RAVEN did another thing. He induced the olachen to come to Nass River. He said to them, “Go up on both sides of the river.” They did so. Then Raven’s canoe was quite full of fish. He had not used his rake, but the whole shoal of olachen jumped into his canoe.
Then he camped at Crab-apple place. He clapped on the top of the stone. Then very slippery became the top of that stone that the olachen should not be lost. He put olachen on spits to roast them.
Raven called, “Little Gull!”
Then many gulls came. They ate all the olachen of Raven. They said, “Qana, qana, qana, qana!” They talked much while they ate all the olachen of Raven.
Then Raven was sad. Therefore he took the gulls and threw them into the fireplace. So the tips of their wings have been black, ever since that day.
THE LAND OTTER
Tlingit (Wrangell)
RAVEN said to Land Otter, “You will live in the water just as well as on land.”
Raven and Land Otter were good friends, so they went halibut-fishing together. Land Otter was a good fisherman. Raven said to Land Otter, “You will always have your house on a point where there are breezes from all sides. Whenever a canoe with people capsizes, you will save the people and make them your friends.” That is how the Land Otter Man was created: because Raven told this to Land Otter.