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diff --git a/25483.txt b/25483.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..306a25b --- /dev/null +++ b/25483.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1412 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of In the Time That Was, by James Frederic Thorne + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: In the Time That Was + +Author: James Frederic Thorne + +Illustrator: Judson T. Sergeant + +Release Date: May 16, 2008 [EBook #25483] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK IN THE TIME THAT WAS *** + + + + +Produced by Suzan Flanagan and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was +produced from images generously made available by The +Internet Archive/American Libraries.) + + + + + + + In + The + Time + That + Was + + Dedicated + to + _Ah-Koo_ + + Done into English + by + J. Frederic Thorne + (_Kitchakahaech_) + + Illustrated + by + Judson T. Sergeant + (_To-u-sucka_) + + Seattle, + Washington, + U. S. A. + + BEING THE FIRST + volume _of_ a series + of Legends _of_ the tribe + of Alaskan Indians + known as the Chilkats--_of_ + the Klingats + _As told by Zachook the "Bear" + to Kitchakahaech the "Raven"_ + +[Illustration] + + + + +_In the Time That Was_ + +"And There Was Light." + + +Zachook of the Chilkats told me these tales of The Time That Was. +But before the telling, he of the Northland and I of the Southland +had travelled many a mile with dog-team, snowshoes, and canoe. + +If the stories suffer in the telling, as suffer they must afar from +that wondrous Alaskan background of mountain and forest, glacier +and river, wrenched from the setting of campfires and trail, and +divorced from the soft gutturals and halting throat notes in which +they have been handed down from generation to generation of Chilkat +and Chilkoot, blame not Zachook, who told them to me, and forbear +to blame me who tell them to you as best I may in this stiff +English tongue. They were many months in the telling and many weary +miles have I had to carry them in my memory pack. + + * * * * * + +I had lost count of the hours, lost count of the days that at best +are marked by little change between darkness and dawn in the +Northland winter, until I knew not how long I had lain there in my +blanket of snow, waiting for the lingering feet of that dawdler, +Death, to put an end to my sufferings. + +Some hours, or days, or years before I had been pushing along the +trail to the coast, thinking little where I placed my feet and much +of the eating that lay at Dalton Post House; and of other things +thousands of miles from this bleak waste, where men exist in the +hope of ultimate living, with kaleidoscope death by their side; +other things that had to do with women's faces, bills of fare from +which bacon and beans were rigidly excluded, and comforts of the +flesh that some day I again might enjoy. + +Then, as if to mock me, teach me the folly of allowing even my +thoughts to wander from her cold face, the Northland meted swift +punishment. The packed snow of the trail beneath my feet gave way, +there was a sharp click of steel meeting steel, and a shooting pain +that ran from heel to head. For a moment I was sick and giddy from +the shock and sudden pain, then, loosening the pack from my +shoulders, fell to digging the snow with my mittened hands away +from what, even before I uncovered it, I knew to be a bear trap +that had bitten deep into my ankle and held it in vise clutch. +Roundly I cursed at the worse than fool who had set bear trap in +man trail, as I tore and tugged to free myself. As well might I +have tried to wrench apart the jaws of its intended victim. + +Weakened at last by my efforts and the excruciating pain I lay back +upon the snow. A short rest, and again I pulled feebly at the steel +teeth, until my hands were bleeding and my brain swirling. + +How long I struggled blindly, viciously, like a trapped beaver, I +do not know, though I have an indistinct memory of reaching for my +knife to emulate his sometime method of escape. But with the first +flakes of falling snow came a delicious, contentful langour, +deadening the pain, soothing the weariness of my muscles, calming +the tempest of my thoughts and fears, and lulling me gently to +sleep to the music of an old song crooned by the breeze among the +trees. + +When I awoke it was with that queer feeling of foreign surroundings +we sometimes experience, and the snow, the forest, the pain in my +leg, my own being, were as strange as the crackling fire, the warm +blanket that wrapped me, and the Indian who bent over me smiling +into my half opened eyes. + +So were our trails joined and made one; Zachook of the Northland, +and I of the Southland, by him later called Kitchakahaech, because +my tongue moved as moved our feet on the trail, unceasingly. And +because of this same love of speech in me, and the limp I bore for +memory of the bear trap, for these and possibly other reasons, and +that a man must have a family to bear his sins, of the Raven was I +christened by Zachook, the Bear, and to the family of the Raven was +I joined. + +Orator among his people though he was, Zachook was no spendthrift +of speech. But surly he never was; his silence was a pleasant +silence, a companionable interchange of unspoken thoughts. Nor did +he need words as I needed them, his eyes, his hands, his wordless +lips could convey whole volumes of meaning, with lights and shades +beyond the power that prisons thought. Not often did he speak at +length, even to me, unless, as it came to be, he was moved by some +hap or mishap of camp or trail to tell of the doings of that arch +rascal, Yaeethl, the raven, God, Bird, and Scamp. And when, sitting +over the fire, or with steering paddle in hand, he did open the +gates that lead to the land of legend, he seemed but to listen and +repeat the words of Kahn, the fire spirit, who stands between the +Northland and death, or of Klingat-on-ootke, God of the Waters, +whose words seemed to glisten on the dripping paddle. + +So it was upon an evening in the time when we had come to be as +sons of the same mother, when we shared pack and blanket and grub +alike, and were known, each to the other, for the men we were. We +had finished our supper of salmon baked in the coals, crisply fried +young grouse and the omnipresent sourdough bread, and with the +content that comes of well filled stomachs were seated with the +fire between us, Zachook studying the glowing embers, I with that +friend of solitude, my pipe, murmuring peacefully in response to my +puffing. + +As usual, I had been talking, and my words had run upon the trail +of the raven, whose hoarse call floated up to us from the river. +Idly I had spoken, and disparagingly, until Zachook half smilingly, +half earnestly quoted: + +"He who fires in the air without aim may hit a friend." + +And as I relapsed into silence added: "It is time, Kitchakahaech, +that you heard of the head of your family, this same Yaeethl, the +raven. Then will you have other words for him, though, when you +have heard, it will be for you to speak them as a friend speaks or +as an enemy. Of both has Yaeethl many." + +I accepted the rebuke in silence, for Zachook's trail was longer +then mine by many years, and he had seen and done things which were +yet as thoughts with me. + +For the time of the smoking and refilling of my pipe Zachook was +silent, then with eyes gazing deep into the fire, began: + + "Before there was a North or South, when Time was not, + Klingatona-Kla, the Earth Mother, was blind, and all the world + was dark. No man had seen the sun, moon, or stars, for they + were kept hidden by Yakootsekaya-ka, the Wise Man. Locked in a + great chest were they, in a chest that stood in the corner of + the lodge of the Wise Man, in Tskekowani, the place that + always was and ever will be. Carefully were they guarded, many + locks had the chest, curious, secret locks, beyond the fingers + of a thief. To outwit the cunning of Yaeethl were the locks + made. Yaeethl the God, Yaeethl the Raven, Yaeethl the Great + Thief, of whom the Wise Man was most afraid. + + "The Earth Mother needed light that her eyes might be opened, + that she might bear children and escape the disgrace of her + barrenness. To Yaeethl the Clever, Yaeethl the Cunning, went + Klingatona-Kla, weeping, and of the Raven begged aid. And + Yaeethl took pity on her and promised that she should have + Kayah, the Light, to father her children. + + "Many times had Yaeethl, because of his promise, tried to + steal the Worlds of Light, and as many times had he failed. + But with each attempt his desire grew, grew until it filled + his belly and his brain. + + "Was he not Yaeethl, the Great White Raven, the Father of + Thieves? What if the Wise Man put new and heavier locks upon + the chest after each attempt? Were locks greater than the + cunning of the Raven? + + "Now Yakootsekaya-ka, the Wise Man, and his wife had a + daughter. Of their marriage was she, a young girl, beautiful + and good. No man had ever seen her face. On no one, god or + man, had the eyes of the young girl ever rested, save only her + father and mother, the Wise Ones. Ye-see-et, a virgin, was + she. + + "Yaeethl, of his wisdom knowing that the weakness of men is + the strength of children, that a babe may enter where a + warrior may not cast his shadow, bethought him of this virgin, + this daughter of Yakootsekaya-ka. As the thought and its + children made camp in his brain Yaeethl spread wide his + snow-white wings. + + [Illustration] + + "Thrice he circled high in air, then took flight towards + Tskekowani, the meeting place of Memory and Hope. Like Chunet, + the Arrow, he flew, straight, and as Heen, the River, swift. + Twice ten moons, and another, flew Yaeethl without rest of + wing before he drew near the cabin of the Wise Man. Away from + the lodge he alighted, by the edge of the spring were his + white wings folded, by the spring where the daughter of the + Wise Man would come for water. + + "Then, with the power that was his, Yaeethl, the God, changed + the shape that was his, the shape of the raven; into a small + white pebble did he change, and lay in the water of the + spring, and in the water waited for the coming of the girl. + + "Long waited Yaeethl, the Pebble, with the patience of wisdom + and great desire. And the girl came. + + "Beautiful in her maidenhood, graceful in the dawning of her + womanhood, came the girl, the virgin, the daughter of + Yakootsekaya-ka, the Keeper of the Worlds of Light. Stooping, + she dipped her cup into the cool water. From the edge of the + spring rolled Yaeethl, into the cup he rolled, and lay quiet + in the shadow of her hand. Quiet he lay, but full of the Great + Desire. + + "And the girl saw him not. + + "To the lodge returned the maiden, bearing the cup, the water, + and the Pebble. Into the lodge entered the maiden. In the + lodge where lay the Sun, Moon, and Stars, was Yaeethl. + + "From the cup the Wise Man drank, but Yaeethl moved not. From + the cup the Mother drank, and Yaeethl was motionless. When the + Daughter raised the cup to her lips, toward her lips rolled + Yaeethl. Softly he rolled, but the Mother, ever careful, heard + the sound of the pebble on the cup-side, and the keen eyes of + the Father saw the white pebble shine. + + "'Do not drink, Daughter,' said the Wise Man, laying his hand + on the maiden's arm. 'Small things sometimes contain great + evils. A white pebble it may be, and only a white pebble. + Yaeethl it may be, Yaeethl the Raven, Yaeethl the Father of + Thieves.' + + [Illustration] + + "Then the Mother took the cup and out through the door cast + the water. Through the door cast the pebble. And when the door + of the lodge was closed behind him Yaeethl, the Disappointed, + once more took his own form, the shape of the raven, white of + wing and white of feather. + + "Back to earth flew Yaeethl, angry, ashamed, but more than + ever filled with a great longing for the Worlds of Light that + lay locked in the chest of the Wise Man. + + "Klingatona-Kla, Earth Mother, wept long and sore when + empty-handed returned Yaeethl, loud she wailed, making sure + she must remain forever dark and barren. But Yaeethl, the + Undaunted, comforted her with strong words, and renewed his + promise that the Light should be given her in marriage, and + her disgrace forgotten in many children, children should she + have as the shore has sand. + + "Though he had flown as speeds Hoon, the North Wind, the going + and coming of Yaeethl had eaten three winters and two summers. + + "Awhile he rested in the lap of Klingatona-Kla, for the winter + he rested, but with the coming of the spring, he spread again + his wings and took flight towards the lodge of the Wise Man, + towards the Great Desire. Mightily he flew, and swift, for + though the dead make the journey between the opening and the + closing of an eye, for the living it is a long trail. + + "When again he alighted, wing weary, by the spring where the + daughter of Yakootsekaya-ka drew water, Yaeethl remembered the + shape and whiteness that had betrayed him, remembered the + traitor Pebble, and from the memory gathered wisdom. + + "Close to his side folded he the wings of whiteness, beneath + his feathers tucked head and feet, and grew small. Small and + yet smaller he grew, as melts ice before the fire, and when + the shrinking was ended he had taken upon himself the form of + Thlay-oo, the sand grain. As Thlay-oo, the Little, he waited. + + "As Thlay-oo, the Invisible, watched Yaeethl for the coming of + the maiden. Waited as does the bear for the coming of Takeete, + the After Winter. Watched as does the lynx for the young + caribou. + + "And as before came the girl, cup in hand, innocent in her + maidenhood, wise in her womanhood, in both beautiful. + Gracefully she stooped and filled the cup with the water of + the spring. Into the cup floated Yaeethl in the shape of + Thlay-oo. In the spring water he sank and lay against the + bottom of the cup. Small was Yaeethl, but big with desire for + what was within the chest of the Wise Man. + + "Then the lodge door opened and received the maiden and the + cup, received Yaeethl the Grain of Sand, Yaeethl the Raven. + + "To Yakootsekaya-ka, her father, the girl gave the cup, and + the Wise Man drank of the water. Drank, but saw not Yaeethl, + the Invisible. To the wife, her mother, the maiden gave the + cup, and of the water the Mother drank. Drank, but heard not + Yaeethl, the Still. Then the maiden, Ye-see-et, the Virgin, + daughter of Yakootsekaya-ka, the Keeper of the Sun, Moon, and + Stars, lifted the cup to her lips. + + "The Mother spoke not. The Father moved not. The Daughter + drank. + + "Past the red of her lips, by the white of her teeth, down the + throat of the girl rolled the grain of sand. Rolled until it + lay close under her heart, and paused. Under the heart of the + maiden lay Yaeethl, waited Yaeethl, grew Yaeethl. Warmed by + the heart of the maiden Yaeethl grew. + + "And time passed. + + "Then the mother of the maiden, looking upon her daughter, + became troubled in her mind. Troubled was the mind of the + Mother, but silent her tongue. + + "And time passed. + + [Illustration] + + "Again the Mother looked upon her daughter, and looking, spoke + to the Wise Man, her husband, of the thought that was hers. + Spoke she of the troubled thought concerning the maiden, their + daughter. + + "When the Mother's thought was the thought of the Father his + heart was filled with anger at his daughter for the disgrace + she would bring upon his name. Angrily he questioned her, that + he might revenge himself upon the thief of her innocence. But + the girl looked into the eyes of her father and denied both + thief and theft. No man had she seen save him, her father. Of + the cause of The Thought that troubled them was she ignorant, + and as innocent as ignorant. And the truth shone from her eyes + as she spoke, straight was her tongue. Empty of shame was her + face. + + "And the Mother, looking into the eyes of her daughter, + believed. And after a time was the Wise Man convinced. Yet + troubled were they and lost upon the trail of thoughts. Tender + had they always been of their daughter. Ten times as gentle + were they now, for Yaeethl lay big under the heart of the + girl, though they knew him not, and of their love was she in + sore need. + + "And time passed. + + "Then upon the maiden came Kod-se-tee, the Woman Pain, and + Yaeethl entered the lodge. + + "Yaeethl whom they knew not, Yaeethl the Boy in the maiden's + arms. Tokanay, the Baby, they called him, with love-light in + their eyes they named him. Strong and large grew he quickly. + So quickly grew he that the maiden and her mother were in a + valley between the mountain of pride and the mountain of + wonder. And in the Wise Man's heart flowed a great river of + love for Tokanay the Beautiful, Tokanay the Swift Growing. In + the hands of the Boy were the three hearts held. Their eyes + and their thoughts were filled with him, so that room for + other things there was not. So was the locked chest and its + contents forgotten. + + "Then on a day, a day of days to the Three, the Boy spoke his + first word. + + "'Kakoon.' + + "Kakoon, the Sun, was the word, and 'Kakoon, Kakoon, Kakoon,' + said the boy, crying and stretching his arms toward the chest + in the corner of the lodge. + + "The Wise Man listened and laughing said: 'He would take my + place as Keeper of the Worlds of Light.' Then because his + heart was so soft with love that he could refuse the Boy + nothing, Yakootsekaya-ka undid the many curious locks and + fastenings of the great chest and took out the Sun. + + "Kakoon, the Sun, he took and gave it to the Boy wherewith to + play. And the Boy ceased his crying when the Sun was in his + hands, laughing as he rolled the Yellow World about the floor + of the lodge. All day did the Three watch him with loving + eyes. + + "On the next day the Sun lay in a corner of the lodge, + unheeded by the Boy. A new word had he learned: + + "'Dis-s.' + + "Dis-s, the Moon, was the second word, and as before, 'Dis-s, + Dis-s,' cried the Boy. + + "Proudly and lovingly the Wise Man laughed, saying: 'Surely is + he eager to take my place.' And from the moving of the love in + his heart that answered to the cry of the Boy as arrow to + bowstring, Yakootsekaya-ka unfastened the strong and heavy + locks of the chest and into the hands of the Boy gave the Moon + for plaything. Of Dis-s, the Moon, made he plaything for the + Boy. And for that day were the Boy's cries hushed as he spun + and tumbled the White World on the lodge floor. And his + laughter was music to the ears of the Three. + + "But the next day the Moon lay with the Sun. In the corner + they lay and the Boy looked not at them. Another word was his + cry, a new word. + + "'Takhonaha." + + "Takhonaha, the Stars, was the cry of the Boy, and again, to + comfort him, the Wise Man opened the great chest, and from it + poured the Stars into the lap of the Boy, poured the chest + empty of the Worlds of Light. And the Boy laughed loud. + Laughed until the Wise Man, the Wife, and the Maiden, his + mother, laughed that he laughed, as he dripped the bright + stars through his fingers, dripped the waterfall of stars. + Then the Wise Man questioned as he laughed: 'What shall he cry + for tomorrow? And what shall we give him, the Unsatisfied, now + that the chest is empty?' + + "And the Boy laughed. + + "Night came, and the Wise Man, and his Wife, and the + Maiden-Mother, their daughter, slept. With Tokanay, the Baby, + in the hollow of her arm slept the girl. + + "As they slept, from the hollow of the arm of the maiden there + crept a raven, Yaeethl the Raven, Yaeethl the Snow-White, + Yaeethl the Father of Thieves. + + "Softly crept he, with many times turned head and watchful eye + on the Three, sleeping. To the corner where the Boy, careless, + had dropped the Shining Worlds, to the corner by the open, + empty chest crept Yaeethl the Noiseless. + + "And the Three slept. + + "Beneath his right wing hid Yaeethl the Sun. Beneath his left + wing hid he the Moon. Within his claws gathered he the Stars. + + "Asleep were the Three. + + "The lodge door was closed, locked was the door of + Yakootsekaya-ka, Keeper of the Worlds of Light. Fastened tight + were the windows. Barred were door and windows to keep out + Yaeethl, the Thief. For a moment stood Yaeethl, turning his + head to find some hole through which he might escape, then + toward the wide chimney he flew. + + "Still slept the Three. + + "Wide spread were the wings of Yaeethl, the Flying, and the + great light of the Sun was uncovered. Brightly it shone, + straight into the eyes of the Wise Man gleamed the fierce + light. + + "Awake was Yakootsekaya-ka, crying: 'Yaeethl! Yaeethl! 'Tis + Yaeethl! Awake!' + + "Awake was the Wife and the Daughter, and the Three strove to + catch the Raven, the White One. But the great light of the Sun + was in their eyes and they were blinded so they fell in each + other's way. And in the throat of the chimney was Yaeethl, + flying upward. + + "Then did the Wise Man call upon Kahn, his sister's son, Kahn, + the God of Fire, to aid him. Up blazed Kahn and tried to catch + Yaeethl, the Fleeing, in his red teeth, but near the top of + the chimney was Yaeethl, so that the teeth of Kahn could not + reach him. + + "Then Kahn called upon the Wise Man to blow, and the Wise Man + puffed out his cheeks and blew with full lungs, and by his + blowing Kahn stretched high his long black arms and tightly + curled them about the White Raven. + + "Then did Yaeethl, the Strong of Wing, struggle mightily. + Against Kahn, the Fire God, did he struggle, beating with his + white wings. Long did they struggle, until from the lungs of + the Wise Man was the breath gone, and the arms of the Fire + God, the smoke arms, grew thin and weak. + + "With his wings beat Yaeethl, breaking the hold of the smoke + arms, Yaeethl the Free, Yaeethl the Ever Black One. + + "Forever were the wings and feathers of the Raven blackened by + the smoke arms of Kahn, the God of Fire. + + "Back toward Klingatona-Kla, the Earth Mother, the Barren, + flew Yaeethl holding tight the Sun, Moon, and Stars. But after + him came the Wise Man, full of anger. And the Shining Worlds + grew heavy. Heavy was the pack of Yaeethl, and weary his + wings. Afar off was Klingatona-Kla. + + [Illustration] + + "Then did Yaeethl, the Pursued, Yaeethl the Heavy Laden, cast + from him Kakoon, the Sun. To the east threw he the Sun, and + flew on. + + "Again did the Wise Man come close behind, and again did + Yaeethl ease his burden. From him threw he Dis-s, the Moon. To + the West cast he the Moon. + + "Then was Yakootsekaya-ka left behind for a time, but the + Raven weary and burdened, flew slowly, and once again he felt + the breath of the Wise Man ruffle his feathers. No time had + Yaeethl to stop, on nothing could he rest. + + "Opened he his claws and scattered wide the Stars. To North + and South fell Takhonaha, the Stars, to East and West fell + they. + + "Then was the promise of Yaeethl fulfilled. Thus kept he his + word to the Earth Mother, and gave her light, that she might + see. Gave her Kayah, the Light, to father her children and + wipe out the disgrace of her barrenness. And the children of + Klingatona-Kla were as the sands of the sea. + + "But upon Yaeethl, the Raven, had fallen the curses of the + Wise Man. Three curses: Blackness, Hoarseness, and the Keeping + of One Shape. And as his feathers were blackened, so, + thereafter, was his heart darkened with eternal selfishness." + +I was silent. My pipe had gone out, and Zachook was bent low over +the dying fire. I was thinking of another story of a Child who had +given Light to the World, and suffered for the bringing. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + + + + +_The Water Carrier_ + +"When You Give a Potlach, Forget Not He Who Carries the Water." + + +"Thank Yaeethl for that," said Zachook as I rose with dripping +beard from the stream where I had drunk deep, with many sighs of +satisfaction and relief. "His pack is not heavy with thanks of men +these days." + +"Thank the Raven? For what?" + +"The starving man asks not the name of the owner of the cache, but +his heart is filled with gratitude." + +"That may be, but no cache of Yaeethl's is in this stream." + +"The ignorant deny all they cannot see." + +"Wise sayings feed neither fire nor belly," I retorted, provoked by +the criticism of my companion, thinly veiled behind his customary +proverbs, and attempting to pay him in his own coin from my slender +store of Klingat adages. "'Only a beggar gives thanks.' Is it not +your teaching that he who gives in this world receives the benefit, +since in Tskekowani[1] his possessions shall be as his gifts here? +If Yaeethl wants my thanks, if they are the due of the Raven, he +has them, but why or for what I know not. Your words are like the +ice of a windy day, rough and cloudy." + + [1] _The next world._ + +"You are right, Cousin. I forget at times that you are only a white +man. Let me touch thy ear with my tongue." + +"Cha-auk.[2] In the Time before Time, there was no water upon the +earth or in the bowl of the sea, and Shanagoose the Sky gave +neither rain nor snow. + + [2] _Ages ago._ + +"In one place only was Heen, the water. In a deep well it was, the +father of wells, hidden among the mountains that lie between here +and Tskekowani. + +"To Heenhadowa, the Thirst Spirit, belonged the well, by Heenhadowa +was it guarded. By the door of the well-house sat he by day, in +front of the well-house door was his bed by night. And none might +enter. + +"Never did he leave the well, morning, noon or night. From the +water he took life, to the water he gave life. To no man, woman, or +child, to neither animal nor bird, to nothing that walks, creeps, +or flies would Heenhadowa give of the precious water. Not so much +as would moisten the tongue of Ta-ka the Mosquito would he give, +though men died. + +"To quench their thirst men chewed the roots of young trees and the +stalk of Yan-a-ate.[3] + + [3] _Species of wild celery._ + +"A few men there were, brave of heart and moose-legged, who had +travelled the weary journey to the well among the mountains, the +mountains marked with the trail of Oonah, the Gray One, Death, +seeking the water that is life. + +"And of them? + +"Is it not well said that Oonah, Death, and Koo-stay, Life, are +brothers, and he who seeks one finds the other? + +"And Heenhadowa laughed, first at their black lips, later at their +white bones, and drank deep but gave not. + +"Now Yaeethl, the Raven, Desirer of All Things, longed most for +those that were forbidden, concealed, or like the favor of women, +not to be had for the asking. And since the water was denied, his +tongue ached with dryness, and Yan-a-ate lost its savor. Also was +his heart moved by the prayers of men and the cries of women. But +his tongue troubled him more than did his heart, his tongue and his +cupidity, so that he was moved to try his cunning where the +strength and bravery of men had failed. + +"No crooked trail through forests and over mountains had Yaeethl to +measure with his feet, but on his wings of blackness was he borne +straight to the place of the well. + +"Well and well-house he found, found also Heenhadowa, watchful, +moving not from his place. As one greets an old friend new found +spoke Yaeethl to the Thirst Spirit. With smooth tongue and soft +words spoke the Raven, claiming kinship through the cousin of his +grandmother's grandmother. Said also that when he left his father's +country he was bidden seek that old and true friend of the family, +Heenhadowa the Wise, the Generous Giver of Water. As bidden, so had +he obeyed and flown straight without halt or rest to bow before his +mighty relative, and taste of his wonderful well, the like of which +not even his father had, who possessed all things. + +"But the Maker of Thirst laughed at the Raven and mocked him, +bidding him, if he would drink, find or dig a well of his own. + +"Again Yaeethl recounted their connected lineage, from mother to +mother's mother, from family to family and tribe to tribe, tied +with proof and argument, lashed with meek bows, and smoothed with +soft flattery. + +"Heenhadowa laughed scornfully, cast from him the claim of +cousinship, and mocked at Yaeethl's tongue, dry from the dust of +many words. + +"Then Yaeethl drew about him the parka of anger and answered scorn +with scorn, mockery with mockery, and laughter with laughter. + +"In his father's country, said Yaeethl, they gave the name of +Heenhadowa to mangy dogs and unclean women. Glad was the heart of +Yaeethl that the Thirst Spirit denied the relationship he had laid +as a snare, the denial would make his father proud. As for the +well, 'twas now known to the most stupid, even to men, that it was +but an empty hole in the ground, covered by the well-house to hide +the dryness thereof, and no deeper than Kaelt-tay, the Seagull, +scratches in the sand for nesting. + +"Laughed Heenhadowa again, saying that belief or unbelief of Raven +or man lessened not his treasure by a drop. + +"Then Yaeethl's words flared as firesparks. Hot words of evil +sounding names, vile as only the brain of Yaeethl could fashion, +taunts that bit and stung festeringly like the nettles of +Sech-ut,[4] names that would disgrace the family of a Siwash, +callings that would make even a squaw-man hang his head in shame. +Can I say more of the bitterness of the tongue of Yaeethl? + + [4] _Devil's Club._ + +"Heenhadowa laughed. + +"To battle Yaeethl challenged the Thirst Spirit: 'Come forth and +meet me, you fatherless son of a shameless mother, littering of a +slave's slave. + +"'Come with me to the plain below and I will make of thy blood +another well, for another of thy family of dogs to guard.' + +"Flatteries and arguments, insults and challenges fell into the +same echoless hole, bringing to Yaeethl only the laughter of +Heenhadowa and increase of thirst. + +"Then was the heart of Yaeethl heavy within him, but not so heavy +as his face said, for it is not the way of the Raven to eat quickly +of discouragement, though he turned and left the well and its +guardian like a gambler who has lost his last blanket. + +"Not far did he go. Only so far as to be hidden from the eyes of +Heenhadowa, where silence might mother the children of his brain. +And since the brain of the Raven is full of the seeds of cunning a +plan was quickly born. + +"Back toward the well flew Yaeethl, but, since he who sees the tail +of a lone wolf imagines the whole pack, he alighted at a distance +where the eyes of Heenhadowa saw as one sees in a fog. A space the +size a man uses for his lodge he cleared of all bushes and weeds, +to the smallest blade of grass he cleared it of everything that +grew. + +"When the space was as the palm of a man's hand the Raven spread +his wings until every feather showed and, first bowing low to +Hoon-nach, Yunda-haech, Sa-nach, and Deckta-haech,[5] who guard the +four corners of the earth, walked slowly around the sides three +times, at every third step stopping and making strange motions and +stranger sounds, as does an Icht[6] when he would drive the evil +spirits away. + + [5] _North, East, South and West._ + + [6] _Witch Doctor._ + +"From each corner he took a stone and spat upon it and cast it over +his shoulder, and in the dust drew the shapes of animals like unto +rolled deer-thongs, animals with two tongues such as no man has +seen upon earth.[7] + + [7] _Snakes are unknown in Alaska._ + +"To the space Yaeethl dragged logs and laid them end across end and +bottom on top. As each tier was laid he sang words in a strange +language, and as he sang, spat upon and cast pebbles over his +shoulder as before. + +"But toward Heenhadowa were the eyes and tongue of Yaeethl the eyes +of the blind and the tongue of the dumb. Busily he worked and +loudly sang his charms, but to the Thirst Spirit he gave neither +look nor word. + +"On Yaeethl were the eyes of Heenhadowa fastened, strained were his +eyes, watching the doings of the Raven, wide his ears to catch the +words of the songs and charms. + +[Illustration] + +"When the roof was on and the house finished to the last piece of +moss between the logs, Yaeethl again circled it three times, bowed +again to the guardians of the earth's ends, and without looking +behind, entered the lodge and closed the door. + +"Curiosity filled eyes and ears, heart and belly of Heenhadowa. +Though he had lived since the Beginning, never before had he seen +what that day he had seen, never had his ears been greeted with +such words and songs. + +"And to Heenhadowa the inside of the lodge was the pack, as was the +outside the lone wolf tail. + +"Even so had Yaeethl planned, nor was that the end of the cunning +of the Raven, who knew that no door can bar the going in of +curiosity. + +"Long sat Heenhadowa before the door of his well-house, gazing at +the lodge of Yaeethl. And the longer he sat and the longer he gazed +the keener grew his desire to see what was hidden from his eyes by +the walls and closed door, grew until it tortured him as the +thirsty are tortured, beyond endurance. + +"And Heenhadowa rose from his seat by the well. + +"From the place where he had sat for ages rose the Thirst Spirit +and stepped softly. Toward the closed door he moved as moves one +who is pulled at the end of a thong, for the fear of the unknown +was upon him. But stronger than his fear was his desire to know +what lay behind the door, stronger even than his fear of those +strange animals that were drawn in the dust, dust pictures that +made his blood ice. + +"Before the door he stopped and glanced back the way he had come, +at his well and well-house he looked, then pushing against the door +with his hand, stepped within the house builded by Yaeethl, made by +Yaeethl the Raven, Yaeethl the Cunning. + +"No man knows what Heenhadowa found within the lodge of the Raven. +Only this we know. + +"When the time of the boiling of a salmon had passed, from the door +stepped Yaeethl walking as a man walks who has been carrying a +heavy pack. Behind him he closed the door and against it rolled a +heavy stone, a stone so heavy that not even K'hoots the Grizzly, +the Strong One, could have moved it away again. + +"Within the lodge was silence, silence big with unborn noise. + +"To the well of Heenhadowa, the father of wells among the +mountains, the well untasted of man or beast, flew Yaeethl, Yaeethl +the Desirer of All Things. + +"And when the Raven stood beside the well he bowed his head and +drank. + +"Some say that it took him many moons, some put it the length of a +man's life, but, long time or short time, when the head of Yaeethl +the Raven was lifted the well was dry. + +"Of water there was none in the well of Heenhadowa. + +"In the belly and mouth of the Raven was the water. All. + +"Then did Yaeethl spread wide his wings of blackness and fly the +way of his coming. + +"As he flew over the bosom of Klingatona-Kla, the Earth Mother, in +this place and in that he spat out some of the water. And where +spat the Raven there sprang up streams, and rivers, and lakes. + +"When he had flown so long and so far that the water was gone from +his mouth, and in his belly was not fresh, then from his belly and +his mouth he cast it, salt, and Athlch, the Ocean, was." + + * * * * * + +[Illustration] + +I waited silently, for there was an uplift in Zachook's voice that +made me think there was more to follow, but it was only: + +"If you listen to the words of them that know not, they will tell +you that Haechlt is a great bird the falling of whose eyelids makes +thunder, the flashing of whose eye is the lightning, but if my +words be the words of truth, then is thunder the angry voice of +Heenhadowa whom Yaeethl made prisoner, and lightning the cracks in +the lodge walls when he throws himself against them, struggling to +be free. Should he succeed---- + +"But, bird or Thirst Spirit, from Yaeethl is the gift of water. So +say I again----when you drink, give thanks to the Raven that chewed +roots are not the answer to thy dry lips,--give thanks, and pray +that the rock rolls not away." + +And I gave thanks, quoting to myself another of Zachook's sayings, +"Better a wasted arrow than lost game." + +[Illustration] + + + + +_Ta-ka the Mosquito and Khandatagoot the Woodpecker_ + +"As Foolish as One Who Shoots Arrows at Mosquitoes." + + +Zachook, with a half amused, half sympathetic smile at my futile +efforts to slaughter a small percentage of the mosquito cloud that +enveloped us, made a smudge of leaves, and I willingly exchanged +the tortures of being eaten alive for those of slow strangulation +in the acrid smoke. + +My remarks had been neither calm nor patient, consisting mainly of +my entire vocabulary of opprobrious adjectives and epithets several +times repeated and diversified, aided by a wide, but wholly +inadequate, range of profanity in the various languages at my +command. And, to digress slightly, I would recommend the study of +Arabic and Spanish to those feeling a similar need; they do not +meet all requirements of forcible expression, but they add some +wonderful flights of imagination to the more practical English +expletives. + +Zachook was apparently as unimpressed as the mosquitoes, but when I +had recovered some portion of my breath and equanimity, remarked: +"He who shoots with his tongue should be careful of his aim." + +Choking with anger and smoke I could only splutter in reply, while +Zachook continued: + +"Ta-ka is Ta-ka, and Yaeethl is Yaeethl." + +"What has the Raven to do with these insufferable pests? Has he not +enough to answer for without linking his name with these suckers of +blood? Yaeethl is Yaeethl, but Ta-ka is Ta-ka." + +"Yaeethl or Ta-ka. The get of the Raven are ravens, and from +Yaeethl comes Ta-ka the Biter. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +"When the selfishness of men had driven the gods from the earth, +the Great Ones held a council in Tskekowani, a potlach in the World +Beyond. All the gods were there. They talked of the sins of men and +of the punishments that should be visited upon them. Long they +talked. + +"Then Theunghow, Chief of Gods, called each by name, and bade him +name his sending. + +"And each god named a sickness, a pain, or a killing. + +"At one side stood Oonah the Death Shadow, and in his hand held his +quiver. And as each punishment was named, into his quiver placed +Oonah an arrow, sharp-pointed, swift-flying, death-carrying. + +"The quiver was full, and all had spoken, all save Yaeethl the +Raven, who by the cook pot sat smiling, eating. + +"To Yaeethl spoke K'hoots the Grizzly, saying: + +"'Dost thou send nothing, Brother? Behold, the Quiver of Death is +full, and from the Raven is there no arrow of punishment for men. +What arrow gives Yaeethl?' + +"'Why bother me when I am eating? Is there not time after the pot +is empty? Many arrows there are. Because men insult me shall gods +spoil my eating?' Thus spoke the Raven as he scraped the pot. + +"Then Hckt the Frog urged, saying: + +"'Art thou a god, or is thy belly a god, that in the council the +Raven takes no part?' + +"'A god am I, and a god have I been since the Beginning, thou son +of wind and slime. But that my ears may be no longer troubled, a +little punishment will I send, that the sons of men forget me not. +No arrow from Yaeethl shall find place in Oonah's quiver. Arrow and +messenger both will I send. Thy punishments carry the peace of +death, mine the torment of life.' + +"'And this punishment of thine?' asked Hckt, sneering. + +"And Yaeethl, as from the pot he cleaned the last morsel, replied: + +"'Ta-ka.' + +"Of all the punishments named by the gods, the first to reach the +earth was that of Yaeethl,--Ta-ka the Mosquito. + +"To Khandatagoot the Woodpecker, the simple-minded, went Ta-ka, and +from the Woodpecker claimed hospitality. And the rights of a +stranger gave Khandatagoot to Ta-ka, gave him a place by the fire, +and of his food a share, for his head a shelter, treating him as +the son of a sister is treated. Together they fished and hunted, +together they ate and slept. Of the hunting and fishing the chief +part was Khandatagoot's, of the eating and sleeping Ta-ka's, Ta-ka +who from Yaeethl came. + +"On a morning the Woodpecker fixed his canoe, and alone to the hunt +went the Mosquito. + +"All day was Ta-ka gone. Low hung the sun when to camp he returned. +Slow flying came the Mosquito, and as blood is red, so was the body +of Ta-ka, and swelled mightily. + +"Then was the Woodpecker frightened, thinking his friend wounded, +and crying, ran to help him. To the ground sank Ta-ka, but no wound +could Khandatagoot find. + +"Many questions asked the Woodpecker, and to them Ta-ka replied: + +"'No hurt have I, but full is my belly, full of the choicest eating +that ever made potlach. Yet much did I leave behind, the feasting +of many months did I leave.' + +"Then was the belly of Khandatagoot pinched with hunger for this +good eating, and of Ta-ka claimed his share. + +"On the tongue of the Woodpecker placed Ta-ka a drop, saying: 'No +more can I give of what I have eaten, but as you have shared with +me, so shall I share with you. The fill of many bellies is there +left.' + +"'Where is this sweet eating?' asked Khandatagoot, 'Tell me the +trail that I too may feast until my wings are heavy.' + +"'No trail is there, Brother. The red juice of a dead tree is this +eating, a dead tree in the forest. It's name I know not, but hunt, +and you shall find it. Go quickly, lest others get there first.'" + + * * * * * + +"And since then," said Zachook, throwing another handful of leaves +on the fire, "since then the Woodpecker spends his days seeking in +dead trees the red juice that flows in the veins of live men." + +[Illustration] + + + + + Published + by + The Raven + + [Illustration] + + 1114-1115-1116 + American Bank Building + Seattle + U. S. A. + + + Copyrighted + 1909 + By J. 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