Post by blackcrowheart on Jun 4, 2007 20:07:05 GMT -5
Cyclone Woman - Alsea
Once there lived an old woman with five children. All were boys, and only
one was a girl. They kept on growing, and when they attained adolescence
they told their mother, "We are going to travel all over the world" "What
are you going to do?" asked the old woman. "Oh, we will do all sorts of
things" "I think," said the old woman, "you won't be able to do anything
when you go. What do you imagine you can do?" "Oh, we can play shinny; we
can also play the guessing game, and we can dance a great deal" Finally the
old woman said, "Very well, you may go. But you must take your younger
sister with you." The boys eagerly agreed to this. Then the old woman spoke
to her daughter, "You will accompany your older brothers and watch over them
carefully, so that no one harms them anywhere. Here, take this stick along.
You will use it as a powerful magic." The old woman repeatedly told her
daughter this.
Finally they started out. They soon came to a river, and were inhabitant
spoke to them in the following manner, "Do you want to play shinny?"
"Certainly," they answered. "If you like it, we will begin to play at once."
All agreed quickly to this. So the people placed their bets, and the
travelers placed their sister as their bet. Soon all were playing shinny and
the brothers were staking their sister. They had not played for very long
when the brothers began to win every point. Finally the shinny game came to
an end. The next day they started out on their journey again. Before they
set out, they left behind the women whom they had won in the game. These
women became pregnant as soon as the boys left them.
Then they came to another river. The same thing happened as before: they
began to play shinny with the people. As they had done before, they bet
their sister again, putting her up as their stake. However, this time the
shinny game lasted a little longer, and at night, after they stopped
playing, they began to dance again. During the dance, their sister
constantly stood behind them, but at a distance. When the night was almost
gone, the girl suddenly began to suspect something. So she said to her
brothers, "I fear we will meet with some foul play." This she told her
brothers several times until they stopped dancing. The next morning they did
the same thing as they had done before: they left the women they had won and
said, "We will return for them on our homeward journey."
So they started out again. Once more they came to a river where people were
living in even greater numbers. "Where are you going?," they were asked.
"Oh, we are challenging people to shinny playing." "Very well," they were
told, "we will play a game of shinny against you." So then all the people
assembled on the bank of the river where the shinny game was to be played,
and began to bet with one another. At first, only dentalia shells were place
as bets. But the travelers again put up their sister as their bet, whereupon
similar bets were made by the people from the other side of the river. And
after everything had been agreed to they began to play shinny. For a long
time the game was a tie. But finally the brothers succeeded in winning
enough points to win the game. Then all stopped playing; and after all were
through eating, they began to dance, at night. They had not danced for long
when again their sister began to suspect something. So she spoke to her
brothers about it, and they stopped dancing. Next morning they were again
ready to leave. "We are going to leave our winnings here." "All right." "On
our way back we will stop for them." So they started out again. They had not
traveled far when they came to another river. They were ferried across.
"Where are you going?," they were asked after they had arrived on the other
side. "Oh, we are challenging people." "What kind of games do you like
most?" "Oh, any kind." "All right, let us play shinny." They eagerly agreed
to it, and the people began to bet one another. Once again the travelers
offered to put up their sister as their stake. Then everybody joined the
shinny game. The game was a tie for a long time, and the brothers could
barely win enough points. In fact, it was almost nighttime when they at last
began to win consistently. So everybody stopped, and when night came they
began to dance again. While they were dancing the house seemed to give off a
cracking sound like metal. The night was almost completely gone when their
sister began to realize the danger they were in. So she told them, "I came
close to not watching over you as I was asked." So they stopped dancing.
When they came outside, the walls of the house appeared to be made only of
ice. In the morning they did the same thing as before; they left their
winnings, that is, the women.
So they started out again. They had not traveled very far when they came
again to a village. Once more they were ferried across. "Hello, are you the
boys who, we're told, travel about beating people at various games?"
"Yes, we're the ones." "Very well, we'll play you today." "All right! Let's
play shinny." Then all the people of the village assembled on the river-bank
where the shinny game was to take place. And all began to place their bets.
The boys did the same thing as before: they bet their sister. Then the game
was started. The game was tied for a long time. The sun gradually set, but
still the game remained tied. Nighttime was fast approaching when the boys
at last succeeded in winning enough points, and everybody stopped playing.
"We should like to see you dance to-night." "Very well, we'll dance." So
when night came they began to dance. The boys paid little attention to what
was going on around them. Toward dawn those who had been watching suddenly
disappeared. The girl looked around everywhere, but the house had simply
turned into a rock! So she looked up and saw a tiny hole. So she quickly
fastened her cane to the ceiling, climbed her cane quickly and made her
escape through that small hole. However, she did not know what she could do
for her brothers. So she went around the house several times and saw that it
was made only of rock. Nowhere was there even a tiny opening in the stone.
She could do nothing, so she started home. She was ferried across the river,
and when she arrived at the other side, she began her journey home. Pretty
soon she began to cry. Every time she came to a place, where her brothers
had previously stopped, she would begin to cry. Whenever she came to a
village, she would be asked, "Where are your brothers ?" "Alas! we were
tricked." Then she would again be ferried across. And as she continued her
journey home, she was constantly laughed at; she was always asked the same
questions whenever she stopped at a place. Finally, on the fifth day, she
arrived home. "Well?" said the old woman, "where are your brothers?" "Alas!
The house suddenly closed over them! The house turned into a rock! I barely
got out myself!"
"I told you to watch over your brothers constantly; that was why I sent
you." "Yes, but I couldn't do anything by myself alone, I was overpowered."
So the old woman prepared to go and the two started out. At first nothing
was said to them. But, in fact, as they kept on going the old woman was
constantly laughed at. However, she didn't seem to mind it. On the fifth day
they finally arrived there. Then the old woman began to try her own magic
several times. She would touch the ground gently with her stick, and the
ground would at once split in two. "Look!" exclaimed the youngest of her
boys' captors, "what on earth is the old woman doing?" Then she gradually
increased the speed of her motions and arrived right where the rock had
closed on her children. She walked around the house several times and sang.
She put her stick quickly against the southern wall; but the house did not
move even a little. Again she put her stick on the northern wall; still it
did not move even a little.
"Look, the old woman is getting angry!" said the youngest of her boys'
captors. Then she touched the house again with her magic cane. It did not
shake even a little. At that point the old woman shouted impatiently, "What
manner of people are those who brought harm upon my children?" Then she
began to dance and again touched the house with her magic cane. Finally, on
her fifth try, she touched the top of the rock with her magic cane and said:
"I am Cyclone!" As soon as she placed her cane there the rock split open.
Her children were standing in exactly the same position as they were in when
they were dancing. She told them to leave the house, and after they came out
they all started homeward. Whenever they stopped at a village where they had
played shinny, they took with them the women they had previously won. But at
each village she came to the old woman would touch the ground with her cane
and the place would turn over quickly and all the inhabitants would be
buried underneath. Then they would start home again. Once more they would
come to a river and would stop again for the women whom they had previously
won. And the old woman would do the same thing as before: she would suddenly
upturn the ground on the inhabitants, whereupon they would start out again.
Now, whenever they would arrive at a village, the old woman would do this to
the inhabitants, until, finally, they arrived home. "We will now fix
ourselves differently," the old woman said. "You will turn into winds." And
so it happened. "I myself will travel in the ocean and Cyclone will be my
name. If anyone ever dreams of me, he will have the same power as I have."
And, having said this, she went into the middle of the ocean. Here the story
ends.
www.aniwaya.org/html/stories/north/northern/story072-a-Alsea.html
Once there lived an old woman with five children. All were boys, and only
one was a girl. They kept on growing, and when they attained adolescence
they told their mother, "We are going to travel all over the world" "What
are you going to do?" asked the old woman. "Oh, we will do all sorts of
things" "I think," said the old woman, "you won't be able to do anything
when you go. What do you imagine you can do?" "Oh, we can play shinny; we
can also play the guessing game, and we can dance a great deal" Finally the
old woman said, "Very well, you may go. But you must take your younger
sister with you." The boys eagerly agreed to this. Then the old woman spoke
to her daughter, "You will accompany your older brothers and watch over them
carefully, so that no one harms them anywhere. Here, take this stick along.
You will use it as a powerful magic." The old woman repeatedly told her
daughter this.
Finally they started out. They soon came to a river, and were inhabitant
spoke to them in the following manner, "Do you want to play shinny?"
"Certainly," they answered. "If you like it, we will begin to play at once."
All agreed quickly to this. So the people placed their bets, and the
travelers placed their sister as their bet. Soon all were playing shinny and
the brothers were staking their sister. They had not played for very long
when the brothers began to win every point. Finally the shinny game came to
an end. The next day they started out on their journey again. Before they
set out, they left behind the women whom they had won in the game. These
women became pregnant as soon as the boys left them.
Then they came to another river. The same thing happened as before: they
began to play shinny with the people. As they had done before, they bet
their sister again, putting her up as their stake. However, this time the
shinny game lasted a little longer, and at night, after they stopped
playing, they began to dance again. During the dance, their sister
constantly stood behind them, but at a distance. When the night was almost
gone, the girl suddenly began to suspect something. So she said to her
brothers, "I fear we will meet with some foul play." This she told her
brothers several times until they stopped dancing. The next morning they did
the same thing as they had done before: they left the women they had won and
said, "We will return for them on our homeward journey."
So they started out again. Once more they came to a river where people were
living in even greater numbers. "Where are you going?," they were asked.
"Oh, we are challenging people to shinny playing." "Very well," they were
told, "we will play a game of shinny against you." So then all the people
assembled on the bank of the river where the shinny game was to be played,
and began to bet with one another. At first, only dentalia shells were place
as bets. But the travelers again put up their sister as their bet, whereupon
similar bets were made by the people from the other side of the river. And
after everything had been agreed to they began to play shinny. For a long
time the game was a tie. But finally the brothers succeeded in winning
enough points to win the game. Then all stopped playing; and after all were
through eating, they began to dance, at night. They had not danced for long
when again their sister began to suspect something. So she spoke to her
brothers about it, and they stopped dancing. Next morning they were again
ready to leave. "We are going to leave our winnings here." "All right." "On
our way back we will stop for them." So they started out again. They had not
traveled far when they came to another river. They were ferried across.
"Where are you going?," they were asked after they had arrived on the other
side. "Oh, we are challenging people." "What kind of games do you like
most?" "Oh, any kind." "All right, let us play shinny." They eagerly agreed
to it, and the people began to bet one another. Once again the travelers
offered to put up their sister as their stake. Then everybody joined the
shinny game. The game was a tie for a long time, and the brothers could
barely win enough points. In fact, it was almost nighttime when they at last
began to win consistently. So everybody stopped, and when night came they
began to dance again. While they were dancing the house seemed to give off a
cracking sound like metal. The night was almost completely gone when their
sister began to realize the danger they were in. So she told them, "I came
close to not watching over you as I was asked." So they stopped dancing.
When they came outside, the walls of the house appeared to be made only of
ice. In the morning they did the same thing as before; they left their
winnings, that is, the women.
So they started out again. They had not traveled very far when they came
again to a village. Once more they were ferried across. "Hello, are you the
boys who, we're told, travel about beating people at various games?"
"Yes, we're the ones." "Very well, we'll play you today." "All right! Let's
play shinny." Then all the people of the village assembled on the river-bank
where the shinny game was to take place. And all began to place their bets.
The boys did the same thing as before: they bet their sister. Then the game
was started. The game was tied for a long time. The sun gradually set, but
still the game remained tied. Nighttime was fast approaching when the boys
at last succeeded in winning enough points, and everybody stopped playing.
"We should like to see you dance to-night." "Very well, we'll dance." So
when night came they began to dance. The boys paid little attention to what
was going on around them. Toward dawn those who had been watching suddenly
disappeared. The girl looked around everywhere, but the house had simply
turned into a rock! So she looked up and saw a tiny hole. So she quickly
fastened her cane to the ceiling, climbed her cane quickly and made her
escape through that small hole. However, she did not know what she could do
for her brothers. So she went around the house several times and saw that it
was made only of rock. Nowhere was there even a tiny opening in the stone.
She could do nothing, so she started home. She was ferried across the river,
and when she arrived at the other side, she began her journey home. Pretty
soon she began to cry. Every time she came to a place, where her brothers
had previously stopped, she would begin to cry. Whenever she came to a
village, she would be asked, "Where are your brothers ?" "Alas! we were
tricked." Then she would again be ferried across. And as she continued her
journey home, she was constantly laughed at; she was always asked the same
questions whenever she stopped at a place. Finally, on the fifth day, she
arrived home. "Well?" said the old woman, "where are your brothers?" "Alas!
The house suddenly closed over them! The house turned into a rock! I barely
got out myself!"
"I told you to watch over your brothers constantly; that was why I sent
you." "Yes, but I couldn't do anything by myself alone, I was overpowered."
So the old woman prepared to go and the two started out. At first nothing
was said to them. But, in fact, as they kept on going the old woman was
constantly laughed at. However, she didn't seem to mind it. On the fifth day
they finally arrived there. Then the old woman began to try her own magic
several times. She would touch the ground gently with her stick, and the
ground would at once split in two. "Look!" exclaimed the youngest of her
boys' captors, "what on earth is the old woman doing?" Then she gradually
increased the speed of her motions and arrived right where the rock had
closed on her children. She walked around the house several times and sang.
She put her stick quickly against the southern wall; but the house did not
move even a little. Again she put her stick on the northern wall; still it
did not move even a little.
"Look, the old woman is getting angry!" said the youngest of her boys'
captors. Then she touched the house again with her magic cane. It did not
shake even a little. At that point the old woman shouted impatiently, "What
manner of people are those who brought harm upon my children?" Then she
began to dance and again touched the house with her magic cane. Finally, on
her fifth try, she touched the top of the rock with her magic cane and said:
"I am Cyclone!" As soon as she placed her cane there the rock split open.
Her children were standing in exactly the same position as they were in when
they were dancing. She told them to leave the house, and after they came out
they all started homeward. Whenever they stopped at a village where they had
played shinny, they took with them the women they had previously won. But at
each village she came to the old woman would touch the ground with her cane
and the place would turn over quickly and all the inhabitants would be
buried underneath. Then they would start home again. Once more they would
come to a river and would stop again for the women whom they had previously
won. And the old woman would do the same thing as before: she would suddenly
upturn the ground on the inhabitants, whereupon they would start out again.
Now, whenever they would arrive at a village, the old woman would do this to
the inhabitants, until, finally, they arrived home. "We will now fix
ourselves differently," the old woman said. "You will turn into winds." And
so it happened. "I myself will travel in the ocean and Cyclone will be my
name. If anyone ever dreams of me, he will have the same power as I have."
And, having said this, she went into the middle of the ocean. Here the story
ends.
www.aniwaya.org/html/stories/north/northern/story072-a-Alsea.html