mountains he stood up along | they say. Trees, | firs | he stood up along yam tc itc an natguL e aL ya e m untc waitco nat- they say. | White oaks | he stood up along | they say. | Maul oaks | he stood up along 12 guL e $L ya c m nadil 6 kal e a 6 tc gui^aL ya e m gactco they say. | Pines | grow up | he made along | they say. | Redwoods na t guL e aL ya e ni La ha ta he stood up along | they say, one at a time. 14 dullantc taguLgal ya e m ca na e ts unteL ta guL- Salamander | he threw in water | they say, | creeks. | Turtles | he threw in water gal ya e m beliii naduLbundja e di kwot tc in ya - they say. | "Eels | will come | this | creek" | he said | they say. 16 ni da tca hal ges ca na e di bi e ges hi hen duL bun- Hook-bill, | black salmon, | creek | this in | black salmon | will come in dja e tc in ya e m Lok handatta e tun duL bun dja e he said | they say. | "Steel-heads | last ones | will come in" VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 91 tc in ya e m tonai oyacts tun duL bun dja e tc in he said they say. | "Fish | small | will come, " \ he said ya e ni t anLtukts takatce tcisguntc ts ek enects 2 they say, | (l (a fish) crawfish | (small eels) j day eels." nom Lamundja 6 di ts usno e k wut intce 6 La- " Grizzlies | will be many | this mountain on. | Deer | will be many mun d ja e di ts us no 6 k wut ya e ta mun d ja e do ha e wl- 4 this | mountain on. They may eat. No gall will have. tcoyibundja e tV ya e ta mun dja e intce 6 conk tulka- Eaw | they may eat. | Deer | very | sweet will be. mundja e buttco Lamundja 6 k untagits Lamundja 6 6 Panthers | will be many. | Jack-rabbits | will be many di ts us no c k wut tsusna doktcdjiyan ya m st 6 c this | mountain on." | Yellow-jackets | he didn t like they say. | Nearly tci yis tuk kut 116 bunLtcintco tcunsisnats tc istcin ya e m g he killed them. | Blue flies | wasps (?) | he made | they say. naL gi ki ye e kuL guL daL ya c nl to n tca^ bun tc in Dog | his | with him | walked | they say. | Water will be big, he said ya c m ca na e di kwot wan t V 6 yacts ca na e to nai 10 they say, | "creek. | This | stream | some | small | creek j fish hi hen duL bun dja tc in ya e m tonai ncomundja 6 will go in" | he said | they say. | "Fish | will be good," tc in ya e m LO yac gaits Lamundja 6 Loyac Lamundja e 12 he said | they say. | "Trout | will be many, | suckers | will be many di kwot k aidoi ka l e a c bun dja e di ts us no e k wut this | creek. | Brush | will grow up | this | mountain on. tunnic t un naltc ul kal e a c tc istcin ya e m kwunteL 14 Manzanita, white thorn | grow | he made they say. | * Valley bufidja 6 djafi tc in ya e m intce e Lamundja 6 djail will be | here," | he said they say. | "Deer | will be many | here," tc in ya e m nom Lamundja 6 djan tc in ya e m djan IQ he said I they say. I Grizzlies I will be many I here, " I he said they say. I "Here ts usno e nat a bundja e tc in ya c m djan L c guc La- mountain | will stand up, " | he said | they say. l Here | rattlesnakes | will be many us The first element is the heart or vital principle. It usually has a possessive prefix. Then yis tuk must mean to do something to this which results in death. 92 University of California Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. mun dja e bi ne c do tel La niun dja e tc se 6 tco La mun dja e water-snakes | will be many, | bull-snakes | will be many 2 djari di ne k wut ne e ncobundja 6 tc in ya c m here. | This | land on | land | good will be, " \ he said they say. kwiinteL bundja 6 tc ibe natguL 6 $L ya e m gactco Valley | will be. " | Firs | he stood up along | they say. | Redwoods 4 Lahata natguL 6 $L ya 6 ni tc ibe dultcik untc wai- one at a time | he stood up along they say. | Firs, yellow-pines, | maul oaks tco natguL 6 aL ya c ni nomyacts noguLgax ya e ni he stood up along | they say. | Grizzly small he threw down | they say. 6 to ntce 6 bundja 6 tc in ya 6 m to neon bundja 6 djafi Water | will be bad, | he said they say. < < Water | will be good | here, tc in ya 6 ni bustclo Lamundja 6 djafi tc in ya 6 m he said | they say. | Owls | will be many | here | he said they say. 8 busbuntc Lamundja e djafi tc in ya ni tcllil La- l Barking-owls | will be many | here M | he said | they say. | Screech-owl | will be many mundja c djan tc in ya c m tcibowitc djitcwots La- here," | he said | they say. | " Little owl, | grosbeak | will be many," 10 mundja 6 tc in ya e m tc us sai e tcun Lamundja 6 dus- he said | they say. j "Bluejays j will be many, | grouse, tco ductc LonLgai Lamundja c djafi ts us no c k wut quails, | wood-rats will be many | here | mountain on" 12 tc in ya nl tcaLm Lamundja e tc in ya e m tcuntc - he said | they say. | Varied robins | will be many " | he said J they say. | Woodcocks gltco Lamundja 6 tc in ya c m buntcbul Lamundja will be many " j he said | they say. j l Yellowhammers | will be many, 14 tc laki 6 Lamundja c tcuntc baoa Lamundja 6 sei^- sap-suckers | will be many, | Lewis wood-peckers | will be many. | Mockingbird tcundunni tc olaki Lamundja 6 tc in ya c m seLtc 61 meadowlarks | will be many," | he said | they say. | "Herons 16 Lamundja 6 tc 6 Lamundja 6 ban yd Lamundja 6 tc in will be many, | blackbirds | will be many, | turtle-doves | will be many," | he said ya 6 m kwiyint Lamundja 6 tc in ya 6 ni seLk utdi they say. | Pigeons | will be many, he said | they say. | Kingfishers 18 tonai tc be bundja 6 tc in ya 6 m tcun t kuts tse tcim fish | will catch, " | he said | they say. | Buzzards, VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 93 datcan L,amundja e tc ussai e Lamundja djan tc in ravens | will be many, | chicken-hawks | will be many | here \ he said ya e m naco e k a Lamundja 6 djan tc in ya m ts iis- 2 they say. I Eobins | will be many j here \ he said | they say. | Moun tain tall no c nes dik wut intce e Lamundja* tc in ya e m this on j deer | will be many" | he said | they say. djan kwunteLbundja e tc in ya e m tc ibeuyaets bun- 4 1 Here | valley will be, " | he said | they say. | Firs small j will be. d ja wan t a e n tea bun dja tut buL tot buL 6 1 yats Some | large will be. | Kain | let fall, [ let it snow, 6 16 a noya tc in ya c m totbulde c taonyan to e let it hail, | clouds | let come," he said | they say. | "If it rain, | let streams rise. | Water 6 tea tcafi ole tutbul neonyan tok unha to n- let be large. | Mud | let become. | It rains; | it stops increasing | it stops raining. | Water | good con naoledja* nantya ya c m hai kal c a e tc istcin- 8 let it become again." | He came back | they say. | That | grow | he made place dun nan t ya ya c ni he came back | they say. clots citLa 117 nandaL 6duttge e ka l e a e e kwa nan 118 10 "My dog | my back | come along. | We will look." | Vegetation had grown. to nai nas de le kwa nan ca na ta se gun tea Ge kwa nan Fish [ had become j creeks in. | Eocks | had become large. n gun co ne kwa nan kakw tc qaL ya e m kakw? kowin- 12 It had become good. | Fast | he walked | they say. j Fast | walk yaL clots UL tc in ya c m ne n gun cone kwa nan my dog," | he told him | they say. | Land | was good. kwunteL slinekwanan kal c a e e kwa n^n Lene e ha e Lta - 14 Valleys j had become. | Had grown up | all | different kinds. k! to n us li ne kwa nan sakto slinekwanan tcoyiha 6 Water | had begun to flow. | Springs | had become. | "Again to bec e ai e nifi La e tainafi tc in ya e m ts i c ka- 16 water | I try. | You, | too, drink," he said | they say. | Brush | had grown up. ii7 c it La means literally my butt. us The suffix kwa nan indicates conclusive evidence of something which has happened without the knowledge of the speaker. 94 University of California Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. la e ekwanan kakw tc qaL ya e m ne c6 e gilaae c- Fast | he walked | they say. | Land | I made good, | my dog, 2 lots UL tc in ya e m kt01o kakw kowinyaL clots he said to him | they say, | his dog. | Fast | walk, | my dog. te unt aii nest ankwan ya e m nadll 6 nagi sane- Acorns | were growing | they say. | Pine cones | were hanging. 4 kwa nan nonktcun nes ya ne kwa nan tkoicts nesya- Tar-weeds | were ripe. | Chestnuts | were ripe. ne kwa nan k ai n cone kwa nan tunnuc etgayekwa- Hazelnuts | were good, j Manzanita berries | were getting white. 6 nan 119 Le ne e ha c L ta ki n co ne kwa nan t ga ya mun la ce e All | different kinds | were good, | for eating. (?) | Buckeyes n gun co ne kwa nan un tcun et ci ne kwa nan L6 tco nes- were good. | Peppernuts | were black, j Bunch grass | was ripe. 8 da ne kwa nan a dits kwi ya ne kwa n$n na kwofi bun da- Grasshoppers j were growing. | Clover | was with seed. ye e kwa nan cac dun n gun co ne kwa n^ii ts us no c kwi- Bear-clover | was good. | Mountains had grown. 10 y a ne kwanan se kwi ya ne kwa n^fi Lta kl tee gay an Kocks | had grown. | Different kinds | they eat n gun co ne kwa n^n c lots co I dul la ae to nai kwi ya ne- were good. | My dog, | we made it good. | Fish | had grown 12 kwa n$n tee ga mun to sl e dun na ni de le gun t e L ta - they will eat. | "Water-head-place | we have come | now." | Different kinds ki nes ya ne kwan n^n na hes del 6 ya e m ktf 16 huL nai- are ripe. | They went back | they say, | his dog | with him. | "We will go back, 14 duL tc in ya e m kakt^ ts usno 6 kwi ya ne kwa n^n he said | they say. | "Quickly, mountains | have grown," tc in ya e nl kwun te le kwa n$fi ne e Loyacgaicts kwi- he said j they say. | Flat had become j land, j Trout | had grown. 16 ya ne kwa nan to n con n gus H ne kwa n$n kak?/? ko- Water | good | was flowing. | Fast | walk. win yaL L ta ki n gun co ne kwa n^n co I dul la Ge kwa n^fi Different kinds | have become good, | we have made them good, The root is -gai, "white." VOL. 5] Goddard.Ktfp Texts. 95 clots kowunsulle ne e ngunc*>ne ts i e nesyanekwa- my dog. | It is warm. | Land j is good. B . iu h | has grown. n$n L ta ki ka l e a e e kwa n$n no; m gun La ne kwa n$n 2 Different kinds j have come up. | Grizzlies | ;rfave become many. t akwilm Le kwi ya ne kwa n,n tc. n gun co ne kwa nan Birds J have all grown. | Water | has become gooc! , Lo kwi ya ne kwa nan intce e Lan n/gaye tc egayan- 4 Grass j has grown. | Deer many | walk | they wilPiat. mun Le ne e ha e nes ya ne kwa n^n Can L ta ki Lo All j have grown. Many different kinds | grass ., ka l e a e e kwa n^fi wun do bun ne kwa nan do kwi na ye 6 have grown. | Some | were small could not grow wun kwanari L c guc gun La ne kwa n$n bine c dotel some | were. Eattlesnakes | have become many. | Water-snakes gun La ne kwa n$n ts unteL ta te UL ate e kwa n$n gfinLa- 8 have become many. | Turtles | have come out of water | have become many. ne kwa n$n Lan L ta ki kwi ya ne kwa n%n ts us no c Many | different kinds [ have grown. Mountains kwi ya ne kwa n^n kwunteL slinekwanan kaktr gunyaL 10 have grown. Valleys | have become. | Fast | walk. to taen^fi nin La c tain^n tc in ya c m kwlo Water | I drink. | You, | too, | drink, " | he said | they say | his dog. gunt e namdulle kundiintc nasdulline clots ont- 12 Now j we are coming back, j Close | we are, | my dog. j Look guc de k a ts us no 6 kwi y an kwan nes y an L ta ki here. | Mountains have grown. Have grown | different kinds. se kwi ya ne kw r a nan ts i e kal c a 6 e kwa nan Lene e ha e u Stones | have grown. | Brush J has come up. | All L ta ki nes ya e kwa nan na ni duL te le kun un dun ne different kinds | are growing. | We are about to arrive. | It is near, clots UL tc in ya e m nacdactele haide c tc in ya e m 16 my dog, " | he said to him j they say. I am about to get back | north j he said | they say, a tc un e nac dac te le hai de c nac dac te le hai de e nac- to himself. I am about to get back | north. " \ "I am about to get back | north. | I am about to get back dac tele haide e tc in ya 6 m atc un e 18 north," | he said | they say, [ to himself. kwun All. 96 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. III. TV :.E SECURING OF LIGHT. v (First Version.) no n aii dinuk ya e m us tun ya c m dise e His head | he placed j Jiuth | they say. It was cold | they say. | West n6 c n c aii ya e m us tun ya c m dide kwsl e his head | he placed i icy say. | It was cold | they say. | North j his head .v no e fi e an ya c m us tun ya e m diduk kt#si e no e fi e an he placed | they say. | 3t was cold | they say. | East | his head | he placed 4 yam gunsuL ya e m kwsi e t^yaetele 120 k atde 6 they say. | It became warm j they say | his head. | I shall go | soon. tc ttesya ya m naLgi dic^n ciye e bun tc in ya e m He started | they say. | "Dog | what | mine will be?" | he said j they say. 6 Lan Lta kits co e bel e ai c ya e m yaiintaii e naneLtal* Many | all kinds | in vain | he tried they say. | Mole | he kicked out ya e m dosdjiyane tc in ya m naneLt$l e yam they say. | "I do not want it/ | he said | they say. | He kicked out | they say, 8 Lon tc ge e nects di kwuc clo bun tc in ya e ni ka long-eared mouse. | f This | I guess | my dog will be " | he said | they say. I Come, kuc wo n^L. nes dun ne Le nes dun c wo na e un Lon no- go. | It is far. | Night far. | Are you hungry? Squirrel | you want 10 tciyan ucg^fi do ye donodjiyane tc unt aii no- I kill?" i "No. | We do not want it. | Acorns | we want, djiyane nakwofi nodjiyane ka kowo duL na- clover | we want. \ Come, | travel. | Swim across. 12 no bic 121 tc ttesdel* ya c m tc gunduL ya m doye- They went | they say. They went along | they say. | "I am tired. he e e nacyic 122 no tic tc ele ya m ka giduL tc in I will rest. | Lie down." | He sang | they say. | "Come, | we will go," | he said 14 ya e m kunundunne kwullucun tc in ya e m nokwe c they say. | " It is close | I guess " | he said | they say. | Your feet 120 The verb has an unusual and interesting form if it has been correctly recorded. Either te se ya te le or tu cac te le would have been expected. 121 The root is -bi e , -be e . Cf. Hupa -me e (III, 240). Hupa does not have a corresponding form -muw. 122 The root, -yic, is probably connected with a monosyllabic noun mean ing "breath." VOL. 5} Goddard.Kato Texts. 97 neon tc ttesdel* ya c m donadultcan tc gaL, ya e nl are good?" | They went on | they say. | He did not eat a meal. | He walked | they say. to can tangn ya*m kunundunne kwullueuii clots 2 Water | only | he drank j they say. | "It is becoming close | I guess, I my dogs." yaiintan* s usk ankwan tcunwiye tc neLin* wainyai Mole | had built a fire | tree under. J He looked at it. | He went around wakw 123 ts uLsan ya m da mean sul gits tin gi s us- 4 to one side; | he saw him | they say. | "Who is he?" | "Lizard it is. J Fire he has built, k an kwan tciin wi tc un e te in y a it Lon tc ge e nects tree | under," j he said they say | long-eared mouse. wakt# wai duL no tc OL san uii ye s e a ne no no duL 6 "One side | we will go around. | He might see us." | "House | stands, j You stop here. no tc un e kun nuc yl c ca sug gin de e u Lol k e kit to - To you j I will tell. [ Sun | when I carry [ its straps | you must bite off. yac bun bui, nun e gin tel noL te na c bun be noL ke e de c 8 With j I shall carry | you must leave. | You finish when co qo bun n huntc buL tc in ya ni djaii ha e s5 ti bun you must poke me | your noses j with," | he said | they say. | "Here | you lie. k adi 6 guLgel e de c yiheduL ske e 10 Soon | night when | you go in | after me. ye tc gun yai ya e ni tc si tcun ye bi e do c dji ya ne He went in they say, | Coyote | house in. | " Not I want tc an ntuclaL ctco heu e ya e tc in ya c m ctco 12 food, | I will sleep, J my grandmother." | "Yes," | they said | they say. | "My grandmother cgaLtcos watco heu e na e a e si bi e tc uskat yan- give me j blanket." | "Yes, | here." | Head | in it j he covered. | "You sleep, to la le ya c n to la le ya e n to la le di dji tc us wol k fin- 14 you sleep | you sleep." J "What | makes noise? | Before nun do kwa ni ya e n to la le ya c n to la le ya n to la le it did not do that." | "You sleep, [ you sleep, | you sleep." nestcut ctcaitc ctco ntuclaL ne ntcao tesiyaye ie "I am afraid of you, j my grandchild." | "My grandmother, | I was dreaming, j country large | I have traveled. 123 This adverb and the prefix, wa-, in the preceding word do not occur in Hupa unless it is that used in verbs of giving, etc. (Ill, 44). 98 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. do yl he 6 e ya e n to la le ya c n to la le ya n to la le ya e n- I am tired." | "You sleep, | you sleep, | you sleep." | They slept, 2 tes lax ya 6 ni LOII tc ge c nects nan t ya ya e ni kwuntc they sa/. | Long-eared-mice | came back | they say. | Their noses buL ts usqot ya e m ka e beniLke c e tc in ya e m Lon- with | they poked | they say. | "Well, | I have finished" | he said | they say, | long-eared-mouse. 4 tc ge 6 nects 6 dai e tc e na duL tc in ya e ni Outside | you go, " j he said | they say. nuns usdukk e 6 ya c m ca nuns us gin ya c m tc e- He got up | they say. | Sun | he took up they say. He carried it out 6 11 gm ya e m ka e L te na kuc dun na e yai in tan 6 they say. | "Well, | come on, we will run." | Mole ts uLsan yam ca tegin tc in ya c m sulglts ts uL- saw them | they say. | Sun | he carries, " j he said | they say. | Lizard | saw them 8 san ya c m ca teginkwan tc in ya e m tcun nun- they say. | Sun | he has carried, " | he said | they say. | Stick | he took up s us tan ya e m ye naneLgal ya c m tc yantc nun- they say. | House | he beat on | they say. | Women | got up 10 s ustk^ai 6 nakka e ha c kuctesnai ya c m tc si tcun both. | They ran | they say. j Coyote kwun tes yd ya e ni kwun I yol ya ni kakto kuc wo naL they chased | they say. j They followed him | they say. | ( Fast run, 12 clots tc in ya m UL tc in ya c m kwlo doyihe e my dogs, " | he said | they say. | He told | they say j his dogs. | I am tired gun t e tc in ya ni tc si tcun ye lin duil kun un dun ne now," | he said | they say, | Coyote. | "Yelindfm | is getting close," 14 tc in ya e ni to L cun e kwot hai k wut ta kun dun ne he said j they say. [ "Black water creek | this | country | close ylye dl nesundun ye s e ane tc in ya 6 m UL tc in there | this | far | house | stands," | he said I they say. He told 16 ya m kw 16 ya tcuL sai k wut bes gin ya e ni st 6 C co e - they say | his dogs. | YatcuLsaik wut | he carried it up | they say. | Nearly | I made it good, gllaoe haiyi ya c tc in ya c m heu e st 6 co e gulla- that," | they said | they say. | "Yes, | nearly | you made it good. 18 Ge kwa nan do be non sun kwan nail non del 6 ya nl tc - You were not hiding it. " | They stopped | they say | women. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 99 yantc se 6 le ha ta no no del dun ha e se 6 le ha ta "Stone | you become | there | where you are sitting, | stone | become." | There S3 slin c ya e m dokegines ya e m se slinnut hai- 2 stone | they became | they say. | They didn t speak | they say, stone | they became because. | Up duk 124 tc geL yam tk an 125 yiduk tk an dun he carried it | they say. | Ridge | up | ridge kasgiii 126 ya e m yebi e yenagutya ya e m dodanco e 4 he brought it | they say. | House in | he went again | they say. | Nobody I ko ne ye bi c k nas t gets ya c m tc e nan t ya ya e m knew it. | House inside | he looked around | they say. | He went out again | they say. c tug gun fats ya e m di kaj dac bun dja c hi gulkaL- 6 He sliced it up | they say. | This | shall come up j the | is going to be day when. de e di a tee ge gut cuk 127 olylbundja* kwetnun kal- This | atcegegutcuk | shall be called | afterward | shall come up. dacbundja* sunLants kal dac bun dja e c tug gut t as 8 Sunlantc | shall come up." | He sliced ya c m Lan c tug gut t as ya e m Lan goyane bundja e they say | many. He sliced | they say | many. | Stars | shall be di tc in ya e ni ya e ac ya bi c uii go ya ne ya e m 10 these" | he said | they say. | He put up [ sky in | stars | they say. iiutdo 6 sutta 6 co e tc ullaG di ca ka nac bun dja e dl- All gone, j First | he fixed, j * This j sun shall come up | east. duk k enacbundja e ca u na na dac bun d ja e ca tc in 12 It shall go down. | Sun | shall go around | sun," | he said yanl di Le e nagaibundja e unanadacbundja 6 ca they say. | This j night | shall travel, j It shall go around. | Sun suLbundja e nagai ustunbundja 6 di nakka e 14 shall be hot. | Moon | shall be cold, | these | two. c ta e di co da c128 c no dun 129 wun toL guc uil c nan "My father | something | up." | "Keep still. | Might be frightened." | My mother 124 The direction is west, hai duk meaning up hill, not east as it often does. 125 Cf . Hupa duk kan. 126 Cf . bes gin above used of the start at the foot of the mountain. 12 7 The name of certain bulbs, probably growing in clusters. 128 Most likely incomplete because of the interruption. 129 " Shut up, was the only meaning obtained. Its relations are quite unknown. 100 University of California Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. dlc6 e kal e a e kwaii on t guc dek a abi yenundac na- something | has grown. | Look [ there." | "Stop, | come in, | lie down again. 2 nun tuc on t guc di co c kaL ^uts tc yantc stm ya c n! Look, | something | is coming up. \ Woman | lay | they say. nilc cn^n didji tc guctci L e ufi heu c nununduk- "Say, | mother | what? | It is getting red." | "So it is. | Yes. Get up." 4 k e c nan on t guc L e un ha c ts us no e us sail y u I My mother, | look. " \ So it is. | Mountains | I see. | Over there, La e n con uil gi tc gus tci c n gun con un gi c nan di co too, | it is beautiful. | It is dawning. | It has become beautiful." | "My mother, | something 6 kas yai c n$n ts us no de luo n tea un gi qal un gi is coming up. | My mother, | mountain | burns, | large it is. | It moves, cn$n ndulm ungi cta c diki yoi caufigi k egun- my mother, we can see." | "My father, | what | yonder I" | "Sun it is." j "It is going down. 8 nac un gi ta un yai tc in ya e ni k wun nun kwn t I It went in the water, " | he said | they say. | Yesterday | it did the same. n tut dul laL c kik tee sut di co e kas yai o t guc c ta e "We will sleep. | My boys." j "Wake up. | Something | is coming up, j look. | My father, 10 diki kas yai on t guc do nagai ant e uwe qal- what | comes upf | Look." | "No. | Moon | it is." | "O yes. | It moves. ungi 130 cta e k^Luteungi cta tcoyiha c tc guctci*- My father | it is coming up. | My father | again | it dawns. 12 ungi cta e higuLkalungi yiskanungi nagai yoyl- My father | day breaks. | It is daylight. | Moon | is up there. ha e ufigi cta e mikts qal ungi k egunnac cta heu e My father | slowly | it moves. | It goes down, | my father. " j Yes, 14 k e nac tel ungi co e gilaGe nagai k enacbuii nakka e it will go down I fixed it. | Moon | will go down." | Two djm s ustiil tc sitcun ya ni days | lay j Coyote j they say. kwun L,n. That is all. He notes the fitness of the name " traveler. : VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 101 IV. THE SECURING OF LIGHT. (Second Version.) dise e kwsi e n6n c an ya e m dide e kwsi e n6n e qn West j his head | he placed | they say. [ North | his head j he placed ya e m dinuk kw?si e non e an ya e m diduk kwsl e 2 they say. | South | his head j he placed | they say. j East | his head n6ii e afi ya e m gunsuL ya e m kwsunda* onasllale he placed | they say. | It became hot | they say | his forehead. | "1 dreamed ca diduk tc ttesya ya e m Lon tc ge e nectc tak 4 sun. J | East | he started | they say. | Long-eared mice j three s uLsaii ya c m klo tc tteLtm ya c ni stci nolsutde he found I they say. | His dogs | he took along J they say. | "My heart J falls tak clo isani tc tteLtm ya e ni ca 6 ye tc ninya 6 three | my dogs I find." [ He took along | they say. | Sun | under | he came ya c m beL k e tcin nac bun nandacbuii cunqobun nuntc they say. "Ropes | you must bite off, | you must come back, j you must poke me j your noses buL watco wa e an tc oLyoL ya e m nto lale nto lale $ with. | Blanket | through | he blew | they say. | You sleep, you sleep. didaun tc ttesgin ya e m ca tegine tcin na ye From the east | he carried it | they say. j Sun | he is carrying \ one says. bagun tc ninya ya c m st 6 e cogilaae benonsiin- 10 Coast | he came | they say. | Nearly | I fixed it. \ " You were hiding it. kwan un gi se 5 le bun hai so yin dun ha e tes gin Stones become the you stand place. \ He carried ya e ni ca 12 they say sun. kaldac a tci gut tcuk tco sunLans suttuldac goyane* Morning star | atciguttcuktco, | sunLans, | evening star, | stars. s usda ya c m k^tci e nan c a ya e m nagai ca bent a u He sat | they say. | His mind | moved about | they say. | ( Moon, | sun, | you fly up yabi e k be nun La goyane 6 Ledun kasunyacbun k e- sky in. | You jump up | stars. | Morning | you must come up, | you must go down, 102 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. ninyaebun ne c bi na him dac bun diduk Ledun ka- world I you must go around. | East | morning | you must come up again. 2 na sundae bun candi mimdja* Sunshine shall be." skits tc enunya ya e m 6da.i e didjl sta e tc yantc Boy I went out | they say, | outside. "What, | my father?" | Woman 4 tc enunya ya c m goyane e ka l e a e kwafi un gi yabi e k went out | they say. | "Stars | have sprung forth | sky in." Le ne e ha kwa c a ya e ni L ta kr All | gare him | they say | different things. V. THE STEALING OF FIRE. kwofi e ndo c ya e m kwon c ndo e hut ski natcul 131 Fire | was not | they say. | Fire was not when | boy | orphan gulge c ya*m tc elgal ya c m tee ya e ni tesm e was whipped | they say. | He was thrown out j they say. | He cried | they say. | He looked 8 ya e m kwon e s am tc in ya c m kwofi* ussan tc unn! they say. | "Fire | lies," | he said | they say. | " Fire I find | he says. ski dan tci OL ge e tc e no* yas 6 ? t guc tc en yai ta tcl Boy | who whipped ? | Go out. | Look. " | He went out. | Where 10 kw6n ulsan dlde e kwoil 6 ussan on t guc 6 tguc fire | did you see?" | "North | fire | I saw. | Look." | "Look, Le ne e ha e ski kwon e yiL san kw^,n L e un ha o no l^n all. Boy | fire | has found." | "So it is. Go after 12 kwon e tatci tc sitcun kwato yac tc lelintc tatci fire. | Where | Coyote? | Go for him. | Humming-bird | where? kwo no l^n ka e tc le lintc tc nun yai tc si tcun tc qal Get him." | "Well, | Humming-bird | came. | Coyote | walks." 14 la*L ba c un to yas kwoii 6 6 no Ian Ten | go. | Fire | get. tc t tes yai ya e ni tc nun ya ya ni cic bl c kwa ne e They went | they say. | They arrived | they say | Red mountain. | His arms 16 ts usla ya e m kwoii 6 k wut djlkwofitco kwon k wut be held around it | they say. | Fire | on | Spider | fire | on 131 The word seems to be used of one entirely without relatives. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 103 s us tifi ya e m tc nulkut ya e m tc si tcun aco e ulle M32 lay | they say. They arrived | they say. | Coyote dress yourself. atcoucle tcun uno e tc in ya e m heu e tc in ya e m 2 "I will dress myself | tree | behind," | he said | they say. | "Yes," ] he said | they say. ki(/si e nes slinkwan ya m a de e tc us Lo kwan ya e ni His head | long | had become they say. | He had girded himself | they say. 6 t guc s ga e ci ye e cun dutc tc in ya e m tc le lintc 4 * Look at | my hair | mine, | cousin, " \ he said | they say. | Humming bird, ka c nm a co e ul le he u e tcu no c L tso s us lin kwan come, | you | dress yourself. " | " Yes, | tree behind. | Blue | he had become y a e ni L tcik us le tc in ya e m tc le lintc co tug guc 6 they say. | "Bed | I am," | he said | they say, | Humming-bird. | "Look at me." ka c nodo e oLk an nucdac kwon e ndoiungi tatcika "Well, I go ahead, build a fire, I will dance." "Fire is not." I "Where? k un kwon e ndulm e tc in ya e m nucdac Lene e ha 8 Just now | fire | we saw," | he said | they say. | "I will dance j all c noL m e tc do le yi ban tak tc do le ca nuc dac look at me. | Sing | eight | sing | for me. | I will dance," kac gun t gun m 133 he u e ya 6 n ya c ni Le ne 6 ha e nun yai 10 he exhorted them. | Yes, \ they said | they say. | All | came. tc gun dac ya e m gunt e kwon c134 qal tcun nadoL- He danced they say. | Now | fire | walked. | "Wood | pile up." a e heu c tcun natguL e ai e tc gun dac ya e m tc si- 12 " Yes." j Wood was piled up. | He danced | they say, | Coyote. tcuil tele lintc tcun natguL e ai e ulai e tc nesda Humming-bird | wood | piled up | its top | he sat ya c ni tc sitcuii kwdlce* tcuLnat naka e ha c ya e m 14 they say. | Coyote | his shoulders j licked | both | they say. kwofi 6 doslan dikwan yani tele lintc tc sitcM Fire | did not laugh j what he did j they say. | Humming-bird | Coyote 132 This and the following word consist of the reflexive a t(d)-; co , well; a-, verbal prefix ; root -le, to do. The t seems to drop in the imperative form. iss kac, plural third person of the pronoun; gun, postposition; tgunm = Hupa du wen ne. The word is said to be usually employed of public speak ing. is* In the use of "fire" for dji kwon tco, its possessor, we may see a figure of speech or an actual identification of the two. 104 University of California Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. L tc uii c ke nee m dac de e kwon e tc CL tac bufi tc Si- together | talked | "I dance when | fire you must carry out." | Coyote 2 tcuii tc nun dac kwtcok s usnat ya e m kwofi 6 tc - danced. | His testicles | he licked | they say. | Fire laughed gullan ya e m tclelintc kw6fi c tc eiLtan ya e m s us- they say. | Humming-bird | fire | he took out | they say. | He built a fire 4 k an ya e m na gul kal hai da e un ya c m ts us no e they say. | He walked back | from the north | they say. j Mountains stuggunLul naguLLUL ya c m haida e un Lene e ha e na- he set on fire. | He burned over | they say. | From the north | all | people G nec kwon e ye teL tan ya c m n con kwa e la Ge tc si- fire | took | they say. | "Well | he did | Coyote tcufi kwon e tclelintc neon kwa e laoe kwon e k t- fire. j Humming-bird | well | he did | fire | he stole. ; 8 teLtcode dinuk tunLut tc sitcun nanec Lene - South | you burn, | Coyote. | People | all ha c kwon e biye e bun heu c kacbl 6 tucLuLdja 6 yok fire | theirs | wiU be." | "Yes, j tomorrow | I will burn." | "Way 10 ne c unanunLubbun ya e kw6Ltc in ya e m tc tteLut earth | around you must burn," j they told him | they say. ] He burned along ya c m ot ukw? gunt e ne e L ut naniLutde Lene e ha they say. | * ( Way back | now | earth middle | we have burned, j All 12 kwon yeteLtane tc in ya e m gunt e namdulle fire | have taken, " | he said they say. j Now | we are getting back. kaku? gunyaL kundunne igilutungl heu e nan! dele- Quickly | walk. | Close we are burning." | "Yes, | we are getting back. 14 kwannf|n namdele We are back." kwun La.fi All. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 105 VI. MAKING THE VALLEYS. kwiyan tc y^nk ucts Lene e ha e diban intce e Old men, | old women, | all to other side J deer 6tc un e nasan* ya e m Lan ckik 135 nd< ilbuii 136 La e - 2 to them | moved | they say many. | My children |you must stay. | One only ha e n he OL ka kwic 137 yiskanit takwiLt^n ya c m guL- we will pass the night. | Daylight when | they were not home | they say. | It was evening gel e ya m tea kw guL gel e ya e m yiska^i ya e m tco- 4 they say. | It was very dark | they say. | It was day | they say. | Again yiha e yiguLkaL ya e m s dji don sut di 138 ya e tce ya e ni it was daylight, j they say. | I am lonesome, \ they cried | they say. cot nayaiLk an ya c m kwon e uLgullut ya e hesifi e 6 In vain | they built a fire, j they say | fire. J It was evening when | they looked, ya c m djinhut 6 nan kwa e 6ta e kwa e dona nee they say; | day time, J mother for | father | for. | Did not come back ya ni 8 they say. ndutdac tc in ya e m k I leaks kwiyants t ekts * Let us dance, " | he said | they say, | boys | larger boys | girls. he u c tc in ya e ni Lan to ? yas n dut dae tc in ya e ni 10 * Yes, " | he said | they say. | Many | come, | we will dance " | he said | they say. se e duntc tc e gul le c ya c ni de no yas c kik t ekts Sparrow-hawk | sang | they say. | l Here | come | my boys | girls de noL kut tc in ya e m n gun dac ya ni Lan c n^ii 12 here | come," | he said | they say. | They danced | they say, | many. | "My mother do ha e na un t ya ye cta e do ha e na un t ya ye ndutdac you haven t come home. | My father, | you haven t come home. | We will dance." Lan yiL kai se e duntc kt(; si e da e t a e waL k uts ya e ni 14 Many | days | sparrow-hawk | his head | feather | put in | they say. 135 Cf. Hupa xexaix, "boys" (I, 164, 16). ise The root is -II, used in the plural only. 137 Literally "night will pass for us," n he being used as object not subject, and the verb being clearly active in form. Cf. the Hupa use of verbs from the root -weL -wil -WIL with the same meaning except that -weL is used of darkness and -ka of the dawn. iss The last half of the word is of uncertain connection, the first part is "my heart. 106 University of California Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. nun dac kwan tun Le e djinhut ya e n! tutda e a e dise e They danced | night, | day-time | they say. | l We will take it | west 2 kwun teL bi e un e nun dac t gun nais c an ya e m ne e n ce e - valley in." | They danced. | They turned around [.they say, | Mud springs in. tcobi el3 to notc uLtal ya e m haise e yites e an ya c m Water j they kicked out | they say. | Down hill | they took it they say. 4 sais e an bi c n gun dac ya e m t gun nais e an ya e m hai de e Sand in they danced | they say. | They turned around | they say. | North yites^n ya e m kwunteLtsbi e haibanha e nainun c an they took it | they say. | Valley small \ the other side | they took it across 6 ya c ni hai da e un yl da e un yi tes e an ya e m ko wun teL they say, from the north. | From the north | they took it | they say. | Level kwe e buL nais e an ya e m kwun teL bi e k dinuk yi- feet I with | they took it around they say. | Valley in | south j they took it 8 tes e an ya m yinuk yiga e ^L ya e m tc ufi de gut- they say. | South | they were carrying it | they say. | Sound | they heard ts *$n ya e ni they say. 10 s kik n gun dac kwaii do ha e o ts un e na hes siint yai "My children | have been dancing. Not | to them | you went home," tc in ya e m naltkut ya e m ne e gun teL ya e m kwun- he said I they say. They came back | they say. | Ground | w r as flat | they say. | Valley 12 teL slin e ya e m dinuk kinnecgulsuL ya e n! dinuk became | they say. [ South | talking was heard | they say, | south. di duk kin nee gul SUL ya m 6 y acts ya e tc o SUL san East | talking was heard | they say. | Little | they heard 14 ya e m nutdo c 6 da 6 kanaxts I* ya e ni di de e uda they say. | It was gone. | Voices | they heard again | they say. | North j voices tulsuL ya e ni ot akto yide 6da e gul SUL yam came | they say. | Beyond | north | voices | came | they say. 16 nes dun 6 1 akw? yi de e 6 yacts na ya di ts ea ya e ni Far | beyond | north | little | they heard again | they say. haGe c dun c 6da yenaltsuL ya e nl nut do 6 ya e tc 6suL- Long time | voices | come again | they say. | It was gone | they heard 139 ne e "land," n ce e "bad," tco "big," bi c "in"; a large mud spring surrounded by mire. This spring disappeared after the earth quake of 1906. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 107 san ya*ni dinuk nesdun 6da e gulsuL ya e m ha- they say. | South | far j voices | came | they say. | Long time Ge e dM e 6da e yenaLtsuL ya e m kwun teL tco bi e hi- 2 voices | came again they say. | Bound valley in | south nuk 6da c yinaLtsuL ya e m kol gote tco bi e kwuntel- voices | came | they say. | Little Lake | valley becoming when te lit kwun teL n tcao te lit ha Ge e dun e nun dac ya ni 4 valley to be large when | long time | they danced | they say. yo yi nuk nes dun n gun do 6 y a e ni yo k ufi y 6 yi nuk Far south | far away | it vanished | they say, | way off | far south. yinaun oyacts nadeguttsan ya e m ne e k wut nas- 6 From the south | little | they heard again | they say. | Land on | it was again because lin c iit kwan hut na gut tea ya e m tc un ne e L e ut nas- it was big again | they say | noise. | World middle | it had become when lin e kwanhut tc un gun tea gunt e kundufi naslifi e 8 noise | increased. | Now | close | it became ya c ni nai ga e ^L ya e ni yi na uii 6 1 qkw yi de c nai ga- they say. j They were bringing it back they say. | From the south | beyond j north | they were bringing it baclc e ax ya e m ne e utcidun haida e uii naihes e aii ya c m 10 they say. | "World-its-tail-place" | from the north | they took it back | they say haida e un wun gut ti yac ya m wun intce 6 guile from the north. | Some | became old they say. Some | deer | became ya e m ots inne ya c d6muii ya e m tc nun nas ya e nl 12 they say. | Their legs "| became small | they say. | They ran off | they say. ts i e bi e nom guile ya e m kun dun naslin e ya e nT Brush in grizzlies | they became | they say. | Near | it became | they say. ts usno 6 bita yegunnac ya e m dida c ufi kunduntc 14 Mountains | among | they went in | they say. | From the north | very close nasliii 6 ya ni tc un kinoldel haiduk ye gin a i e it became | they say. | Noise | went. | East | they went in ya e m yinuk yigunnac ya e m hainukkV seta dun 10 they say. | South | they went in | they say. | South along | Eock creek ye gi nai e ya e ni n gun do e ya e ni they went in | they say. j It vanished I they say. | kwun T.aii All. 108 University of California Publications. [AM.ARCH.ETH. VII. THE PLACING OF THE ANIMALS. skik teLkut ya c m nakka c beL tc tteslai ya e m Boys | went | they say, | two. | Ropes | he carried | they say. 2 gul k an ya c m kac kits na tc 6 Lo k I lekts 140 nak ka e - A fire was | they say. | Old man, | Set snare | boys, | two in a place taha tc 6li c dja e nakka 6 tcun nadoL c a e bun nakka e nak- let be caught. | Two | sticks | let stand on end. | Four 4 ka* 141 tesdel e ya c m ts i c bi c natgutLon ya e m tc us- went j they say. | Brush in | he set snares | they say. | He caught li* 142 ya e m La* tcoyiha 6 bun t gl yot 143 tc usli* ya e m they say | one. | Again | he drove, | he caught j they say. 6 ts I e k wunno c aii ya e m dinuk tc ttesm* ya e n! Brush ] on he placed | they say. | South | he looked | they say. tco yi ha c ts I k wun no e an ya e m ka e wun do e ac Again | brush on he put | they say. | "Quick, | take off 8 ts I e tc in ya e m tcoyiha e wundo te ac ts i e de e - brush," | he said | they say. "Again | take off brush." | Spike buck. soctc 144 tcoyiha 6 delkucts 145 wuntgiin e an ya e ni ckik Again | fawn | he took it off j they say. j Boys 10 nanya ya e m ta^ tci tesya doha e nantya tc in came | they say. | "Where | did he go? | He hasn t come back," | he said ya e nl ta* tci La e do ha c n^n t ya tc in ya e ni ta ? tci they say. | "Where | other one | he hasn t come back?" | he said | they say. | "Where 12 tc t tesya ciye c ckits dide e tc t tesdele tc in ya e nl did he go, | my | boy?" | "North | they went," | he said | they say. ka c tucke e doha e kwe e ts uLsankwan ya e m ka e ci "Well, | I will track him." | Not | track | he found j they say. | "Well, | I 140 Cf. Hupa kilaxutc, "boy" (I, 360, 3). 1*1 The Kato say l two-two instead of using a word corresponding to Hupa dink. 142 Cf. Hupa tcisloi, "he played" (I, 144, 4). 143 For the first syllable cf. Hupa min- in several words containing this root listed on page 221 of Vol. III. 144 de e "horn," -sos- "pointed," -tc "small." The s of the second syllable has been assimilated by the following c. 140 Cf. Hupa dilleaxutc "deer-skin" (I, 230, 14) used in a dance, but the usual word for fawn. It may mean spotted, since the skins used in dances are often from deer which have retained their spots in part. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 109 La* tucke e ndoye doha e ussan tc in yam nom too I will track." I "There is none. I I didn t find it/ | he said j they say. I "Grizzly kwe* ucsanne tc in ya m nanec kwe ndoye tc in 2 track | I found/ | he said j they say. j "Human | track | was not" | he said ya e m na^ityai d6ha e ts uLsan kwe c they say. | He came back. | He didn t find j track. ta t as intce c nakka e con con kwa la intce e 4 "Butcher | deer | two." | "Very well | you did | deer ckik tc in ya e m waun c an gulk an kwofi e but bun my boys" | he said | they say. | He gave them. Fire was | fire. | "Stom ach for, tell* bun tc eLna* bedul c ai c neon guLcunne tc in 6 its liver for | roast. " | " Let us try it. | Good | it smells, " | he said ya e m bete guts tc gunal* ya e m tc gulkut nconne they say. | He bit it. j He chewed it | they say. | He swallowed it. | "It is good. nin sanax; 146 tc in ya c m ka c ci bec e ai e ci tc in 8 You I put in your mouth, " | he said | they say. | Well, | I | will try it, j I " | he said ya m tc n naL dun 147 ci bec e ai e tc in ya c m ci La e they say. | Te naLdun | "I | I will try it" | she said | they say. | "I, j too, bec e ai e tc in ya c m diun es c a e ya c m ci La e bee- 10 1 will try it, " j she said ] they say. Up there a row was I they say. j "I, | too, | I will try it. c ai e ncoiiufigi tc in ya e m tV bec e ai e ci tc in It is good" | she said | they say. "Haw | I will try it, | I" | she said ya m La c tcoyiha 6 tc nnaLdufi tc in ya e m ci La ]2 they say. j Another | again | tc naLdun | she said | they say. | "I, j too, bec e ai e te in ya e m ci La c bec c ai e tc in ya e ni I will try it," | she said | they say. | "I, | too, | I will try it," j she said j they say, tc nnaLdun bec c ai e ci La e tc in ya e nl tc yantc ci 14 tc naLdun. | "I will try it, | I, | too," j she said | they say. | Old woman, I bec c ai e tc in ya 6 m k^ckitsta ci bec ai c intce e will try it, " \ she said | they say. Old men | ( I | will try | deer 146 Cf. Hupa prefix sa- with identical meaning (III, 58). 147 An adolescent girl who was forbidden meat for a year or more by usual taboo of this region. Why she eats meat in this tale is ob scure, but it may be so told to emphasize the monstrosity of the grizzly bear people. 110 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. 6si e cl La c bee e ai e but tc in ya e m ts un tuckaL, its head | I | too, | I will try | stomach," | he said they say. | "Bone | I will break 2 blge e tc in ya m ka c cl utcge bec e ai c tc in marrow, " | he said | they say. | Well, | I | its ears | I will try, " | he said ya e m ka c cl kwe c us sut ka e cl 6 so e de die tun they say. | Well, | I | feet | I will pound. | Well, | I | its tongue | I will put in fire 4 kwo e mi e tc in ya e m tc ucqot osuts tc in yam fire in," | he said | they say. | "I will stretch | its hide," | he said j they i" say. nakka* osuts ncone clye e t e e tc in ya e m tc 6 - "Two | hides | are good, | my j blanket," | he said | .they say. | "Pound 6 sut tc un t an bi no Le 148 k t dul ts eo bun naL gi acorns. | Soak them, j We will eat soup. | Dog ts un wa e ac yog^c tc in yam no in y in naLgl bones | give. | Let him chew them," | he said | they say. | She put them down | dog 8 yan in tce c ts un ta tci buL sk V tc in ya c m kac- ate | deer | bones. | "Where | with | mush?" | he said | they say. | "Give them gun kac tc in ya e m tc n na dul yea in tce e kwa e tc in he said | they say. | l We will drive | deer for him, he said 10 ya e ni ban to yac k V to bul lut k,cts to guc te- they say. | Many | go. | Arrows | carry. | Knife | carry | sack in le bl e no ac tc in ya 6 ni buL g*ul gus 149 to tic na ka e put it," | he said | they say. | "Fire-sticks | carry | two. 12 OL k an bun in tce e gut tc a ne ta gut t ats bun tc in You will build a fire. | Deer | is shot | will be butchered," | he said ya c m tcoyiha 6 intce e guttc an tcoyiha e intce e gut- they say. | Again | deer | was shot. | Again | deer | was shot 14 tc an ya e m naLgT toLtuc intce e yiLtcubbun ta - they say. | "Dog | take. | Deer | he will catch. | Butcher. t as tc wo buL ye bi ufi e tc yan Id ya mufi tc in ya 6 ni Carry it j house in. j Women | will eat, " | he said | they say. 16 tc CL na e n to laL in tce c u ye ya do go he c e tc in ya c m "Cook it. | Go to sleep. | Deer | under | you are tired" | he said | they say. i-ts Cf. Hupa root -LU -Le (III, 239). !* buL "with" and a root corresponding to Hupa -wis, "to twist, to rotate" (III, 227), used of fire-making with the drill. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. Ill ya 6 nt6* gullaL kacbi e so da bun kaebi tc in ya e ni Go to sleep. | Tomorrow | you will stay, | tomorrow," | he said | they say, nun ka t I nun 150 na ke e t e ki Le ne e ha e na be tc in 2 chief. | "Bathe | girls | all | swim, 77 j he said ya e ni no sl e te na tcoL de tc in ya e ni kac bi e c$n they say. | l Your heads [ wash, " | he said | they say. | * l Tomorrow | only ta o yac buii hai ban se k M tc in ya e nl dun dai OL- 4 you will live by the river | after that | Black rock/ | he said | they say. I * Arrowheads | you will make tcl bun tc in ya e ni na kwoii tc 6 ya mun slus tc 6* - he said | they say. | "Clover | you will eat. | Ground-squirrel | you will eat. ya mun Lan k un ta gits tc 6 ya mun 6 dji e OL tuk buii 6 Many j jack-rabbits | you will eat, | you will kill, 7 tc in ya ni cac dun tc wo buL bun gul kotc tcun tc - he said j they say. | "Bear-clover | you will carry. | (Angelica | you will carry. wo buL bun hai da e un tcl gel tcantc tc wo buL bun tc in 8 From the north | (bulbs) | you will carry," j he said ya e nl ductco 6 dji c OL tuk bun tc in ya e m oweci wo ? - they say. | "Grouse | you will kill," | he said | they say. | "Eggs | you will carry," guL bun tc in ya e ni ducts we ce wo guL bun Lon L- 10 he said | they say. | "Quail | eggs | you will carry. | Wood-rats gai Lan o dji e OL tuk bun tc in ya e m many | you will kill," | he said | they say. ts ufi intce c kac kits ts un tc teLgal ya m di- 12 Bone | deer j old man, j bone | he threw | they say, | east. duk ts un tc teLgal ya e ni dlde e ts uii tc teLgal Bone | he threw | they say, | north. | Bone | he threw yam dinuk ts ufi tc teLgal ya e m bagun noni u they say | south. | Bone | he threw | they say | coast, j "Grizzly diduk bundja 6 tc in ya e m buttco diduk bun- east j will be," | he said | they say. | "Panther | east | will be, 77 dja e tc in ya c m buts diduk bundja 6 tc in ya c m ie he said | they say. | "Wildcat | east | will be, 77 | he said | they say. noni dinuk bundja e tc in ya e m buttc5 dinuk "Grizzly | south | will be, 77 | he said | they say. | "Panther | south 150 The Hupa have a word ninxaten, meaning "rich man, chief. 112 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. bundja* tc in ya e nl buts dlnuk bundja 6 tc in will be," | he said | they say. | "Wildcat | south | will be," | he said 2 ya nl bagun buttco bundja tc in ya c m nonl they say. | Coast | panther | will be, " | he said | they say. | Grizzly bundja e baguri tc in ya e m buts bundja* ba gun will be | coast/ | he said | they say. | "Wildcat | will be | coast," 4 tc in ya e m sa tco dlduk slm* ya e nl Ltsogufi he said | they say. | Fisher | east | became | they say. | Fox dlduk slm e ya e ni la e nes dlduk slln c ya e nl tc - east | became | they say. | Eaccoon | east | became | they say. | Coyote 6 sitcun diduk slm yam sleLk ucts diduk slin c east | became | they say. | Skunk | east | became ya e nl sis diduk slln e ya e m sa ts diduk slm they say. | Otter | east | became | they say. | Mink | east | became 8 ya e m doll diduk slm c ya e m L e guc diduk slm e they say. | Bear east | became | they say. | Eattle-snake | east | became ya e nl tc se c tco dl duk slln ya e ni bl ne e do tel tcin they say. | Bull-snake | east | became | they say. | Water-snake 10 slm< ya c m diduk t adulk uts diduk slm c ya e ni became | they say | east. | Milk-snake | east | became | they say. sulglts diduk slm e ya e m tc ah^l diduk slm e Lizard | east | became | they say. | Frog | east | became 12 ya m dul lantc dl duk slln e ya c nl be e lin ts e k e- they say. | Salamander | east | became | they say. Eel, j day eel, nects LO yacts dl duk slm c ya nl LO yac gaitc da- sucker | east | became | they say. | Trout, | hook-bill, 14 tca e hal ges slm c ya c nl diduk Lok slln e yam black salmon | became | they say | east. | Steelhead | became | they say, diduk east. 16 se 6 laii ts ufi gasut ts ufi 6 sut tc in ya e m "Stones | get | bones j to pound. | Bones j pound," | he said | they say. n co ne ts un bl ne o f sut tc in y a nl qot 6 l sut " It is good. I Bone | back | pound, " | he said | they say. Knee | pound, 18 tc in ya e nl La c qot 6 sut tc in ya nl kwe e 6 sut he said | they say. | "Other | knee | pound," | he said | they say. | "Foot pound, ; VOL. 5] Goddard.Ka-to Texts. 113 tc in ya c m 6la e 6 sut tc in ya e m t undunha e he said | they say. J "Its hand | pound," | he said | they say. | "All the time 6 sub bun ts un do ha e tc n daL tue bun n co ne in tce e 2 you will pound j bones. | Do not waste them. | Are good [ deer ts un tc in ya e m but di tco OL tcufi 6 dji k e 6 Lo bones," | he said j they say. "Stomach | clean out. | Small intestines j braid. con kwa Lin 6de e tcuno te ac ts i c bi c yihe ae be- 4 Well | do it. | Its horn | take away. | Brush in | take them. | Hide them. no sun k wa c n co ne in tce e k wa e tc in ya e nl Tallow | is good | deer | tallow," | he said | they say. t undunha e 6 gaii intce c tc in ya e m kV tcoLt a 6 All the time | kill | deer, " | he said | they say. | Arrows | put feathers. kacts ta cut s uLtifi e 6 gas 151 tele e 6 Lo tc in Knife | make. | Bow | scrape. | Sack | weave," | he said ya e m si e bis e an 6 Lo tc in ya c m ki tsa e 6 Lo 8 they say. j "Head net | weave," | he said | they say. | "Basket-pot | twine, 7 tc in ya c m 6 6 est OLSUL tc in ya e ni tc usts 6 Lo he said | they say. | "Pestle | peck," j he said | they say. | "Mill-basket | twine, tc in ya c m tc ga 6 Lo tc gats 6 Lo tc in ya c m 10 he said | they say. | "Basket-pan | twine, | small basket-pan | twine," | he said | they say. ki tsa e tco ki tsa e yacts 6 Lo c nee tsel in buL SUL tci "Large basket-pot | small basket-pot [ twine, | basket-dipper, | seed- beater 6 Lo tc in ya e m ts al 6 ? Lo s kits yac ba tc in 12 twine," | lie said | they say. | "Basket-cradle | twine | baby small j for" | he said ya e ni in tce e 6 de e bi e teen 6 an dul so ya c ni o de c yi teL- they say. | Deer their horns | they shed | blue | they say. | Their horns ! fall off del c kai Lut in tce e k t te bll e na tc us gel tc t tes- 14 winter middle. | Deer | they gathered up. | They made into a pack. | They carried gin ya e ni n^k ka c te gin ya e ni ye dun na gin tc eL- they say. | Two | carried it | they say. | House place | they brought it. | It is roasted. nai c ya e gun yafi tc ek yi gun yan s kits ye gun yafi 16 They ate it. | Women | ate it. | Children | ate it. Cf. Hupa root -was "to shave off, to whittle" (III, 224). 114 University of California Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. tc geqot usuts ya c m beL Lan gutduts ya e m Ida- They stretched j its hide | they say. | Eope | much | is twisted | they say, | (a kind of rope) 2 ki Ida din tee intce e guttc an nakai tesyai ya e m is made (I). | Deer | was shot. | Alive | it went | they say. gultcat ya e m telke 6 intce e ya e m 6de c ntcao They shouted | they say. | Was tracked | deer | they say, | its horn | large. 4 naLgl yiLtcut ya e m yeguntciin ya e m Dog | caught it | they say. | He smelled it | they say. | kwun Lan All. VIII. THE SUPEENATUKAL CHILD. skits tee 152 ya m djm nesdun Le e nesdiin yi- Baby | cried | they say. | Day | long, | night | long | it got light when 6 guLkalit ski tee ya c m tcoyiha* yatguLtiic ya c m baby | cried | they say. | Again | they carried it around | they say. da t ya c$n ski ya c n ya e m na tc 6 buL na be yaL tcl "What is the matter [ baby?" | they said | they say. | "Take it again." | It swim | they made 8 ya e m kVutta kaya nte ya c m 6la c bl k 153 kwe e - they say. | On it places | they looked | they say. | Its hands in, j its feet in bi e k kaunte ya m osi e k wutta kaya e nte ya c nl she looked | they say. | Its head | over | they looked | they say. 10 6tcge e bi e k kaya e nte ya e nl cglyale nin untan Its ears in | they looked | they say. | I am sleepy. | You | take ski do ski ye kwul luc ce no hin 5 tan c gi ya le hai baby. | It does seem like baby. | You (plu.) | hold it. | I am sleepy. [ That 12 kwunL^n yiskan dontuclale no hin noLln e cki ci- many | days | I have not slept. [ You (plu.) | look at it. | Baby ( mine ye 6 datyacokwuc tc in ya e m dan can ski dl dl- something is wrong," | she said | they say. | "Some kind | baby | this. | It may be broke. 14 kwMeyasla na* Ge tc tduLt 6 5 kwuc ya e n ya e m Carry it. | Something stung it I guess," | they said [ they say. 152 Cf. Hupa root -tcwu -tcwe (III, 280). IBS Cf. Hupa meuk which has the same meaning (I, 157, 11). VOL. 5] Goddard. Kato Texts. 115 do kwin nus s$n ne buL o t yin 154 Lan yiL kai tes I ne " I do not know. | Doctor it. | Many | mornings | I have looked ski utc un* ticandi ski do cki ye kwa n$n hai kwun- 2 baby j on account of. | Some kind j baby. | It is not baby. | This | many Lan yiLkai dontuclal tc iLt ot 155 oLtci ntuclaL nights | I have not slept. | It suck | make. | I will sleep. nabe OLtci dan te co kwuc cut ankwue datyac^fi di 4 It bathe | make. [ Something wrong I guess because | it cries I guess. | Some kind | this cki nohm naLte kakosileae gunt e nahotunn^c baby. | You (plu.) | carry it. | I am sick | now. | We will move dide* toLbuL ski ts albuLa heu tucbuL djafi 6 north. | Hang up | baby | basket-cradle and all." | "Yes, | I will hang it up." | "Here un tee bun no do hai de e tc ufi no nun yin na hun dac you may cry. " | < Come. | North toward j they moved. | Go back. ski ontgucbun bedunkwic kwun ye dul tuc tel 8 Baby | see. | It is dead I guess. | We will bury it. nahestyai ski utc un 6 bi teen ya kw$n 156 ya m He went back, j Baby [ close by | he had come out | they say, ts $lbi e haita nagusmickwan yam sakto e bi e nagus- 10 basket in. | There | he had been playing | they say. | Spring in | he had been playing nickwaji ya e m Lo ? tc tet atskw^n ya m tc ucteL- they say. j Grass | he had cut off | they say. | He had spread kwan ya e m tobi c s usdakwan ya e m tc t tes ya kwan 12 they say. | Water in | he had sat | they say. j He had gone ya c m ca na yacts na un guL a e kwan ya e ni tcun si e ts they say. | Creek little | he had made a weir | they say. | Pine cones no la kwan ya e m n^kka 6 tc kak batse yetc gun ^ii- 14 he had put down | they say. | Two | net-poles | he had put in kwan ya e m tc kak L6 buL s usLSiikw^n ya c m they say. | Net | grass | with | he had woven | they say. tc t tes y ai kw^n yide e ya e m tc ek as tc is tcin kw^n 16 He had gone j down | they say. | Brush fence | he had made is* Literally "with it you (plu.) stand." iss Cf. Ill, 267. IRC That the incidents which befell the child are inferred from the evidence left on the ground is indicated throughout this tale by the suffix -kwan. The suffix -x5 Ian is used in a similar manner in a Hupa story (I, 185). 116 University of Calif ornia Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. ya e m bet. 116*11 e $n kwan ya e ni tc e k as tc is tcifi kwan they say. | Ropes | he had put | they say. | Fence | he had made 2 ya e ni tc t tes ya kwan ya c ni s us k an kw$n ya c ni na- they say. | He had gone they say. | He had built fire | they say. | He had made a weir unguL e a e kwan ya e m s usk ankw^n ya e m they say. | He had built fire | they say. | His foot 4 oyacts s ku wun yafi kwan ya c m kwkwe c gun tcaa kwan small | had grown | they say. | His foot | had become large yam tetantco kwuts gun yai kwan ya e m naunguL- they say. | Stream large | he had come down to | they say. | He had built a weir 6 akw$n ya c m naitguL e a e tc kak yite gun e an- they say. | He stood up a stick, | net | he had put on it kw$n ya e m ts untsi 6 s ustinkw^n ya c m ktc- they say. | Downhill head | he had lain | they say. | His foot 8 kwe e guntcaokw^n ya e m kwon e oyacts s usk an- had become large j they say. | Fire | small | he had built kw^n ya e m tc ttesyai yide tcun swoltc naka e no- they say. | He went | north. | Stick | small | two | he had put down 10 lakw^n ya c m tc gattsV tc kak buL s usLonkw^n they say. | Iris | net | with | he had woven ya e ni LO yacts kwa k e e o yacts s us Lon kw^n ya e ni they say. | Suckers | its net | small | he had woven | they say. 12 k a c tc us t a kwan hut noun tan kw^n ya e m tunnibi 6 Arrows | he had feathered when | he left there | they say. | Eoad in ts k^Ldun s uLtin 6 nount^nkwan ya e m tc ttesya- he had walked place | bow | he had put down | they say. | He had gone 14 kw$n ya e m kacts no c n e ankw^n ya e m tc k^Ldun they say. | Knife | he had put down | they say. | He had walked place buL gul gus na t guL c a e kwg,n ya e ni firesticks j he had stood up | they say. 16 gunt e ski tesyaye ciye e haide e naLtcebun ca 1 Now | baby | went | mine | north | you must catch | for me, ; tc in y a e m do dul sus he toL ke bun d5 yl de he e e ne c n- she said | they say. | ^We didn t see him." | "You must track him." | We are tired. | Land is large, 18 tcao tes dul ke e e na wo t los bun tc in ya e ni do dul sfis- we tracked him." | "You must bring him back," | she said | they say. "We didn t see him. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 117 he mye e ski duthiyadji do ye tee kwa* 157 ylguLka- your | baby." | "What is the matter?" | "No. | She cried until j day. le la^ba 6 !!^ ylLkai kwuctcugge ski hai kwane- 2 Ten | nights | she has cried about it. | Baby | that | he did because. tel kwan hut ski wa no it age ski con Lgai danha e Baby | she wants. " " Baby | good | white | is like. dociye ski kwan hut dico e ski ye kw$n n$n tc in ya c m 4 Not mine | baby because. Some kind | baby it was, j she said | they say. do ha e kw 6 tci do ski ye kw^n n$n co tci gun ya ne ci ye c Do not cry for it | not baby it is. \ "I love | my cki do ha c den fiel le st 6 e tee no nun a ne tee buL do- 6 baby. | It did not stop, j Nearly it killed us | crying with. | We did not sleep. ha e n tes di la le Lan yiLkai tesdiine ski dicoyekwan- Many | nights | we watched it. | Baby | some kind it is nan ski do ha kw un ce ci ye e tc ek do kw uc tee te le 8 baby. " | "Do not for it cry, | my | woman. " | "I will not cry. s usk ankwan ya e m oyacts tcun swoltc nola- He had built fire | they say, | small. | Sticks | small j he had put down kwan ya e m oltc wai 6tcibi c s usli e kwn ya e nl 10 they say. | Eel-pot | its bottom in | he had tied [ they say. s iis Lori kwan ya e m nes tobi e noun tan kwan ya e m He had woven | they say. | Long, | water in | he had put | they say. tcunsi 6 ts tonai tc OL yi kwan hut tc k^ckwan ya m 12 Tree-heads (cones) | fish | he had named when | he caught | they say. te gats e* tc kak b! 6 nuntc ut ts us tcin kwan ya e m Iris | net in | strings | he had made | they say. buLteqot tc gun duts kwan ya c m tc ttesya ylde e to- 14 Net rope j he had twisted | they say. | He went north. | Water large in n tcaG bi e nax e a e kwan ya e ni he had made weir | they say. ski ciye e tesiLbulle tee gut Lan yiLkai tc in IG 1 Baby | mine | I hung up it cried because | many | nights, j she said ya e ni toLke e bun ya e n ya e m otcomtcane doyihe 6 et they say. | "You must track it," | they said | they say. "I will leave it | I am tired because. na hue dac te le naL kut de e na wo t los bun tc in ya c ni is I will go back. | You come back if | you must bring it back " ) he said [ they say! 157 Cf. Hupa suffix -ux (III, 304). 118 University of California Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. nes dun te SOL ke c de o tco no tcic bun tc in ya e m cki * Far | you track it if | you may leave it, he said j they say, | baby. 2 tcoyi nun ya ye kwan nan hai otcomtcane nes dun Another | came. | That | I left | far tes ya hut tc in ya ni kwun 1411 6 tco dut tc$n tc in he went because," | he said | they say. | " Enough, | we will leave it," I he said 4 ya e m nadutya yebi c ufi e doyehe c e towun tgibae they say. | "We will go back | house toward. | I am tired. | Water for | I am thirsty. nes dun tesiyahut doyehe e e stca gun tele Far | I went because, | I am tired. | I will sleep." 6 ca na kwuts gun yai kw^n ya e ni na un guL c a e kw,n Creek | he had gone down to | they say. | He had made a weir ya m tc kak noun tan kw$n ya c m s us k an kwan they say. | Net | he had put in | they say. | He had built fire 8 ya e ni tc t tes ya kw$n ya e ni y I de yo yi de c nes dun they say. | He had gone | they say, | north, | way north. | Far yo on ca na n tcao na nun ya kwg,n ya ni do ha e nan- over there | creek | large | he had crossed | they say. | He did not make weir 10 guL e a e kw3<n ya c ni tc iyacts ts test^n ya m yide c they say. | Canoe | he took | they say, | north. k teLtcot ya e m nes dun tc ttesya ya c m yoylde e He stole it | they say. | Far | he went | they say | way north. 12 doha e kw?kwe e guls^n ya*m tac^n tc ttesya ya c m Not | his track | was found | they say. | Somewhere | he went | they say. kie>kwe e co kannte ya e m doyaLsus ya c m His foot | in vain | they looked for | they say. | They did not find j they say. 14 da ta bes ya kwuc ya c n ya e m dide e tobi c tun yae l On the bank he climbed I guess, | they said | they say. [ North | water in j you go, ya e kwuLtc in ya e m sis niii tun yae dide ff ya e kwuL- they told him | they say. | "Otter, | you | go | north," | they told him IQ tc in ya c m sa ts naL gi Lgai ka e niii turn mic di- they say. | Mink, | ducks white, | "Well, j you | swim | north. de< na kwuL sus bun n do ye nes dun co e m bi ne 158 You must find him." | "No. | Far | in vain I swam." IBS Hupa has a form -men besides the more frequent -me (III, 240). Their connection is not clear. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 119 ta co kwuc tc in ya e ni ~kw kwa e na Lut ta cu kwue "Somewhere I guess/ | he said | they say. | "For him | you burn. | Somewhere I guess, " tc in ya e m yoyide 6 nesdun gulsan ya e ni yoyide e 2 he said j they say. | Way north | far | he was seen | they say. | Far north skits qale gulgellit tc in ya e m Laha e nanec yida e un baby | is walking | evening when/ | he said | they say, j one | person j from north. nun y a hut tats ustankwan ya c m bi c tc iyactsbi* 4 He came when, | he had taken from the water | they say. | In | canoe in s usk ankw^n ya c m tc t tes y a kwa^i yam yide c he had built fire | they say. | He had gone | they say, | north. nasLutkwun ya e ni dan can naisLut ya c n ya c m dl- 6 He had burned | they say. j "Who | is burning? " \ they said | they say. | "North de k illek qale k a c yigullele s ultin* muL di- boy | was walking. | Arrows | he was carrying | bow | with | north, 7 de e tc in ya c nl doodultsutde dan co kwuc d6tc un e - 8 he said | they say. | "We didn t know him. | Stranger. | We did not speak kunnutdiyice utc un e nesdiin yoyide 6 qale yanun to him. | Far | way north | he was walking/ | they said. tantco kwutsts gunyakwan ya e m nan guL e a e kw^n 10 River j he came down to | they say. | He had made weir ya e m kwon c uyacts s usk ankw^n ya e m tcun they say. | Fire | small | he had built | they say. | Stick swoltc n^kka 6 nolakw^n ya e ni Loyacts tc gunkan 12 small | two | he had put down | they say. | Suckers | he had netted. ts neLyan 6si c kw6n c mi c s c an ya m yide c ts ttes- He ate up. | Its head | fire in | lay | they say. | North | he had gone ya 6 tus kwan ya e ni ca na e kwuts gun ya kw$n ya e ni na- 14 beyond it | they say. | Creek | he had come down to | they say. | He had made weir uii guL <a kw^n ya e m tc kak buL no tcun tan kwan they say. | Net with | he had held ya c m Lok tc gun k^ii kwan osi e kw6n e muna s e an 15 they say. | Salmon | he had caught. | Its head | fire before | lay ya e ni yi de c tc t tes y a kwa^i y a ni ca na e k Vuts is - they say. | North | he had gone | they say. | Creek | he had come down to gunyakwan ya e ni naunguL c a e tc kak tc kak bine 18 they say. j He made weir. | Net | net s back-bone 120 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. Em tc is tcifi kwan hut ye ts gun e an kwan ya e nl ges ts gun kan he had made when | he had put in j they say. | Black salmon | he had caught. 2 6si e kw6fi e muna s e an ya e m ges ntcaa 6si c be e - Its head | fire before j lay J they say, | black salmon | large | its head. | Eel lin tc gun kan kw^n ya e m kw6 e bufia s uLtin ya c m he had caught | they say. | Fire before | it lay | they say. 4 nakka c ts ek enects ts gun kan kwan ya e m tc kak bi* Two | day eels | he had caught J they say. | Net in kwo e muna gunt e kunundun ya c m kwe 6 ya e neLin e fire before, j Now J it is near j they say. | Track | they saw 6 ya c m n$ka e nanec tc unt an ya c tc beduil gulsan. they say. | Two | persons | acorns j they were picking where | was seen ya e nl they say. 8 dan co e qa le yi na un 6 ts un e ko no 1 Ic he u c 4 Some one | walks j from the south. | To him | speak. " \ Yes, ots un c kunnucyic tacoufi gunyaLa niii yoyinuk to him I I will speak." j ll Where | you walking, | you? | Way south 10 tesun c uts ya e m tacoufi gunyaL nan 6tc uii c na- you ran off" j they say. j lt Where | you walking? j Your mother | toward | go back. ; hun dac do na hue te le di de e c nan ye c nan tc un e nac- "I will not go back. | North | my mother is. | My mother toward I am going. 12 da le nes dun nac da le n ta c tee oe na hun das do ye Far | I am going." | "Your father j cries. [ You go back." [ "No s ta n do ye di nuk di de c c ta ye tat dji nan duL teL my father | is not J south. | North | my father is. " | " When | are you going home?" 14 do nac duL tele dotaco e si da tele dide c ciye c ne e ye "I am not going back. | Not any place j I will stay. | North [ my | coun try is. ne e ye djan Lane dide e dan dji biye e cnan biye Country J here j much | north, j Who hers | my mother | hers?" 16 tc in ya e m didjl bimnactoLa do sa dun gutdai he said j they say. | Why J you take me back ? Not | alone | stay c dji ya ne te si yai di de e to nai tun duL uc tcl te lit I like. | I went | north. | Fish | come | I will make. 18 yida e un tunduLbun ges haida e un tunduLbuii da- From north I must come. I Black salmon I here from north I must come. I Hook-bill VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 121 tca e hal haida M tunduLbuii Lok haide un tun- here from north | must come. | Spring salmon | here from north | must come. duL bun LO yac tun diiL bun be e lin tun duL bun hai- 2 Suckers | must come. | Eels [ must come, j Here from north da c un LO yac gaits tun duL bun hai da e un ts un teL trout white | must come, j Here from north [ turtles tulacbufi haida M tek atce haida e uri tc ttulacbun 4 must walk. | Here from north | crabs | here from north | must walk. to tat sut bund ja e cinhit ca na e to ustummun dja e Water | will dry up | summertime. | Creek | water | will be cold. sakto e to us turn mun dja e tan tco to suLbundja e 6 Spring | water | will be cold. | Kiver | water | will be warm. do conk nut do 6 bun dja c wun ta to no nuc bun dja e wun- Not entirely will vanish. | Some places | water | will be standing. | Some places ta to nul 1m tcwoltc nul 1m bun dja e 8 water riffles short | will flow. nesdun to nanagulllne ylde 6 se nadai c ye uye Far j water | runs down | north. | Eocks | stand up under. daco e taco e ut yigunt ot ya c m ko wun tun tutbilL- 10 Somewhere | where | it is foggy | they say, | it is cold. | It rains when, telit tonai tc iletelit to tunyaii ya c m kaihit fish [ will come when | water | rises | they say. Wintertime, guri tun k J ut la ce e L gaits ges na c ca nes tco yi nat dun- 12 fall becomes, | buckeye white, | salmon eye, | moon long, | entrance slip pery kwul kut tco tciL tcik tun L tuk Lo dul k us dan e gun- stick red, | leaves die (?) [ grass dry, | long ago | spring was, da nit cinL e ut nagutLiitut tc nunyai tontcaa na- 14 summer middle, J it is burned over when | he came. | Water great j runs down na gul lin 6 ye ye tc gun y ai tc y^fi ki tc en t get ( s ) nak- under | he went in. | Women | saw him | two ka c tc wocbi ne nce e dun do d^ii co e kwuc ylhunnac 16 foam in [ ground bad place | nobody | can go in kun t e ya e ni is that kind j they say. kwun Lan All. 122 University of California Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. IX. YELLOWHAMMEB S DEEDS. kegutt eo yitc6bi naco e k a tcaLm tc us sai e tcun He taught them, | dance-house in, | robin, | varied robin, | bluejay, 2 datcan tc ussai 6 bustclo tclelintc dustci e tco ducts raven, | chicken-hawk, | owl, | humming-bird, | mountain-quail, | quail, dustco seeduntc slus dataitc g$c tco k wut kwi a gits grouse, | sparrow-hawk, j ground-squirrel, | grey-squirrel, | red-squirrel, 4 seLtc woi seLkuti deL nakeits sis sa ts Ltsogun heron, | kingfisher, | crane, | duck, | otter, | mink, | fox, ban begutt eo tcitcwotc tc UL sut di da nes tco tc o many | he taught. | Grosbeak, | thrasher, | blackbird, 6 tc olaki ban sits dastcan yaintan yo butsk ai* meadow-lark, | sand-piper, | gopher, | mole, scoter, | seagull, tkactco cilecle tcun tclgi tco tcun nub tcuntc tcun- pelican, | oriole (?), | woodcock, | sapsucker (?), | woodpecker, 8 S$L tcik k ai kos lute k 6s so wl tco ka* ts us sai c L cun tco (a bird) | wood duck | goose, | bluejay (black), bus tc 16 Lgai to ka H gits tco wi nal dalts qot yo c uts tci- white owl, | mud-hen, | run-around-a-tree, j blue-bird, | thrush, 10 dun qo yants tc un da ka yos tcun tcun t yacts t e e bul ca buzzard, condor (f), | curlew, j Moon be gun fee ya c m hai k ai c tc etc sulsuntc LonLgai he taught | they say, | these | wren, | chipmunk, | wood-rat, 12 tsitsgaitc la e nes sle e Lkusts suts buLnuLt ai ca da- pole-cat, | raccoon, | skunk, | flying squirrel. | "Moon | very bad t in co na on dan c yacts na nee 6 da c tc e naiL gat de is coming back, | my grandchildren. | People | their mouths | he has sewed up 14 Lene c ha e na kismet a kwic k ,tde c owufi dan* na he- all. | I am going to sling at him | soon." | Some | already j he loosened gat ya e m onitc 159 nonan^t ya c m they say. | Half-way | he untied, | they say. 16 guLgel e ya e m ca na gut dale c yacts gunt e na- It was evening, | they say. | "Moon j is coming | my grandchildren. I Now | I will sling at him. ktrmct atele intce tele e bi tc t teL bun kw^n ya e m Deer | sack in | he had filled | they say. 159 Cf. Hupa ne djit "middle" (I, 241, 5). VL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 123 buLdai e bi e yisinuii nagutdal nak utseLgai buL na- Entrance in | from the west | he came along, | white gravel | with | he threw at him kuwult a ya e m to nadesbil e ya e m datc,n e they say. | Water | he sprinkled | they say. | Eaven | his mouth tas tcits ya e ni kakw? kwal le s dji siis tiik tc a wuii to- he tore, | they say. | Quickly | do that. Is killing me | food for. | Water for wun sdjlye guLsai countci con kwakwulla oda e 4 my heart | is dry. j Well you did, | well | you treated him." | His mouth nahegat ya e m Lene e ha c conk tc enangat ya c m to he untied j they say. j All | well | he untied | they say. | Water yetc gabil e oLtci Lan tayaon^n nanec tc egane- 6 they bring in | you cause. | Much | let them drink. People | he had killed, kwanan tc in ya c ni buntcbul conk sta nahun^t he said, | they say. | "Yellow-hammer | well | he sits | you untie" tc in ya e m conk kwakwuclaae dan st 6 e tcenotcin- 8 he said | they say. | "Well | I did to him, | while ago. | Nearly | he killed you. nun a ne kwan ng,n Le c yiLka na hue g^t tele Le e nes- Night, | until morning I will untie. | Night | long dun yiLka tele nahucgakwa 6 tc an ta tcut nanec 10 morning will be | I am untying yet. | Food | cook. | People c gT na e kwan n$n cone kwanhuclaGe no da e na he si- are hungry. | It is good | I did to him. | Your mouths | I untied. ga de ke noL get kwan hut kw dji SIL tuk e in tce ta t as 12 Because you were afraid | I killed him. Deer | butcher; na nee ya mun sk e e ta tc 6 buL Le ne e ha e 6 sut people will eat. | Mush | prepare. | All | pound tc unt aii nanec nadultcamuii bantco 6tc un c to ? - 14 acorns; | people | will eat a meal. | Mussels | toward | go yac wuii n tcaa ta tsit t kac tco teL e uts ya e ni kw- some. | Very | low tide." | Pelican | ran | they say. | His mouth da c tclelintc kt^da sostc ban sits hafi ki0da 16 humming-bird j his mouth | slender, | sand-piper [ he | his mouth sostc ya e ni slender, | they say. Lene c ha c tet a ya c m tclelintc dide tc ussai 6 - is All | flew (in pairs) | they say. | Humming-birds | north, | blue jays 124 University of California Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. tcin di de e due tco te t a ya e ni na ke its di de e yo- north, I grouse | flew (in pairs) | they say. j Ducks | north, | far north, 2 yl de c butc k ai e di de e k ai e ts etc na co e k a tcun tea- seagulls | north, | wrens, | robins, j wood-cocks, 1 tco tc us sai e di de c na co e k a di de c SCL tcun dun ne chicken-hawks, | north, | robins, north, | "mocking-birds," 4 seLkuti ban sits dide e tc 6 dide c bustclo dide e kingfishers, | sand-pipers | north, J blackbirds | north, | owls | north, bus tc 16 L gai dide c tcaL-m dide e tcunaldalts di- white owls | north, | varied robins | north, | "tree-run-around" | east, 6 duk due tco tcuL sut I da e nes tco se e duntc di diik grouse, thrashers, | sparrow-hawks, | east, tci dun go yantc di duk yas da lots buntc bul ts us sai e - thrushes | east, | juncos, | yellowhammers, | bluejays, 8 tcin diduk seltc woi diduk tc 6 ? diduk ts us- east, | herons [ east, | blackbirds east, | bluejays (white) sai e Lgai diduk t e c bul diduk bus buntc tc ahal east, | curlews | east, | (an owl), frogs, 10 diduk dullants diduk sul gite bi ne e do tel tcin di- east, | salamanders | east, | lizards, | water-snakes | east, duk tcusse e tco naLcot diduk L e guc diduk sul- bull-snakes, | grass-snakes | east, | rattlesnakes | east, | lizards (long) 12 dji nes tco di duk t a dul k uts di nuk be e lin di n uk east, | milk-snakes | south, | eels | south, ts ek enects dinuk Loyacgaitc dinuk Loyacts di- day-eels | south, | trout | south, | suckers | south, 14 nuk ges dinuk datcahal dinuk Lok dinuk tc olo black salmon | south, | hook-bills | south, | steel-heads | south, | catfish tonaiLtcik dinuk tonaiLtso dinuk Loyacoyacts dl- " fish-red" | south, | "fish-blue" | south, | fish (small) | south, 16 nuk LO yac da ban tco dinuk Lo e tel dinuk t antgul- (fish) | south, | flatfish (?) | south, | devil-fish yos d! nuk yo c tcul In di nuk Le ne ha c L ta kl di de south, | abalones | south. | All | different kinds | north. 18 Le ne e ha e L ta kl di duk Le ne e ha e L ta kl di nuk All [ different kinds | east. [ All | different kinds j south. Le ne e ha c L ta kl di se All | different kinds | west. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 125 buntc bul s us tin yi tco bi e y I duk sa dun ha tc ek Yellow-hammer j lay | dance-house in | east | alone. | Women n^k ka e $L te ba gun un n ML gun yan. kwuL mi 2 two I "Well, | coast toward j with us | walk," | they said to him ya c ni he u e tc in ya e m skits nak ka e no do c tc in they say. | Yes, " \ he said | they say. | Children | two, | Go ahead I he said ya c m baguii sais^ndun ts yanki ban tco ya e stcin 4 they say. | Coast | sandy beach j women | mussels | they obtained ya c m gulk an ya e ni ban tco tagisgin ya e m kwon e - they say. | A fire was | they say. | Mussels | they brought out of water | they say. | Fire place dun ban tco natgulgal ya m gultcuL ya e ni ban- 6 mussels | they poured down | they say. | Were opened | they say | mussels. tco axte ban tco tc unyan tc in ya e m ka e nahi- Well, | mussels | eat, " \ she said | they say. | * Well, | we will go back duL yebi e iin e ^Lte kwuLun ya m heu e tc in ya c m 8 house toward, j come on" j they told him | they say. | "Yes," | he said | They say. ts yafiki ng,kka e skits n^kka e yiduk nahesdel 6 Women | two, | children | two | east (up) | went back ya ni kw; neL m e ya e ni te k wuts yi gun ya ya c ni yo- 10 they say. They looked at him, | they say. | He went down to the water, | they say. j Far on tk undun ts yafiki kw?neLin e ya e m on bank | women | looked at him | they say. tc iyacts tc eunt^n ya e m banto e bi ufi c kt^tco 12 Canoe small [ he took out | they say. | Ocean | toward | his grand mother, Lon tc ge e nects bi e no los kw%n ya e ni tc I bi c ne e na- long-eared mouse, | he had led in | they say. Canoe in j soil | he had poured in deLgalkwan ya e m tc ibi e gulk amun ya c m tanco- u they say. | Canoe in | fire will be | they say. | Tancowe we tan co we tan co we tcm tc in ya e ni Lon tc ge e - tancowe tancowe | tcin" | he said | they say. | Long-eared mouse, nects nole dak^ts stcaitc tonai dagundule wakg,ts IQ ( Deeps | keep one side, | my grandchild, | fish | swim on surface | keep one side. kat kwullic ndji nes e a c e tc in ya m tancowe This way | it seems | your heart | has gone! " | she said | they say. | "Tan cowe 126 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. tan co we tancowe tern tc in ya c m te guttilit to- tancowe | tancowe | tcin" | he said | they say. | He taking it when | water through 2 bl e ufi e yis t ot gun t e yi gut tiL ya ni tan co we tan- fog | now | he took it along | they say. | "Tancowe | tancowe co we tancowe tcin tc in ya c m tancowe tancowe tancowe | tcin" | he said | they say. | "Tancowe | tancowe 4 tancowe tcm tc in ya e m nole dakats stcaitc kat taneowe | tcin" | he said | they say. | "Deeps keep one side, | my grand child. | This way kwul luc n dji n gus c a e e tc in ya e m tc t tes ya it seems | your heart j has gone," | she said | they say. | He went on 6 ya c m yoyise* t6ne e un c tancowe tancowe tancowe they say, j far west, | water other side. | * Tancowe | tancowe | tancowe tcm tc in ya m gekus ya e m tc iyacts g^kus tcin, " | he said | they say. | It went fast | they say. | Canoe small | went fast 8 ya e m kakw taL c ut 160 ya e sliii e ya e m tancowe tan- they say. | Quickly | ocean middle | they were | they say. | "Tancowe | tancowe co we tancowe tcm tc in ya e nl tetbll* ya e m gun- tancowe | tcin" | he said | they say. | It rained | they say. | Now 10 t e t a c kw?sida c waLk uts gunt e gund6 c bun ya e ni feather | his head | he put in, | now | was vanishing | they say. naLculut gun tea ya m gunt e yist ot t gun guts It was wet because | it became large | they say. | Now | fog | was swirling 12 ya e ni tc t tes ya ya e ni do tco e dai 161 tc gut tiL ya e ni they say. | He went on | they say. | He didn t give out, | he brought it along | they say. tan co we tan co we tan co we tcm tc in ya c ni kat "Tancowe | tancowe | tancowe | tcin" | he said | they say. | "This way 14 kwul luc n dji n gus e a e e s tcaitc kakt# gun tiL naL- it seems | your heart | has gone, | my grandchild, | quickly | take it along. " | Build fire again k ^n s tco tc in ya e ni tut buL te le tan co we tan co rny grandmother" | he said | they say. | "It will rain." | "Tancowe | tancowe 16 we tan co we tcin tc in ya ni na guL CUL ya e m tancowe | tcin " | he said | they say. [ He got wet | they say. leo Cf. kaii/ut "middle of winter," p. 113, 1. 14, above, lei Cf. Hupa root -da "to be poor in flesh" (III, 254), also used with preceding 6. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 127 conk guntiL stcaitc tc in ya c m tonai dagundul- "Well | take it along, | my grandchild," | she said | they say. | "Fish | swimming on the surface le wakwats tancowe tancowe tancowe tcm tc in 2 keep away from." | "Tancowe | tancowe | tancowe | tcin" | he said ya c m guLgel* ya c m tcakwuLgel* bi e tc guLtiL they say. | It was evening | they say. | Very dark | in | he took it along ya e m tancowe tancowe tancowe tcm tc in ya c m 4 they say. | "Tancowe | tancowe | tancowe | tcin" | he said [ they say. t a e ktcsida 6 waLk iits bine 6 nontena* ya e m gun- Feather | his head | he put in j its back | was left | they say. | Now t e banto ts t ducts tsan ya e m kunundunne stco 6 ocean (breakers) | he heard | they say. | "It is near, | my grandmother, k ade 6 kakw? guntiL stcaitc tc in yam tatust^n soon. " | " Quickly j take it along, | my grandchild, | she said | they say. | He took it out ya c m haoe nonukkus to gunLuts 162 stco to guni/utse 8 they say. | Long time | it floated about. | Water | was rough. | "My grandmother, | water | is rough, stco tatiisk uts ya e m tc unt an no 61 kw?duk tats- my grandmother. " | He pulled it out | they say. | Acorns | mouldy | on top | he ran out us La ya e m tc i tc uLtcut kw?tc6 buL t^tsussas ya c m 10 they say. | Boat | he caught | his grandmother | with | he dragged out | they say. tc i natguL e a 6 ya e m stcaitc ca uLk an guctullie Boat | he placed on end I they say. I "My grandchild, I for me I build a fire, | I am cold." stco tc unt an La c ha e dedun e ^cbun kwondun UL- 12 My grandmother, | acorn | one only | you may put in fire j fire place, | he told her tc in ya c m kwtco t^ca c stc5 taca e tc in ya c m they say, | his grandmother. | "I am going, | my grandmother, | I am go ing," | he said | they say. yoofi danco e tc qale cta c cgundanekwuc CUL- 14 "Over there | somebody | walks, | my father." | "~M.y son-in-law I guess | Huckleberry-water-place. ci ye to dun 163 do kwa tc gul le hankwuc kwuctge 6 c gun- No one has sung for him him I guess. | Let me look at | my son-in-law. 162 -Liits seems to mean. stout, strong, referring to adverse condi tion of the tide. les Cf. Hupa tcwiltc "huckleberry" (III, 14). 128 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. da ne ke dun 164 ya e ni do n ke hit nuc I ne a doc yi He died | they say. | Nothing too bad | I look at | I boast, 2 cedunkwai t a c k wun na nas t$n kwan 165 ya e m yebi e I died." j Feather | he had waved over him | they say. | House in yetc giinya ya e m tc ekkwbe tce c be dun ya m t a e he went in | they say. | His mother-in-law | died they say. | Feather 4 k wunnanastan ya c m ce dun ne kwan nan tc in ya e m he waved over her | they say. | "I died," | she said | they say. tc si e telan te si* kaga c an ya e m tc ek nunustk ? e Head, | whale | head | she took up | they say. | Wives | got up 6 ya e m naka e ha e tc ek tc unyan kwaLun ya c m they say | both | wives. | "Eat," | they told him | they say. site na ka e ha e c gun da ne kt0 to 16s k un dun to nai My daughters | both, | my son-in-law | lead him. | Yesterday | fish 8 nahesleae ntcao to nai kwan hit sai tc qots naon- swam along. | Big | fish j it was because | sand | it broke up. | It will come again probably. dakwuc ts usqotde 6 belkats nowaotandja 6 tatoLtuc- If he spears it, | spear-pole | let him hand you. | You must take it out of the water. 10 bun La ha e ts yanki oLk ^ii tc in ya c m naunte- One | woman | build fire," | he said | they say. | It swam along. leo do to nai ye cta ye ki/;si e kw6il e muL nakt(?- "Not | fish is. | My father it is." | His head | fire | with J he beat him 12 neLgal ya e m haiye to nai nagullea unqot belkats they say. | "That | fish | is swimming down. | Spear it. | Fish-spear now^nticbun s usqot ya e m tc ek wauntan tayistin give us." | He speared it | they say. | Wives | he gave it (spear). | He took it out of the water 14 ya e m 6si c naineLgal ya e m ka e nahiduL tc in they say. | Its head | he beat | they say. | Well, | we will go back, " j he said ya e ni 6 da e bi c ye ya c tc ul la hut yai hli, tin ya e ni ye- they say. | Its mouth in | they put their hands in when | they picked it up | they say. | House in, 16 bi e un e yoon yebl e yainuLtinut ts unkwostc wun- f urther j house in | they brought it when | Pin-trout j he must have mis taken (?) is* ke dun and ce dun kwai below seem to be verbs with the pronouns as objects. The construction might, however, be passive or the possessive of some noun. IBS The expression means to doctor in a shamanistic manner. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 129 noguntakwai c gun dam tc si e ustci teMii tc tteL- my son-in-law. | Its head | I will fix. | Water toward | he took it tin ya e ni te na tc us dea tan nas tin tc gun tcai 166 they say. | He washed it. | He took it out. | He buried it ya e m kanagun e an ya e m dje e guLtceL 167 ya e m they say. | He took it out | they say. | He split open | they say | its head. wauiikaii ya e m buntcbul cot Lta kwaLin ya e nl 4 He placed before him | they say. [ Yellow-hammer | in vain | every way | he did they say. tc ek yis tceL kwan nail ya ni tc gunyan ya e m Wife | split it up | they say. | He ate it | they say. tc un t an o no Ian site kw to 16s c gun da ni na- 6 "Acorns | go after | my daughters. | Take along | my son-in-law. | Let him knock them off. noL gaL d j a e La ha e tc un t an tc ga tc 6 le e d j a e nak ka e One | acorn let him crack (?). | Two tc toLk asdja e wo geLbun tcun bestankw^n ya m 8 let him drop. | You will carry them. | Stick | he had carried up | they say. 6si e dak naneLg^l ya e m ts y^nki tea ya e heL tee 168 Her head over | he beat | they say. Women | shouted ya e m ng,kka e kiye e datyatci nosl e nunsuLgal 10 they say, | two | his. | ( Why | our heads you beat ? tc unt an ^ndutt eungl nanagutyai n^kka e tc un- Acorns | we are like. " j He came down. | Two | acorns fan tc tteLk as ya e ni tbuLbi e no e n e ^n ya e m de- 12 he threw | they say. | Burden basket in | he put them ) they say. It was full mun ya e m La e tbuLbi e no e n e an ya e m demufi 6 they say. | One | burden-basket in j he put they say. | It was full ya e ni ya e hesgin ya e m yebi e un e ya e nunin ya e m 14 they say. | They carried it | they say. | House to | they brought it | they say yebi e datyatci do ye tcuii bes tan kwan hut nona- house in. | " What is it ? > " Nothing. | Stick | he had taken up | without our knowledge." taa ha e d5 un kwuL kwoL nuk kwan 16 "Why didn t you tell him?" 166 Cf. Hupa root -tcwai -tcwa (III, 275). 167 Cf. Hupa djewiLkil which is a close equivalent. IBS Cf. Hupa kyateLtcwu "it cried" (I, 342, 10). 130 University of California Publications. [AM.ARCH.ETH. yi na uii La 6 ha 6 na nee nun ya ya e m c gun da n! From the south | one | person | came | they say. | "My son-in-law 2 buntc bul tc nun yai kwi te dug ge kwa n$fi kiv wo 16s- Yellow-hammer | has come. | We all died." | "You must bring him. bufi k at de 6 guL guL de e tc n no dac dja 6 kin ha e ktr- Soon | it is evening when | let him dance, | him. | We will look at him. 4 nut dul in 6 dja 6 he u 6 k at de 6 gl duL te le tc in ya 6 m "Yes | soon | we will come," | he said | they say. tc nunya ya 6 m buntc bul Lene e ha 6 tc enya yitcobi 6 He came | they say | Yellow-hammer. | All went out | dance-house in. 6 tc kwon t gets Lene e ha 6 be dun ya m t a e kwsida 6 They watched him. | All | died | they say. | Feather his head tc e un tan ya 6 m k wut na nas tan ya e m kwun Lail ha e he took out | they say. | He waved it over them | they say. | Every one 8 na nas t k e e ya e ni kwa e no dac c gun da ni ka no tc n- got up [ they say. | Quick, | you dance my son-in-law, | he will look at you. neL I mun dan 6 co 6 gut dut da ce kiii tc non d^c tc in ( ( Long time | in vain | we have danced, | him, let him dance, he said 10 ya e ni tc gun dac ya e m bel ke 6 ya e ni ka e nin nun- they say. | He danced | they say. | He finished | they say. | "Well, | you [ dance, dac buntc bul ya e n ya e m heu e nucdac te in ya e nl Yellow-hammer" | they said | they say. | "Yes, | I will dance," | he said j they say. 12 tc nun dac ya e m ban to 6 dl tc nun e aii ya e m tc - He danced | they say. | Ocean | here | came | they say. | He danced. nun dac ban to 6 dl buL dai 6 bi e ktc yites e ^n ya e m Ocean | here | near entrance | it went by | they say. 14 k unduii dokwat m d^ctmdji k undun dokwat m "Before | it did not do that. | Why does it do that? | Before | it did not do that. be ne SIL git de 109 banto 6 benesiLgetde ban to 6 tc nnun- I am afraid of | ocean. | I am afraid of | ocean." | He danced until 16 dac kwa 6 ban to 6 ye yi gun e afi ya 6 ni ye bl 6 na nee ocean | came in | they say. | House in | people nunuLkut ya e nl to demun 6 ya nl yitcobi 6 bana- floated | they say. | Water | it was full | they say. | Dance-house | post Cf. Hupa ml nes git "it was afraid" (I, 295, 4). VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 131 t ai 170 nun s us t a ya e m buntcbul tcm tc in ya e m he flew against | they say | Yellow-hammer. | "tcin" | he said | they say. betc madut tc uLtcutdut banto 6 nan n do 6 ya e m don- 2 He embraced it when he caught it when | ocean I became none again | they say. | Some kind kl an t e kwai c gun da ni na kw to 16s na kw te go 16s you must be, | my son-in-law. j "Take him home." | They took him home ya c ni na kwon ut 16s ye bi e 4 they say. | They led him back | house in. kacbi e na hue d^c te le tc in ya e m tc ek nuL ta- * Tomorrow | I am going home, " | he said | they say. | Wife | With you | I will go ca,ctele kax3bi e ci La e nuL t^caxjtele tc in ya e m 6 tomorrow. " j "I j too | with you | I will go, | she said | they say. na hes t ya Le dun yo oil Lon tc ge e nects tc un t an de- He started back j morning. | Over there | Long-eared mouse | acorn had put in the fire t gul del e kwa,n ya m kwon 6 tc neL sus kwan ya e m 8 they say. | Fire | had gone out | they say. La e ha e 6 sa ye de dun e ,c nuL die ni un gl c tco na huc- " One only | its shell | you put in fire | I told you. | My grandmother | I am going back." d^ctele heu e nahiduL Lon tc ge e nects tc teLtcot 171 10 "Yes, | we will go back." | Long-eared mouse | stole ya e ni tc un t an non k tcuii Lo r ka kl da ye L tao tci- they say, | acorns, | tarweed seeds, | grass seeds, | flowers, | black oak, | white oak, tcaii untc waitco laci 6 tkoicts nadeL nunkwostm 12 sweet oak, | buckeyes, | chestnuts, | sugar-pines, | wild cherries, k ai e ka e tc I ta noetic tele tan^nk uts ya e nl ka e hazel nuts. | "Well, | canoe | I will take back." He took it down | they say. | "Quick bi^nuns^t ciye e tc ek nm ia e bi e nuns^t nesdunne 14 in it sit, | my | wife. | You | too | in it sit. | It is far. tutbulle nahekuts tc I tancowe tancowe tancowe It rains. | It goes fast | canoe. Tancowe, | tancowe, | tancowe, tciil tc in ya^ni ylst ot hlguttiL ya^nl ylsinun 16 tcin" [ he said | they say. | Fog | came | they say. | "From the west 170 ba "main, chief," nat ai "it stands vertical." The center post of the dance-house seems to have been sacred. 171 This verb is a common name for mouse in Athapascan. 132 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. kakt0 nanttiL stcaitc tc in ya e m Lon tc ge e nects quickly, | bring it back, | my grandchild," | she said | they say, Long- eared mouse. 2 taL e ut tc ek nan n do 6 ya e ni t gun nast gets tc ek Ocean middle | wife | was not again | they say. | He looked back. | Wife n do e ya e m La e tc ek bl e sta ya e m nes dun ne ta tci was not | they say. | Other | wife | in it was sitting | they say. [ "It is far. | Where 4 nat UL tc in ya c m La e tc ek do ye nahestyaye your sister?" | he asked | they say. | Other | wife | "Is not. | She went home. yis t 6t an dut t e ye ta L e ut tet bil e ya c ni t ga ma Fog | we are." | Ocean middle | it rained | they say. | By the shore 6 tc ek na hestyakwan ya e m tanas tya tc I tc eLtcut wife | had gone back | they say. | He went out. Canoe he caught. tanas sas stco ka e tanundac djanha e sun da bun He pulled it out. j l ( My grandmother, well, | come out. | Here | you will sit. 8 sa dun nahucda skik 6nuctge e dja e Alone | I will go back. | Children | I will look at." nauntyai yiteobi 6 yenagutyai na nes tin yiteobi* He came back. | Dance-house | he went in. | He lay down dance-house in. 10 skits nakka e yitco 6 ts e k e bi e172 ye ya e gut ge kwan Boys | two | dance-house | its navel in they had looked in ya e m nakuctesnai cnan sta e kwullicts 173 s us tin they say. | They ran back. | "My mother, | my father something like | is lying 12 Inin kwtuk haiyiha e kwkwe e do a n5n age hit deka in a corner | up. | That only | his foot." | "Don t lie about it." j "There kwon t guc he u e kw5c t ge tc ne guL m e ye tc gun yai look." | "Yes, | I will look." | She looked at him. | She went in. 14 ciye c dun nantyaunkw^n tc ek osl e na hel sut kw^n "My husband, | have you come back?" | Wives | their heads | had been shorn ya e m n^kka e ha e dje^ osunta 6 ulaik t they say | both. | Pitch | their foreheads | their tops | they had smeared 16 ya e m skits naka e ha e usunta e ulaik tc guLLekwan they say. | Boys | both | their foreheads | their tops | they had smeared 172 The smoke-hole of the dance-house. 173 The diminutive seems to be attached to this verb-like form. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 133 ya e ni aLte yenund^c yebi e tc guntcea nakka e ha 6 they say. [ Well, | come in | house in." | They cried | both tc ek ya e ni tc an na ti guc lean ya e m 2 wives | they say. | Food | he ate | they say. k lfi cne e k m se t bo lets stcodjiL ulle se- " Juneberry | my back, | juneberry. | Stone | round | my kidneys | be come. | Stone flat small nteLts csake e ulle tc in ya e m yiban nocuLgaL 4 my spleen become, \ he said | they say. | Other side throw me. hai un tcufi no CUL gaL tc in ya e ni This side | throw me," | he said | they say. kwun Lan All. X. WOLF STEALS COYOTE S WIFE. tc sitcuri tc tteLban datcaji e cteunus tehefi naca e Q Coyote | was lame. [ Baven. | " Carry me [ creek to. | I will go about. ca ts i e ULtci tonai ts i e stcigunyane guLk ^n For me | brush | make. | Fish | brush | I want. | Build a fire kwoii ucteli e iin nacbane belget k wunnolac bel- 8 fire. | 1 might be cold (?) | I am lame. Spear head [ put on | spear pole. kats to nai na on te le un na nun e ai 17 * kwun k e l75 Fish | may come. | Fish-weir | its poles 6 Ian k ufi buL gul li e bun tc gul tel no lie Lets dan 10 go after. | Hazel | with | must be tied. | Spread a bed. | Put them down. Earth | pile uLtci kwailubbun k atde 6 tc in ya c ni nanuii e ai e make. [ Fire will be | soon," | he said | they say. | "Fish-weir bi ne e o de Ian tc kak ba tse 6 la^i ka e nan dil e a e ts I e 12 its back | we will get. | Net bow | bring. | Quickly, | we will put across. | Brush c ga gul lac tc in ya e ni be niL ke e e tc t da e UL tci dje hand me," | he said | they say. | "I have finished. | Mouth | make. | Pitch- wood 6 dil Ian sk e e 6 Ian cginae tc in ya e m Lakwit H we will get. | Mush | bring. | I am hungry, " | he said | they say. | Any- way, 174 " Has horizontal position." Cf. Hupa tcwitc noninadin (I, 353, 14). 17 s Possibly "its ribs," that is, the slanting poles resting on the stringer which is called bine 6 "its back" below. 134 University of Calif ornia Publications. [AM.ARCH.ETH bee e ai e na hun dac 6 djiii kwic nac ba ne k iin do kwa- I will try. I Go home. | About day probably. J I am lame." | Before | he didn t do that. 2 t ln nas e uts 176 ya e m tc ek kwniLin e ya e m ts ibi e He ran about | they say. | Wife | looked at him | they say. | Brush in s usk an ya e m nas e uts ya e m haai tc ek he built a fire | they say. | He ran about | they say. | Long time | wife 4 ki0 neL m e ya e ni tc ek na hes t yai ya e ni tc si tcufi looked at him | they say. | Wife | went home | they say. Coyote nas ^ts se n tcao na iin guL e a e e n tcaa d5 naL ba ne ran about. | Stones (?) large | he put across, | large. | He wasn t lame. 6 skoloekwaii tc ek tonai yon g Ian ya e m tcoyi He was pretending. | Wife | fish | went after | they say, again yebi 6 tc si tcufi nanguL e a e e nahucda tc in ya e m house in. j * Coyote | has built a dam. | I go back, | she said j they say. 8 tats kwuL tan ya e m yiskanit doha e nantya ya e m ka (Nobody at home) they say. | It was day when | he didn t come back I they say. | < * Well kwuctge e dja t a din co e kwic kwuctge 6 dja e tc sitcun. I will watch him. | Something is wrong. | I will watch | Coyote. 10 skits kwuLstai ya e m n^kka e t5nai tc kackwan Boys | with him stayed | they say | two. | Fish he had netted ya e m tastes tonai ts ttankwan ya c m skits ya e n- they say. | He cut them. | Pish | he ate they say. | Boys | were asleep 12 teslaLkwan ya e m ona e tc tt^nkwan ya e m skits they say. | Alone | he had eaten | they say. | Boy tc e c nsut ya e m La e uyac tc e e nsut ya e m tonai woke up | they say. | Another | small | woke up | they say. | Fish 14 usun c yiLs^n ya e m tonai ye dousun e yl di tc in its meat | he found | they say. | Fish are. " | It is not meat | this, | he said ya c m doyi do tonai Liicditco ^nt eye tc in ya c m they say. | It is not. | Not fish, | rotten log | it appears," | he said | they say. 16 do ye tonai ye tc in ya e m una e tc ttankwaii ya e m "It is not I fish," | he said | they say. By himself | he had eaten | they say. do ye dus t e ko ne an t e ye na GO nic k un dun te "It is not, I madrone berries | it is | you played with | yesterday." | In water 176 Cf. Hupa nas its ei (I, 294, 3 and III, 212). VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 135 to nai tc gun ciik kwan 177 ya e ni te no na 16s kwan ya e ni fish | he had strung they say. | He had dragged in water | they say. yis kan n do ye na ho duL UL tc in ya e ni no nan 2 It was day. | None. | Go home/ | he told them | they say. | "Your mother kwoL koL nuk bun tc in ya e m ka e kwoctge e dja tc si- you will tell, \ he said they say. | * l Well, I will see J Coyote. tcun k aitbuL tucge 6 kun neL t ats kwan ya e ni da- 4 Burden-basket I will carry. ; He had been cutting up they say. He had put on a frame noL deL kwan ya e ni Lan to nai te nuk 178 tc t tes ya they say | many | fish. | Upstream | he went ya e m tc ek k aitbuL kwgunm tc ek ku wan tc t teL- 6 they say. | Wife | burden-basket | brought down | wife | from him she stole. tcot yebi e uii e hi tes gin ya e m tc sitcun kinneLt ats- House to I she carried them j they say. I "Coyote I had been cutting up (fish)" ekwanaJi tc in ya e nl be no sun to nai ta nan 6 da u len e 8 she said | they say. | "Hide | fish. He might come again," tc in ya e m tc a hal L tso wit to nai ku wa tc ga bil e k e- she said | they say. | Frog blue small | fish | she gave. | She pounded gunsut tc unt an ya e m 10 acorns | they say. ylcts intce e kinnelt ats tc nnufiin ya e m be no- Wolf j venison | cut in strips | he brought | they say. | She hid gussun intce 6 dolia e tc oLs^ndja e tc in ya e m nahuc- 12 venison. | "Do not let him find it," | he said | they say. | "I am going home. da tax?co e nacdadja 6179 tc in ya e m intce e nesoL- Sometime | I will come again," | he said | they say. "Venison | you will have eaten up when van kwan de e neca e kwuc tc in ya m tenon e acbufi 14 I may come back," | he said | they say. | "You must put in water tc unt an nouLci e buii Lan tatdegiicbun tc unt an acorns, j You must put in the ground. | Many we will carry. | Acorns 177 Of. Hupa kyu wit tcwok kei "they are strung on a line" (I, 165, 8). 178 Used by the Eel river dialects in this form to indicate motion in the bed of a stream. Cf . di nuk . 179 The suffix -dja e seems to indicate intention, while -kwuc in ne ca- kwuc below expresses the less certain probability of the time of his arrival. 136 University of Calif ornia Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. tc UL tuk bun Le e ut tc UL tuk buil tc un t an kwun you must crack. Night in | you must crack | acorns. | Every 2 yiLkai conk kwaLimun nadge e bun dak wut djuLsai- day | well [ you must do it. | We will carry them. | Drying platform bi l80 da bi e no gun kac bun 6lsaidja e Lene e ha e intce we will put them on. | Let them dry | all. | Venison 4 La ne c gun dun tc in ya e ni n tus 16s te le han dut much | my house/ \ he said | they say. | "I will take you | next time. nes dun ti duL te le da sits n huL s kik na ka e ha e gul- Far | we will go | soon. | With us children | both | you will bring/ 6 lostele tc in ya e m nanec tcoyi nunyai ya e m ta- he said | they say. | Person | again | came they say. | " Where djl tc sltcun do ye dok un k tteqot donaundace Coyote?" | "He is not. | Not recently | he went spearing. | He doesn t come back. 8 dokwoctgucce t adinc6 e kwuc teLbane do c djl ~kw ya ne I do not go to see him. | For some reason | he is lame. | I do not like him. do kw nuc m e te le tc in ya e m taco e kw5ctge e dja e to nai I will not look at him," | she said | they say. | "Sometime | I will see him. | Fish 10 tc ongllane tonai ndoye tonai Lafiungi tonai I went after. | Fish | were not. | Fish | are plentiful. Fish Lan c gun dun tc in ya e m na nee La e ha e nun ya hut many | my house, " | he said | they say J person | one | came when. 12 sut yug gi ha e to nai ke n do kwan to nai Lan ufi gi tc in "You only ones | fish | are none. | Fish are plentiful," | he said ya e ni tc si tcufi do s d ji kw ya ne tc in ya m ta co c they say. | Coyote | I do not like, | she said | they say. | Sometime 14 tacyg,ctele tc kwull6 e ut nes dun tegiyai sdjiyane I will go away, | he pretended because. | Far | I will go | I like. do c noL m e kwuc tc in ya e ni You will not see me," | she said they say. 16 tcoyi ha c yicts intce e tc nnunifi ya e ni intce e nesoLyan Again | wolf | venison | brought | they say. | Venison you have eaten up? intce 6 6dai ts ibl e nonigine dok un dan e myaye Venison | outside | brush in | I put. | Not recently | sometime ago, | I came. da- indicates something raised, -k wiit- "upon," -sai "to dry," bi e VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 137 no nuc I ne to on gi la ne nuc I ne tc in ya ni in tce e I looked at you. | Water I brought. | I looked at you," | lie said | they say. | "Venison oclan kunduntc nomgine cuLgunyaL do un. tc sitcun 2 I go after. | Near by | I put it down. | With me will you go? | Not | Coyote donaundaxj doyi dona un dace dandji to nai uiiai- come back?" | "No. | He hasn t been back." | "Somebody | fish | given you?" e ac 181 tc in ya e ni to nai do dan co c gai e a ce in tce e 4 he said | they say. | "Fish | nobody | gives me. | Venison hai nun in 182 k undit hai can tc tdaiyane doha - that | you brought | before | that | only we eat. " | "I might go spearing. k ttesiqodi do ye tc sitcuil n dji tc OL tuk un doha 6 "No. | Coyote | might kill you. | Do not to nai 6 Ian di ha e in tce e La ne Lan hit an t e ye dl fish | go after. ] This | venison | is much. | Much it appears." | "This tc yantc intce e wan e ax?ufi heu e wac e ace ntcao g old woman | venison | did you give?" | "Yes. | I gave | large," tc in ya e m tatci nahundacteL haoe si da tele taco e she said | they say. | "When | will you go back?" | "Long time | I will stay. Sometime na hue da kwuc tc in ya e m tc unt an tuiiucbun na- 10 I will go back, " | he said j they say. Acorns | you will carry | if you go back, hesuntyade* tc in ya e m heu e tc in ya e m nahuc- he said | they say. Yes, | she said they say. | " I will go back dactele taco e ^,1 uctci e nun, t,ca e ^1 ondull^fi 12 sometime." | "Wood | I will make." | "With you | I will go. | Wood | we will get. k aitbuL guneL dje ? ca uLtci e k atde e gucgelbun Burden-basket you carry. | Pitchwood | for me | make. Soon | I will carry it. tadjl neon nuc tan neon kwon e tc unsuts odiill^n 14 Where | good | I get it | good j fire? | Bark | we will get Lsai 6 c est buLtco kullusse e neon k aitbuL nun- dry. | Maul, elkhorn wedge, | dry bark | is good. | Burden-basket | take up," un uc tc in ya e ni n L^II ^1 La ne se k ut ca 6 lafi 15 he said | they say. [ Much | wood, | many | mealing stone | for me | get, isi The g must have disappeared after n. Cf. cgai a ce below. 182 The g, the initial of the root, is assimilated or displaced by the preceding n. See gucgelbun below. Cf. Hupa root -wen etc. (Ill, 226). 138 University of California Publications. [ AM - ARCH. ETH. tc in ya e ni tc un t an tut de ge e nes duii no e dul cl e she said | they say. j Acorns | we will carry | far. | We will put down 2 yibafi tc uLtuk datceL do tco ic tcls tel tc tint an daL- over there. | Crack them. | Storage bin. | I am not going to leave I acorns. I Why in gi in tce e ca ni tc un yan un kwan co e Lan. in tce e venison | only | you have eaten?" | "In vain | much j venison 4 nun uc in tee 6 Lan uc ga ne to nai La ne c gun dun you bring. " \ Deer | many | I kill. | Fish | are many my house. gestco kinnelt ats Lane k aitbuLLgaibi 6 Lane non- Elk | cut in strips | is much | burden basket white in is much. Tarweed seed 6 k tcufi La ne tc a la La ne c gun dun t ko icts La ne is much, j Sunflower seed | is much j my house. | Chestnuts | are many c gun dun Lane nanec yi tco ye hut tc in ya e m tc ek my house. | Are many | people | dance-house because," | he said | they say. | Wife 8 UL tc in ya e ni na nee Lan dun n tus 16s te le da sits he told | they say. | People | many | I will take you. | Sometime tc an Lane hut tacanha 6 giduL do kw? nus sun ne food | much. | What way | we go | 1 do not know. 10 kwun ye I dub kwuc tc sitcun na no tc UL ke e u leil Underground we will go. | Coyote | might track us." tc sitcun taxinatyai to nai bine e cwults tc kak bi e Coyote, | he went from water. | Fish back | small | net in 12 noun tan kwan ya e m tcllgaitc be tc us geL kwan ya e nl he had put | they say. | Sore tail ( he had tied up | they say. na gul t ban ya e ni skits c nan tc si tcun na gut dal He limped along | they say. | Boy | "My mother, | Coyote | is coming back! " 14 sk e e bi 6 o luts yi na gut yai no LO k e ni gi ne hakto "Mush | in urinate." | He came in. | "Your salmon | I bring. | Out there buL dai c dun no ni gi ne to nai tc n ne SIL t ats tc teL- by the door | I put down. | Fish | I cut up someone had stolen. 16 tcotyekwanan sk e e kaguLtsea buL te gunk 6 tee ceL- Mush | he tasted when | it was sour. | CeLciyetodun cl ye to dun st 6 c kwut te seL sut doha e gegin ya e m nearly | it fell off. She didn t bring it in | they say. 18 yiskan hata sgin ya c m dodanco 6 tait as tc oLke- Dayligh"- | there | it was | they say. | Nobody | cut it. | "You do not like it VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 139 gan a no t e na hue dac te le be nac e ai e te le ha Ge kwuc you are. j I am going back, j I will try again. | Long time probably nak ka e ca be 6 dun kwuc no dji do 6 sut dim na ca e kwan- 2 two I moons | will die. | Do not be lonesome. | I may be around hit an t e bun kwuc tc in ya e m na hes t ya te huii it will be, | he said | they say. | He went back | stream to, tc kak tesginut nantyai yicts dounnaundac cun- 4 net | he carried. | Came back, | Wolf. | Hasn t he been back, | my cousin dl ko tc si tcufi Coyote?" tc un t an k^c bi e tut d ge e nes dun no dul cl e dja e 6 1 Acorns j tomorrow | we will carry. | Far | we will put in the ground. tcoyiha 6 tc unt an tutdge nes dun nodulci e dja Again | acorns j we will carry. | Far | we will put down, tc in ya e ni tcoyiha e tc unt an tutde.ge e nes- 8 he said | they say. | "Again | acorns | we will carry | far," dun tc in ya e m tcoyiha 6 tc unt an tutdge te no- he said | they say. | * Again j acorns | we will carry | we will put in water, dug ge c tc in ya e m t gat UL tci tel kac bi e tun uc bun 10 he said | they say. | "Mouldy | you will make. | Tomorrow | you will carry. sk e e dunk ots sdjiyane dantegi tc yantc s us da- Mush | sour I like. | How | old woman | must stay I bun kwa intce e Lan kwuL no na dug ge e dja e tc yantc 12 For her j venison | much | with her | we will leave. \ ( l Old woman do ha wan kwul luk bun dja c buL hinuk nes dun ti duL- you must not tell him | when | south | far | we shall go. tele sa dun sundabundja e do s tci do sut te le kwata u Alone | you will stay. " \ "I will not be lonesome. Any way tunyac stcontcic tc si tcufi s tci tc OL tuk dja e kwata you go. I You may leave me. | Coyote | let him kill me | anyway, tc in ya e m do ha nan dac bun c gun dam stcootge 6 - ie she said | they say. | "You must not come back. | My son-in-law let him come to see me. dja e intce* tc nnog e dja e stc un e dodanco e stciyiL- Venison let him bring | to me. | Nobody | will kill me. tuk tele tc unt an do tcos tcic te le Lan tc unt an tee- is "Acorns | I will not leave. | Many | acorns | are mouldy guttganne yiL tcut na ge yai bun naneLyan neon nuL you will take. | Sprouted, | good | with you. 140 University of Calif ornia Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. te no ni gi ne k ai t buL bi e la cl e te no m gin to guc bun I put in water. J Burden basket in | buckeyes | I put in water. | Let him carry. 2 tacode c $1 gundo e de cgiindane ste un e al tc oL- If some day | wood | is gone if | my son-in-law j for me wood I let him get," tei*dja c tc in ya*m al stciyane tutbuLtelit dje she said | they say. | Wood | I like. | It will rain. | Pitchwood 4 stciyane na tc nun dm bun Le e sidai tc ucduke tc in I like. | It will be light. | At night | I sit. | I crack them," | she said ya e ni si e tguntcade dockakee k undufi d5 al they say. | * l Head j is sick. | I am not well. | Yesterday | not | wood 6 uctciye aj Lan stciyane dodanco 6 naci uctclae I made. | Wood | much | I want. | Nobody | came (?) | I cried. stcidosut wunta Le e si da ye Le e nesdun sidai I am lonesome. | Some | nights | I sit, | night | long. | I sit, 8 n$kka e yiLkai sgiyal tc in ya e nl tatdji na ho tun- two | nights. | I am sleepy, \ she said | they say. | When | will you move?" n^cteL tc unt an dodultage kakw; bunkwuc ylban- Acorns | we have not carried. | Soon | will be. | Six only 10 La e ha e k aitbuL nontna e e kacbi c tut dug guc te le burden baskets | are left. | Tomorrow | we will carry," tc in ya m tcoyiha* tut dug guc te le k aitbuL n^k- he said | they say. | Again we will carry. | Burden baskets j two-two 12 ka e nakka e k aitbuL tele n^kka tcoyiha e k aitbuL burden baskets will be. | Two | again | burden baskets tut dug guc te le cnan n tcon dut tcic te le k^,cbl e k ait- we will carry." | "My mother, | we will leave you j tomorrow. | Burden baskets 14 buL nakka e nontna e e tiduLtele cnail tc akutbl* two | are left. | We will go. | My mother | hole in kwun ye hi duL te le nun kwi ye gi duL te le we will go. | Ground under | we will go. 16 nesdun mkts gunyab do n heL ke e te le donotc guL- "Far | slowly | you go." | "He won t track us, | he won t track us along, ke e tele tc sitcuii nesdune ts usno 6 ntcaoe nesek a Coyote." | "It is far. | Mountain | large. | The long way 18 ts I e ntce e e haihit tcace nadulyic nuns^t ka e brush bad | because | I go. | We will rest. | Sit down. | Come, VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 141 be duL kw$n te hit ci gucgeL k aitbuL d6nhe e un do- we have climbed when I I I will carry burden basket. | Are you tired?" "I am tired." yihe e e tk undun kasidel e yooii Lut uLsaji heu 2 "Kidge | we came up. | Way over | smoke | do you see?" "Yes, Lut us sa ne ne e n tea dun nun ya kwan do yi he e un gi smoke J I see." | "Country large | you have come." "I am tired." ca na e na ni duL na nic ge e aL te da fin die ge e gu.L ge le 4 "Creek | we cross. | I will carry you across. | Well. | I take you up. | It is evening. gunyaL kwantehit Lut un suLtcic tc in ya e ni ye You walk nevertheless. | Smoke | you smell ? " | he said | they say. | House s e ane yoon ciye e ye hai ka e tiduL tea kwuL guL te le 6 stands | yonder mine | house | that. | Quickly | we go. | It will be dark. nagai s e anungi tunni ncom haiufi tc in ya e m Moon | is. | Trail | is good | over there," | he said | they say. haiungi aLte do ha e kuc nun Liii e ske e ha gunyaL do- g "Over there | well | don t look at them. | Behind me | you walk. | Do not be ashamed. ha e ka non t y,n yehenyac yebi e nun sat kwofi 6 nonal- Come in. | House in | sit down. | Fire | put wood on. l$c takit to tagiba tc ek ciye e don he 6 k aitbuL 10 Where | water? | I am thirsty." | "Wife | mine | you tired | burden basket uye under?" dantci gestc5 yistc ankw^fi ntcel 6 s ustc an 12 "Who | elk | shot?" | "Your younger brother | shot it k undufi noni selgin 183 buttco gulsaii odjigultuk yesterday. | Bear | he killed. | Panther | he found. | He killed it." tadji sk e c stcigunyan cgina e nesdun nahestyai 14 "Where | mush? | I want it. | I am hungry. Long ways | I started back. te ek te SIL tcot Woman | I stole." | tatci tc tteLkut tc in ya e ni sek ut do kin nee 16 "Where | did they go?" j he said | they say. | Mealing-stone | didn t speak ya e ni sek ut dateaii e dunni ya e m aLte de natc - they say, | mealing-stone. | Eaven j croaked | they say. "Well, | here I bring them back, iss Cf. Hupa root -wen -win -we "to kill," which is also used with a prefix containing s. 142 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. kiflnummuL tc in ya m al nonullut tatci nasan he said \ they say. \ Wood \ unburned, \ "Where \ they moved?" 2 tc in ya e m 6 e est nun s us tan ya e ni ta tci na sa^i he said \ they say. \ Pestle \ he picked up \ they say. \ "Where \ they moved?" 6 c est ya guL gal y a 6 m tc t tes m c ya e m ya bi e un e Pestle \ he threw up \ they say. \ He looked up \ they say, \ sky in. 4 kwsuntV naineLgal 184 ya e m tc akakut kanail^c His forehead \ it struck [ they say. \ Hole from \ she was digging out tc un t aii ye tc gun yai tc yantc tc eL tci ya e m dan- acorns. | He came in, | old woman | he caught | they say. | "Who 6 dji coLtcut nhoctge* do yae tc OL guc un tc enanLa caught me? | I will look at you." | "Nobody looks at me." | He ran out ya e ni ts gun tc^il ye bi s tca e m ta tci na s^n tc in they say. | He defecated | house in. | "My faeces, | where | moved?" | he said 8 ya c m di se e tc a ka bl e kwun ye nufi yin yicts tc ek they say. "Down here | hole in | they went in | Wolf, | woman. tc te los se skits n^k ka e ha e L6 kast k wut na sa ne He led along | boys | both. | Lokastkwut | they moved," 10 tc in ya e m it said | they say. tc sitcufi kwuns usnoLke e kwuc tc sitcun tc nunya- " Coyote | might track us. | Coyote | if he comes 12 de c kwatcubbun intce e sk e e k wunnatebuLdja kl- you must feed him | venison. | Mush | we will pour on him. | Basket-bowl large tsa e tco buL k wut na te buL dja e no kwoL e a e bun ye tuk- with | we will spill on him. | Place him | house middle." 14 kut cn^n tc sitcun tc n nun yai un gi aLte tonai l My mother, | Coyote is coming. | Well, | fish bine e cwoltc tc nuninufigi noLok ets tc nmungi back | short | he is bringing. " | Your little salmon | he said 16 a.n t e de kwa nul 16s do s tci kw yan un gi y5k na ga buil that one | here | he brings. | I don t like him. | Way off | he must walk. do \w me Tn e tel do s tci k^ yan tc sitcun dan dji nunya I will not look at him. | I do not like him | Coyote." | "Who | came?" is* For the prefix cf. Hupa nai deL d5 "he cut him" (I, 164, 3 and III, 50). VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 143 ye heL a kwus tun ml gi de no yac 185 ku wun tun "Come in. | It is cold. | Here | come. | It is getting cold. Who dji ano t e ka e no sat ted nun hit ano t ehit nanec 2 are you? | Well, | sit down. | Stranger you are/ | " Person nunyai watcut intce 6 sk e e wakac ya bi e k natcaL came. | Give him | venison. | Mush | give him. \ Sky in | chewing ya e m tc ek kiye e tatc bul ya e m seLgai tayaiL- 4 they say. j Woman | his | made mush | they say. | White stones | she put in water. diil sul kwsi 6 k wun na ga bil te lit tc sitcufi intce e tc t- Hot | his head | they will pour on. | Coyote | venison | he was eating when tanet sk e 6 k uLts eget kwsi e k wut na ga bil e ya e m nun- 6 mush he was eating when | his head | on it they poured | they say. | He jumped up. s ustk ai 6 tagunLa tobi e t eee 186 yalkut ya e m yi- Water he jumped in. | Water in | coals | floated | they say. | Other side ban ta nas t yai c ga e ce nan t buL na heL e uts ya e ni s he came out of water. | "My hair | come to me again." | He ran off | they say. kwiin All. XI. HOW COYOTE AND SKUNK KILLED ELK. tc sitcufi besyahut yitco 6lai e notguntalut ges- Coyote | climbed up when | dance-house | its top, | he stood up when | elk ted gultca ya e m gestco mna ya e ni Lafi gestco 10 he called | they say. | Elk | came | they say. | Many | elk ye mna ya e m yitcobl e yitco demuii e ya e m sle L- came in | they say, | dance-house in. | Dance-house | was full | they say. [ Skunk k ucts nun ku WUL tin ya e ni ye da dun no ku WUL tin 12 he took up they say. | By the door | he put him ya e m buLgutyiii kw7sle e but buLgutyifi ya e ni they say. | He doctored | his anus, | his belly, | he doctored | they say, sle e Lk ucts dataitc s usda ya e ni sa 5 tco s usda ya e - u skunk. | Grey squirrel | sat | they say. | Fisher j sat | they say. ni tc gun si e ya c ni sle e L k ucts Le ne e ha e tc n te gan He emitted flatus | they say, | skunk. | All | he killed is 5 The plural is used to the stranger for politeness. It is used to all relations-in-law in this region for the same purpose, ise Cf. Hupa teiiw "coal" (I, 114, 4). 144 University of Calif ornia Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. y a e ni tc e gan ya e ni tc gun si e dut tc n te gan ya e ni they say. | He killed | they say. | He emitted flatus when | he killed them | they say. 2 tc si tcun in tce c ban but buL a tc gun yan ya e ni tc si- Coyote | deer female | entrails and all | he ate | they say. | Coyote, tcun kwa a die cin ye tc in ya e m gestco taist ats "I called that/ | he said | they say. | Elk | he cut up 4 ya c nl dancanha e naone st eci* Lene e ha e tca e n 5la they say. | "Who | married | my sister?" | All | faeces | his hands slm e tc si tcun tehun. teL e uts ya e m kwla e tc te- became. | Coyote | creek to | he ran | they say. His hands | he washed 6 tci ya e m selin kwla e tc tetci ya e ni kw si e ga e tco they say. | Blood | his hand | he washed | they say. | His hair long ki0si e tc istcin ya e ni kwsi wantgulk ^c ya e ni his head | he made | they say. | His hair | she threw away | they say. kwun Lg,n All. XII. COYOTE EECOVERS KANGAEOO-EAT S EEMAINS. 8 naL ton e tc k a e tc is tcin ya e ni Lafi tc guL tell Kangaroo-rat | arrow | he made | they say. | Many | he kept making ya e m k a e s ultifi e187 tc istcin ya e m te e uts 188 ya e ni they say. | Arrow-bow j he made | they say. | He shot along | they say. 10 ne e nuntc iLk ai 189 ya c ni hota Lba e un k 6 uts Ground | he shot | they say. | Then | both sides | he shot ya e ni di de e k te e uts ya e ni k e nun e uts ya m se n- they say. | North | he shot along | they say. | He came there shooting | they say. | Blue-rock 12 tea dun kw dji gul tuk ya e ni dan ke te La ya e ni ne e he was killed | they say. | Everything | he shot with | they say. | Ground nuntc iLk ai ya e m cicbi e kuwa a e ya e m sga e buL he shot I they say. | Eed mountain | they brought it | they say. | Hair with 14 nutdac bi c naya e ai e ya e m buL ya e nund^c ya e m dance j they took in | they say. | With | they danced | they say. i 87 The compound has become necessary since s uLtin 6 is used of modern firearms. iss Cf. Hupa ylkitteits (I, 144, 12 and III, 211). i8 Cf. Hupa root -kait -kai (III, 281). VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 145 hota bi e tc ewa e $n ya e m kwsi e bi e tc e e ^n ya e m Then | they took off they say. | His head | they took off | they say. tc kwutdjits ya e m tc sltcun unaslaL kwunt ya e m 2 They pulled him in two | they say. | Coyote | dreamed about his cousin | they say. na si la le wac yi ce ciin di ba cl cun di ba ci cun di ba ci I dreamed | I dreamed, j my nephew my nephew | my nephew. tc teL ke e kwe e ya e ni tc guL ke e ya e ni di de 4 He started to track | his tracks | they say. | He tracked along | they say. | North ya m tee gul laL ya e m tee ge gul laL y a e ni tc nun ya they say. | He cried along | they say. | He cried along | they say. | He came there ya e m y I tco dim cic bl e ts ufi na gul lac ya e ni di de 6 they say, dance-house place | Eed mountain. | Bones he picked up J they say. North tc qaL dun ha e yo e buL nasli 6 ya e ni yoyide e tc t- he walked place | beads | with | he tied up they say. Way north | he went tesyai ya m dlda e un sis kwsi e buL ts usli e ya e m 8 they say. North from otter | his head with | he tied | they say. yitco tc nnunya ya m guLgelit tc afi tastci ya e m Dance-house | he came j they say. | Evening when | food they cooked | they say. ye tc gun ya ya e ni yi tco bl e no dac kwa ta kwac aL- 10 He went in | they say, | dance-house in. l Dance, | any way. | "I used to do that, ine nanec usi e nac e ahut nut dac ya e m binaskut person | his head | I get when." | Dance was | they say. | Two in middle danced ya e m tc gund^s ya c m sga e buL ci nucdac buL 12 they say. | They danced | they say. | " Scalp | with | I | I will dance." | With it tc e na e n La ya e ni he ran out | they say. na heL e uts ya e ni kwun t gi yot ya e ni buL na gul- 14 He ran back they say. | They pursued him | they say. | With it | he ran along daL ya c ni ts uil wannalt e uts ya e ni yo e bi e nona- they say. | Bones | he ran back to | they say. | Beads | he had placed in tc nan ya e m nahestya ya e ni yoon ts uii w^n- 16 they say. | He came back | they say. | Way over | bones | he came back to nantya ya e ni nanagungiii ya ni da nan dun gin they say. [ He took them down | they say. | He carried them back 146 University of California Publications. [AM.ARCH.ETH. ya c ni bi e no na tc n an ya e m yo buL bi note nan they say. | He carried them in it | they say. | Beads | with | he carried them in 2 ya c m hai kwac cul II hit ka nac le kwaJi ka e no na ga- they say. | "When | they do that to me I come alive again. | Come, | I jump across, cul dac kwan cunt ca na e190 na na gul dac ya m di da e - my cousin, | creek. " \ He jumped down | they say. | Here from the north 4 ufi na gut geL ya e ni no nal e uts ya e ni kwunt buL he carried along | they say. | He ran back (?) they say. | His cousin | with ya c m tc gun tee ya e m wan natc ge gul lal nas H e nut they say. | They cried | they say. | About him he cried along | he was tied because 6 ya c m cun di ba ci cun di ba ci eun di ba ci nan t gin they say. | My nephew | my nephew | my nephew. M | He brought back ya e m ko wun dun they say | his home. kwun L^,n All. XIII. COYOTE AND THE GAMBLER. 8 ko wa,n tc gul de ya c m k a e ko wan tc gul de ya c ni From him he won | they say, | arrows. | From him he won | they say, s uLtin 6 La e ha e beL ko wan tc gul de ya e ni yo e ko- bow | one. | Rope | from him he won | they say. | Beads | from him he won 10 wa,n tc gul de ya e m ta suts ko w^n tc gul de ya e m they say. | Tasuts | from him he won | they say. si e bls e an ko wan tc gul de ? ya e m k e tc us t ats L6 ? n e ai Head net | from him he won | they say. | He cut | grass game. 12 clye e tc ek tc ucbe e ciye e ye ? tc ucbe 6 tc in ya e m "My | wife | I bet. | My | house | I bet/ | he said | they say. kun ne SIL van 6 kun ne SIL yan kun ne SIL van 5 kun ne SIL- "I win," | I win, | I win, | I win." 14 yan na e tc usde ya c nT tc ek na e tc usde ? ya e nl ye* He won back they say | wife. | He won back | they say | house tco ye Le ne e ha e L ta ki na e tc us de ? ya e ni k a e beL again. | All, | every kind | he won back | they say. | Arrows, | rope, loo These words Coyote uses are said to be in the dialect formerly spoken north of the Kato. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 147 s UL tin 6 na e gl yo e si 6 bis e an Le ne ha na e tc us deo bow, | quiver, | beads, | head net, | all | lie won back ya e ni 2 they say. kwun All. XIV. COYOTE COMPETES WITH GKEY-SQUIKEELS. dataitc s usk an ya e m tciin uye susk an ylban- Grey-squirrel | built fire | they say. | Tree | under | he built fire. | Six La e ha e nanunLa ya c ni tc si tciin tc nnunya ya e ni 4 jumped across | they say. | Coyote | came there they say. tehehei dok afi stcotcin 191 naslosit kwact m beeo - (Laughing) | "Long ago | my grandmother | led me around when | I did that. | Lead me up, los cun dits he u e be co los cun dits be ko ? los tc in ya m 6 my friend. Yes, | lead me up | my friend." | "Lead him up," | he said | they say. hota naniinLa ya e m hota nanunLa gut tc teLsut Then | he jumped across | they say. | Then | he jumped across when | he fell ya m hota kw6fi e bi e nolsut oslut ya e m hota 8 they say. | Then | fire | in | he fell. | He burned up they say. | Then | t ec tannasdjol ya e m hota cga cenuntbuL coal j rolled out | they say. | Then "My hair | come back to me." kwun Lafi All. XV. COYOTE TEICKS THE GIRLS. gulk an ya e m sek wut gulk ^n ya e m la ci e 10 Fire was | they say. | Eock on | fire was | they say. Buckeyes kwofi e dun na t gul g^l ya e ni gut tea ya e ni Letc buL fire place | she poured down | they say. | Were covered up | they say, | earth | with. kanagala ya e m binogutLek ya e m tc sitcuii ts al- 12 She took them out they say. | She soaked them | they say. | Coyote | baby-basket in i9i This suffix -tcin (Hupa -tcwin) seems to mark a class. It is a live suffix. In a neighboring dialect it was heard suffixed to an English word, "old mare-tcm." 148 University of Calif or nia Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. bi c tc n mil lat ya e ni dan dji bi ye e ski nul lat floated there | they say. | "Whose | his | baby | floats?" 2 ya c n ya e ni ta g kn ya e ni ski ts al buL ta ge kan they asked | they say. | She took it out of water | they say. | Baby | basket with | she took out ya m ski tee ya c m naLgiLgai dakwtkan ya e m they say. | Baby | cried | they say. | White duck | carried it about | they say. 4 tc tdenfiel ya e m guLgel 6 ya e ni ya e nteslaL 3^a m It stopped crying | they say. [ It was evening | they say. They slept | they say. ski nogkan ya e m ylskau ya e m tc gustci* ya m Baby | she put down (basket) | they say. | It was day | they say. | It was red | they say. 6 nahestya ya c m didji tc 6 yan no but gun tea- He went back | they say. | What | you eat ? Your bellies are big. kw$n ne 6 dun d ja c tc si tcuii "You die | Coyote." kwun Lan All. * XVI. POLECAT BOBS HEE GRANDMOTHER, 8 tcitcgaitc t eki Lan nunyetao 192 t eki katc gun- Polecat | girls | many | bulbs | girls | dug ci e193 ya e m dinuk hainauil Luntesyahut dida un they say. | South | from south | came together when | from north 10 t eki Lan nunyetaG katc gun ci e ya e m Lan nun- girls | many | bulbs | dug | they say. | Many | bulbs yetaG katc gucci ya e ni tcitcgaitc kw?tcai Lan they dug | they say. j Polecat | her grandchild | many 12 kaya e ci c ya e m gulk an ya e nl ntcaG al k wun- dug | they say. | There was fire | they say. | Large | wood | they put on when no gul la hut n tcaG ka ya e ci e ya c ni Lan L ta ki large | they dug | they say. | Many kinds 14 tbuLbi e wun k aitbuLbi e wun k aitelbi e Ltcekke- seed-basket in | some, | burden-basket in | some, | basket-pan in i2 Cf. Hupa yinnetau (I, 135, 2). i3 Cf. Hupa xakehwe (I, 135, 2). VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 149 tcin 194 gontc tcun si tcifi nun ye taG tco wo e Laii tci gul- tcantc naalle 6 ts6 e kwit m kwutkyan buttlai e tc gol- 2 bustciii kaskin tcigultcan tcidukne 6 nasnaldaltc tci yo yi kos t gaitc Letc ye de le tco si tbin Lene e ha e 4 All L ta kl ka tc gun ci e ya e m t buL de mun e ya e m cl ye different kinds I they dug I they say. I Seed-basket was full I they say. [ "Mine dote bun ne ya e tc in ya e m ciye e demun 6 k aitelbi 6 6 is not full, | they said | they say. < Mine | is full | basket-pan in. > kaduttca 6 ne e gunsulle tc in ya e m heu e tc in "We will bury. | Ground | is hot/ | she said | they say. | "Yes," | she said ya e m ts yantc kwon e ya e gabll e ya e m ne e Ltc al- 8 they say, | old woman. | Fire they threw over they say. | Ground | they scooped out. kats na t gul gal le kw5ii e dun tco yi ta* na t guL gaL They poured them down | fire place. | Other places | they poured down ya m nesdufi slm e ya m La nit t eki La nit nesdun 10 they say. | High | it became | they say. j Many because | girls | many be cause | high ken tail ya e m guttca e ya e m tc ele 6 ya e m kwtco it piled up | they say. | They covered | they say. | He* sang | they say. | His grandmother ba ya e m 6dai nundac ya m yenagundac ya e m 12 for they say. | Outside | she danced they say. | He went in | they say, kin yi nun ye taG oc t ge e d ja e tc in ya e ni tc e na gut- himself . j ( l Bulbs | I will look at, " | he said they say. j He came out dac ya e ni tc e II le e ya e ni kt# tco nun dg,c ya c m 14 they say. | He kept singing | they say. | His grandmother | danced [ they say. beiLkeget nun ye taG 6ctge e tc in ya nl k aitel He finished when | "Bulbs | I look at" | he said | they say. | Basket-pan 194 The bulbs used for food by the Kato, listed here, have not been identified. Chesnut has treated the subject for this region; "Plants used by the Indians of Mendocino Co., Calif." Contribution from U. S. Nat. Herba rium, VII. * When this text was being revised with the original relator it was declared that the deceitful grandchild was a girl, not a boy. The Nongatl, farther north, tell of a boy who afterward repented and avenged his grandmother s death. 150 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. nanaiLduL ya c m k aitelbi 6 tc eille 6 ya e m ktotco he moved up and down | they say. | Basket-pan in | he kept singing | they say. | His grandmother 2 nund^c ya e m k aitel nanaiLduL ya e m kwda e b! danced | they say. | Basket-pan | he moved up and down | they say. | His mouth in naduLg^L ya e m doutt eye stco tc in ya e ni kw?- he poured | they say. | "They are not cooked, | my grandmother," | he said j they say. | His mouth in 4 da e bi e na duL gaL y a e ni tc J e nan dac ya e ni do ut t e ye he poured | they say. | He came out | they say. | "They are not cooked, stco tc ille 6 ya e m doutt eye doyehe e ungi kwon e - my grandmother," | he sang | they say. | "Not cooked, | I am tired." | Fire place 6 dun ne e nanatguL e al ya e m nun dac ce domnelya- earth | he piled up again they say. | "Why are you dancing? | They are eaten up." nun kwtco ka e 6ctge e nunyetao kin tc enya His grandmother, | Well, I will look | bulbs. " | He | went out 8 ya c ni odai e kivtco ne e yon t gits ya e m kw6n e dun they say | outside. | His grandmother | earth | looked at | they say, | fire place. nunyetaa ndo e ya c m tc e nan t y a hut tc gun tee Bulbs | were not | they say. | She went out when | she cried 10 ya c ni 5 dai e ha e they say, | outside. dinuk tc ttesya ya e m bunte wundun tc n nun- South | she went | they say. | Flies | live place | she came 12 ya ya c m stcidLtuk stcayi do buii kwa sus I ne 195 do- they say. | "Kill me, | my grandchild | mistreated me." | "No, ye do n tci dul tuk te le bun L tcin tco 190 wundun tc n- we will not kill you." | "Fly-black-large" | live place | she came 14 nunya ya m tc ttesya ya e m hainuk tcanes wun- they say. | She went on | they say. | Here south | wasp | live place dun tc n nun yai stcioLtuk ctcayi do buii kwa sus I ne she came. | "Kill me, | my grandchild j mistreated me," 16 tc in ya c m bundultcantc wundun tc n nunya ya c m she said they say. | (Live in the ground) | live place | she came | they say. 195 The word is difficult of analysis. 196 The following names of the insects seem mostly to indicate a classification of them by color and size. The translations were suggested by the Indian. VOL. 5] Goddard.Eato Texts. 151 s dji OL tuk s tcai ye do bun kwa sus I ne tc in ya m Kill me, my grandchild | mistreated me, | she said | they say. ts ttesya ya e ni hainuk tadulgaitco wundun tc n- 2 She went on | they say. | Here south | hornet | live place | she came nun ya ya e m s tcai ye do bun kwa sus I ne s dji OL tuk they say. | "My grandchild | mistreated me, kill me. " do ye do n dji dul tuk te le yinuk tc ttesya ya e m 4 "No, | we will not kill you." South | she went | they say. tcis na Luts e 197 wundun tc n nun ya ya e ni sdjioLtuk Yellowjacket j live place | she came | they say. | "Kill me, stcai do bun kwa sus I ne do ye do dji dul tuk tele yi- 6 my grandchild | mistreated me." j "No, | we will not kill you." | South nuk tc ttesya ya e m ne e yosostc wundun tc nnunya she went | they say. | (An insect) | live place | she came ya e ni stcai do bun kwa sus I ne sdjioLtuk do ye don- 8 they say. | "My grandchild mistreated me, | kill me." | "No, | we will not kill you, 7 dji dul tuk te le kwuLiii ya e m buntco wunduil tc n- they told her | they say. | Fly large | live place | she came nunya ya e m sdjioLtuk s tea ye do bun kwa sus I ne 10 they say. | Kill me, | my grandchild | mistreated me. do ye do n dji dul tuk te le doLtc wundun tc nnunya "No, | we will not kill you." | Gnats | live place | she came ya e m sdjioLtuk do ye do n dji dul tuk te le kwuLiii 12 they say. Kill me. " | " No, | we will not kill you, | they told her ya e m tc ttesya ya e ni hainuk tcunsusnatc kwunta - they say. | She went | they say. | Here south | (insect) | live places dun ya e m tc nnunya ya e ni 14 they say. [ She came | they say. kuwaguttcut ya e m nunya dun do ye s tea ye They fed her | they say | she came place. | No, | my grandchild do bun kwa sus I nit myaye sdjioLtuk tc in ya e nl 16 mistreated me because | I came. | Kill me," | she said | they say. heu e n dji dul tuk tele kwuLin ya e m guLgellit kw- 1 1 Yes, j we will kill you, | they told her | they say. | It was evening when j they killed her. djigultuk ta ku wut t a sut kz(7wos kwunLan ne e k wut- is They cut her up when | her leg | everywhere | on places tsis na hornet or wasp, and Luts stout, strong " ( ?) . 152 University of California Publications. L AM - ARCH. ETH. ta nowilk as ya c m k?wos kwani* nakka e ha e kiv- f ell | they say. | Her legs, | arms | both, | her belly, 2 but ktsi kwunLan ne e k wutta< nolk as ya c m her head, | every where | on places | fell | they say. kwun L$n All. XVII. GRIZZLY WOMAN KILLS DOE. nom tc yantcun kwoii e betgunsi 6 ya m kwun- Grizzly j old woman | fire | had her head close | they say | her house. 4 ta dun tc us sai e tcuii ye lai e s us dai ya e nl no m tc - Bluejay | house top | sat | they say. | Grizzly | old woman yantcun nakofi ya e k tebil e ya m aLte ya e na 6c- clover | they went to gather they say. | "Well, | lice J for you | I will look for," 6 tge e tc in ya c m kwyatci aLte ya e na 6ctge e she said | they say. | Her girl, | "Well, | lice | for you I will look for" tc in ya e nl 6si e tc ukk ots ya 6 m k^yatcl aLte she said | they say. | Her head | she cracked | they say. | Her girl j Well, 8 a ne sun tes la le aL te 6c t ge e be te guL ca e ya e nl she said, | "you sleep, j Well | I look." j She put in sand | they say. s usk an ya e nl kwon e una e tc enalai 198 ya e m tco- She built fire | they say fire. | Her eye J she took out | they say. | Again 10 yiha c 6na e tc enalai ya e m tbuLbi 6 nolai una her eye | she took out they say. | Burden basket in [ she put | her eye. tcoyiha* 6na e bl e tbuLbi nolai ya m nakofi 6lai e Again | her eye | in | burden basket in | she put | they say. | Clover | on it 12 nolai ya c m tbuLbi* nolai ya e nT nakoii yebi e tc - she put | they say. | Burden basket in | she put they say. | Clover | house in I she carried tesgm ya c m yebl 6 tc nun gin ya e m nakoii skits they say. | House in | she brought | they say. | Clover children 14 waunkan ya nl snan una e snan una e tc in she gave | they say. My mother | her eye | my mother | her eye " | he said ya 6 nl s kits they say | boy. ifls The root of the verb would indicate a plural object, but each eye is separately mentioned. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 153 skits kiye e tc tteslos ya e m nakka e tcun d joe- Boys | hers | he led | they say | two. | Tree | hollow in bi e yiheduL tc in ya e m yegundel e ya e m Lo 2 you go " | she said | they say. | They went in | they say. | Grass no te gul so ya c ni u tc iin a 6 wi yo ya e m kwon 6 she pushed in | they say. | Before it j she fanned | they say, | fire muL oda e dennel ya e m hota tc enagebil e ya m 4 with. | Their crying | stopped they say. | Then | she took them out | they say. tc t te gi bil e ya 6 m ye bi e M te ge gats ya e m te na tc - She carried them | they say, | house to. She scraped them | they say. | She washed them giil de ya e m ho ta no m tc yan tcun ko wa ge bll e 6 they say. | Then grizzly | old woman | she gave them to ya m tc giin yan ya ni ki ye e s kik they say. | She ate them | they say, | her children. s kits tes del e ya e m te him ko kuc gi nai seL tc 01 8 Children went | they say | creek | they ran down. | Heron nan guL e a e kwafi ya e ni ko tc gul e uts nan guL e a e ya e ni had made a weir they say. | They ran down. [ Fish weir was | they say. s tc gi na nuL gaL ne t ai s tc gi tc in ya c ni n5 ni 10 My grandfather | put across | your neck, my grandfather," she said they say. | Grizzly tc y^n tcun ko tc gul e uts de ne t ai kwa na nuL gaL de e old woman | when she runs down | your neck for her | when you put across ka tc eL gaL bun tc t to lat dja e tc in ya e ni te hiin 12 you must throw one side. | Let her drown | she said | they say. | Stream yibaii tausdel 6 ya e m buskik t e na yan tcun bus- other side | they went out { they say. | "Her children [ raw | she eats. | Her children kik t e nayan daya e ndji ckik daya e ndjik a buc- 14 raw | she eats. " \" What they say | children 1" " This way only they say I Her children kik t V na yan tcun ya e tc in ni un gi tc in ya e ni raw | she eats | they are saying," | he said | they say tc us sai e tcun 16 blue jay. hota non! tc yan tcun tc teL uts ya e m tekotc - Then [ grizzly | old woman | ran | they say. She ran to the stream gul e uts ya e m c ge dun nhet ai 199 ca nan5LgaL is they say. | My brother-in-law | your neck | for me | put across. !9o She uses the plural of politeness to a relation-in-law, in fact or by courtesy. 154 University of Calif ornia Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. nanca 6 tc in ya m ckik ula e etc mi 6 nanaittic I will cross, she said | they say. | My children | their hands | to me I are beckoning." 2 hota heu e tc in ya ni hota nanunyai ya m hota Then, | Yes, " | he said | they say. | Then | she started across | they say. Then ka taL e ut katc elgal* ya e m tc telat ya e m right | \vater middle | he tipped it | they say. | She drowned | they say. kwun Lan All. XVIII. TURTLE S EXPLOIT. 4 ts iinteL se ya^k as ya e ni se ya guLk asit kwa- Turtle | stone he threw up they say. Stone | he threw up when | shoulder m di kwalaa ya e m kwdice 6 buL se ya e guLk as this | he did | they say. | His arm | with it | stone | he threw up. 6 kw?dice e naLtcut ya e m hota wunyi ya e m wunye- His arm he caught it | they say. | Then | others were | they say. | They were afraid of it nel git ya e m te he he tc in ya e m tc si tcuii ka e d they say. | Tehehe, " | he said they say, | Coyote. | Well, | I 8 bec e ai tc in ya e m heu e tc in ya e m ts unteL tc si- will try," | he said they say. "Yes," he said they say Turtle, j Coyote tcuii nunsus c an ya e m se ya e guLk as ya e m ku- took up | they say | stone. | He threw it up | they say. | His middle 10 wun tuk k ut tc gul k aii ya e nl kwuL kwun ye tc UL sil it fell | they say. | With him | it pounded into the ground ya e m se ya e gulk asit kowuntukkut tc iLk aL ya ni they say. | Stone | he threw up when | his back |.it struck | they say. kwun Lan All. 12 XIX. HOW TURTLE ESCAPED. ts unteL nagakwan ya e m sa dun ha 6 kowufi tc n- Turtle was walking | they say, | alone. | To him | they came nulkut ya e m k a e ntcetc nalekwafi ya e m ne c they say. | Arrows | poor | he was carrying | they say. | Ground 14 nunyaLk as ya e m k a cek k wut tc ya c ce ya c n! they pushed them in | they say | arrows. | Spit | they spit on them | they say. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 155 tgamats to haskan ya e m bunk ut ciilhut k utde- By the shore. | Water [ was there | they say, | lake. | Summer-time. | He was angry Kin ya e m s usda ya e m ya 6 slan ya e m kuwun 2 they say. | He sat | they say. | They laughed j they say at him. k a e nuns uslai ya e m s ustc an ya e m nanec hai Arrow | he took up they say. | He shot | they say, person. | That tobi e tagunLa ya e m nanec be dun ya e m tob! e k 4 water in | he jumped | they say. | Person | died they say. | Water inside nas e uts ya e m djan tc ustcin ya e m c5 kaya e tc - he ran around | they say. j Muddy he made j they say. In vain | they looked for him kwunte ya e m djaJi slm e ya e m tc kak yega e an 6 they say. Muddy | it became | they say. | Net | they stretched ya e ni tcun k wut kwa tc gus t ka ya e ni tc kak bi e they say | stick on. | For him they dipped | they say, | net in. kucnataoha* t, ts UL e uts kw^n ya c ni co e Without their knowledge | he had run out | they say. In vain | they walked for him ya m La kwa guLgel 6 ya ni tcakuguLgel e ya e n! they say. Only | it was dark | they say. | Very it was dark | they say. kw tcon gut tcan ya e m ka e undai detgulgal e ya e m 10 They let him go | they say. | Body | they threw in fire | they say, kwon e dun fire place. kwun Lari All. XX. GOPHEE S EEVENGE. sdaitc natcul uyactc dastcaii uyactc hai La e 12 Cottontail rabbit | orphan | small, | gopher | small | that | too dastcaii uyactc natcul unan ndoi uta e La e ndoi gopher | small | orphan. | Its mother | was not, its father | too | was not. hota uyacts kuwunyanit taki sta e stco tc in 14 Then | little | they had grown when, | "Where | my father, | my grand mother?" | he said ya e m dok unha 6 nta e udjiyistukke n^n La e do- they say. | l Long ago | your father | was killed. | Your mother | too long ago k ufi ha e u dji yis tuk ke nak ka e ha e di dji u dji yis tuk 16 was killed | both." j "What | killed them?" 156 University of California Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. tc yantc tonai ntcaa osose 200 buL yiLt ogut udji- "Old woman fish | large | her sting | with | stuck him when she killed him. 2 yistuke nan La c yiLt ogut udji yistuke dastcafi tc t- Your mother | too | she stuck when | she killed." | Gopher | had gone tesyakwan ya e m ne e bi e tc nneLin e kwafi ya e m ne e - they say, j ground in. | He had looked they say. Ground in 4 bi e hota kwun ye tc gun ya kwan ya e m nahestyakwan then | he had gone in | they say. | He had started back ya c m hota nantya ya m hota k a 6 tc ict atele they say. | Then | he came back | they say. | Then | Arrows | I will make, 6 stco tc in ya e m kwtco ka no del In 6 ya e m k a grandmother," | he said | they say. | His grandmother | showed him | they say. | Arrow co e tc ilia ya e ni tc us t 6k 201 ya*m dundai* k a good he made | they say. | He flaked | they say. | Flint | arrow 8 k wun no la kwaii ya c m k a e he placed on | they say, arrow. kw tco u na taG ha e kwun ye tc gun ya kwan ya e nl His grandmother not knowing | he went under ground | they say. 10 yo tan tco kasyakwaii ya e m hota tonai utc unts 202 Way | river large | he had come up | they say. | Then | fish | close by kasyakw^n ya e m tonai tc nneLin e ya e m oyacts he came up they say. Fish | he looked at | they say. j Small 12 ne e watc ami 6 tc nneLiii 6 ya e m k a e bi no in tan ground | hole in | he looked | they say. | Arrow he put on the bow ya c m tc istc ^n ya c m tcoyiha 6 s ustc an ya c m Laii they say. | He shot | they say. Again | he shot | they say. | Many 14 nunneLk ai ya c m kwtus can natc eLt o ya e m se he made stick in | they say. | Over him | only | she stung | they say. | Stones tee gats yafi e ai c ya e m nunyiLt ogut otcitc ustuk rattling sound stood | they say, she stung them when. | He killed her 16 ya e ni be dun ya e nl t gun nas lat ya e ni tc n ne guL in e they say. | She died j they say. He turned her over | they say. He looked at her 200 sos is used for the name of a pointed dagger made of bone or horn. Cf. note 144, p. 108 above. 201 The Hupa use this root with the same form and meaning. 202 a "her," tc un "toward," and the diminutive. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 157 ya e ni na hes t ya ya e ni hai na nee ca na e de mun- they say. He started back | they say. | That | persons | creek | was full kwajn tc n neL m kw^n ya e m nahestya ya e ni 2 he had seen | they say. | He started back | they say. tatci nunyakw^n kwuLin ya e m stco tantco Where | you come from ? she asked | they say. My grandmother | Eel river nacaye tonai odjislLtuke tc in ya e m hai nanec 4 I have been. | Pish | I killed/ | he said | they say. | "That | people te enani 203 hai tonai nanee ndoye dita tc in killed | that j fish. | People | are not | this place, " | he said ya e ni yok ne e k wiitta nanec nulkutut Laii Lta - 6 they say. | Far countries | people [ came when | many | different kinds ki kuwa c ^n ya e m tonai o dji tc us tiik ut st 6 e hai gave him | they say, | fish | he killed because. | Nearly that kw^nt e st o e slm ya m tonai him 6 dji tc us tiik- 8 kind j nearly | became | they say. | Fish | that fellow | he killed because ut tonai hai kw^nt e tonai ndo e ya ni fish that | kind | fish | is not | they say. kwun 1411 All. XXI. MEADOWLAKK S BEEAST. tcolaki Lgaya e nguLil ya e ni seLtcundunni Lga- 10 Meadowlark | were quarreling j they say, | "mockingbird." | They were quarreling ya nguLil ya e m Le e duii Lgaya nguLil dekwagunneL they say. j Morning | were quarreling. | Here it (sun) was ya e m gulgel e ya e ni gulk an ya e m kwon e ya e ni 12 they say. j Evening it was { they say. | Fire was | they say. Fire | they say. tcolaki ts unteslaL ya e m se detga^ii ya e m tco- Meadowlark | fell asleep | they say. | Stone | he put in fire | they say. | Meadowlark laki ts unteslaL ya e m seLtcundunni se nuns us- 14 fell asleep | they say. | Mockingbird | stone | picked up e $n ya e ni tcolaki ktrsalkut ya e m tcolaki ktoyits- they say. j Meadowlark | his mouth he put in | they say. | Meadowlark | his breast 203 The root -gan "to kill many." 158 University of California Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. ye se walkut ya e m haihit Le c ut ts tdunm stone | fell through j they say. | That is why | at night | he sings, 2 ya e m they say. kwun 1411 All. XXII. GEESE CAEEY OFF EAVEN. sulsuntc skitsyac s uslos ya e m tcunsuts kiobut Chipmunk j child small | he kept | they say. | Bark | his belly 4 nai neL k uts kwafi ya e m s uLtin ya m tc ek da- had stuck in | they say. | He lay down | they say. | Woman raven tc^ii e tcun siits tcon gul Ian ya ni ka di da e un na- bark J went after | they say. Geese | from north two 6 ka e tc n nun del e kwaii ya e m tcun unasya ya e m had come | they say. | Tree | she went around | they say. tcunwo e buL gusca ya e m k aitbuL nuns usgiii Hook with | they caught they say, | burden-basket. | She lifted up 8 ya e ni tco yi ha e gus ca ? ya e ni n das si di tc in ya e - they say. | Again | they caught it | they say. | Heavy | this, | she said I they say. ni tc enamil e ya e m nuns us gin ya e m tcoyiha e gus- She emptied out | they say. | She lifted up | they say. | Again they caught it 10 ca ya m k aitbuL n^kka e noLtinna ya e m gucca 5 they say | burden-basket. | Two | were left | they say. | They caught it ya nl nuns us gin ya e m gucca* ya e m k aitbuL they say. | She lifted up | they say. | They caught it | they say | burden- basket. 12 kowultcut ya e m naka e ha e ka totegilos ya e nT Caught her | they say | both | geese. They took her along | they say dide e north. 14 da c ya e n tel I tc5 ayacilaG tc in ya e m yltcobi 6 "Flat mouths took me up" she said | they say. | Dance-house yekwilyos ya e m ne e utci c dun guLgellut tc ngundas they took her in | they say, world-its-tail-place. | Evening when | was a dance 16 ya e m tc ena e nt a ya 6 m yltcobi* ts ek ebi e tc ena e n- they say. | She flew out j they say. | Dance-house | door | she flew out VOL. 5] Goddard. Kato Texts. 159 t a ya e m nantya ya e m skitsyac sulsuntc s us- they say. She came home | they say. | Child small | chipmunk | he had kept 16s kwan ya e m sulsunts intce e tc eLt ot tc uLtci- 2 they say. Chipmunk | venison | it suck j he had made kwan ya e m skits benadun ya e ni they say. | Child died | they say. kwun Laji All. XXIII. THE DIVING CONTEST. nakeets sis kwun ye tc guile tobi c ya e m tonai 4 Blue duck otter | swam under water lake in | they say. | Fish natc telgel ya e nl kaiyatc kwlm ya e m nakeets ka- they were catching j they say. | They watched them they say. | Duck | came up na gul le ya e ni na ka tc gun tcok kw^n ya e m to nai 6 they say. | Two he had filled | they say | fish. kaiyatc kwlm ya e m sis kana guile ya m tak They watched him | they say. [ Otter | came up | they say. Three tc gun tcok kwan tonai ya e m naheLkut ya e m yebi e - 8 he had filled fish | they say. They went back | they say. | House in uii tc telos ya e m tonai they dragged them | they say | fish. kwun All. XXIV. TEEATMENT OF THE STEANGER. k un kanasityai act e tc in ya e m dundji ka- 10 Just now | I came back up | I am, he said | they say. | Who | I came back up na si t ya tc in kato de ko t guc hai a m ko gut t- said ? | Quick | here | look | who | said it. " \ They looked around gets ya e m c5 e t kai yatc kwon te ya e ni dSkuwulsaii 12 they say. | In vain | they looked for him | they say. | He wasn t seen ya e m naheLtkut ya e m do ku wul san nut k un ka- they say. | They came back they say | he wasn t found because. | ^Just now I came back up 160 University of Calif ornia Publications. [AM.ARCH.ETH. nasityai act e tc in yam hakw tc kenec kaktr- I am" | he said | they say. | "Eight here it talks. | Look for him." 2 no te tco yi ha e Laii tc tes yai ya e nl ka yatc kwon te Again | many | went | they say. | They looked for him. dokowulsan ya m tcun nat ai 6 ya c m tcun tctcos He wasn t found | they say. | Tree | stood | they say. | Tree | hollow 4 dyactsbi* aunkwan ya e m tcun tctcos bi e oyactsbi* small in | it said it | they say. | Tree | hollow in | small in ko will san ya e m he was found | they say. 6 ki0 dji OL tuk te c he u ki0 dji diil tuk tc e ku wul tin "You better kill him." | "Yes, | we will kill him." | He was pulled out ya c m ta ku wul t ats ya c ni ktr kwa ne e kal gal ya c ni they say. | He was cut to pieces | they say. | His arms | were chopped up | they say. 8 kwwos kal gal ya e m tc eku wutt ats ya e m doha e ke- His legs | were chopped up | they say. | He was split | they say. | He didn t die dun ya m tew dji ndoi k^kwe 6 utukkut kwdji they say. | His heart | was not. | His foot | between | his heart 10 s e ailkwan ya e ni kw; dji gut fats ya e m kedun was situated | they say. | His heart was cut | they say. | He died ya m they say. kwun All. XXV. THE GREAT HOKNED SERPENT. 12 Lo dai ki e no nun yin ya e ni na nee k wut t gaL Lodaiki \ they lived | they say. Persons | kept dying ya e ni t eki bi e no tc te Lek ya e m lace e bi e nogutLek they say. | Girls were making mush | they say. | Buckeyes | they were soaking 14 ya e m Loyacgai n^kka e Loyacgai beduiikw^n ya e m they say. Trout | two | trout were dead | they say. nakka e detgultm ya e m hlneLy^n ya e m be dun Two | they put in fire they say. She ate them | they say. | She died 16 ya e ni tco yi ha hi neL yan ya c ni be dun ya e nl hai they say. | Again | she ate | they say. | She died | they say, the VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 161 La e tuc ca e di duk ca na e di can 6 stm di duk LO- other. | "I am going | here east. | Creek something lies | east. \ Trout yacgai nakka fc ts uLsan ya e m La e ha e ts uLsan ya e m 2 two I he found they say. | One | he found | they say. tcoyiha 6 La e ha e ts uLsan ya m tcoyiha* tc ttesya Again | one | he found | they say. Again | he went ya e m tonai tak ts uLsan ya e ni nagesyltc ya e m 4 they say. | Fish | three | he found | they say. He rested | they say. sut tc ttesya ya e m LO yac gai ts uLsan ya e m La e - Little way he went | they say. Trout | he found they say, | one only. ha e tc ttesya ya e ni LO yacgai nakka e ts uLsau ya c - 6 He went they say. | Trout | two j he found | they say. ni tc t tes ya ya ni LO yac gai k e tc un y^n kw^n He went | they say. | Trout | bitten off ts uLsan ya e m tc ttesya ya e m La e ha e ts uLsau 8 he found they say. | He went they say. | One only | he found ya m LO yac gai tcoylha 6 tc ttesya ya e m La e ha they say, | trout. | Again | he went | they say. | One only ya e ni LO yac gai tc nnesdai ya e m gunt e 10 he found they say, | trout. He sat down | they say. | Now ca na e 6 yacts slin e ya e ni tc t tes ya ya e ni gun t e creek | small became they say. He went | they say. | Now ts uLsan ya c m tcillek e tc ttesya ya e m tonai LO- 12 he found | they say | slime. | He went | they say. | Fish, trout yacgai ngundo e ya e m tc ttesya ya e m tc ttesya were not | they say. | He went | they say. | He went ya e m kasya ya e m ne e lai notguntaliit ts ttesm 6 14 they say. He came up | they say. | Earth top he stood when | he looked ya e ni to tc uLs^n ya e m 6de e ts uLsan ya e m tc n- they say. | Lake | he found | they say. | Its horn | he found | they say. | He looked at it ya e m yinuk tesiii 6 ya e ni ude e nes ode e 16 they say. | South | it was looking | they say. | Its horn | long, | its horn Lgai ya c m nahestyahiit tc tce ya e m nantya white | they say. | He started back when | he cried | they say. | He came back ya e m w^,n tc kwol luk ya e m 18 they say. [ He told about it | they say. 162 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. kwa to yac na nee L tcic tc tun duil kwa to yac na- Go after them | people. | Sherwood valley | go after them. | People 2 nee to tcuL bi e kwa to yac tc e intc kwa to yac kol kotc- Cahto | go after. | Yuki go after. | Little Lake tco bi kwa to yac tcun guL tciii ya e m la e L ba ml go after." | Poles | were made | they say. | Ten, 4 tcoyiha 6 la^ba^un tcoylha e la e Lba e un tcun tcoyiha 6 again | ten, | again | ten, | poles. | Again la^Lba 6 !!!! tcun tc tteLkut ya e m tcun tc ttebil e ten | poles. | They went | they say. | Poles they carried 6 ya c m kV tc tebll 6 ya e m kactc tc tebil e ya c ni they say. | Arrows | they took | they say. | Knives they teok | they say. tc nulkut ya e m Lene e ha e tcun dategabil 6 ya e m They came there they say. | All | poles | took up | they say. 8 gqo ya e m tcoyiha* gq5 ya e m ge.tc an ya e m They speared | they say. | Again | they speared | they say. They shot | they say. ge.qo ya e m g qo ya c m ge.tc aii ya e m gqo ya e m They speared j they say. | They speared | they say. | They shot | they say. | They speared | they say. 10 kackits y is fats ya e m gqo ya e ni kackits yist ^ts Old man | cut it | they say. j He speared | they say. | Old man | cut it ya e ni tea heL ceo ya e ni 6 de e buL to na neL sil e they say. j It squealed | they say. | Its horn | with | water | it struck 12 ya e m be dun ya e m ts i tc enyic ya m ode 6 buL they say. It died | they say. | Brush | it broke they say, | its horn | with. kwon e gulk ^n ya e m onag^Lut ya c m 6sl e Fire | was burning | they say. | Around it was burned | they say. I Its head 14 k wut omtcut gulk^n ya c m otcik wut gulk ari on | its middle | was fire | they say. | Its tail on | was fire ya e m nahestya ya e m nauntya ya e m yebi e tee they say. | He started back | they say. j He came back | they say. | House in I he cried 16 ya e m Lene e ha e doha e dj^ii nonatnecbun to ntce e e they say, | all. | Not | here | we will live. | Water | is bad. kwetnun to ntce e e la e Lba e un nahestyai ya e m After this | water | is bad." Ten | went back | they say. 18 k wun nal k an tco y I h a e 6 sl e k wun nal k ^ii ya e ni On it was fire again | they say. Again | its head | on it was fire again | they say. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 163 otci k wun nai k aii ya e m nahestya ya c nl yebi e un e Its tail | on was fire again | they say. | He went home they say | house in. nasdulk an ya e n ya e m nasaii ya e m wakw nasan 2 We will build fire again | they said | they say. | They moved | they say. | Away | they moved ya e m nahestya ya e m k wun nai k aii ya e ni osi e - they say. | He went back | they say. | On it was fire again | they say. | Its head on k wut nalk ^n ya m ts usno 6 olut ya e m nahes- 4 was fire again | they say. | Mountain they burned they say. j He went back tya ya ni con olutkwan ya e m tele c bi yeteog- they say. | Well | it was burned j they say. | Sack in | he put it in bil e ya e ni na heL t kut ya e ni g sut ya e nl ba gun un 6 they say. | They went back | they say. | He pounded it they say. Coast to tegin ya e m tcob^G nanec tcob^G gultc in ya e m he carried it they say. | Poison | Indian poison | was made | they say. be dun ya e m Lene c ha e biye e slm e ya e m 8 Died | they say | all. | Theirs | it became | they say. kwun All. XXVI. THE DANCING ELK. to nai k te qo ya e ni sin te kwut kakt(7 WOL k^L Fish | they speared j they say | Kedwood creek. | "Quickly | walk" ya e n ya e ni do ye he e e nikts guc caL na dul yic tcun 10 they said | they say. | 1 1 am tired. | Slowly | I walk. | We will rest | tree uye to nai ndo e ungl nandul c a e sin te kwut al OL- under. | Fish | are none. | We will make dam, Kedwood creek. | Wood | make. tci k M e 6 k un e nanun ai e buL gulli e bun n^kka e 12 Withes | twist. | Dam | with them | will be tied. Two 6 k un e tc in ya e ni he u e c gi na ml gl de k a t5 nai twist he said | they say. | Yes. " \ I am hungry. | Here [ fish tun t as sk e e tatcummuL se kw6n e dufi no lie k ^t- 14 cut. Soup cook. | Stones fire place | put in. | Soon de e to nai Lamunkwuc ka e tc 6 yg,n us t eye ka e fish | will be many I guess. | Come, eat. | It is cooked. | Come, 164 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. tc 6 yafi heu e cla e tuctcut tonai nagulleoe hai- eat. " \ " Yes, | my hands I wash. Fish | is swimming here from north 2 da e ufi ci uc qot tc in ya e ni wai tc gun get ya c m I, j I will spear it, " \ he said | they say. | He struck over | they say. nakka 6 tonai benulle ya e m nakka c La ha gqot Two ) fish | swam by | they say | two. | One only he speared 4 ya e m yiskan ya e ni cgiyal ci heu e ntullaL ka e they say. It was day they say. I " I am sleepy, II" Yes, I you sleep. I Well al 6c Ian ci he u c al 6* Ian wood I will get | I. " \ " Yes | wood | get. 6 tattc usyai ne k wutda tc tesm 6 ya e m kat kwul- He went from the creek. | Bank on | he looked | they say. | "There j I guess luc gestco tc in ya e nl la e Lba e ufi tcoyiha 6 la e L- elk," | he said | they say. | Ten | again | ten 8 ba e un tc e e n ya ya m ka e na hue da wun kuc nuc came out | they say. | Well, I will go back | I will tell them, tc in y a e m ni I ges tco tc e ni nai Lail 6 ? t guc s kik he said | they say. | Say elk | came out | many. | Look. J Boys 10 ka e odugge e L e unha e dantecamufi k a ndoye come, | we will look. " | " It is so. " \ " What will be, | arrows | are none. do ha e dul le te le La kwa noL iil e to nai ka no te do ye We will do nothing. | Just | look at them. | Fish | look for. " | "No, 12 otc un e uctcat do doha e utc un uLtc^t tc in to them J I will shout. \ " No, | do not | to them | shout, \ he said ya ni 6 tc ufi e uc teat te le he u e o tc uii e UL tc^t nun- tney say. | "To them | I will shout." j "Yes, | to them j shout." | "You dance 14 d$e ya e m ca nundac they say, | for me | dance." gestco Lene e ha e notguntaL ya c m kw7 Elk | all J were standing | they say. | They looked at him. 16 L ta tes ya ne e u no e n gun dac ya e ni tc e e n t d^c ya c m They intermingled, j Hill behind | they danced | they say. | They danced out | they say. ne e uno e ha e dulnik buL on t guc 6tc un e uLtea,k- Hill behind only | whistle | with. l Look at them. | To them | you shouted ; 18 kwan Lta ki nun Lin e tc in ya e m n^kka 6 teL e uts different things | you look at" | he said | they say. | Two | ran off VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 165 ya e m do te cul d$c te le tc in ya e m Ltcuc tgunna^- they say. I will not go/ | he said they say. | Dust | flew around tsut ya e m ges tco n gun da clt ta dji tsiin te SOL del 6 2 they say | elk | danced because. | Why | do you run off ? tc in ya e ni La e ha e ndulm 6 de 6 de nanoLkut didji he said I they say. I "One only I we will see I here I you come back." I "What OL saxi tsun te SOL del 6 nuc m 6 te le do te eul d^c te le dan 6 4 you see?" | "You ran off. | I will look. | I will not run off." | "Long ago co 6 wanatc neine tc in ya 6 m La 6 ha tc e e nya in vain | I tried to stop you" he said | they say. | One only | came out ya e m ges ted tc ek tit am buL tcVndac ya 6 ni 6 they say, | elk | woman. | Her dress | with | she danced out | they say. tcoyiha 6 nakka 6 dulmk 204 buL tc utdjol yages 6 a 6 Again | two | whistles | with | noise | was ya m u tea 6 nuc in 6 te le ha oe o de 6 buL n gun dae 8 they say. | "Her apron | I will see." | Long time | its horn | with | it danced ya e m ban ude 6 ndo e ya e m neon guLtcat ya e m they say. Doe its horn | was not they say. | Well | they (elk) shouted | they say Lene 6 ha 6 hai wun tsun teL del 6 ya 6 m La 6 ha 6 nanec 10 all. The | some | ran off | they say. One only | man yi nel m 6 ya 6 m La 6 ha 6 ges tco tak dun t gun nais an looked | they say, | one only. | Elk three times | turned around usi 6 nd5I tgunnasi 6 ya m si 6 t gun nais 6 a nit 12 its head was not | turned heads | they say, j head j he turned around when. nagi 205 datc ttemil ya e m nun ka dun s ultin 6 k a 6 Quivers | they picked up | they say | men. | Bows | arrows datc temil ya e m Lene e ha 6 guLtcat ya e m n gun da- 14 they picked up j they say. | All | shouted they say. | They danced when cut La ha 6 ta ye gun nac ya 6 m ts I 6 u n5 6 gul le one at a time [ went in | they say. | Brush | behind | became ya 6 m ges tco tcoyiha 6 ts i 6 uno 6 tak ta yegunya 16 they say, | elk. | Again | brush j behind | three at a time | went in ya e m Ia 6 sani yegunya ya e nl ts i 6 uno 6 yibanLa 6 - they say. | Five | went in | they say. | Brush | behind | six. 204 Perhaps the root -m "to speak, to make a noise" with a suffix. 205 Of. Hupa xdnna we "his quiver" (I, 96, 13). 166 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. ha tcoyiha 6 yegunya ya e ni yibanngkka 6 ts i e Again | went in | they say | seven. | Brush 2 u no e la^L ba e un ye gun ya ya e ni hai un ha e ts i e u no 6 behind | ten | went in | they say, | same place | brush | behind kwoc u no e whitethorn | behind. 4 nanec tc enalkut nanec ya e niLin e ya e ni daya - People | came out, | people | they looked at | they say. What did they do?" t ifige yan ya e m conk nund^c ya e n ya e m heu e they asked | they say. | Well j they danced?" | they asked they say. | Yes, 6 conk nun da ci Lail L ta ki me I ne tea 6 buL n gun- well | they danced. | Many | different ways | I saw. | Dress with j they danced. dace k a e buL n gun dace ya e domunne tide 6 k5wunyan Arrows with | they danced. They grew small. | Their horns | grew, 8 n gun tc^G GI do ha e co doL kut 203 dan e kuc te so na ye do ha - became large. Do not ask me. | Long ago | you ran off. | You did not look. ne WOL I ne La kit a do ne kw^n n^n kw t nuii L ta ki do ha e - For nothing | you talk. | Next time different ways | you must not shout 10 OL tea bun utc un 6 nacoLnabufi dactyacode 6 coilkineL- close to them." | "You must examine me, | if anything is wrong. | Well you look. Tne ciye c tc an Lkun ant ehit conk n gun dace do- My | food | is sweet because. Well | they danced. | Do not ask me. 12 ha e co doL kut kwun Lan ye n huL kwiL nuk dan L^fi gi to- That is all | I have told you. | How many | fish nai so qot n do ye lan^ ba e uil s duk qo de tco yl ha e you spear?" | "None. | Ten we speared. | Again 14 n he naiL ka te le heu e al oLtci benadul e ai e to nai we will pass the night. " | * Yes, wood | you make. We will try again. | Fish tc n noL t as k at de e non duL kwuc he u c tc n nut dul t as cut up. I Soon | will come probably. \ ( Yes, | we will cut 16 to nai guL gel 6 ya e m to nai ya e tc 611 ge ya ni Lafi fish. " | It was evening | they say. | Fish | they speared | they say. | Many gq5t ya c m daktc yiskan ya e m they speared | they say. | Nearly | it was day | they say. 200 Cf. Hupa root -xut "to ask, to question" (III, 252). VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 167 ka e na tc t toL geL k urn muL nai dut yaL ye bi e un e 1 Come, | make up the loads | withes with. | We will go home | house to. ne e nesse tc tebil 6 ya e m yelmdiiii kakto naoLt- 2 Land | is far. They carried them they say, | Yelindin. | Quickly | walk back. kuL dc|n te co e u len no ta gun nal t kut ya e nl ye bi e Something may have happened | our home." | They came back | they say | house in. n do ye ges tco u tc un e gul tea dut n gun da ce sa dun- 4 None. | Elk | at | he shouted when | they danced. | Alone ha e me I ne tsun teL de lut sa dun ha e hai hit do ha e ka- I looked, they ran off when | alone, j Nevertheless I wasn t sick. kosileae do ha e ka ko si le Ge hai hit to nai ndoye nak- 6 I wasn t sick | on account of that. | Fish | were not. | Two ka e n hes ka ni nan dut t ya ye we spent the night. | We came home." hota tcoylha e na dut yae tele tacode 6 k anc^n 8 Then, j l Again | we will go back | sometime. | This time to nai Lan no le kwuc y6fi s us da bun dja e L ta ki fish | many | will be probably, j That fellow | must stay. | Different ways Lan duLtcincoe la^ba 6 !!!! tedutyadja e kwtnun 10 much he bothers. | Ten | we will go. | Next time tak nhenaiyoLkadja 6 tc unt an 6 sut tutdebuLtel- three | we will spend the night. | Acorns | pound. | We will need to carry them. bun heu e kwadulletele b! e noguLLek ya e m sk e e 12 I 1 Yes, we will do that. \ They soaked | they say | mush. Le ne e ha e tc 6 sut tc un t an to nai on dul l^n te le All | you pound acorns. | Fish | we will go after. t us te guc geL te le ki tsa e wo teL bun tai tc t buL bun 14 Dough j I will carry. | Basket-pot | you must carry | will cook it. nin La e gun eL tele Lene e ha e tutdugge 6 wuii t ust 207 You | too | you carry. | All | we will carry. | Some | dough toLte lace 6 tc wo buL wuii tc ttuggan tetbil e 16 you make | buckeye. | You carry some | mouldy acorns. It rained ya c ni do ha e tc t teL kut ya e ni t^c co de e nin yan de they say. | They didn t go | they say. | Sometime | clears off when 207 Cf. Hupa kittast (I, 28). 168 University of California Publications. [AM.AHCH.ETH. tut dl ya dja e n dul ifi e Le ne e ha e no il niii yaii kwail uu gl we will go. | We will look. All | you stay. | It has cleared off. 2 ka c gut dl yaL Le ne c ha e bel kats niii tc 6 buL "Come, | we will go, | all. | Spear | you | carry. te kak La e wo geL dje La natc oLgeL wd geL Net | another | you carry. | Pitchwood | another | let him carry. | Carry them. 4 tc teLkut ya e m ka e kuwoLkaL ne e nese ndutya They went | they say. Well | walk. | Land | is far. | We go kakw tc in ya e m nanin c ai e kunduntc ya e sliii e fast," | he said | they say. | Dam | close | they became 6 ya e m tc nnulkut ya e m $1 oLtd ckik ucylt tot- they say. | They came there | they say. | "Wood | make, my children. [ I will make a house. | It may rain, buLuri tc in ya e m s usyi* ya e m al ya e Ltci ya e ni he said | they say. | He made a house [ they say. Wood they made they say. 8 k atde 6 tonai Lan nolebuil al oLtci 1 Soon | fish | many will be. | Wood | you make. ho ta guL gel e ya e m na nin e ai e k wut OL k afi gui.- Then | it was evening | they say. | Dam on | make a fire. | It is evening. 10 gel le ka e OL k ^ii tc in ya e ni tc kak ya g kan Well, | build a fire, \ he said | they say. Net | he put in ya e ni to nai buii bel ke e k wun no lie bel kats to nai they say, | fish for. | Spear-point | put on | pole. | Fish 12 naontelekwuc hota tonai nun tele ya c nl ges mi- may come." | Then | fish | came | they say. | "Black salmon | spear." qot to nai ho ta s us qo ya e ni tc kak no tic tc in Fish | then | he speared | they say. | Net | hold " | he said 14 ya e m doya e kac ya e m benulle 208 ya e ni tonai 6 kan they say. | They didn t net it | they say. | It swam in | they say. | "Fish | net. to nai wun c gi na e ta t s tc in ya e ni La e ha c Fish | for | I am hungry. | Cut it, " | he said | they say. | One 16 nanec heu e been a 6 dek a tast ats ya e nl te f - man, | ( Yes, | I roast it. " j There | he cut it | they say. | He washed it na tc us de ya e ni to bi e de tuc te lit de t gun an ya n! they say, | water in. | " I will roast it. " | He put it in the fire | they say 208 be- "along the shore, against. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 169 kwon duii ta tc o buL us t e ye kwul luc un to nai us t e- fire place. | "Cook soup." | "It is done I guess, | fish | is done I guess." ye kwul luc un ta tc 6 bil e ya e m ka e na tc dul tcan 2 They cooked soup they say. | l Come, | we will eat, us t e ye c Ink tc in ya e ni na t gus tcan y a e ni ka e it is cooked, | my children," | he said | they say. | They ate | they say. | 1 Come, te so m to nai a te gun na on te le un ya e n ya e ni 4 look. Fish | around yourselves | might come," | they said | they say. bike nun tcut tcum meL yits 209 noLin hitoloskwuc tc - "Net string { stick tied with | look at. | It is pulling I guess. | I have eaten enough, gi tc^g ge tc in ya e ni ci La e tc gi tcag ge tc in 6 he said | they say. | "I too | I have eaten enough" | he said ya e ni hota ka 6 kahesdim 6 tc in ya e m to nai gqo they say. | Then | < Well, we will look for them, " | he said | they say. | Fish he speared ya e ni hai Le e nun dul la e L ba e un g qo ya e ni 8 they say. | That | night they came, | ten | they speared | they say, to nai fish. yisk^n ya e m nadutyaL yebi e ufi e to nai gun- 10 It was day | they say. We will go home | house to. | Fish j are many. La ni tc te bil e ya e ni ye bl e un e kakt^ na wo duL They carried them | they say | house to. | "Quickly | you go," ya e n ya e m ne e nese ts usno 6 ntcaaae kunduii 12 they said | they say. | "Land | is far. | Mountain | is large. | Close nas dul line naltkiit ya e ni yebi e kwunLan dan 6 un we are. \ They came back | they say | house in | all. | ( Already sk e tateso bil^ tc in ya^m do ye do tai tc dub bul le 14 mush | you have cooked?" | he asked | they say. | "No, | we have not cooked. to nai becna e tc in ya e m nanec Lafi kwunLan ha e Fish | I will roast, " | he said | they say. People | many | all yibi*ta to nai detg e ^n ya e m sk e e us t eye 16 houses among | fish | they roasted | they say. | "Mush | is cooked 209 These two words refer to a string coming up from the body of the net to which a small stick is tied, the moving of which gives warning of the presence of a fish in the net. 170 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. giint e ka e tc o ygn dow6 he e e ne e ntca t duii nahes- now. | Come | eat." | "You are tired | country large | you have come be cause. 2 so t ya hut ya e n to I$L n te si lal tel Lan sk e e n tcao Go to sleep. | I will sleep | much | mush | large te giL tse gut I have eaten because." kwiin Lafi. All. XXVII. COYOTES SEEN FISHING. 4 tonai ya e tc teqot kaihit ya e m belkats ya e heL- Fish | they were spearing | winter time | they say. | Spear shaft j they made tcm ya e m benic coya e gulla ya e ni bel get dje they say. | Prongs they fixed | they say. | Spear-point | pitch 6 k we ya e heL t an ya e m ya e sk afi kwofi 6 se detga 6 aii they stuck on | they say. | They had a fire. | Fire | stones | they put in ya e m ka c tut dut ya he u e tc in ya e nl na nul kut they say. | f Come, | let us go. " \ Yes, " | he said | they say. | They crossed 8 tan tco tc nun il ya e ni tcun u ye na nee gul san river. They sat down | they say, | tree under. [ Person | was seen ya e m ia e ha e dancaun tc in ya e m idakw; kwuc they say. | One, | "Who is it?" he said | they say. | "Yuki | probably." 10 do I date un gT ya e L gai un gi bel kats conk gut- Not | Yuki | it is. | They are white. | Shaft | well | is blackened. Lutungi kwnoLin 6 tc in ya e ni tcoyiha 6 La e ha e ts i e - Look at him, " | he said | they say. | Again | one | brush in 12 bi tc e e nya ya e m dan can tc in ya e m do na- came out | they say. | Who is it ? " | he said | they say. | Not j a person nec unglkwulluc noliii 6 nconk tcoyiha 6 tc e e nya is I think. | Look, | well." | Again | came out 14 ya ni belkats tc e e ntan ya e ni bahan kwullucungi they say. | Spear-shaft he took out they say. | "War | I think it is," tc in ya e ni Lan t5 nai ya e s qot kw^ii ya c m kuc gul- he said | they say. | Many | fish | they had speared | they say. They were found 16 san ya c m tonai nabunyoL ya c m s usqo ya e ni they say. | Fish | they drove they say. | He speared it | they say. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 171 nunneLgal e ya e m odjitc istuk ya e ni belget tc e- He beat it | they say. | He killed it they say. | Spear point | he took out nan e an ya e m dona nee ungi tc si tcun kwulluciin- 2 they say. | * Not person, | it is, | Coyote | it appears to be. gi tcoyiha 6 nakka e tc e c nya ya e m tcoyiha 6 tak Again | two came out | they say. | Again | three tc e e n ya ya ni tsun teL del e ya e ni kuc 5 t ge e tc si- 4 came out | they say. | They ran away they say. | Look at them. | Coyotes tcun kwan uil gi they are. no wan no yi tao un gi nanec nonucsuiiut ya e n ya e - 6 "I mistook you. | People | I thought you" | they said | they say. ni tc si tcun ye kwan naii 6 tcon dut tcan kuc na dja e Coyotes are. il We will leave them. " | "I want to live, stcunkanai nus sail hit tc in ya e m ci La e kw^c- 8 my uncle, | I found you notwithstanding, " \ he said | they say. | " I, | too, | I do that. t ine tcunta nadlctcane hai ki^nucsunne odai 6 Trees among | I eat. That | I know, | outside nagiyai Le e et do ha e w^n kw? dul nuk kwuc doha e ntce e - 10 I walk | night at. | We will not tell it. | Let it not be bad, mundja 6 no dul sail hit do dun te tele tonai tc okebun- we saw you because. | It will be nothing. | Fish | may spear places dja e ta do ha e di un tc un e do ha e kan di te k\vuc tc oya- 12 not this toward | we will not look. He may eat it. mun tcinno e dodanco 6 nhuLsus haai naca e dja Hide it. | Nobody | see you. | Long time | may I walk. doha e kakwucledja e n dul sail hit ncomundja 6 ciye e 14 I will not be sick | we saw you because. | Let be well | my tc ek doha e kakoledja e yebi e namtyade e k atde e wife. | Do not let her be sick, | house in | I come back if. | Soon dico 6 kundufi oyacts oLsanne tc an tatcut tc an 16 something j close by j little you will find (?). | Food cooked | food no k tuL buL do kakto dul le bun do ha e ye bi e ta wan- we will put on ground. | We will not get sick. [ Not | houses among [ you must tell. kwoL nuk bun doha e tcoyiha 6 hai kwut doha e tonai 18 Not again | that | stream | not | fish o no la muil ha yi hai kwut ya e tc o ge bun dja e kt(? t nun you must go after. Those | that | stream | they may spear. | Next time 172 University of Calif ornia Publications. [AM.ARCH.ETH. dlta tonai Lane 5 tco n5 tcic bun hai kwut dulteik- this side | fish | many. | You must leave this | stream, | Yellow-pine hill I stream. 2 nun sun kwut tc aii notcagabil e ya e m dl tc ail non- Food | they left | they say. This | food | we put down, da 6 an stcunkanai dulsanit tc an wanda e ane sa - my uncle | we found because. Food | we give him. | Alone 4 dun k wa na dul tcan kwan he will eat it. kwun Laii All. XXVIII. COYOTES SET FIRES FOB GRASSHOPPERS. dl de 6 Laii na nee tes ya ya nl sen tcaa Le e kl se- North | many | people | came | they say. | Rock large | they were going to trade. 6 telit kV ule e Letc onket ya e nl beL Letc onke Arrows, | baskets | they traded | they say. | Rope [ they traded ya e nl t e e Le tc on ke ya nl tc nun dac Le e nes dun they say. | Blankets | they traded | they say. | They danced, j Night j long, 8 djm tco ya e nun dac ya e nl I dakii; tc nun dac ya e nl fully day they danced | they say. Wailaki | danced they say. tc yaiiki yo e buL k a e s uLtifi e muL La e ha yiLkai Women | beads | with, | arrows | bows | with | one morning 10 La e djifi tc nun dac ya e m n^kka e nanec tc elle one | day | they danced | they say. | Two | people | sang yam Laii nun dac ya e m 6si e bi e tce e an buL they say. [ Many | danced | they say, | head | taken off | with. 12 ka e kwun Laii do ye he e beL ke e nai dut yaL he u e "Well, | enough. | I am tired. | It is finished. | We will go back." | Yes, tcoyiha 6 n dut dac k atde 6 tc na del tcan k atde 6 na- again j we will dance. | Soon | we eat. | Soon | let us go home. 14 duttyadja e na ke Lene e ha e na dut t yae tel bun ko- Swim | all, | we may go back. | It is warm. wun sul le ts y^n kl no si e tc e naL duL 6 yacts ko- Women | your heads j comb. | Little | it is cold when 16 wuntunde 6 nowoLkaLbufi liainuk tsusna 6 onawo - you must go back. | Here south | yellow jackets | you must smoke. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 173 yobufi slus Lan o dji OL tuk buii nun ka dun intce e Ground-squirrels | many | you must kill. Men | deer nai gi gaL bun no wa ka conk te so I nut L e guc La ne 2 must kill. About yourselves | well | you look. | Eattlesnakes [ are many. do ha e ts i e bi e te gate do ha e yl he y ac bun no m n tce e e Not brush in | wander. | You must not go in. | Grizzlies are bad. do ha e LO tcac bun L ga duntc in tee 6 6 no La bun 4 You must not shoot each other. | Keep separated. | Deer | you must shoot. sa dun k wa ts yafi ki ca ni na gat daL bun no- Alone j women | only | must walk back | away from us. wakw wun buL nahoLtkut ne e nconta nonadun- 6 Some | with | you go back. | Place | good | we camp, nlc ne e kwun tea ta e Lan te le na nee to n con dun na- place large, j Will be many | people. | Water good place | camp. no s$t na nee non k tcin L$n ta ha e na nee ya mufi 8 People | tarweed | much places | people | must eat. k ai e nakwoLye ts ya^ikiyi nunkaduiiyi in tee 6 kai- Hazelnuts | gather | women. | Men | deer | must look for. ntebun wun tc ttoLde e dja e tc aii Lamundja 6 guL- 10 Some | cook. | Food | let be much. | Evening when gel e biiL nandutyakwuc ts yanki djmtco nanoLkab- we will come back. | Women | yet day you must come back. bun tc aii ta tc^bbun Lan Lta kits 12 Food | you must cook, | many kinds/ na san hai da e un na nan ym sen tea kwut na n^n ym They moved | this way. | They crossed | rock-large creek. | They crossed yictc s UL tin kwut dan co nais Lut sai sajntc bi e e he 14 Ten-mile creek. Who | has burned over | lower pasture ? " | " That is so, ka e odugge 6 ya n ya e m heu tutdutya kw5fi well, we will look," | they said | they say. "Yes, | we will go." | Fire ntcao gullut ya e m Lo dodanco 6 ya^Lsus ya e m 16 large j was burning | they say, | grass. | Nobody | they saw j they say. nadulyicdja e danc5 e kwuc kahesdim 6 yoon La e ha e We will rest. | Somebody I guess. | We will look. | Over there | one dan co e tc qal un gi k V tc gul lei un gi dan can yi is somebody | is walking. Arrow | he is carrying. | Who can it be? ka e ki^ tsun ti duL do ye tc si tcun kwul luc ce a dits Come, | we will run off." | "No. | Coyote | it looks like. | Grasshoppers 174 University of California Publications. [AM.ARCH.ETH. tc tanufigi do huii kwullucuiigl doungi tc sltcun he eats. | Not | him | it looks like. | It is not. | Coyote 2 kwullucungi ka e k?0ts un e kunnucyicdja e tc in it looks like. | Well, | to him | I will talk," | he said ya e m heu c ktt?tc uii kwinunyic kwnutdulm 6 dan- they say. | Yes, | to him | you will talk. | We will look at him. Who 4 dji na SOL Luk kwan do tc ke nee un gl do na nee un gi you have burned?" | "He doesn t speak. | Not | person | it is. hai na tc sin un. gi tc teL c uts un gl la e sa ni kw$n ya e - There j he stands. | They run off . " | Five were | they say. 6 ni tc sltcun adits k tebil* ya e m tele e bi e tsunteL- Coyote | grasshoppers | picked j they say, | sack in. They ran off del 6 y a 6 ni ha y I tuts n gun do c ya e ni tc si tciin they say. | Their | canes | were not they say. | Coyotes 8 can kuctesnai ya e m la e sam only | ran off they say, | five. kwun L^n All. XXIX. WATER-PEOPLE AND THE ELK. gestco gulsan ya e m hai kwun teL bi yiuntcun Elk | was found | they say. | This | valley in | this way 10 kaL ya e m buntigiyo ya c m donhe e kw^n ya c m te- was walking | they say. | They chased it | they say. | It was tired | they say. It ran in water nol e uts ya m kwun ye gul la ya e ni Laii na nee dan- they say. | It sunk | they say. | Many | people, [ "What will be? 12 tecamun gestco kwun ye gul lat ya e n ya e m Elk | has sunk, | they said they say. nanec La c ha e nunducs usda 20T ya e m hun Person | one | was courting there | they say. | He 14 tc nun ya ya e ni kwun ye tc gul le ya e ni ka na gui le came | they say. | He dived | they say. | He came up ya e m beL Lelyits ya e m Lan kwun ye tc guile ya e m they say. | Eope | he tied together | they say, many. | He dived | they say. 16 beL buL ude e be SIL yits kwafi ha beL tusloskwue "Eope | with | its horn | I tie if | rope | I will pull," VOL - 5 J Goddard.Kato Texts. 175 tc in ya e m dok uii tokiyahun dai hi duL tin kwan he said | they say. Already | water people | had taken it ya c ni beL tc telos ya e m Lene ha e beL te gelds 2 they say. | Eope | he pulled repeatedly | they say. All | rope | pulled ya c m hota kana guile ya e m tanas tya ya e m ges- they say. | Then | he came up | they say. | He came out of the creek I they say. | Elk tco tagutt ats ya e m kana mil* ya e m yebi e un e ho- 4 they cut up | they say. They carried it up | they say | house to. | Then ta nanec La e ha e dokwacnatele tokiyahuii wanm- man one I shall not live | water-people I swam to because, leget tc in ya e nl hota kanamil* ya e m yebi e 6 he said | they say. | Then | they brought it | they say | house in. hota nanec La -ha e hai kakosle ya m nusk ai ya e m Then | man | one | that was sick | they say. | He was crazy | they say. gulgel e ya e m oyactc tea kwo guL gel lit be dun ya c m 8 It was evening | they say, | little. Very it was dark when | he died | they say nanec yiskanit k5gLut ya e m man. | It was day when | they burned him | they say. kwun L^fi All. XXX. EATTLESNAKE HUSBAND. tc naL dun stin ya e nl sa dun ha e L 6 guc nun ya 10 Adolescent girl | was lying they say, | alone. | Eattlesnake | came ya e m tc ek buL tc nestin ya e m dan t can nestin they say. | Woman | with j he lay they say. | "Who | lay down?" yom ya e m tc naLdun s uswotc ya e m L e guc nun us- 12 she thought | they say. | Tc naLdun | he tickled | they say. | Eattlesnake I got upj duk k e e to yi gun to 6 ya e nl water j he drank all | they say. to 6claii e tc in ya e m dandji ano t e tc naL- u "Water | I will get," | he said | they say. | "Who | are you?" | tc naLdun dun tc in y a e nl L e guc ac t e ye tc in ya e nl Le e said | they say. | "Eattlesnake | I am," | he said | they say. | "Night nuL si tine do kwun nun sun ne ciye e tc ek a mint eye 16 with you | I lie. You did not know it. | My | woman | you are. 176 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. do dan co e CUL sus e do ha e c gun ki niik bun ne 6 dun nun Xobody | sees me. | You must not tell about me. You will die 2 wunkw?nukde yo c tc teLbuLkwan ya c m yo e gut Lori you tell about when. \ Beads | he had hung up | they say. | Beads | woven tc teL buL kwan ya e m guLgellut tc naLdun buL tc - he had hung up | they say. | Evening when | tc naLdun with | had lain down 4 nes tin kwan ya e nl tc naLduii Le 6 kin nee ya e m they say. | Tc naLdun | night | talked they say. yiskan na hes t yai kwan ya e m yiskan nauntyaikwa^i It was day | he had gone home | they say. | Morning | he had come back 6 ya e m kitsa e da sit dun tan totc un* on gul Ian tc ek they say. | Basket-pot | w T as standing. | Water toward | he brought | woman ba for. 8 nahestyai guLgel nauntyai Lene e ha e nance He went back. | Evening. | He came back. | All | people nteslallut tc ek buL tc nes tin Le e tc naLdun kin- were asleep when | woman | with | he lay down. | Night | "Tc naLdun | is talking. 10 necungl kt^n^ii dahintci ciyatcetc L*guc act e- Her mother | "What you say | my girl?" | < Kattlesnake | I am. ye nanec kunnucylcye ciye tc ek a nun t eye do- People | I talk. My | woman | you are. | Do not let me be killed. 12 ha 6 stcigultukbundja e ne 5 dun nun s dji gul tuk de e You will die | if they kill me. yo e teLsuii ya e m Laii yo e y5 e gutLon seLkut "Beads | were hanging | they say. | Many | beads, beads woven, | (gold- beads) 14 yo e Ltcik yo e dai e yitc nan gut yai ya e m yo e tc neLin beads red, | beads-flowers-small. One came home | they say. | Beads j he saw ya e m d^ntc^n yo c yiteLbuLkw^n La e ha e si e bi e s 6 aii they say. | "Who | beads | hung up?" | One | hair-net 16 ka teLbuL ya e m sne e buL gul li e k a e naLsus nagi- f eathers | was hanging | they say. | My leg with is tied, | arrows | hang ing | quiver with buL ya m Lo ? teL si e bi e s e aii se qot teL buL ya e ni they say. J Bear grass | hat, | headdress | was hanging they say. 18 kactc Ltso tele e bi e s e ajn ya e ni buLgulgus st^n Knife | blue | sack in | lay | they say. | Fire-sticks | lay VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 177 ya e m guLgel e tc ek buL s us tin ya e m doha e stci- they say. I Evening woman I with I he lay I they say. I "Do not let me be killed," guLtukbundja* tc in ya m 2 he said j they say. ciyatcetc L e guc do ha e nun un duk k e e nuL nestlne- "My daughter, | rattlesnake. Do not get up. | With you | he has been lying. k wan nan. doL e gucye nanecye doha e odji oLtuk neo- 4 " It is not rattlesnake. | Person it is. | Do not kill it. | You will die dun tc in ye L e guc 6 djT SOL tuk de e ce e dun te le 6 dji- he said rattlesnake | you kill if. | I shall die | you kill it if. 6Ltukde e ceo dun nun tc in ya e ni nangulgal e L e guc 6 I am dying/ 7 she said they say. | He beat it. | Eattlesnake 6 dji gul tuk ya e m tc tel gal e tcum muL ya e m naL gaL he killed | they say. | He threw it away | stick with | they say. | "Hit again, na tc k un 210 ya e ni tc ek be dun ya e ni do ha e o dji OL- 8 it is writhing" j they say. | Woman | died | they say. | " Do not kill it tuk ducniungi tc in ya c m I said," | she said | they say. kwun Laii All. XXXI. WATEE-PANTHEE. na ka e na nee in tce e o sl e te gin ya e ni tcin nun e 10 Two I Indians | deer | heads | were carrying | they say, | stuffed heads. buttco g*uls,ii ya e m naka 6 nanec buttcontcao in- Panther | was seen | they say | two | Indians. | Panther big, | deer tce e kowuntuk ya c m kw tci e lai k no tci mil 6 kwan 12 shoulders between | they say. | His tail end it reached ya e m buttcontcaa banto bi e buttco to buttco yenat- they say. | Panther large, | ocean in, | panther, | water panther. | He went in ya ya e m sebi e kowunnun ya e m yoofi tc ami 6 u they say | rock in. | Ground jarred | they say | way over. | Hole in 210 This root is used of fastening by means of a hazel withe, the name of which is also k un e . 178 University of California Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. ya e tco SUL sail ya c m untc ac ya e Lulsin 211 ya e nl be- they listened | they say. | You shoot, \ they told one another | they say. j They were afraid 2 nul git ya e m hai ha kwun te bun ya e n ya e nl they say. | < < That | let it go, | they said | they say. kwun Lan All. XXXII. MILK-SNAKE AMONG THE EELS. ts i e gul tciii ya e ni la*L ba e un na nee al gul tcifi Brush | they made | they say, | ten | persons. | Wood | they made 4 ya e m gul k an ya e m guLgellit nakka e nulle ya c nl they say. | They made fire | they say. | Evening when | two | swam there | they say. La e ha c nulle ya e m tak nulle ya c m la sam One | swam there | they say. | Three | swam there | they say. | Five 6 nulle ya e m la e Lba c un nulle ya e ni La e ha e nulle swam there | they say. | Ten | swam there | they say. | One | swam there ya ni n do e ya e nl ha Ge La e ha nul le ya e ni nak- they say. | None was | they say. | Long time | one | swam there | they say. j Two 8 ka c nulle ya e m la Lba c un nulle ya e n! swam there | they say. | Ten | swam there | they say. | Twenty ba un Lan nul le ya nl ta duL k uts nul le gut ya e ni many | swam there | they say. | Milk-snake | swam when | they say 10 nanec ts unteLdel 6 ya e m n^kka e nanee tesin ya c m people | ran off | they say. | Two | persons | stood in water they say. taduLk uts nulle ya e m 6 tsoii gut tcan ya e m nawo - Milk-snake | swam there | they say. J They left them | they say. | "Go home," 12 daL tc in ya e m nanee doyiLkai tcongtcan be- he said | they say, | persons, j Not day | they quit | they were afraid be cause. nul git ut kwun 141! All. 211 This word was perhaps incorrectly recorded. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 179 XXXIII. STEALING THE BABY. la 6 !. ba e ml tc yafi ki la cl e bi e no guL Leo ya e m s ki e tee Ten | women | buckeyes were soaking | they say. | Baby | cried ya e m de uLtuc ski tc ek de ULtuc ski tc in 2 they say. | "Here | give it," | baby | woman, | here | give it | baby," | she said ya e m na e a e waLtm ya e m tcakowuLgel 6 tc ek nun- they say. | Take it. " | He gave it to her | they say. j Very it became dark. | Woman | came home tya ya m tatci cki nteslaLun tc in ya e m daii e 4 they say. | " Where | my baby? | Is it asleep?" | she said | they say. | "Long ago naniLtiil do c gaL tuc un gi tc in ya e m docga^tuc I gave it to you." | "You didn t give it to me" | she said | they say. | You did not give it to me. kaya e unte dogulsan ya e m cki tee* ya e m yise e 6 They looked for it. | They did not find it | they say. | Baby | cried | they say. | West tea kwiiL gel e bi e un e bustclo diinni ya m tgunniL very dark in | they say | owl | hooted | they say. | It kept hooting ya e ni yi se e nes dun. kwun ya yol nes dun tea kwuL- 8 they say. J West j far | they followed | far j very dark in gel e bi e ya e ni kw tcon gut tcafi ya e m they say. They left it they say. kwun Lan All. XXXIV. THE MAN EATER. beL natgutLon ya c m Lene e ha c nanec in tee 6 10 Eope they were tying j they say. | All | persons | deer ongil^n ya e m sa^duilha 6 ts qax ya e m tbuL ye- went after j they say. | Alone she walked | they say. Basket | she was carrying geL ya e ni tuts tc guLtiL ya e m tbuL tallon tc - 12 they say. | Cane | she walked with | they say. | Basket | soft | she carried geL ya e m clye e in tee 6 tc in ya e m tc eLtcut ya e m they say. | ( My | deer \ she said | they say. | She caught him | they say. nuns us tm tbuLbi 6 noLtm tc tesgm ya e m tcunki- u She took him up, | basket in | she put him, | she carried him | they say. j Tree bent down 180 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. boistc dyeta wagguc tbuL nuntc uLgal e otc una under places carrying through J basket | she whipped over it 2 ya e ni tc geL ya e ni yi duk tcun u ye wa un nin they say. | She carried | they say | up hill. | Tree | under | she carried through tcun yiL tcut da kit dul buc wun ha na gut daL yi duk tree | he caught. | He embraced it. | Anyhow | she went on | up hill. 4 nuntc uLgal 6 tuts buL ts konnesne tc in ya e m na- She whipped | cane with. | She found out | she said ( ?) | they say. | She ran back guldal haidaun ciye 6 intce 6 tatci tc in ya e m di down hill. My | deer | where I " | she said | they say. | This 6 na nee da bes ya tcun k wut LUC di tco tc guL tal y a 6 m man | climbed on | tree on. | Eotten log | she kicked | they say. ca kjjsyai ya e m t e c kivna. ute una naLtcos ya 6 - Sun | came up | they say. | Blanket | her eyes over them | she put | they say. 8 ni kanotyan naheL uts ya e m haiduk ya e m She was ashamed. | She ran back | they say, | here up | they say. kwun L^n All. XXXV. DESCEIPTION OF MAN EATEE. tc n nug gus ku wun dun 6 la e tc n neL yil e212 na ga- She brings it | her home. | Its hands she eats up yet alive. 10 kwa e 6la c naka e ha c te nneLyil* kwe e tc nneLyil e La Its hands both | she eats up. Its foot | she eats up. J Other kwe e tc nneLyil e ona c tc enal ac naka e ha e buttce e ac its foot | she eats up. | Its eyes | she takes out | both. | Its intestines, 12 odjik e e tc nneLyil e otele e odjl e tc nneLyil e odes- small intestines she eats up. | Its liver, its heart | she eats up. | Its lungs ke e tc nneLyil 6 osi tc nneLyil 6 ya e m kwofi 6 k wun- she eats up. | Its head | she eats up | they say. Fire | she puts on 14 no lac ya e m se kwon c dun no la ya c m se ntel they say. Stone | fire place | she puts they say. | Stone j flat sebi c gulk an telit ya e m but teen e an ya e m tc neL- rock in she builds fire. | It blazes | they say. She disembowels it | they say. | She eats it up 212 This form seems to refer to customary action; tc nneLyan, below, to the single act. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 181 yan ya e ni 6tele e tc nneLyaji ya e nl 6deske e tc n- they say. | Its liver she eats up | they say. Its lungs | she eats up neLyan ya e m odji tc n neLyan ya e m natikuii 2 they say. | Its heart | she eats up | they say. | ( ?) ya e m tc gunt ats se k usteL k wunnoLtin tc gun- They say. | She cut it up. Stone | flat way | she put it on. | She buried it. tcai sebl e noteLgal 6 ust ei kanagullai tc ussai 4 Eock in | she threw it. It is cooked. | She took it out. She dried it ya ni da no la ya e nl k wa e ntcaa ya e ni guLsai they say. | She put it up | they say. | Fat | is much | they say. | It is dry. k aitbuL bi dan tc istcin no e nnin ya e m haihit 6 Burden-basket | in | pile | she makes. | She put it down | they say. | That is why nokwa tc nnadulyeG nok wa c n tea gut kwkwe 6 for us | she always hunts. | Our fat | is much because. | Her foot nom kwla c nanec kivwo naLgiwo 6 nanee usi e 8 grizzly. | Her hand human. | Her teeth | dog, | dog teeth. | Human | her head. dun dai a t a e tc ul gin ya e ni kw; na e L cik ya e ni Flint | her pocket | she carries | they say. | Her eyes | shine | they say. tcun ta nac t bats* s ga e nes kw tc ge e naL gl kiv tc ge 6 10 Trees among ( ?) | her hair | long. | Her ears | dog, | her ears kun t e ya c ni she is like | they say. XXXVI. A PEAYEE FOE EELS. be lift dida e ufi nulle conk nesyidja tonal 12 Eels | from north j swim well | let me eat. | Fish conkwa nesyidja e skik yoyafidja e t eki cofik yo- well | let me eat. | Boys | may they eat. | Girls well | may they eat. yajidja 6 intce 6 conk kwa nockut tcaii clye 6 anunt e- 14 Deer | well may I swallow you. | Food | my | you are ye ciye e Lkun d5 ha e be 6 dun dja c iic6bundja e tc in mine | sweet. | Do not let it die. | Let it be good" | he said 16 they say. The name of the monster. 182 University of Calif ornia Publications. [AM.ARCH.ETH. XXXVII. A SUPERNATURAL EXPEEIENCE. sulgits degaii tele e bl e nocge e Laii sulgits tele c Lizards | we were killing. | Sack in | I carried | many | lizards. | Sack 2 tesdulbun La e ha e uyacts otcistultuk ba.n teL c uts we filled. | One | small he killed. | Female | ran. yo on nes tin ta d ji nes tin n tcaa yl CUL tc m yo- Yonder | it lay. | "Where does it lie | big one?" he asked me. I "There it is," 4 ye ducm tc tc actel do ha c s tci UL tuk dan e cyactc I said. | He was about to shoot it. | " Do not kill me. | Already my little one dji SUL tuk ge ci ye kuc na 6 da bi e kwon guL tuk you have killed. | I it is I will live. ; | Its mouth in | fire | burst. 6 keL k as kwafi te le e bi e na he SIL e uts kwaii yl duk ka kos- 1 dropped | sack in. j I ran back | up hill. | I became sick. si le kwan CUL ya c t yiil kwafi do kwin nuc sun ce dun kwafi- With me they stood. | I did not know anything. | I must have died. 8 hut cnan octsan tee gut cyacts tc inhut My mother | I heard she cried when, | "My boy," | she said when. tea kwuL gel 6 ha kw^n c n^ii e ta e un yd on Very it was dark. | Up there | my mother, | my father it was, | yonder 10 si gin se kin ne dun ts i e uno e dida e ufi dico I stood, | rock | its base | brush behind. From north something nunt ao cek cguLk uts nt a e kal e a e tele ben- flew there. | Spit | he spit on me. | Your feathers | will grow. | You will fly 12 t a tele diduk yabi e uii e tc tdaye ncone tculdjiye up I sky in. Flowers are. It is good. | It is light. cundine ncone ne e tcoyiha 6 ntcaa nunt aa dan e Sun shines. It is good | land. | Again large one flew there. | Already 14 un akwulla heu e dan e akwuclaae haihit do you fixed him V \ " Yes, | already | I fixed him. | Why | not tV kal c aye tea 6 kwuL ya e n^k ka e gut yi ne ka e kw- f eathers have come out ? " " Listen, j with him two are standing, j Well, j we will leave him! 16 tsonduttcafi yakwoLt a dek a nonamk ats dokwnus- Make him fly. | There I fell back. | I did not know how because. sun hut dotaco e tacac hata dotenesun Not anywhere | I went. | Right there | I was senseless. kwun All. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 183 TRANSLATIONS. I. THE COMING OF THE EARTH.sis Water came they say. The waters completely joined every where. There was no land or mountains or rocks, but only water. Trees and grass were not. There were no fish, or land animals, or birds. Human beings and animals 214 alike had been washed away. The wind did not then blow through the portals of the world, nor was there snow, nor frost, nor rain. It did not thunder nor did it lighten. Since there were no trees to be struck, it did not thunder. There were neither clouds nor fog, nor was there a sun. It was very dark. Then it was that this earth with its great, long horns got up and walked down this way from the north. As it walked along through the deep places the water rose to its shoulders. When it came up into shallower places, it looked up. There is a ridge in the north upon which the waves break. When it came to the middle of the world, in the east under the rising of the sun it looked up again. There where it looked up will be a large land near to the coast. Far away to the south it continued looking up. It walked under the ground. Having come from the north it traveled far south and lay down. Nagaitcho, standing on earth s head, had been carried to the south. Where earth lay down Nagaitcho placed its head as it should be and spread gray clay between its eyes and on each horn. Upon the clay he placed a layer of reeds and then another layer of clay. In this he placed upright blue grass, brush, and trees. "I have finished," he said. "Let there be mountain peaks here on its head. Let the waves of the sea break against them. 213 A fragment of a text obtained from an aged Kato in 1902, who has since died, relates the coming of the earth animal after the falling of the sky and the destruction of the first world and its inhabitants by a flood. This myth belongs then near the middle of the next with the latter portion of which it rather closely agrees. 214 These animals are named in the text. 184 University of California Publications. [AM.ARCH.ETH. The mountains became and brush sprang up on them. The small stones he had placed on its head became large. Its head was buried from sight. "I am fixing it/ he said. "I will go north. I will fix things along the shore." He started back to the far north. I will go around it, he said. Far above I will fix it. J He fixed the world above. "I have made it good," he said. When he went back far south he stood stones on end. He made trees and brush spring up. He placed the mountains and caused the ground to stand in front of the ocean. II. CBEATION. The sandstone rock which formed the sky was old they say. It thundered in the east; it thundered in the south; it thun dered in the west ; it thundered in the north. * The rock is old, we will fix it, he said. There were two, Nagaitcho and Thunder. "We will stretch it above far to the east," one of them said. They stretched it. They walked on the sky. In the south he stood on end a large rock. In the west he stood on end a large rock. In the north he stood on end a large, tall rock. In the east he stood on end a large, tall rock. He made everything properly. He made the roads. 215 He made a road to the north (where the sun travels in summer). In the south there will be no trees but only many flowers, 7 he said. Where will there be a hole through 1 " he asked. At the north he made a hole through. East he made a large opening for the clouds. West he made an opening for the fog. To the west the clouds shall go," he said. He made a knife. He made it for splitting the rocks. He made the knife very strong. How will it be ? " he considered. * You go north ; I will go south," he said. "I have finished already," he said. "Stretch the rock in the north. You untie it in the west, I will untie it in the east." 215 It would seem that a new sky with four portals, four supporting columns, and summer and winter trails for the sun was prepared before the old worn out sky was caused to fall. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 185 "What will be clouds?" he asked. "Set fires about here," he told him. On the upland they burned to make clouds. Along the creek bottoms they burned to make mist. "It is good," he said. He made clouds so the heads of coming people would not ache. There is another world above where Thunder lives. "You will live here near by, he told Nagaitcho. "Put water on the fire, heat some water," he said. He made a person out of earth. "Well I will talk to him," he said. He made his right leg and his left leg. He made his right arm and his left arm. He pulled off some grass and wadded it up. He put some of it in place for his belly. He hung up some of it for his stomach. When he had slapped some of the grass he put it in for his heart. He used a round piece of clay for his liver. He put in more clay for his kidneys. He cut a piece into parts and put it in for his lungs. He pushed in a reed (for a trachea). "What sort will blood be?" he enquired. He pounded up ochre. "Get water for the ochre," he said. He laid him down. He sprinkled him with water. He made his mouth, his nose, and two eyes. "How will it be?" he said. "Make him privates," he said. He made them. He took one of the legs, split it, and made woman of it. Clouds arose in the east. Fog came up in the west. "Well, let it rain, let the wind blow," he said. "Up in the sky there will be none, there will be only gentle winds. Well, let it rain in the fog," he said. It rained. One could not see. It was hot in the sky. The sun came up now. * What will the sun be ? " he said. * Make a fire so it will be hot. The moon will travel at night." The moon is cold. He came down. Who, I wonder, can kick open a rock ? " he said. "Who can split a tree?" "Well, I will try," said Na gaitcho. He couldn t split the tree. "Who, I wonder, is the strongest?" said Thunder. Nagaitcho didn t break the rock. "Well, I will try," said Thunder. Thunder kicked the rock. He kicked it open. It broke to pieces. "Go look at the rock," he said. "He kicked the rock open," one reported. "Well, I will try a tree," he said. He kicked the tree open. The tree split to pieces. 186 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. Thunder and Nagaitcho came down. "Who can stand on the water ? You step on the water, Thunder told Nagaitcho. * Yes, I will," Nagaitcho said. He stepped on the water and sank into the ocean. "I will try," said Thunder. He stepped on the water. He stood on it with one leg. * I have finished quickly, he said. It was evening. It rained. It rained. Every day, every night it rained. "What will happen, it rains every day," they said. The fog spread out close to the ground. The clouds were thick. The people then had no fire. The fire became small. All the creeks were full. There was water in the valleys. The water encircled them. "Well, I have finished," he said. "Yes," Nagaitcho said. "Come, jump up. You must jump up to another sky," he told him. "I, too, will do that." "At night when every kind of thing is asleep we will do it," he said. Every day it rained, every night it rained. All the people slept. The sky fell. The land was not. For a very great dis tance there was no land. The waters of the oceans came together. Animals of all kinds drowned. Where the water went there were no trees. There was no land. People became. Seal, sea-lion, and grizzly built a dance- house. They looked for a place in vain. At Usal they built it for there the ground was good. There are many sea-lions there. Whale became a human woman. That is why women are so fat. There were no grizzlies. There were no fish. Blue lizard was thrown into the water and became sucker. 210 Bull-snake was thrown into the water and became black salmon. Salamander was thrown into the water and became hook-bill salmon. Grass- snake was thrown into the water and became steel-head salmon. Lizard was thrown into the w r ater and became trout. Trout cried for his net. "ckak e, ckak e (my net, my net) " he said. They offered him every kind of thing in vain. It was "my net" he said when he cried. They made a net and put 216 In each case there is a superficial resemblance between the land animal and the water animal into which it is transformed. Many of these were pointed out. They are not mentioned in the myth, probably because an Indian audience is supposed to have them in mind. VOL. 5] GoddardKato Texts. 187 him into it. He stopped crying. They threw the net and trout into the water. He became trout. "What will grow in the water?" he asked. Seaweeds grew in the water. Abalones and mussels grew in the water. Two kinds of kelp grew in the ocean. Many different kinds grew there. "What will be salt?" he asked. They tasted many things. The ocean foam became salt. The Indians tried their salt. They will eat their food with it. They will eat clover with it. It was good salt. "How will the water of this ocean behave? What^will be in front of it?" he asked. "The water will rise up in ridges. It will settle back again. There will be sand. On top of the sand it will glisten, he said. * * Old kelp will float ashore. Old whales will float ashore. "People will eat fish, big fish," he said. "Sea-lions will come ashore. They will eat them. They will be good. Devil-fish, although they are ugly looking, will be good. The people will eat them. The fish in the ocean will be fat. They will be good. "There will be many different kinds in the ocean. There will be water-panther. 217 There will be stone-fish. He will catch people. Long-tooth-fish, gesLcufl, will kill sea-lion. He will feel around in the water. "Sea-lion will have no feet. He will have a tail. His teeth will be large. There will be no trees in the ocean. The water will be powerful in the ocean, he said. He placed redwoods and firs along the shore. At the tail of the earth, at the north, he made them grow. He placed land in walls along in front of the ocean. From the north he put down rocks here and there. Over there the ocean beats against them. Far to the south he did that. He stood up pines along the way. He placed yellow pines. Far away he placed them. He placed mountains along in front of the water. He did not stop putting them up even way to the south. Redwoods and various pines were growing. He looked back and saw them growing. The redwoods had become tall. He 217 Evidently a mythical animal. Compare XXXI below. 188 University of California Publications. [AM.ARCH.ETH. placed stones along. He made small creeks by dragging along his foot. "Wherever they flow this water will be good," 218 he said. "They will drink this. Only the ocean they will not drink." He made trees spring up. When he looked behind himself he saw they had grown. When he came near water-head-place (south) he said to himself, "It is good that they are growing up." He made creeks along. "This water they will drink," he said. That is why all drink, many different kinds of animals. "Because the water is good, because it is not salt deer, elk, pan ther, and fishers will drink of it," he said. He caused trees to grow up along. When he looked behind himself he saw they had grown up. "Birds will drink, squirrels will drink," he said. "Many different kinds will drink. I am placing good water along the way." Many redwoods grew up. He placed water along toward the south. He kicked out springs. "There will be springs," he said. "These will belong to the deer," he said of the deer-licks. He took along a dog. "Drink this water," he told his dog. He, himself, drank of it. "All, many different kinds of animals and birds, will drink of it, he said. Tanbark oaks he made to spring up along the way. Many kinds, redwoods, firs, and pines he caused to grow. He placed water along. He made creeks with his foot. To make valleys for the streams he placed the land on edge. The mountains were large. They had grown. "Let acorns grow," he said. He looked back at the ocean, and at the trees and rocks he had placed along. "The water is good, they will drink it," he said. He placed redwoods, firs, and tanbark oaks along the way. He stood up land and made the mountains. "They shall become large," he said of the red woods. He went around the earth, dragging his foot to make the streams and placing redwoods, firs, pines, oaks, and chestnut trees. When he looked back he saw the rocks had become large, 218 Ocean water preexisted but fresh water required an origin. VOL. 5] Goddard.-E.ato Texts. 189 and the mountains loomed up. He drank of the water and called it good. "I have arranged it that rocks shall be around the water, he said. * Drink, he told his dog. Many animals will drink this good water." He placed rocks and banks. He put along the way small white stones. He stood up white and black oaks. Sugar-pines and firs he planted one in a place. "I will try the water," he said. "Drink, my dog." The water was good. He dragged along his foot, making creeks. He placed the rocks along and turned to look at them. "Drink, my dog," he said. "I, too, will drink. Grizzlies, all kinds of ani mals, and human beings will drink the water which I have placed among the rocks." He stood up the mountains. He placed the trees along, the firs and the oaks. He caused the pines to grow up. He placed the redwoods one in a place. He threw salamanders and turtles into the creeks. "Eels will live in this stream," he said. "Fish will come into it. Hook-bill and black salmon will run up this creek. Last of all steel-heads will swim in it. Crabs, small eels, and day-eels will come up." "Grizzlies will live in large numbers on this mountain. On this mountain will be many deer. The people will eat them. Because they have no gall they may be eaten raw. Deer meat will be very sweet. Panthers will be numerous. There will be many jack-rabbits on this mountain," he said. He did not like yellow- jackets. He nearly killed them. He made blue-flies and wasps. His dog walked along with him. There will be much water in this stream," he said. "This will be a small creek and the fish will run in it. The fish will be good. There will be many suckers and trout in this stream." "There will be brush on this mountain," he said. He made manzanita and white-thorn grow there. "Here will be a valley. Here will be many deer. There will be many grizzlies at this place. Here a mountain will stand. Many rattlesnakes, bull- snakes, and water-snakes will be in this place. Here will be good land. It shall be a valley. He placed fir trees, yellow-pines, oaks, and redwoods one at a place along the way. He put down small grizzly bears. The 190 University of Calif ornia Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. water will be bad. It will be black here, he said. There will be many owls here, the barking-owl, the screech-owl, and the little owl. There shall be many blue jays, grouse, and quails. Here on this mountain will be many wood-rats. Here shall be many varied robins. There shall be many woodcocks, yellow- hammers, and sap-suckers. Here will be many "mockingbirds" and meadowlarks. Here will be herons and blackbirds. There will be many turtle-doves and pigeons. The kingfishers will catch fish. There will be many buzzards and ravens. There will be many chicken-hawks. There will be many robins. On this high mountain there will be many deer, he said. "Let there be a valley here, 7 he said. There will be fir trees, some small and some large. Let the rain fall. Let it snow. Let there be hail. Let the clouds come. When it rains let the streams increase, let the water be high, let it become muddy. When the rain stops let the water become good again, he said. He came back. "Walk behind me, my dog," he said. "We will look at what has taken place." Trees had grown. Fish were in the streams. The rocks had become large. It was good. He traveled fast. Come, walk fast, my dog, he said. The land had become good. The valleys had become broad. All kinds of trees and plants had sprung up. Springs had become and the water was flowing. "Again I will try the water," he said. "You, too, drink." Brush had sprung up. He traveled fast. "I have made a good earth, my dog," he said. "Walk fast, my dog." Acorns were on the trees. The chestnuts were ripe. The hazelnuts were ripe. The manzanita berries were getting white. All sorts of food had become good. The buckeyes were good. The peppernuts were black. The bunch grass was ripe. The grass-hoppers were growing. The clover was in bloom. The bear-clover was good. The mountains had grown. The rocks had grown. All kinds that are eaten had become good. "We made it good, my dog," he said. Fish for the people to eat had grown in the streams. "We have come to tosiduii (south) now," he said. All the different kinds were matured. They started back, he and his VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 191 dog. t We will go back, he said. The mountains have grown up quickly. The land has become flat. The trout have grown. Good water is flowing. Walk fast. All things have become good. We have made them good, my dog. It is warm. The land is good." The brush had grown. Various things had sprung up. Grizzlies had increased in numbers. Birds had grown. The water had become good. The grass was grown. Many deer for the people to eat walked about. Many kinds of herbs had grown. Some kinds remained small. Rattlesnakes had multiplied. Water-snakes had become numerous. Turtles had come out of the water and increased in numbers. Various things had grown. The mountains had grown. The valleys had become. "Come fast. I will drink water. You, too, drink," he told his dog. "Now we are getting back, we are close home, my dog. Look here, the mountains have grown. The stones have grown. Brush has come up. All kinds of animals are walking about. All kinds of things are grown. "We are about to arrive. We are close home, my dog," he said. "I am about to get back north," he said to himself. "I am about to get back north. I am about to get back north. I am about to get back north," he said to himself. That is all. III. THE SECUEING OF (First Version.} Coyote slept with his head toward the south. It was cold. He slept with his head toward the west. It was cold. He slept with his head toward the north. It was cold. He slept with his head toward the east. His head became warm. He dreamed. "I shall go on a journey soon," he told his family. He set out. "What will be my dog?" he thought. He tried many kinds without being satisfied. He kicked a mole out of the ground. "I do not want that," he said to himself. He kicked out some long-eared mice. "These will be my dogs," he said. 219 An account common to many peoples in this region. This is said to have happened at CeLciyetoduii, a Yuki village, near Kibesillah, on the coast. 192 University of California Publications. [An. ARCH. ETH. Come, go with me. It is far. It is dark. Are you hungry ? Shall I kill a squirrel for you ? "No. We do not want squirrels. We like acorns and clover. " "Come, travel along. Swim across." They traveled on. "I am tired. I will rest. You lie down." He sang a song. "Come. We will go on. It must be only a short way now. Are your feet in good condition?" They went on. He did not stop for meals. He only drank water as he traveled. "It must be near, my dogs." Mole and lizard were burning a tree down. Coyote saw them as he was passing. "Who is that?" he asked. "Lizard has a fire built under a tree," long-eared mice told him. "We will go around them. They might see us." "There stands a house. You stop here and I will give you directions what to do. You must chew off the straps that hold the sun that I am going to carry off. You must leave the ones I am to carry it with. When you are through, poke me with your noses. You lie here. After awhile, when it is night, you will come in behind me." Coyote went into the house. "I do not want food, grandmother. I will sleep." "Yes," said the old women. (The sun was covered with a blanket and tied down in the middle of the house.) "Hand me that blanket, grandmother." "Yes, take it." Covering his head in it he began to sing, "You sleep, you sleep, you sleep." "What makes that noise? It never used to be so." "You sleep, you sleep, you sleep." "I am afraid of you, my grandchild." " Oh, I was dreaming. I have traveled a long way. I am tired." VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 193 "You sleep, you sleep, you sleep." They slept. The long-eared mice came back and poked him with their noses. Well, I have finished, one of them said. "Go outside," he told them. Coyote got up, took the sun, and carried it out. * Come on, we will run back. Mole saw them and began saying, "He is carrying off the sun." No one heard him, his mouth was so small. Lizard saw them. "He is carrying the sun off," he called. He took up a stick and beat on the house. Both the old women got up and chased Coyote. They kept following him. "Come, run fast, my dogs." I am tired now. "Yelindun is close by." "Black-water-creek country is over there where the house is standing, he told his dogs. He carried his load up Yatcuisaik wut. "We had nearly fixed it," the women called after him. "Yes, you had nearly fixed it. You were hiding it." The women stopped there. * Turn into stones right where you are sitting. They turned into stones right there. They didn t reply be cause they had become stones. Coyote carried the sun to the top of the ridge and followed along its crest until he came to the house. He went in and looked around. No one was at home. He went out again with out anyone knowing what had happened. He sliced up what he had brought. "This shall come up just before day," he said of the morning-star. "This shall be named * atcegegutcuk, and shall rise afterward," he said as he cut off another. "Sunlantc shall rise," he said to still an other. Then he cut and cut. "There shall be many stars," he said as he put the pieces in the sky. It was all gone. Taking up the piece he had fixed first he said, This sun shall come up in the east. It shall go down. It shall go around (to the north). This one shall travel at night," he said of another piece. "It 194 University of Calif ornia Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. shall go around. The sun shall be hot. The moon shall be cold. "Father, something is above," said the little boy. "Keep still," Coyote called out to him. "They may be frightened. * * Mother, something has grown out of the sky. Look there. "Stop. Come in. Lie down again," she told him. "Look, something," he said. The mother ran out. The father lay still. "Say, mother, it is getting red." "So it is. Yes. Get up." "Look, mother." "So it is. I see a mountain. Over there is another. It is beautiful. It is getting red. It has become beautiful." "Mother, something is coming up." "Mother, the mountain is afire." "It is getting larger. "It moves." "Mother, we can see." "What is that yonder, father?" "It is the sun." "It is going down." "It has gone into the water." It was like it had been previously. "We will go to sleep, my boys." "Wake up. Something is rising. Look." Father, what is coming up ? Look. "No. That is the moon." "0, yes, it moves." "Father, it (star) is coming up." "Father, it is getting red again." "Father, day is breaking." "It is daylight. The moon is up there." "Father, it moves so slowly." "It is going down, father." Yes, it will go down. I arranged for the moon to go down. Coyote lay in bed two days. VOL - 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 195 IV. THE SECUKING OF LIGHT.220 (Second Version.) He (Coyote) slept with his head toward the west, the north, the south, the east. When he slept with his head toward the east his forehead grew warm. "I dreamed about the sun in the east," he said. He started away. Finding three field-mice he took them with him for dogs. "My heart is glad because I found you, my three dogs," he told them. He took them to the place of the sunrise. "You must gnaw off the ropes and then poke me with your noses." Blowing through a hole in a blanket he sang "You sleep, you sleep." He carried the sun from the east. "It is carried off," some body was heard to shout. "I was fixing it," she said. "You were hiding it. Both of you become stones right where you are standing," he told them. He carried the sun along. "Kaldac, atciguttcuktco, sunLans, suttuldac, goyane," he said (naming them as he cut them from the mass). He sat down and studied about the matter. "Moon, sun, fly into the sky. Stars become many in it. In the morning you shall come up. You shall go down. You shall go around the world. 221 In the east you shall rise again in the morning. You shall furnish light." The boy went outside. "What is it, father?" he asked. The woman went out. She saw stars had sprung out of the sky. All the people made him presents of all kinds. V. THE STEALING OF FIEE. There was no fire. An orphan boy was whipped and put out side of the house. He cried there where he was thrown out. He looked and began saying, "Fire lies over there. I see fire." 220 This was the version first obtained. The preceding, more extended account was obtained in 1908. 221 The sun is believed to go around the northern end of the world behind the hills. 196 University of Calif ornia Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. "Who whipped that boy? Go and find out what he is say ing." 222 One went out and asked, "Where did you see fire?" "I saw fire toward the north. Look." "Everybody look. The boy has found fire." " So it is, said the chief. Go after fire. Where is Coyote ? Go after him. Where is Humming-bird ? Get him. "Humming-bird has come. Coyote is coming." "Eleven of you go and get fire," commanded the chief. They set out. They arrived at Red Mountain. Big spider was lying on the fire with his arms clasped around it. When they had come there they said to Coyote, "Coyote, dress yourself." "I will dress myself behind a tree," he said. "Yes," they said. His head( hair) became long and he put on a belt. * Cousin, look at my hair, he said when he came out. "Humming-bird, come, you dress." "Yes, behind the tree." He became blue. "I have become red. Look at me," Humming-bird said. "Go on, build a fire, I am going to dance," one of them told Spider. "There is no fire," Spider said. "Where is the fire we saw just now?" they replied. * Everybody watch me. I will dance. Eight of you sing for me," he told them. "Yes," they replied. They all came to the dancing place. Pie danced. Then Spiders came with the fire. "Pile up some wood," the leader said. "Yes," they replied. The wood was piled up. Humming-bird sat on top of it while Coyote danced. Coyote began licking his shoulders to make them laugh. Spider held to the fire and did not laugh. 222 in many cases the speaker is not indicated. Unless there are reasons to believe otherwise in a particular case, the chief is to be understood, espe cially where orders are given. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 197 Coyote and Humming-bird had talked together. "When I dance, you must carry the fire outside, Coyote said. Coyote danced. He kept licking himself. When he reached his privates and licked them, Spider laughed. Humming-bird seized the fire and went out with it. He built a fire. As they came back from the north they burned the mountains over. Everybody along the way got some of the fire. "Coyote and Humming-bird did well to steal the fire," the chief commented. "You must set fires toward the south. Fire will belong to all the people. "Yes, tomorrow I will set fires." "You must burn entirely around the world/ the chief told them. They set fires along. "We have burned around to the middle of the world. Everybody has fire." Now we are getting nearly back. Walk fast. We are burn ing close by now." "Yes, we are arriving." "We have arrived." VI. MAKING THE VALLEYS.223 The grown men and women all moved to the other side of the stream to hunt deer. You must stay here, the chief told the children. "We will only be gone one night." When it was day they did not come back. It was evening; it was very dark ; it was morning. Again it was day. I am lone some, each was saying. In vain they built a fire. When it was evening they looked. During the day they watched for their fathers and mothers. "Come, let us dance," said one of them. "Yes," said the boys and girls. "Many of you come and we will dance," he said. Sparrow-hawk sang. "Come here, my boys and girls," he said. A large number danced. "My mother, you haven t 223 This myth was obtained a short time after the earthquake of 1906, and was suggested by the disappearance as a result of it of a large mud- spring in Eeclemeyer s pasture, northwest of Laytonville. Each move ment and incident explains some topographical feature. 198 University of Calif ornia Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. come. My father, you haven t come home. We will dance many days/ Sparrow-hawk put feathers in his hair. They danced day and night. "We will take the dance west," said the leader. They danced at Rancheria flat. They circled in the water at Mud Springs. They stamped the water out. They took the dance down the hill. They danced on the drifting sand. They circled around. They took the dance north to the mouth of Ten mile creek and then to the other side of the river. They brought the dance back from the north. They made a level place with their feet. They went south through Long valley with the dance. The old people heard the sound of the dance. "My children have been dancing," the chief said. "You did not go home to them. They came home and found the ground was now flat and that valleys had become. They heard the noise of talking to the south. They afterwards heard it to the east. It grew faint and ceased. They heard the voices again as the children went way around to the north. The sounds they heard were faint. They heard them for some time and then they ceased again. Far north the voices came again. A long time they heard the noise coming from Round Valley. When Little Lake Valley was becoming flat and large, they danced a long time. Far south the sound vanished. They went way to the south. They heard it faintly again coming back from the south. As they came back into the world the sound grew. When they were in the middle of the world the noise became greater. They were bringing back the dance. From the south they were taking it way around to the north. They brought it back from Neutcidufi . Some were becoming grown. Some became deer. Their legs became small. Others ran away into the brush and became grizzlies. They were coming near. They went in among the mountains. They were very close as they came from the north. They went into the mountains to the east. They went into the mountains to the south. South along Rock creek they went in. The noise was gone. That is all. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 199 VII. THE PLACING OF THE ANIMALS. Two boys went away. An old man carried some ropes. There was a fire there. Set snares," he told his young men. "Let there be two in a place. Set up two sticks four all together. They went away and set the snares in the brush. One was caught. Again they drove one in, and it was caught. He put brush on one of the boys and looked away to the south. Then he put brush on the other one. "Quick, take the brush off," he said. "Again, take the brush off the other one." When they took the brush off, one had be come a spike buck and the other a fawn. "Where did he go that he hasn t come back?" the father of one of the boys asked. "Where did he go that he hasn t come back?" asked the other father. "They went north," some one said. "Well, I will look for the tracks," said one father. He did not find tracks. "Well, I, too, will look for tracks," said the other father. "There were none," he reported. "I did not find human tracks, but I saw grizzly tracks. The old man butchered the deer. "You did well with deer, my boys," he told his sons. There was a fire there. He gave pieces of the meat to the boys. They roasted the stomach and the liver for him. "Let us try it. It smells good," he said. He bit into it. He chewed and swallowed it. "It is good, he said, "put it in your mouth." "Well, I will try it," he said. "I will try it," said the adolescent girl. "I, too, will try it. 224 She was sitting up there. " It is good, she said. I will try it raw." Another adolescent girl said, "I will try it." The old woman said, "I, too, will try it." "I will try the head of the deer, I will try the stomach," said the old man. "I will break the bones for the marrow. I will taste the ears. I will pound the feet. I will put the tongue in the fire to roast. I will stretch the hides. The two hides are good. They will be my blanket." "Pound acorns and soak the meal," he told the women, "that we may eat mush. " " Give the bones to the dog. Let him 224 This was strictly against the customs of this region. Such girls were not allowed to speak of deer or meat, much less eat it. 200 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. chew them. She put them down. The dog ate the deer bones. "Where is the mush to be eaten with it?" he asked. "Give it to them." "We will drive deer for him," he said. "Come, carry arrows. Put a knife in a sack and carry it. Take the two fire-sticks, so you can build a fire when the deer is shot and be ready for butchering. A deer was shot. Again one was shot. "Take the dog to catch the deer. Butcher it. Carry it to the house. The women will eat it. Cook it. Go to sleep. You will stay at home tomor row," said the chief. "Sit down, girls. All go and bathe. Tomorrow you will go to Black rock. You will make arrow heads." "You may eat clover. You may eat ground-squirrels. You may kill and eat many jack-rabbits. You may bring bear-clover. You may bring angelica shoots. From the north you may bring bulbs. You may kill grouse. You may bring their eggs. You may bring quail eggs. You may kill many wood-rats." The old man threw bones of the deer to the east. He threw them to the north. He threw them to the south. He threw them toward the coast. * Grizzlies will be to the east, he said. Pan thers will be to the east. Wildcats will be to the east. Grizzlies will be to the south. Panthers will be to the south. Wildcats will be to the south. Panthers will be near the coast. Grizzlies will be near the coast. Wildcats will be near the coast." Fishers became in the east. Foxes became in the east. Rac coons became in the east. Coyotes became in the east. Skunks became in the east. Otters became in the east. Minks became in the east. Black bears became in the east. Rattlesnakes became in the east. Bullsnakes became in the east. Water- snakes became in the east. Adders became in the east. Lizards became in the east. Frogs became in the east. Salamanders became in the east. Eels, day eels, and suckers became in the east. Trout, hook-bill salmon, and black salmon became in the east. Spring salmon became in the east. "Get some stones," he said. "Pound the bones. They are good. Pound the backbone. Pound the knee. Pound the other knee. Pound the foot. Pound the hand. All the time you must pound the bones. You must not waste them. Deer bones are VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 201 good. Clean out the stomach. Braid the small intestines. Do it well. Take away the horns and hide them in the brush. Deer tallow is good. "Kill deer all the time. Feather arrows. Make knives. Scrape bows. Make sacks. Weave head-nets. Make basket- pots. Peck pestles. Weave mill-baskets. Weave basket-pans. Weave the small basket-pans. Weave the large basket-pots. Weave the small basket-pots. Weave the basket-dipper and the seed-beaters. Make the basket-cradle for the small children. "The deer when blue shall shed their horns. In mid-winter they will fall off." They gathered up the deer. They made the meat into bun dles. They carried it away. Two of them brought it home. They roasted it. Men, women, and children ate it. They stretched the hides. They twisted many ropes. A deer was shot. It ran away crippled. They shouted. They tracked it. Its horns were large. The dog smelled it. He caught it. That is all. VIJL THE SUPERNATUEAL CHILD.225 The baby cried night and day. All day long it kept crying. They carried it in their arms. "What is the matter with it?" they asked. "Take it again," she said. They bathed it. They looked it all over. They looked at the palms of its hands, at its feet, on its head, and in its ears. "I am sleepy," said its mother, "y u take the baby. It does not seem like a child. You hold it. I am sleepy. I have not slept a single night. You examine my baby. Something is wrong with it. It is some kind of a child. Maybe something is broken. Something may have stung it. You carry it. I do 225 This is said to be a " Wailaki story, probably meaning that it be longed to the people north of Kato, not those on main Eel river. When first told and a year afterward Bill insisted that it was not a story, but that it really happened not very long ago. Nevertheless he volunteered the information that the boy became the one who makes a noise in winter like thunder. Evidently he is the establisher of fishing places if not the creator of fish. Babies were so exposed if they gave appearance of not being normal or truly human. 202 University of California Publicatiom. [AM. ARCH. ETH. not know what ails it. Doctor it. I have stayed awake many nights on its account. It is some kind of a child. It is not a human baby. I have not slept a single night. Make it nurse. I will sleep. Bathe it. It cries because something is wrong, I guess. You carry it around. " "I am sick now. Move north. Hang up the baby, basket and all." "Yes, I will hang it up." "You may cry here." They moved north. * * Go back and look at the baby. I guess it is dead. We will bury it," said the mother. Her husband went back to the child. It had crawled out of the basket and had been playing about. It had played in the spring. It had cut some grass, spread it down in the water and had sat on it. It had gone away. It had made a weir in a small stream. It had put pine cones in the water for fish. It had made two net poles and woven a net of grass. He had gone out. He set ropes for snares and built a fence of brush leading to them. He had gone on to the north. He had built a fire. He had built a weir. Again he had built a fire. His small foot had become large. He had gone down where the streams are large. He had built a weir. He had set up a pole and put on a net. He had lain with his head down hill. His foot had become large. He had gone on toward the north. He had put down short sticks, which turned into fish. He had made a net of iris fiber. Having feathered arrows he had left them there. In the road where he had walked he had left a bow. He had gone on. He had put down a knife. Where he had walked he had stood up fire sticks in the ground. Now I know my baby has gone north. You must catch him for me," she said. "We did not see him," they replied. "You must track him," she insisted. "We are tired. We tracked him over much country," they said. "You must bring him back," she said. "We did not see your baby." "What is the matter?" VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 203 "Nothing. She cries all night. Ten nights she has cried for her baby." "The baby was very white. It was not my child. It was some kind of a baby, she said. * l Do not cry, they told her, "it was some kind of a child." " I love my baby. It would not stop. It nearly killed us with its crying. We did not sleep. We stayed awake with it many nights." "It is some kind of a child. Do not cry for it, my wife," said the father. "I will not cry," she said. He had built a small fire. He had put down short sticks. He had made long eel-pots and fastened them by the bottom. He had caught the pine-cones which he had put in the water and called fish. He had made strings for the net of iris. The rope that passes around the net he made by twisting. He went on toward the north. In Eel river he had made a weir. "I hung my baby up in a tree because it cried so many nights, the mother said. * You must track him, they said. * * I will leave. I will go back because I am tired. When you come back you must bring it with you. After you have tracked him far you may let him go." He came back. "Because I had gone far I gave him up," he said. "It is enough; we will let him go. We will go back to the house. I am tired and thirsty. I am tired because I went so far. I will sleep. He had gone down to a stream. He had built a weir and put in a net. He had built a fire. He had gone on toward the north. Far to the north he crossed a large creek. He did not build a weir. He carried his canoe north. He stole it. He w r ent away to the north. His track was not found. They looked for it in vain. They did not find his tracks. "He must have climbed up somewhere, they said. You go north through the water, they told otter. "You go north," they told mink. "You swim north," they told white duck. "You must find him." "No, I swam far in vain," he reported. "Build a signal fire for him," he said. "He must be some where. Far away to the north he was seen. "Far to the north the child was walking in the evening," said a person who came from there. He had taken his canoe from the water and had 204 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. built a fire in it. He had gone north. He had burned the ground over. "Who is burning the ground over?" they asked. "A boy is walking north carrying bow and arrows," he said. "We did not know him. He was a stranger. We did not speak to him. He had walked far to the north. He had come down to a large river. He had built a weir. He had made a small fire there. He had put down two small sticks. When they had turned to suckers he had caught them in a net and eaten them. The heads lay in the fire. He had gone further north. He had come down to a stream where he had built a weir. He had fished with a net and caught a salmon. Its head lay before the fire. He had gone on toward the north. He had come 4own to a stream. He had built there a weir. When he had made a pole for the net he had put it into the net and caught a black salmon. There lay before the fire a large black salmon s head. He had caught eels in a net. They lay before the fire. He had caught two day-eels. They lay in the net before the fire. Those following were near him now. They saw. his tracks. Two persons gathering acorns saw him. "Who is that man walking from the south? Speak to him." "Yes, I will speak to him." "Where are you going? They say you ran off from way south of here. Where are you going? Go back to your mother." 1 I will not go back. My mother is in the north. I am going to my mother. I have traveled far." "Your father cries for you. Go back." "No, my father is not in the south. My father is north." "When are you going back?" * I am not going back. I shall not stay there. This northern country is mine. Here in the north is much land that is my mother s. Why did she leave me? I did not like to be alone. I went north. I will make the fish come. They must come from the north. Black salmon shall come from the north. Hook- bills will come from the north. Spring salmon will come from the north. Suckers will come from the north. Eels will come. Trout will come from the north. Turtles will walk from the north. Crabs will crawl from the north. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 205 "The water of the creeks will dry up in the summer-time. The water of springs will be cold. The water of large rivers will be warm. The water shall not entirely vanish. It shall stand in some places. Short riffles shall still flow. Far to the north the water falls. Under the vertical rocks there is mist. It is cold. It will rain. The fish will come. The water rises. Winter-time when fall has come, after the month of buckeyes- white, of salmon-eye, of long moon, of entrance-slippery, of brush-red (tunLtuk), of grass-brown, long after it was spring, in the middle of summer, when the ground had been burned he came. Under the great water-fall two women saw him go in amidst the foam where no one is able to enter. That is all. IX. YELLOW-HAMMER S DEEDS.226 The moon trained the initiates in a dance-house. Robin, mountain-robin, bluejay, raven, chicken-hawk, owl, humming bird, mountain-quail, valley-quail, grouse, sparrow-hawk, ground- squirrel, grey-squirrel, red squirrel, heron, kingfisher, crane, duck, otter, mink, fox, and many others were being trained. Among these were grosbeak, thrasher, red-winged blackbird, meadow-lark, sandpiper, gopher, mole, scoter, seagull, pelican, woodcock, woodpecker, another woodpecker, duck, goose, blue- fronted bluejay, white owl, mud-hen, western bluebird, russet- backed thrush, buzzard, condor, long-billed curlew, wren, chip munk, wood-rat, polecat, raccoon, skunk, and flying-squirrel. The moon used to sew up the mouths of the initiates that they might not break the taboos; he would then go away to hunt, leaving them by themselves. He would bring home several deer whole, in his sack. "My little ones, that very bad moon who sews up people s mouths is coming back. I am going to throw at him with my sling," said an unknown benefactor. Already he had unfas- 226 This is said to have happened at Kibesillah, on the coast, where there are evidences of a large village. It was the custom to bring to gether many boys and girls in a regular dance-house, or in one especially built, and have some old person tell them many stories and myths. Certain taboos were enforced. 206 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. tened some of their mouths. He had undone half of them when it was night. "Moon is coming, my little ones. Now I will throw at him with my sling." He had a sack filled with deer. As Moon was coming through the entrance-way from the west he threw some white gravel stones at him. Water burst out of him as he fell. Raven tore his mouth open. "Well, do it. I am dying from thirst and hunger." "You did the right thing to him." He undid their mouths. He undid them all. "Make them bring in water. Have the people he has nearly killed drink much water," he directed. "Undo yellow-hammer s mouth who sits there so patiently," he told someone. "I undid his mouth long ago." "He nearly killed us. All night I will keep on undoing your mouths. The night is long, it will soon be day and I am undoing them yet. Cook food for the people. They are hungry. It was a good thing I did to him. I have undone your mouths. When you were all afraid, I killed him. Butcher the deer for the people to eat. All of you pound acorns and prepare mush that the people may have a meal. Some of you go for mussels. Some of you cook food." Pelican went. Humming-bird went with his slender mouth. Sandpiper also went with his slender mouth. They all flew away in pairs. Humming-bird, bluejay, grouse, duck, scoter, seagull, wren, robin, wood-cock, chicken-hawk, mocking-bird, kingfisher, sandpiper, blackbird, owl, barn-owl, varied robin, flew to the north. To the east flew grouse, thrasher, sparrow-hawk, russet- back thrush, junco, yellow-hammer, bluejay, heron, blackbird, bluejay, curlew, and one of the owls. To the east also went frog, salamander, lizard, water-snake, bull-snake, grass-snake, rattle snake, long lizard. To the south went milk-snake, eel, day-eel, trout, sucker, black salmon, hook-bill salmon, spring salmon, "red fish," "blue fish," devil-fish, and abalone. All the various kinds went north. All the various kinds went east. All the various kinds w T ent south. All the various kinds went west. Yellow-hammer was lying in the eastern side of the dance- house alone. Two women said to him, "Well, come with us to the VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 207 beach." "Yes, I will/ he replied. "Go on/ he told the two children. The women dug mussels near the sandy beach. There was a small fire there. The women brought up the mussels and poured them down by the fire. When the mussels were opened they said, "Well, eat them." When they had finished the women said to him, Come, let us go home." "Yes," he said. The two women and the two chil dren went up toward their home. The women looked back from a bank of earth and saw him go down to the water and take a small canoe out from somewhere. Into this canoe he led long- eared mouse, his grandmother. He poured into it a quantity of soil that they might have a fire in the canoe. "Tancowe, tancowe, tancowe, tcin " sang Yellow-hammer. "Be on your guard, keep away from the disturbed water and the shoals of fish, cautioned his grandmother. "Tancowe, tancowe, tancowe, tcin " he sang. Now fog gathered as he drove the canoe through the water. "Tancowe, tancowe, tancowe, *tcin " he sang. "Tancowe, tancowe, tan cowe, tcin " he sang. "Be on your guard against the disturbed water," said the grandmother. He went on far toward the west. "Tancow r e, tancowe, tancowe, tcin " he sang. The little boat went fast. Soon they were in the middle of the ocean. "Tancowe, tancowe, tancowe, tcin " he sang. It rained. The feather he had put in his hair was nearly gone. It was swollen with the dampness. There were water drops in the fog now. He went on. He did not give out but drove the boat along. "Tancowe, tancowe, tancowe, tcin " he sang. "Be on your guard, my grandchild, take the boat along," said the grandmother. "Build the fire again, my grandmother, it is going to rain," said Yellow-hammer. "Tancowe, tancowe, tancowe, tcin " he sang. They were wet. "Take the boat along carefully, my grandchild, keep away from the shoals of fish, cautioned the grandmother. 208 University of California Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. "Tancowe, tancowe, tancowe, tcin " he sang. It was even ing. He took the boat along through the darkness. "Tancowe, tancowe, tancowe, tcm " he sang. Only the backbone of the feather in his hair was left. Now he heard the breakers. "We are near, my grandmother, he said. "Paddle fast, my grandchild," said the old woman. He tried to beach the boat. It floated back and forth for a long time. "The water is rough, my grandmother, the water is rough, my grandmother," he said. He drove it ashore. He ran over the moulding acorns on the beach. He caught the boat and dragged it out with his grandmother in it. He stood the boat on end. "Build a fire for me, my grandchild, I am cold," said the old woman. "Put just one acorn in the fire," he told his grandmother. "I am going," he told her. "Yonder is someone walking along, my father." "It must be my son-in-law from CeLciyetoduil. No one has sung for him. I will look at my son-in-law. " He died. "Well this time I must have died, I who bragged that I have seen all sorts of things." Yellow-hammer doctored him with a feather. When he went into the house his mother-in-law also died. He doctored her in the same manner. "I must have died," she said. The two wives got up and took out of the ashes the roasted front third of a whale. "Come and eat," they said to him. "My daughters, take my son-in-law along with you. Yester day the fish were running. The fish were so big the sand stood in ridges. When he spears it he must give the fish-spear back to you. Let him bring it out of the water alone. You women build a fire," the father told them. "It is going to swim down," said Yellow-hammer. "No," they said, "that is not a fish. That is our father." They beat his (their father s) head with a firebrand. "That one is a fish that is swimming along. Spear it. You must give us the fish- spear. He speared it. He gave the women the spear. He took it out of the water. He beat its head. "Well, we will go home," he said. They put their hands in its mouth and picked it up. They brought it into the further house of the village. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 209 "You must have made a mistake, my son-in-law, that is a pin-trout. 227 I will cook its head." He took it down to the water. He washed it and took it out of the water. He buried it in the ashes. He took it out of the ashes. He split the head open and placed it before him. Yellow-hammer attacked it in every way in vain. The women split it up. He ate from it. "Go after acorns, my daughters. Take my son-in-law along. Let him knock them off alone. Let him crack them ( ? ) . Let him throw down two of them. You must carry them, said the old man. He climbed the tree with a stick. He struck over their heads. The women shouted. "Why do you beat our heads? We look like acorns." He came down from the tree. He threw down two acorns. He put one of them in a burden-basket. It was full. He put the other in another burden-basket. That was full. The women carried them. They brought them into the house. What is the matter?" he asked. "Nothing. He had taken a stick up the tree without our knowing it." "You ought to have told him." Someone came from the south. "My son-in-law has come." "You must bring him soon. When it is evening let him dance. We will watch him," said the new-comer. "Yes, we will come soon," said the old man. Yellow-hammer came. They all went out to the dance-house and watched him. They all died. He took the feather out of his hair and waved it over them. Every one of them got up. * Come, you dance, so my son-in-law may watch you. " " We danced long ago. Let him dance." They danced. The dance was finished. "Well, you dance, Yellow-hammer," they said. "Yes, I will dance," he said. He danced. The ocean came along here. He danced. The ocean came into the entrance-way. "It never did that before. I am afraid of the ocean. I am afraid of the ocean." He kept on dancing. The ocean came in. The people floated about in the house. It was full of water. Yellow- 227 i n this behind the ocean world the proportions of things are changed. The whale is the ordinary fish, the pin-trout is a huge thing. The acorns are very large. It is not clear why Yellow-hammer mistakes his father-in-law for a fish in the first instance and his wives heads for acorns in the second. 210 University of California Publications. [AM.ARCH.ETH. hammer flew against the center post. "Tcin," he said as he clung to it. When he had caught it the ocean went away again. It is certain you are brave, my son-in-law." "Take him home." They took him home. When they had brought him into the house he told them he was going home the next day. "I will go with you tomorrow," said one of the women. * I, too, will go with you, said the other woman. In the morning he started back. Some distance away long-eared mouse had put an acorn in the fire. The fire had gone out. "I told you to put only one acorn shell in the fire," he said. "I am going home, my grand mother." "Yes, we will go back," she said. Long-eared mouse had stolen acorns, tarweed seeds, grass seeds, flowers, black oak acorns, white oak acorns, sweet oak acorns, buckeyes, chestnuts, sugar-pine nuts, wild cherries, and hazelnuts. 228 * I will put the canoe back in the water, he said. He pushed it in. "Well, sit in it, my wife. You, too, sit in it. It is far. It is raining. The canoe goes back fast. "Tancowe, tancowe, tancowe, tcin " he sang. Fog came up. 1 Paddle it back quickly from the west, my grandchild, said long-eared mouse. At the middle of the ocean one of the women was gone. He looked back. She was not there. The other woman was sitting in the boat. "It is a long way. Where is your sister ?" he asked her. "One woman is not here. She went home. We are fog women," she replied. It rained at the middle of the ocean. When they reached the shore the other woman had gone back. He went up out of the water. He caught the canoe and drew it out of the water. "Come out quickly, my grandmother, and sit here. I will go back alone," he said. "I will see the children." He went back to the dance-house, entered it, and lay down. The two boys came to the upper entrance of the dance-house and looked in. They ran back, saying "My mother, it looks a little as if father were lying in the corner of the dance-house. 228 This explains not only the origin of the seeds of vegetable foods, but the reason for mice being thieves. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 211 It was only his foot we saw. Do not get excited but come and look." "Yes, I will look," she said. She looked at him. She went in. "My husband, you have come back," she said to him. The heads of both of the women had been shorn. Their fore heads had been smeared with pitch. The foreheads of the boys had also been smeared. They were all in mourning. "Well, come into the house," they said. Both of the women cried. They had a meal. "May my back be of june-berry wood. May my kidneys be round stones. May my spleen (?) be a flat stone. Throw me this side. Throw me that side, he said. That is all. X. WOLF STEALS COYOTE S WIFE.229 Coyote walked as if he were lame. * Carry me to the creek, he told his wife, Raven. "I will stay down there. Get some brush. I want brush for a fish-weir. Build a fire. I may be cold. I am lame. Put the spear-points on the pole. Fish may come. Get poles for the fish-weir. Get the hazel with which the poles are to be fastened to the stringer of the fish-weir. Spread down some dirt. Make a pile of it for the fire which we shall have soon." "We will go after the back-bone of the weir. Bring me the bow for the net. Come, we will put it across. Pass me the brush." "I have finished. Make its mouth. We will get pitch-wood. Bring me the acorn mush. I arn hungry. I will taste it at least. You go home. It is late. I am lame," he told his wife. He was not that way before. His wife watched him. He was running about. He built a fire in the brush. His wife watched him for a long time. The woman started home. Coyote ran around. He put large rocks across the stream. He was not lame. He was pretending. The woman went to a neighbor s to get some fish. "Coyote has built a fish-weir. I am going home," she said. There was 229 Coyote manifests his usual clownish, churlish spirit in this story. The consideration which wolf shows the woman seems quite different from that customary farther north. raipwr Cdimm* JMHirfiML [AM.AMx.taB. noonefheve. He lad apt come hack fcy dajligfcl next "WcO, I win wribdi MB. fTiam mint in HJI, T art! ulili him/ fie hejv had abgwd with IDOL He caught two fish in the net. TTi i ! Jin opm md itc Ihrm hil< Ihf Imj in iilcicp He ate them by MmaelL The older boy woke up. The younger one woke up. They saw meat of a fish. "There are fish." they nd. "Thfe i not meat/ he rid. ai Xo. It k not fish. It is a piece of ratten wood. No, they are not salmon eggs. Those are the madrone berries yon played with yesterday." He had strung the fish and dragged them away under the water. It was morning. "There are none. Go home and ten your mother/ he told the boys. "We^ I wfll wateh Coyote," said the woman. "I will 2rry theburdeii-basket. 99 He had cut up the fish and put them on a frame to dry. There were many fish there. He had gone upstream. The woman brought down the burden-basket She stole the fish and earned them to the home. "Coyote Isadbe^eutti^ "Hide the fish. He might eome again." She gave some of them to Tree-toad, her mother. She pounded acorns. Wolf eame bringing dried Yenison. "Hide the Yenisan. Do not let him find it," said Coyote s wife. "I am going home," said Wolf. "Someday I will eome again. By the time you haw eaten the renison up I wfll probably be bade again. You must put aeoms in the water. You must bury them in the ground. We wfll carry away many acorns. Yon must crack them during the night That is enough. When it is daylight and we can see well we wfll cany them to the drying platform. Let them all dry. There is much venison at my house," he told her. "Next time I wfll take yon with me. We win go a long way. You shall take both the children with you," Again someone eame. "Where n Coyote!" he asked. "He is not at home* Sometime ago he went to spear fish. Hie has not eome back. I do not go to see him. For some reason he is lame. I do not like him. I won t see him. Sometime ago I did go to see him. I went after some fish and there were none," she told him. : : i - . - : - - -- :-- : : -- 7 . -._ i- -: n iiiinir~li iiiii : :.: i - .. - ; - / ..- i - :: - - HJS aagr w g "I Xa : fire. TO mill 7 . :. -. - and pt tkm 19 to dir. I am w? Y - :: :;- :-.v r.;:: - r ST ?:.: -I km wr dm; M ke wUL 214 University of Calif ornia Publications. [AM.ARCH.ETH. house. Much dried elk meat is in new burden-baskets. There is also much tarweed seeds, sunflower seeds, and many chestnuts at my house. Many people are also there for a dance-house is in the village. I will take you where there are many people and much food, he told the woman. 1 I do not know how we shall go. "We better go underground. Coyote might track us/ said the woman. Coyote came up from the stream. He had put down the net with the short back-bone of a sore-tailed fish in it. He came limping along. "Mother, Coyote is coming," said one of the boys. "Urinate in the mush," she told him. He came in. "I am bringing your fish," he said. "I put it down out there by the entrance. Someone stole the fish I had cut up to dry." He tasted the mush. It was sour. It landed nearly in the creek by CeLciyetodufi, he threw it so hard. She did not bring in his fish. It was still there next morning. No one had cut it. "For some reason you do not like it," he said. "I will go back. I will try again. After a while probably, when two moons have died, I shall be back. Do not be lonesome. Perhaps I shall be around, he said. He went back to the creek carrying the net. Wolf came again. * Has not my cousin, Coyote, been back ? he asked. "We will carry acorns tomorrow. We will put them down far away. Again we will carry them far and put them down. We will carry them far. We will carry them far. We will put them in the water. You will make them get mouldy. Tomorrow you will carry them to the stream. I like sour mush, he said. How will the old woman live 1 " he asked. "We will leave much venison with her." "Old woman, you must not tell him we have gone together far to the south." "I will stay alone. I will not be lonesome. You may go anyway. You may leave me. Anyway let Coyote kill me," said the old woman. "You must not come back," she told her daughter. "Let my son-in-law come to see me. Let him bring me some venison. No one will kill me." VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 215 * I will leave many acorns. "Many of them are mouldy. You will take those, the sprouted ones I put in the water. The buckeyes in the burden- basket that I put in the water you will let him carry. Some day when my wood is gone, let my son-in-law get some more for me. I like wood. It will rain. I like pitch-wood so that there will be a light. I will sit and crack acorns at night." "My head aches. I am sick. Yesterday I did not get wood. I want much wood. Nobody came. I cried. I was lonesome. Sometimes I sat up all night long. I have been up two nights. I am sleepy," was the old woman s plaint. "When will you move?" "We have not yet carried all the acorns. It probably will be soon. There are only six baskets left. We will carry them again tomorrow, said the daughter. There are only four bas kets. We will carry two again. My mother, tomorrow we will leave you. There are only two baskets left. We shall go through a tunnel under the ground." 1 You must go with care. "He will not track us. Coyote will not track us. It is far. The mountains are large. I go the longer way because the brush is difficult. We will rest. Sit down. "Come, when we have climbed up I will carry the basket. Are you tired?" "I am tired." "We have climbed to the top of the ridge. Do you see the smoke yonder?" * Yes, I see the smoke. " It is a large country you have traversed. "I am tired." "We cross the stream. I will carry you across, let me take you up. It is evening. Can you still walk? Do you smell the smoke?" he asked. "The house you see is mine. We will go fast. It will soon be dark. There is a moon. The trail over there is good. Well, do not try to look at it. Walk in my tracks," he told her. "Do not be ashamed. Come in. Be seated," he told his new wife. 216 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. "Put wood on the fire," he told his mother. "Where is the water? I am thirsty." "Are you tired, my wife, from being so long under the bur den-basket?" "Who killed the elk?" Your younger brother shot it yesterday. He killed a grizzly and also a panther he saw, she replied. * Where is the mush ? I am hungry. I have come a long way. I stole a woman." "Where did they go?" asked Coyote. The grinding stone he had addressed did not reply. A raven croaked. "Well, bring them back," he said. "Where did they move?" he asked the partly burned wood of the fireplace. He picked up a pestle. "Where did they move?" he demanded. He threw the pestle up and was looking into the sky after it, when it fell and hit him on the forehead. The old woman was digging acorns from a hole in the house. He came in and caught her. "Let me see you, you who have caught me, the old woman demanded. "No one sees me," he said. He ran out. He defecated in the house. My faeces, where have they moved ? Coyote asked. "They went down here through a tunnel," it replied. Wolf led away the woman and the two boys. They went to Lokas- tkwut." "Coyote may track us," observed Wolf. "If he comes we will pour mush on him. We will pour it on him from a large basket-bowl. You must give him a seat in the center of the house. "My mother, Coyote is coming," called out one of the boys. "He is carrying a short piece of the back of a fish. This is your small salmon, he is saying, that one he is bringing here." "I do not like him. He must keep at a distance. I will not look at him. I do not like this Coyote who has come," said his former wife. "Come in," he called to him. "It is cold. Have you come here? It is turning cold. Who are you? Well, sit down since you are a stranger." "Somebody has come. Give him venison and mush," Wolf VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 217 told them. Coyote chewed away, looking toward the sky. His wife made the mush, dropping in white stones that she might pour it hot on his head. While he was eating venison and mush they poured it on his head. He jumped up, ran to the river, and jumped in. He floated on the water, and only coals came out on the other side of the stream. "My hair, grow again," he said. He ran off. That is all. XI. COYOTE AND SKUNK KILL ELK. Coyote, when he had climbed to the roof of the dance-house, stood and called elk. They came in great numbers and entered the dance-house. The dance-house was full. Coyote placed Skunk by the doorway and began to doctor his belly and anus. Grey-squirrel and Fisher were sitting there. Skunk emitted flatus and killed all the elk. Coyote ate a female deer, entrails and all. That was the one I called, he said. They butchered the elk. "Who of you will marry my sister?" one asked. All were covered with filth. Coyote ran down to the creek and washed the blood from his hands. He made a wig to cover his head. The girl pulled the wig off and threw it away. That is all. XII. COYOTE RECOVERS KANGAEOO-EAT S EEMAINS.zso Kangaroo-rat made many arrows. He kept making them. He made also a bow. He shot about. He shot at the ground. He shot along on both sides of the stream toward the north until he came to Blue Bock, where he was killed. "This fellow, they say, shoots at everything. He shoots at the ground," said those who killed him. They carried him to Red Mountain that they might dance with his scalp. They took the corpse into the dance-house and danced with it. Then they cut the head off and pulled him in two. 230 it was explained that the shooting at the ground was done with straws, in part at least, and was for the purpose of making all kinds of plants grow. Both the indignities practiced upon the body and the con cern for its recovery seem usual in this region, but the specific motives are not avowed. Possibly none are thought necessary. 218 University of California Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. Coyote dreamed about his cousin. "I dreamed, I dreamed, my nephew, my nephew, my nephew," he sang. He started out following the tracks. As he tracked him along toward the north he cried. He came to the dance-house at Red Mountain. He gathered up the bones and walked away with them toward the north. He tied them up with strings of beads. He walked way on toward the north and then returned with a piece of otter skin tied in his hair. 231 He came to the dance-house. When it was evening they cooked a meal. Coyote went in. "You dance in the dance-house v any way," said the chief. "I always do that when I take a person s head," said Coyote. They danced with two dancing in the middle. "Let me dance with the scalp," said Coyote. He ran out with it. He ran back with it and the others chased him. He came to the place where he had left the bones tied up with the beads. He took them down and started home with them. He carried them using the beads for a carrying-strap. 232 "When they do that to me I come alive again. Come, I jump across the creeks, my cousin." Kangaroo-rat jumped down. They came back from the north. He ran along with his cousin. He cried about him as he went along, because he was tied (leaving a scar). "My nephew, my nephew, my nephew," he lamented. He brought him home. That is all. XIII. COYOTE AND THE GAMBLEE. He won his arrows, and then his bow, and a quantity of rope. Finally he won his beads and net-headdress. Coyote cut fresh grass for the game. I bet my wife, he said, and my house. "I win, I win, I win," Coyote sang. He won his wife and house. He won all the various things he had lost. His arrows, rope, bow, quiver, beads, and net-headdress he won back. That is all. 231 This was done, of course, that he might be supposed to be a stran ger from the north instead of the south. 232 This accounts for the white marks on Kangaroo-rat. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 219 XIV. COYOTE COMPETES WITH GEEY SQUIRRELS. Some grey squirrels built a fire between two trees. There were six of them amusing themselves by jumping from one tree to another over the fire. Coyote came along. * Ha, ha, ha, he cried. * i I used to do that when my grand mother was still leading me around. Take me up, my friends." "Yes," they said. * * Take me up, my friends, Coyote insisted. "Well, bring him up," one said. They brought him up, and he tried to jump across, but failing, fell into the fire. He burned up. The coals which remained of him rolled out of the fire. * Come back, my hair, he called. XV. COYOTE TRICKS THE GIRLS. Upon the stones in the fireplace the young women poured down the buckeyes and covered them with soil. When they were cooked they took them out and soaked the flour obtained by pounding them. Coyote was floating as a baby in a baby-basket. "Somebody s baby is floating," one said. They took up the basket with the baby. It cried. White duck carried it about to quiet it. When it was dark they put it down and went to sleep. As soon as the east reddened Coyote went home. What have you eaten that your stomachs are so big ? they were asked. When they understood that they were pregnant, they cried, "May you die, Coyote." XVI. POLECAT ROBS HER GRANDMOTHER, 233 Many polecat girls were digging bulbs. They came together from north and south to dig them. Polecat old woman had many granddaughters who were digging. There was a fire there. They 233 A similar story is recorded among the Nongatl of Mad river tells how the bad grandchild, in this case a grandson, relented, tracked his grand mother, took revenge upon those who had killed her, gathered up her bones and brought them back to a certain valley where they became scattered and sprang up as bulbs. This result probably is expected from the throwing about of the pieces of her body in this case. 220 University of California Publications. [AM.ARCH.ETH. put on much wood because so many bulbs were being dug. They had many kinds of bulbs in seed-baskets, burden-baskets, and basket-pans. (Nineteen varieties are named.) They dug all the different kinds of bulbs. The seed-baskets were full. "My basket is not full," some of the girls said. "My basket-pan is full," said others of them. * * Let us bury them to cook. The ground is hot, said one of them. * Very well, replied the old woman. They took up the fire. They leveled the ground. They poured the bulbs down in the fireplace. They poured bulbs down in other places. The pile was high because so many girls had been digging. They covered them up. She sang for her grandmother who danced at one side. She said, "I will look at the bulbs," and went into the open place where they were cooking. She came back and continued her singing and her grandmother the dancing. When she finished the song she said, I will look at the bulbs. She took a basket- pan, filled it with bulbs and ashes and shook it up and down as she continued the song. The grandmother was dancing. When the ashes were sifted out she poured the bulbs into her mouth. 1 They are not cooked, my grandmother," she said. She went out to her grandmother. "They are not yet cooked, my grand mother," she told her. She sang. "They are not cooked," she reported again. She piled the dirt up again in the fireplace. * * Why do you dance ? They were all eaten up long ago, said the girl. "I will look at the bulbs." She went to the cooking place. She looked at the pile of earth. The bulbs were gone. When she went back she was crying. She started away toward the south. She came where flies live. "Kill me," she told them, "my grandchild has mistreated me." "No, we will not kill you," they said. She came where a large kind of flies lived and received the same reply. She went on toward the south until she came where wasp lived. "Kill me, my grandchild has mistreated me," she said to them. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 221 She came where insects who live in the ground were living. "Kill me," she said, "my grandchild has mistreated me." She went on toward the south until she came where hornets lived. * Kill me, she said, my grandchild has mistreated me. "No," they told her. She went on to the south until she came where jellow jackets lived. "Kill me," she entreated them, "my grandchild has mis treated me. No, we will not kill you, they said. She went on south to the home of another insect. My grand child has mistreated me, kill me, she said. "No, we will not kill you," they said. She came where large flies lived. "Kill me, my grandchild has mistreated me," she told them. 1 No, we will not kill you, they replied. She came where gnats lived. "Kill me," she requested, "my grandchild has mistreated me. No, we will not kill you, they told her. She went on toward the south. She came where other insects lived. They offered her food. No, she said. I came because my grandchild has mistreated me. Kill me. "Yes, we will kill you," they said. When it was evening they killed her. They cut her into small pieces which they threw about. The pieces of both her legs, of her belly, and of her head fell everywhere. That is all. XVII. GRIZZLY WOMAN KILLS DOE.23* Grizzly woman used to lie with her head close to the fire. Bluejay, her husband, used to sit on the house-top (and make flint arrowheads). Grizzly woman and the younger wife, Doe, went to gather clover. "Let me hunt your lice," said Grizzly woman. "You go to sleep," she said, taking her head in her lap. She bit the lice and 234 This event is said to have taken place at TcuLsaitcdun, a former village on the southern slope of the ridge north of Ten-mile creek and about a mile west of the stream into which it empties. The story is per haps the most widely distributed of the folk-tales on the Pacific coast. 222 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. nits, sprinkling in sand (upon which she bit making the expected noise). She cracked her head. She built a fire and dug out one eye and then the other. She put them in the burden-basket and covered them with clover. She carried the clover home and took it into the house. She gave some of it to the children. 1 My mother s eye, my mother s eye," said the boy. Doe s two children led Grizzly s two out to play. "You crawl into this hollow log, said one. The bear children went in. The girl, the elder of Doe s children, stopped up the opening with grass and fanned in smoke until the crying ceased. She drew them out, scraped them and washed them, and took them to the house, presenting them to their mother. Grizzly ate them (thinking them to be skunks). The children went out and ran down to the creek where Heron had a fish weir. Grandfather, put your neck across for us," they said. "When Grizzly old woman comes down and you put your neck across, you must pull it one side and let her drown." They ran across and began to call out, She eats her children raw. " " What are those children saying ? the old woman asked. "They only say, She eats her children raw, " Bluejay finally replied. She ran out of the house and down to the stream. Brother- in-law, put your neck across for me, I will cross. My children are beckoning to me with their hands," she said. "Very well," he assented. She started to cross. When she was in the middle of the stream he tipped his neck and she fell in and was drowned. That is all. XVIII. TUKTLE S EXPLOIT. Turtle was throwing up a stone and letting it bounce off his shoulder when it fell. He threw it with his shoulder and caught it again. The others were afraid to try it. "Tehehe," laughed Coyote, "I will try that." "Very well," replied Turtle. Coyote took the stone up and threw it into the air. It fell in the center of his back and drove him into the ground. That is all. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 223 XIX. HOW TUKTLE ESCAPED. Some people came where Turtle was walking along by him self. He was carrying some mean looking arrows. They took them away from him, spit on them, and thrust them into the ground. It was summer-time and a body of water was there. As he sat by the shore the others laughed at him. He took up one of the arrows and shot a man, killing him. Turtle jumped into the pond and ran around on the bottom, making it so muddy they could not see him. They got a net, stretched it on the frame, and dipped for him. Turtle had run out without being seen. They hunted for him until it was quite dark before they gave up the search. They put the body of the dead on the fire and burned it. That is all. XX. GOPHER S REVENGE. Cottontail rabbit, a small child, was an orphan. Gopher was also small and an orphan. They had neither father nor mother. When they were grown one of them asked, Where is my father, grandmother ? "Your father was killed a long time ago. Your mother, also, was killed, replied the old woman. "Who killed them?" asked the boy. "The great fish old woman stung them with her sting and killed them," she replied. Gopher went under ground in a tunnel to look. He saw the old fish woman and came back. I am going to make arrows, my grandmother, he said. His grandmother showed him how they are made. He flaked the flints and put them on the shafts. He went without the knowledge of his grandmother through a tunnel and came up out of the ground by the great river. He came up close to the fish. He looked at her through a small hole. He put an arrow in place on the bowstring. He shot. He shot again. He hit her many times. She struck over him when she tried to stin<r him. The stones rattled when her 224 University of California Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. sting hit them. Finally she died. He turned her over and looked at her. He saw the stream was full of the people she had killed. He went home. * Where have you been ? she asked him. "Grandmother, I have been to Eel river and killed the fish. It is she who has killed the people who have disappeared from this place," he replied. Many people came from distant countries and gave him va rious presents because he had killed the fish. It nearly happened that fish of that sort were in the world. It is because he killed her that they are not. That is all. XXI. MEADOWLAEK S BKEAST. Meadowlark and Mockingbird were quarreling. They were quarreling in the morning; they were quarreling at noon; they were still quarreling at evening. A fire was burning there. Meadowlark fell asleep. Mockingbird put some stones in the fire and let them get hot. He then took one up and put it in the sleeping Meadowlark s mouth. The stone fell out his breast leaving the black mark there. That is why he sings at night. That is all. XXII. GEESE CAKEY OFF BAVEN. The husband, Chipmunk, stayed at home and took care of the baby. He had stuck a piece of bark in his belly and had hurt himself so badly that he was obliged to lie down. The wife, Raven, went after bark. Two Geese had come from the north. When Raven was about to take the loaded basket upon her back the Geese reached out from behind a tree and caught the basket with a hook. "It s heavy," she said, and threw out some pieces. As she lifted it they caught it again. She threw out more of the bark. Finally there were only two pieces left. This time when they caught the basket they seized her and led her away to the North. Flat mouths are taking me north, she said. They took her into the dance-house at the northern end of the world. At night VOL. 5] Goddard.Eato Texts. 225 they danced. She flew out the upper opening of the dance-house and returned. Chipmunk had tried to care for the baby, giving it pieces of venison to suck. The child died. That is all. XXIII. THE DIVING CONTEST.ass Duck and Otter, rivals in love, engaged in a diving contest to see which could secure the more fish. The watching people saw Duck come up with two strings which he had filled. Otter dived and the people waited. After a long time he came up with three strings he had filled. They went home dragging the fish into the house. XXIV. TREATMENT OF A STRANGEE.286 * * I m the one that has just come from the coast, they heard some one say. " Who s saying I have come from the coast? asked the chief. "Go and see who s saying it." They looked everywhere in vain ; he was not to be found. No sooner had they come back and reported their failure than "Just now I have come from the coast" was heard again. "It sounds as if it were right here, look for him." Again many of them went and looked for him. They didn t find him. A hollow tree was standing there. Through a small opening in it they heard him talking; they found him there in the hollow tree. "You d better kill him," said the chief. "Yes, we will kill him, they replied. They pulled him out and cut him to pieces. They threw his arms in one direction and his legs in another; they split him in two. For all that he did not die ; his vital spot- was not there, but between his toes. When they cut between his toes he died. That is all. 235 Supposed to have happened at Sak enunsandun, a former village close to the right bank of Long Valley creek just south of White s house. 236 The version first recorded mentioned a large supply of food hidden away from a starving child, which would furnish a motive for harsh treat ment. When this version was told to correct the former text the only reason assigned was that he was a stranger. The victim was a bird. 226 University of California Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. XXV. THE GKEAT HORNED SEEPENT.237 They were living at Lodaiki. The people kept dying. The girls were soaking buckeye flour. Two dead trout were lying there. The girls put them in the fire to roast. When they were cooked they ate them up. First one and then the other died. "I am going up the creek, east," said the chief. He found two dead trout, and then one by itself, and still farther on, an other. After that he found three. He sat down to rest. After a short time he went on. He found a single dead trout again. Going on again he found two more. Having gone forward again he found two trout that had been bitten in two. Twice, farther on, he found one by itself. He sat down. The creek was now small. He went on. He found slime. There were no trout. He went on climbing up until he stood on the summit. He looked around. He found a pond there. He found its horn. He looked at it. It was looking toward the south. The horn was long and white. He went home crying. He came home and told his expe riences. "Go to Sherwood valley and get the people. Go to Cahto valley. Go and get the Yuki. Go to Little Lake valley for help, he commanded. Poles were made. Four times they made ten poles. They started carrying poles, arrows, and knives. When they came to the place they all took up the poles and speared it. They speared and shot, speared and shot, speared and shot. The old man cut it. They speared it. The old man cut. It squealed. It thrashed the water with its horn. It died. It had broken the brush with its horn. A fire was burning there. They burned a clear space around the body. On the middle of its head and on its tail they built a fire. They started back. They came back and all sat in the house crying. 237 The former Yuki village of Lodaiki (its Kato name) was on main Eel river near or at the mouth of Dutch Henry creek. Such serpents are believed in far north of the Kato. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 227 "We will not live here. The water is bad. After this the water will be bad, the old man said. Ten of them went back and built a fire on its head and tail. They went back to the house. "We have built a fire on it again," they said. They moved away and lived in another place. They went there again and built a fire on its head. The mountain was burned over. They came home. The mountain was well burned over, they found. He put it (the horn) in a sack. When they came back he pounded it up and carried it to the coast. They made "Indian poison" of it. Those people all died. It became the property of the coast people. That is all. XXVI. THE DANCING ELK.238 The people were going to Redwood creek to spear fish. Walk fast, they said. I am tired, I will walk slowly. We will rest under the tree. There are no fish. We will make a fish-weir at Redwood creek. Cut some wood. Twist some withes to tie the weir with. Two of you twist them, the chief commanded. Cut this fish. Make some soup. Put stones in the fire to heat. I think there will be plenty of fish soon. * * Come and eat. It is cooked. "Yes, I will wash my hands. A fish is swimming up the stream. I will spear it. He struck over it. Two fish swam by. He speared only one. It was day. "I am sleepy," he said. Well, you sleep, I will get wood. 1 i Yes, you get wood. He went from the creek bed up on the bank and looked. * They look like elk, he said. Twenty of them came out of the brush. * * Well, I will go back and tell the others, he said. "Look, elk. Come and look. Many elk have come out. " 23 8 These elk are the ordinary animals surprised in or induced to take their semi-human form which they, in common with several other animals, are believed to possess at times. 228 University of California Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. "That is so," he said. "What will we do, there are no ar rows ? "We will do nothing. We will just look at them." "Look for fish." "No, I will shout at them." "No, do not shout at them," he told him. * I am going to shout at them. "Well, shout at them." * They say you dance, dance for me. " The elk were all stand ing there. They looked at him. They intermingled. They danced behind the hill. They came out dancing. Only behind the hill was there whistling. They looked at them. "You have shouted at them. You will see something uncommon, he said. Two of them ran off. "I will not go," said one of them. The dust flew around because of the dancing of the elk. "Why do you run off?" he asked them. "Come back here, we will see it only once and then you may run away. I will look at it. I will not run off. I have already tried to stop you in vain, he said to him. One elk woman came out by herself and danced with a dress. Again there was whistling twice. They were getting ready. "I will see her apron, he said. They danced for a long time with their horns. The does had no horns. All shouted loudly. Some of the men ran off. Only one man watched them. The elk turned around three times. Their heads were not when they turned. When they turned around the men (elk) picked up their quivers with their bows and arrows. They all shouted. When they had danced they went into the brush one at a time and became elk. Again three of them went behind the brush. Five went in. Again six went in behind the brush. Seven went behind the brush. Eight went in the same place. Ten went into the whitethorn brush. The people came out again. They looked at him. "What did they do ? " they asked. l Did they dance well ? "Yes, they danced well. I saw them dance many different ways. They danced with dresses and with arrows. They grew small. Their horns grew large. Do not ask me. You did not look at them." VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 229 "You only say that. Next time you must not shout close to them. 7 * * You must doctor me. See what is the matter with me. Why is my food sweet ? They danced well. Do not ask me. That is enough. I have told you." How many fish did you spear ? 1 None. " " There are none. " " We speared ten. "We will stay here another night." "Yes, you get some wood. We will try again." Cut some fish. They will come again soon. "Yes, we will cut the fish." It was evening. They speared many fish. When it was nearly morning he said to them, "Make up the loads with withes. We will go back to the house. It is a long way. They carried them to Yelindiii. "Walk fast," he said. "Something may have happened at our home. They came home. No one was in the house. "When he shouted at the elk they danced. I, alone, looked at them when the others ran off. Nevertheless I am not sick. There were no fish. We stayed a second night and then we came home. "We will go again sometime. There will probably be many fish then. That fellow must stay at home. He talks every kind of a way. Ten men will go. We will stay three nights. Pound acorns. We will need them to carry." "Yes, we will do that." They soaked the flour and made mush. "All of you pound acorns. We are going for some fish. I will carry the dough. You carry the basket-pot to cook it in. You, too, carry something. All of us will carry something. Some of you carry dough, some of you carry buckeye mush, and some of you carry mouldy acorns. It rained. They did not go. "When it clears off we will go. We will look. You all stay here. It has cleared off. Come, we will all go. You carry the spear. You carry a net. You carry pitchwood. 230 University of California Publications. [AM. ARCH. ETH. They set out. "Walk fast. It is a long way. We will go fast, " he said. They were close by the fish-weir. They came there. * * Get some wood, my children. I will build a house. It may rain," he said. Be made a house. They got the wood. * * Soon many fish may come, he said. * Get wood for them. Then it was night. "Make a fire by the weir. It is evening. Kindle a fire quickly. He put the net in the stream. * Put the spear-point on the pole. The fish may come. Then the fish came. "Spear the black salmon." He speared it. "Hold the net," he said. They didn t catch it. It swam in. "Catch it. I am hungry for fish. Cut it." "Yes, I will roast it," said one man. He cut it there, and washed it. "I will roast it." He put it in the fire. "Cook soup." "I think the fish is done. They cooked soup. Come, my children, we will eat. It is cooked. They ate. "Go and look. Fish may have come. Look at the stick tied to the net-string. I think it is twitching. I have eaten enough. I, too, have eaten enough. "Well, we will look for them," they said. They speared fish. They came that night. They speared ten. It was morning. We will go home. There are plenty of fish. They carried them along. "Walk fast," they said. "It is far and the mountain is large." "We are near." They all came back to their houses. "Have you already cooked mush?" he asked. No, we have not cooked it. "I will roast a fish." VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. . 231 Many people at all the houses roasted fish. * The mush is cooked now, come and eat. "Are you tired?" "You have come a long way. Go to sleep. i I will sleep because I have eaten very much mush. That is all. XXVII. COYOTES SEEN FISHING.239 They were spearing fish in the w T inter-time. They made the spear shafts. They made the prongs and fastened the spear- points with pitch. They had a fire in which they put the stones (for working the pitch). "Well, let us go." "Yes," he said. They crossed the river and sat down. They saw a person alone under a tree. "Who is that? "he asked. "A Yuki, probably." "He is not a Yuki. Their spear-shafts are white. These are well blackened. Look at them." Again one came out of the brush. "Who is it?" "I don t think it is a person. Look at him well." Again one came out. He brought out a spear. I think there will be war, he said. They saw they had speared many fish. They were driving the fish back and spearing them. He speared one and beat it on the head. He killed it. He took the spear-point out of it. "It is not a human being. It seems like Coyote." Again two came out. A third one came out. They (the men) ran away. "They are Coyotes." "You frightened us. We thought you were people," they said. They were coyotes. 1 1 want to live, my uncle, if I did see you, he said. I. too, I do that. I eat in the forest. I know that. I walk 239 Said to have happened not long ago at John Wilson creek. 232 University of California Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. outside at night. I will not tell it. Let nothing happen because we saw you." Nothing will happen. We will not look toward the spearing places. Hide it that he may eat it. Let no one see us. 7 "May I walk (live) for a long time yet. May I not be sick because I saw you. May it be well with my wife. May she not be sick when I come again to my house. Soon you will find a little present of cooked food somewhere. We will leave it on the ground. "You must not tell it in the village lest we get sick. You must not go again to that stream for fish. Let them spear over there. Next time you must leave many fish on this side. At Yellow-pine-hill stream they left some food. 1 We put down this food, my uncle, because we found you. * Give him food. Let him eat it alone. That is all. XXVIII. COYOTES SET FIRES FOR GRASSHOPPERS. Many people went north by Blue rock to trade. 240 They traded basket-hats, rope, and blankets. They danced all night long until it was fully day. The Wailaki danced. The women danced with beads. The men danced with arrows. They danced one night and one day. Two people sang in front of the line so many were dancing. They danced with a head they had taken. "Well, it is enough. I am tired. I have finished. We will go back." "Yes, we will dance again. Soon we will have a meal and then we will go home. "All of you bathe so we may go home. It is warm. You women comb your hair. When it is a little cooler you must go back. South from here you must smoke yellow- jackets. You must kill many ground-squirrels. You men must kill deer. You must keep away from us. Keep good watch of yourselves. There are manj 7 " rattlesnakes. Do not wander through the brush. The grizzlies are bad. Keep away so you will not be shot when they 240 Such meetings for barter and social intercourse are said to have been customary between adjoining tribes in times of peace. The func tions of a chief are well illustrated. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 233 shoot deer. The women must walk by themselves away from us. Some of the men will go back with you. "We will camp in a good flat place. There will be many people. Camp where there is good water and tarweeds that the people may eat. "You women gather hazelnuts. You men hunt for deer. Some of you cook. Let there be plenty of food. We will be back when it gets dark. You women must come back while it is still fully light. You must cook many kinds of food. They moved down this way from the north. They crossed Blue rock creek. They crossed Ten-mile creek. "Who has burned over Saisuntcbi?" "That is so, we will look." Yes, we will go over there. A large fire was burning there in the grass. They saw no one. "We will rest. I suppose it is some one. We will look. Somebody is walking along over there. He is carrying arrows in his hand. It is a stranger. Come, we will run away. "No. It looks like coyote. He is eating grasshoppers. It does not look like (a person) . It is not. It looks like coyote. Well, speak to him, he said. "Yes, I will talk to him. We will look at him." Why have you burned the ground ? "He does not speak. It is not a person. There he stands. They are running off." They found there were five of them. Coyotes were picking grasshoppers in sacks. They ran off. Their canes vanished. Just coyotes the five of them went away. That is all. XXIX. WATER-PEOPLE AND THE ELK. An elk was seen walking along in this valley. They ran after it. It was tired and ran into the water. It sank. There were many people there. What shall we do ? The elk has sunk, they said. There was a man staying there courting. He came where they were. He dived. When he came up again he tied many pieces of rope together. 234 University of Calif ornia Publications. [An. ARCH. ETH. "If I succeed in tying it to its horns, I will pull it, 7 he said. He dived again. He found the water-people 241 had already taken it. He pulled the rope several times. They all pulled on the rope. Finally he came up. He walked out from the creek. They cut the elk up and carried it to the houses. "I shall not live," said the man, "because I swam to the water-people. They took him into the house. He was sick. When it was getting dark he was out of his head. He died when night came. The next morning they burned him. That is all. XXX. RATTLESNAKE HUSBANDS An adolescent girl was lying alone. A rattlesnake came and lay with her. "Who lay down?" she thought. He tickled her. The rattlesnake got up and took a drink of water. "I will bring some water," he said. "Who are you?" asked the girl. "I am rattlesnake," he said. "I lie with you at night. Did you not know it ? You are my wife. No one must see me. You must not tell about me. If you do, you will die. Some one had hung up beads woven together they saw. When it was night some one had lain with the girl. In the night she had talked. In the morning he had gone away again. He came back. The water basket was there. He had brought water for his wife. He went away and came again in the evening. When all the people were asleep, he lay down with the woman. * * Why were you talking, my girl ? "I am rattlesnake. I talk human language. You are my wife. Do not let me be killed. You will die if you tell about 241 The Wailaki of main Eel river are very definite in their accounts of these people who live underground and reach the upper-world only by means of the water. 242 Animals and monsters are thought likely to form attachments for adolescent girls. Marriages between human beings and rattlesnakes are not unusual incidents. The snakes of course are usually in their human form. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 235 Beads were hanging there. Beads woven together were hang ing there. There were "gold beads," red beads, and small ones. One of the family came home and saw the beads. "Who hung up the beads?" he asked. A hair-net and garters were hanging there besides arrows and a quiver, a basket-hat, and a headdress. A blue knife was in a sack. Fire sticks were lying there. When it was night he lay down with the woman. "Do not let me be killed," he said. "My daughter, do not get up. A rattlesnake has lain down with you." "It is not a rattlesnake. It is a person. Do not kill it. You will die, he told me. If you kill the rattlesnake, I shall die. I am dying now," she said. He beat the rattlesnake and killed it. He took it up with a stick and threw it away. The woman died. "It is writhing, hit it again. " Do not kill it, I told you," she said. That is all. XXXI. WATER-PAN THEE. Two Indians were hunting with deer-heads. They saw a panther. He was very big. He had a deer on his shoulders that reached to the tip of his tail. It was a big panther that lives in the ocean. He went into the rock. 243 The ground jarred with the shock. They listened over the hole. "You shoot," they told each other. They were afraid. "Let it go," they said. That is all. XXXII. MILK-SNAKE AMONG THE EELS. They were cutting brush. Ten men cut wood. They had a fire. When it w r as evening two eels swam there. One eel by itself was swimming. Three were swimming. Five were swim ming. Ten were swimming. One swam by itself. There were 243 A huge, split rock on Redemeyer s ranch. There are supposed to be underground means of communication between certain ponds and the ocean which these mythical animals use. 236 University of California Publications. [ AM. ARCH. ETH. none. One swam by itself for a long time. Two swam there. Ten swam there. Twenty swam there. When a milk-snake swam there the people ran off. Two persons were standing in the water. The milk-snake swam there. They left. Go home, they said. Before it was morning the people quit fishing because they were afraid. That is all. XXXIII. STEALING OF THE BABY.244 Ten women were soaking buckeye flour at the creek. A man was tending the baby in the house. The baby cried. Some one came in keeping her face turned away and said, * Here, give the baby to me. " " Take it, he said, and put it in her arms. It was quite dark when the woman came home. " Where is the baby ? Asleep ? she asked. 1 i I gave it to you long ago. You did not give it to me, she said. They looked for it a long time, but did not find it. They heard the baby crying toward the west in the darkness. An owl kept hooting. They followed it far into the dark night toward the west. They finally gave it up. That is all. XXXIV. THE MAN EATER. They were setting snares for deer. All the people had gone after deer. He was walking alone. Some one was carrying a burden-basket. She was walking along with a cane. She was carrying a soft burden-basket. "My deer/ she said. She caught him and put him in the basket. She carried him off. When she had to carry the basket under the branches of trees she whipped over her shoulder with her cane. She went east up the hill. When she went under a tree, he caught it and climbed up on it. She went on just the same, whipping with her cane. She found out what had hap pened. She ran back down the hill. 244 The being who appeared as a woman and asked for the baby is said to be the sort described in the next story. VOL. 5] Goddard.Kato Texts. 237 "Where is my deer?" she said. The man climbed the tree. She kicked against a rotten log thinking he might be under it. The sun came up. She covered her face with her blanket because she was ashamed and ran up here east. That is aU. XXXV. DESCEIPTION OF THE MAN EATEE. She brings her game to her home and eats it alive. She eats both its hands and then both feet. She digs out both its eyes. She eats its small intestines, its liver, and its heart. She eats its liver and head. She builds a fire on a flat rock. She throws down the carcass after she has disemboweled it. She covers it up on the flat rock until it is cooked. She uncovers it. She puts it up on a drying frame. There is much fat. When it is dry she puts it in burden-baskets. She piles it up. She puts it away. That is why she always hunts for us. It is because we are fat. Her foot is like a grizzly s. Her hand is human. Her teeth are like a dog s. Her head is like a man s. She carries arrow heads in her blanket folds. Her eyes gleam. Her hair is long. Her ears are like a dog s. XXXVI. A PEAYEE FOE EELS. "May I eat the eels that swim up the stream with good for tune. May I eat the fish with good fortune. May the boys and girls eat them with good fortune. "Deer, may I swallow you with good luck. You are mine. My food is sweet. Do not let it die. Let it be good, he said. XXXVII. A SUPEENATUEAL EXPEEIENCE.245 We were killing lizards. I was carrying the sack. We had many of them. The sack was full. He killed a small one. Its mother ran off and lay near by. "Where is the big one lying?" he asked me. 245 This interesting account was first told in English and several days later in Kato. There appeared to be no insincerity on the part of the narrator. The belief in a soul capable of separation from the body and in shamans capable of calling it back is definite and firmly fixed. 238 University of California Publication. [An. ARCH. ETH. "There it is," I said. He was about to shoot it. "Do not kill me. Already you have killed my little one. I would live, she said. Fire burst out of its mouth. I dropped the load in the sack and ran up the hill. I was sick. They doctored me. I didn t know anything because I had died. I heard my mother when she cried and said, "My little boy." It was very dark. My father and mother were standing over there. I was standing at the base of the rock behind a bush. From the north something flew there. It spit over me. Your feathers will grow. You will fly up in the sky. There are flowers there. It is a good place. There is sunshine. It is a good land." Again, a large one flew there. "Have you fixed him already?" he asked. "Yes, I fixed him some time ago. Why have not the feathers come out?" 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