From XAkAnuwû' went a man of the XAkAnû'kedî, who were named from their town. The people used to go out from there after seals, which, not having guns at that time, they hunted with long-shanked and short-shanked hunting spears always kept in the bow. The shank of the long-shanked spear, which is grasped in throwing, is called cûx. This man's name was Qakê'q!utê. On starting off, he went up toward the head of the bay. This Qakê'q!utê was a great hunter and used to kill all kinds of things, but now he could get nothing. Then he stopped in a place named The Bay, and dropped his anchor into the water beside the canoe. Immediately his steersman went sound asleep, but he could not. By and by a small thing began flying around his face, and, taking up his paddle, he knocked it down into the canoe. It made a noise, "Ts, ts."
Fur blankets were not scarce in ancient times, so Qakê'q!utê took two marten blankets out of a box and put them around him. He was going to start away in desperation because he had killed his own sleep. He also put abalone shell in his ears and piled together the things they used for snowshoes. In a bag he carried along a bone knife and a bone trap, tied a weasel skin in his hair, and put a painted drum on his shoulder such as people used to beat when anybody was dead. By and by Qakê'q!utê came out upon a ground-bog place. There was then no rain, for he was traveling with reference to the clouds which rose in waves behind Mount TsA
When the Athapascans came up next morning they exclaimed in astonishment, "What has done this?" Qakê'q!utê did not know that they were Athapascans, and they did not know him. After that an Athapascan shaman began performing to discover what was working Qakê'q!utê spent two years among these people, and afterward they began to pack up his property in order to accompany him back to his friends, the Tlingit. All the Athapascans packed up his things for At once the Athapascans put their packs over their shoulders. It was as quickly done as if hot water had been thrown among them. The Brush people sent them away because they were afraid. As they set out they began making a noise, "Hê'yê." They went directly to the place whither they had been sent, and, crossing a glacier, came to Sand-hill-town. When the Kâ'gwAntân learned that Qakê'q!utê had left XAkAnuwû', they caught those Athapascans and obtained all of their things. The GânAxte'dî also came to have dealings with them. Even now these people stop among them. They never became Tlingit, but they became people with whom one may trade. Whatever things they had, such as abalones, the Athapascans gave to them. That is how the Tlingit used to do in olden times. In exchange the Tlingit gave them every sort of thing to eat and especially an edible seaweed; but they did not know what to make of this last. The Athapascans
After this the people were going to build a feast house out of the wealth the Athapascans had brought them. Every morning before they had eaten anything they went after large trees for house timbers. They had nothing with which to chop except stone axes. While it was being completed the drum was beaten continually. The owner
By and by the people of KAq!Anuwû' started to Gonâ'xo to make war on the At that time there were two canoe loads of Island people going along, and there was a shaman among them named Wolf-weasel, who had eight tongues. The Kâ'gwAntân shaman tore his canoe apart by pretending to split the water of its wake. Before they got far out it began to split. The Kâ'gwAntân warriors had already landed at Xuq! creek where this shaman also went ashore, and they came out. behind him. His spirits' apparel was in a box in the bow. After the other warriors had returned to KAq!Anuwû', they determined to erect a house. They were the old Kâ'gwAntân who were going to put it up. So they sharpened the jadite which they used in chopping and went out. On account of the house timbers the owner of that house fasted for four days. After they had chopped for one month it was finished, and the chief went outside and spoke to all the people. In the morning those of the opposite phratry went out in ten canoes to push the timbers down. They paddled across singing, and brought all of them in, and they left them on the beach overnight.
After all the blankets had been brought out, they were taken up one at a time, and the names of those who were to receive called out, beginning with the guest highest in rank. When one's name was Now all the people lived inside of this big house, Wolf house. The young fellows were in the habit of racing one another when they went to cut firewood with their stone axes. They called it "Stone-ax-taken-in-canoe." The party that had been beaten became angry, and when they were eating grease together they pushed the fire over upon those who had left them behind. Their opponents did the same This is what caused all the trouble. We are called Burnt-house people, because the timbers of that house caught fire and were burned, and for this reason the people moved out of it and built other houses in the same place. Afterward some of the Burnt-house people moved to this place (Sitka). Because we are their descendants we are here also. They continue to be here because we occupy their places. 326:a Cf. story 32. 329:a At Cape Fairweather. 330:a For songs composed regarding these experiences of Qakê'q!utê, see songs 2 and 3 334:a Said when one loses a good thing or refuses to take it, 343:a "usually" would be truer.lxâ'n.lxâ'n. When these clouds come down to the very foot of the mountain there will be good weather, and people then paddle far out into the ocean. Seeing an animal go down into the ground-hog hole, he set up his trap there,Luqâ'xAdî, because of a Kâ'gwAntân woman who had been killed. They were armed with native picks, war spears, and bows and arrows. After they had killed their enemies they discovered a woman left alone in that place, whom they caught for a slave. She was mother of Chief Q!ayega'tqên. Then she said to them, "For what could you use me? Up here is the wolf post belonging to my son." The wolf post had been hidden when the people fled. Letting the woman go, therefore, the Kâ'gwAntân warriors rushed greedily for the post, and brought it down. A man whose face had been scratched up by the
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