EAGLE’S FEAST[9]

_Kwakiutl_

Eagle gave a feast. He invited all of the myth people. Eagle told

his servants to get the four cooking boxes and to put stones into

the fire and to get the tongs. When this was done, Eagle put on his

eagle mask and seated himself on the seashore.

As soon as Eagle was seated, he saw a porpoise coming up. Eagle flew

down and grasped it and brought it to the beach. When he had been

sitting there a long time, he saw another porpoise come up. Eagle

grasped it at once and carried it up to the beach. Thus he did four

times. Then as soon as he had caught four porpoises, he took off his

eagle mask and hung it up. Then he cut up the porpoises. When they

were cut up, water was poured into the cooking boxes. Then Eagle put

the porpoises in, and put red hot stones into the boxes also. Soon

they were cooked. Then they were taken out. Eagle had invited all

his friends for a feast, so they ate all the porpoises. Then they

went out.

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