Iii. Supplementary Yana Myths. Vi. Fixing The Sun : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], VI. FIXING THE SUN. Sun lived at H'tsiriha, three miles up from P'wi. There was a small hill there of red earth. The people went out to hunt, but did not stay long. Sunset came quickly, the day was short. It was a great trouble. Everyone was in trouble...
Iii. Supplementary Yana Myths. Iii. The Lost : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], III. THE LOST BROTHER. 339 Pine Marten's brother Weasel was stolen by Lizard (k!uwi'lla). Pine Marten was living at Big Bend. 340 He went out to hunt and left Weasel at home. He told him to hide under the edge of the sweat-house roof. Weasel did so. By...
I. Central Dialect. I. Flint Boy : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], p. 6 I. CENTRAL DIALECT (GAT'?I) 3A 1. FLINT BOY. 26 p. 17 I shall commence my myth. The Flint people were living at Dj'djanu. 27 The Flint people quarreled with the Grizzly Bear people. All the Flint people dwelling together had a sweat-house. They used...
Ii. Northern Dialect. Xviii. Death And Burial : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], XVIII. DEATH AND BURIAL. p. 192 "He is sick, he is very sick. It looks as if he is going to die. Perhaps he will not recover. If four days have elapsed and he has not recovered, you will run to get the medicine-man, and he will suck the sickness out of him...
Iii. Supplementary Yana Myths. Ix. Coyote : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], IX. COYOTE AND RABBIT GAMBLE. Coyote wanted to gamble with Cottontail Rabbit. "We must have fun," he said. Rabbit said, "How shall we have fun?" Coyote said, "I'll show you how." Coyote made five sticks for each side about two feet long of a small sized...
Ii. Northern Dialect. Xxi. Curse On People : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], XXI. CURSE ON PEOPLE THAT WISH ONE ILL. p. 199 S*uw'! S*'galt!imy! 312 May ye speak to make me happy! May you suddenly experience that wherewith you curse me! May you suddenly drop dead without being sick! May you drop dead, you who drink my blood! May you...
I. Central Dialect. Ii. The Theft Of Fire : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], II. THE THEFT OF FIRE AND THE BURNING OF THE WORLD. 47 p. 31 There was no fire. It is true that people had a kind of fire, but it was not hot. The people went to hunt and kill deer, they went to get salmon, and the women went to get sunflower seeds...
Iii. Supplementary Yana Myths. Vii. Woodpecker : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], VII. WOODPECKER AND WOODRAT. Red-headed Woodpecker was married to Woodrat Woman. They lived at W'yuldiyauk!aimadu. The people were nearly starving for lack of food. Only Woodpecker had any; he got his acorns at a great distance. He had ten sacks, and some...
Iii. Supplementary Yana Myths. Xi. Coyote : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], XI. COYOTE AND THE STUMP. 345 Coyote went to P'wi one day. It was early in the morning and it was very foggy. He met some one in the trail. Coyote stooped. "Whew! I'm tired. Where do you come from?" The man did not answer. Coyote sat down to rest, and said...
Iii. Supplementary Yana Myths. Xiii. Pine : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], p. 233 XIII. PINE MARTEN'S QUEST FOR MOON'S DAUGHTER. 350 Moon lived in the west. Lion, Wolf, and others lived far up toward Fall river in a big sweat-house. Lion went first to Moon's house for his daughter, went in. Moon put brains in the fire, and there...
Supplementary Texts. Xxiii. The Rolling Skull : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], p. 200 SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTS 314 XXIII. THE ROLLING SKULL. 315 (Round Mountain Jack's Version) p. 202 Wildcat had a bad dream. He climbed up a digger pine and broke off the branches, broke them all off. He wrenched off one of his arms from his shoulders, then...
Ii. Northern Dialect. Xii. Coyote, Her : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], XII. COYOTE, HERON, AND LIZARD. 240 p. 153 "Do you all come together! I intend to move north the day after tomorrow; I want to camp out for a dance in the north. Get food together! Tomorrow we shall eat before starting out. Dance! Try it now! Let us go...
I. Central Dialect. V. The Creation Of The Yana : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], V. THE CREATION OF THE YANA. 111 p. 76 "Where is your father?" said Lizard to Cottontail Rabbit. "I have no father. So! It seems that neither of us have any father. 112 There are no people here. Let us make people!" They marked out a ring on the ground with...
Ii. Northern Dialect. Xvii. Childbirth And Death : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], XVII. CHILDBIRTH AND DEATH. p. 187 "She is pregnant. Wait by my wife. She will be sick. She tells me, 'Go and bring my mother!' She is always sick in the night, and I am afraid. I shall not go about, I shall always stay at home. 'You shall not go about,'...
Iii. Supplementary Yana Myths. Xii. Loon Woman : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], XII. LOON WOMAN. 346 At Hak!'l?imadu, a lake near Hat creek, lived Loon Woman (Hak!'lisimari?mi). She had no husband. Every man that came along she killed; she would tell them, "I love you." The man would stay with her, then she would cut out his heart, dry...
Supplementary Texts. Xxiv. Grizzly Bear And Deer : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], XXIV. GRIZZLY BEAR AND DEER. 319 p. 207 There was a house in which dwelt Deer. Grizzly Bear was angry. "Cut off some of your flesh for me," (she said to Deer). "I am going to eat it." Then (Deer) cut some of it right off and roasted it. (Grizzly Bear) ate...
Iii. Supplementary Yana Myths. X. Gopher : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], X. GOPHER AND RABBIT GAMBLE. Gopher and Cottontail Rabbit gambled. Gopher had many arrows and a bow. He told Rabbit, "We will always gamble when we meet. Let us do so today." So they cut sticks at Big Cow creek. Gopher bet one of his arrows first, and lost...
I. Central Dialect. Vii. Coyote And His Sister : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], VII. COYOTE AND HIS SISTER. 152 p. 103 Coyote was dwelling at Ha'udulilmauna. 153 Coyote was living there alone with his sister. His sister pounded acorns, while Coyote went out to hunt small game. When it was dark Coyote came back home from hunting...
Iii. Supplementary Yana Myths. V. I'lhataina : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], V. I'LHAT?AINA. 341 One day Flint Boil said to Djuwa'lk!aina 342 "I have been dreaming, I dreamt last night. I dreamt about a woman and her father. What is his name? I want to know." Djuwa'lk!aina said, "In which direction did you dream?" Flint Boy said, "I...
Iii. Supplementary Yana Myths. I. The Creati : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], p. 209 III. SUPPLEMENTARY YANA MYTHS 329 (COLLECTED By DR. R. B. DIXON) I. THE CREATION OF MEN. 330 Lizard, Gray Squirrel, and Coyote lived in a big sweat-house at Wam'rawi. 331 They had no wives or children. Coyote wanted to make people, but the others...
Ii. Northern Dialect. Xiv. Indian Medicine Men : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], XIV. INDIAN MEDICINE-MEN. 273 p. 178 (The) medicine woman (said), "It is four days now that I have been doctoring her, and she is not well yet. I am afraid that perhaps she will not recover. Do you go after him," (said the sick woman's husband,) "perhaps he...
I. Central Dialect. Vi. Origin Of Sex, Hands : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], VI. ORIGIN OF SEX, HANDS, AND DEATH. 131 p. 88 Women (were formerly men and) used to go hunting deer but came back home without having killed anything. The women, (now men), stayed at home, making acorn meal and acorn bread. Again the men went out to hunt...
Iii. Supplementary Yana Myths. Ii. The Contest : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], II. THE CONTEST OF FOX AND COYOTE. 334 Silver Fox (Boku'ina) had a sweat-house at D'yrikdilla (or D'yrimadu), in Cedar Creek valley. Coyote lived there too. Silver Fox went out to hunt deer, killed some, but did not bring them home. At night he alone would...
Ii. Northern Dialect. Xii. Prayer On Sneezing : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], XXII. PRAYER ON SNEEZING. (Said by a Woman) S*'galt!imy! May I be happy! Do you people not speak about me! Do you speak for my happiness when speaking about me! (Said by a Man) May I be happy! May my legs feel light! May you people speak for my happiness...
Iii. Supplementary Yana Myths. Iv. The Flints : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], IV. THE FLINTS AND GRIZZLY BEARS 340A At Bal'wi 340b lived Flint Woman (Djuwa'lk!aimari?mi). Eagle, Buzzard, Bluejay, and other birds lived there too. Eagle stayed outside all the while, called all the people brothers. He p. 217 went out to hunt. The Bears...
Ii. Northern Dialect. Xx. Spell Said : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], XX. SPELL SAID BY A GIRL DESIROUS OF GETTING A HUSBAND. p. 198 S*uw'! 310 May you think about me to yourself! May you turn back to look! Would that I might stand before his face! I just cry to myself. Would that I might see him every day! I do just as you...
Title Page : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], YANA TEXTS BY EDWARD SAPIR TOGETHER WITH YANA MYTHS COLLECTED BY ROLAND B. DIXON. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS IN AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY Vol. 9, No. 1, Pp. 1-235 February 19, 1910 Scanned, Proofed And Formatted , September, 2003, By...
Ii. Northern Dialect. Xi. The Drowning : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], p. 137 XI. THE DROWNING OF YOUNG BUZZARD'S WIFE. 215 p. 140 (Buzzard's son said to his people,) "Now dig for roots! They are ripe already. Let us climb sugar pines. We shall move tomorrow and you will settle down there. Now I shall climb for sugar-pine nuts...
Introductory Remarks : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. The following myths were obtained in 1907 as part of the Ethnological and Archaeological Survey of California conducted by the Department of Anthropology of the University of California. Numbers I-IX were obtained in December near...
I. Central Dialect. Iii. The Visit : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], III. THE VISIT OF THE GEESE PEOPLE TO MOUNT SHASTA. 67 p. 45 Flint Rock had his sweat-house at Mount Shasta. Flint Rock was a chief and lived there at Mount Shasta. "I shall send word to people for them to come," said the chief, named Flint Rock Chief. "I...
I. Central Dialect. Iv. Bluejay's Journey : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], IV. BLUEJAY'S JOURNEY TO THE LAND OF THE MOON. 100 p. 66 Many were the people that lived together with Bluejay. He had a sweat-house and used to kill deer. Bluejay had as wife Wildcat Woman. Wildcat Woman became pregnant while Bluejay was killing deer...
Ii. Northern Dialect. X. Coyote, Pine Marten : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], p. 129 II. NORTHERN DIALECT (GAR'?I.) 202 X. COYOTE, PINE MARTEN, AND LOON. 207 p. 133 Coyote went around looking for gophers' roots by tapping with a stick at Y'mimadu, 208 he felt about for gophers' holes by tapping. Suddenly he heard someone coming...
Iii. Supplementary Yana Myths. Viii. Rabbit : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], VIII. RABBIT WOMAN AND HER CHILD. Jack Rabbit lived at B'wa at Battle creek. There were many people there. It was the spring time, the clover was growing. All went out to get clover, young girls and all. Rabbit had a baby, but no husband. She went with...
Ii. Northern Dialect. Xvi. A Lovers' Quarrel : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], XVI. A LOVERS' QUARREL. p. 185 "S*uw! May I dream of him! Would that you might come. You thought that you would not love any one." (Her lover has come and says to her,) "I love you very much, that is why I have come. Perhaps you do not love me. I have loved...
Ii. Northern Dialect. Xiii. The Finding Of Fire : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], XIII. THE FINDING OF FIRE. 268 (Translated from Curtin's "Creation Myths of Primitive America," pp. 365-70.) 259 p. 170 In the beginning Au Mujaupa had fire very far down south on the other side of a big river. The people in this country had no real fire;...
Ii. Northern Dialect. Xix. Betty Brown's Dream : * "Yana Texts", by Edward Sapir, [1910], XIX. BETTY BROWN'S DREAM. 308 p. 196 I dreamt. I went off towards the east across a dried-up creek; the creek bed was all covered with moss, it was green with moss. Now I went to the north along the trail. Now I stood on the outside (of a house). "Enter!"...