Ten'a texts and tales from Anvik, Alaska / by John W. Chapman, with vocabulary by Pliny Earle Goddard.

  • Chapman, John W. (John Wight), 1858-1939.
Date:
1914
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Credit: Ten'a texts and tales from Anvik, Alaska / by John W. Chapman, with vocabulary by Pliny Earle Goddard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the i^round. Then she went into the house and cooked the bear’s feet for herself. As she finished cooking them, the Raven came in. “Where did you come from?” said she. “kh'om somewhere,” said the Raven. .So she o-ave him some ' <r> of the meat; and he said, “Dear grandmother, I want to get some wood for vou.” The old woman agreed; and the Raven said, “But I am too cold. Lend me your fish- skin parka and boots.” So she let him take them, and he went off as if he intended to get some wood; but when he was out of sight, he ate the parka and the boots. Idien he came back; and the old woman said, “Where are my parka and the boots?” /\nd the Raven said, “Oh, my dear grandmother! I forgot, and left them where I was getting wood.” And the old woman said, “Well, go back and get them!” And the Raven said, “I don’t want to go back for them. Get them vourself, grandmother!” So the old woman started oft' to get the boots anci the parka, but she could not find them ; and while she was gone, the Raven flew up, alighted on her cache, and ate all her bear-meat. Then he went down into the house, and turned everything upside-down, and smeared the place with bear’s grease. Pretty soon the old woman came back to the house, and found the Raven playing with the bear’s fat. “Where did vou get that bear’s grease?” said she. “Dear grandmother,” said the Raven, “that is what you gave mie yesterday evening.” Then the old woman killed the Raven, and hung up his skin in the house; and afterward she cried all the time, because she had no food for the winter. Some time after that, she came in one day, and found two women in her house. “Oh, my!” said she, “where did you come from?” — “We have lost our husband,” said they, “and we are looking for him.” — “I haven’t found anybody,” said the old woman; but one of the 3—I’UBl.. AMER. ETHN. SOC. VOL. VI.