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

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

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    salmon, and when he did so he found the hard part suri’ounding the salmon’s eye with the stick stuck throuffh it. He put it into the tire; and when he came back not the least thing was ailing the one whose eye had been diseased. It had become well. The souls of the Salmon people were what came into the creeks there. Then the person who was half rock said to him; “ When you become hunerrv, go thither. Take care of the bones. Put all into the fire.” And, when he became weak from hunger, he went to it as directed, took salmon, made a fire for them, and ate them there. One day the rib of some one became diseased. Then he again searched there. He found a rib. That he al.so burned. When he retui iied the sick person had become well. One da}, after he had been there for some time, people came dancing on their canoes.^ Then the}' landed and began to dance in a house, and the one who was half rock said to him: “ Now go behind the town. gien gafiiVxAn 1a i.si'si gien tci'na xA'fie g.ada'oxa ga stagl'dAfiAs and so he did and salmon eye around some- is rihg-shuped thing L.gwa-i gidjiga'-i sila'-i g.a la qe'xas. Gien 1a la isg.a'sg.as. Gien the stick shoved in the place in he found. .And it he put into the fire. And silgia'h 1’ qil'idxaga'-i L.u iiAfi xA'fie stlTi.dja'was gAiii gi gi'nA back he came when an eye was very sick not to thing x.A'tAsg.AilAS. . Lfi'g.a 1’g.ea'la.si. TcI'uas xil'-idAg.a-i g.a'lAiida-i hao smaliest was [mat- His became well, ter witli], iddAg.Aii sku'g.adaiyan wAiisfi'ga. tliey.say. Salmon people the souls these there came into the creeks Gien iiAfi tlc'dji Ig.a'gas liAii i'.sifi 1’ su'udas: And one pari was rock as follows also him addressed: “DaiI You (j! o'dAls become hungry kliii'l 1a g.a iia'-idAnAn. Skfi'dji 1a da'-ixAn qc'inAh. Tclfi'nuwa-i every you to .set out. Bones you carefully look after. The lire time g.ei 1a si'sg.aL.g.a'gAHAii.’’ Gitm gana'.XAii 1’ q!otg.fi'xag.ils gien g.a into you put into tiie fire. .And so he was made weak by when to hunger 1a qa'-idesi gien td'na-i l.v L.'sLgilsi gien g.Aii Ia tc!a'naoda'.si gien he started and the .salmon he took and for ne made a fire and WA gU 1a tfl'gAfiAsi. It at he was eating L.U e'.sifi At that too time g.a to 1a it la he Nau A 3 4 5 6 9 GaatxA'nhao riAii xe'we st!%.ia'lan WAusu'ga. 10 Onetime one's rib became sick they .say. daya'iig.axal.si. told to seek. xe'we gu 1a qe'xas. n 12 La e'.sin 1a .sqlag.a'sg.as. Silgia'n 1’qa'id xaga-i L.fi la e'sin rsril.s. It too he put into the fire. Back he came when he too became well. Gu 1a I'sdi qa'+odi gaatxA'n gu g.a x.iii'lLldulLlxas. L.u wa sru 18 There he was after onetime there to [somej came dancing. At that it at A . .A time id'skitsi gien naesi'n x.ia'lx.idie's. landed and [in thej too house Gi6n iiAil tle'dji Ig.a'gas 1’ su'udas: 14 began to dance. And one part was rock him addre.sscd %A'nwal T/i'dji gi xa'L.an. Wa'djx.iia 15 bttj behind you go when young branch to break oil. Over there hemlock
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