_Lillooet_
When Tsuntia and the four Black Bear brothers had traveled over the
earth and put things to rights, they met one another at the edge of
the earth. Black Bear brothers said, “There is yet one country where
the people are bad. They were too strong for us. You go to that
country and stop the sun so they will all be burned up.” Thus they
spoke to Tsuntia.
Tsuntia said, “If I go there and stop the sun, all the people in the
world will be burned up and everything on earth besides.”
The brothers would not believe this, so Tsuntia commanded the sun to
stand still. Then the earth became so hot it was scorched. The tops
of the trees began to smoke. The Black Bear brothers were overcome
with the heat, and they began to be afraid. They said, “We see that
you know and speak the truth. Now let the sun move on.”
Tsuntia said to them, “Whistle at the sun, and he will go on.” They
said, “Oh, no. You do it.” So Tsuntia whistled and pointed his
finger at the sun. The sun followed his finger as he moved it toward
the west. He moved his finger down over the mountains and the sun
set rapidly.
Then a breeze sprang up and soon cooled the earth and the people.
The bad people of that country were never punished. They are there
yet, near the edge of the earth.