Two Houses Half-Buried in Sand : Oral Traditions of the Hul’qumi’num’ Coast Salish of Kuper Island and Vancouver Island

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents 10
• Acknowledgments 14
• A Note on Orthography 16
• Introduction 18
• Xulqalustun: A Friend of Governor Douglas, Part I 56
• Xulqalustun, Part II 59
• Xulqalustun, Part III 62
• Xulqalustun, Part IV 65
• Xulqalustun, Part V 69
• Xulqalustun, Part VI 71
• Siamtunaat’s Recipe 77
• Siamtunaat’s Potlatch 81
• The Wedding of Ellen and Jimmy Joe 85
• Medicine Men—Indian Doctors 89
• The Healing of Louie Chuhaasteenxun 93
• The End of Tsilamunthut 97
• The Ceremony of the Singing Name 101
• Gold at Cowichan 106
• Ye Olde and Merrie Game of X’atl’tul’ 109
• The Cowichan—Bella-Bella Feuds 113
• The Fish Charmer 118
• The Woman Who Was Made Wrong 122
• Legends Attached to Names of Cowichan Villages 125
• The Island of Xulel-thw 130
• Siamtunaat’s Story 134
• Indian Games 139
• The Last Big Fight of the Cowichans 142
• Baby That Brought Peace and Friendship 146
• The Haida Slave 150
• The Good Priest, Father Rondeault 154
• Xwult’up—The Flying Spirit-Men 158
• Loxa, Chief of the Cowichans 163
• The Death of Sch-Lunas 168
• Qwulsteynum’s Reminiscences 172
• Xeel’s—The Sun God 176
• The Burial of Tsa’athmun 179
• Iichnawmukw”s Story 183
• Ki’et’sa’kun of Nanaimo 187
• Origin of the Snuneymuxw 194
• Sch-Weys, the Shaman 200
• Origin of the Solexwel Totem 204
• Last Fight of theTl’eeltxw 209
• A Sti’ilup Legend 213
• An Indian Battle at Alberni 219
• Chief Qapuluq’s Stl’un’uq 224
• Sugnuston’s Ancestors 230
• Quil-Kay-Milth, the Carver 236
• Tl’utasiye”s Childhood Games 242
• Origin of the Qhwimux Tribe 247
• Visit of the First Ship to Sti’ilup 251
• The Magic Hole on Mount Tzouhalem 255
• The “Moons” of the Cowichans 259
• Xulqalustun’s Fun’ral 267
• Sugnuston Tried to Make Peace with the Haidas 270
• Q’ise’q and the Munmaanta’qw 273
• Tales of Sheshuq’um 280
• Memories of Ts’uwxilem 283
• The Smilhu 290
• The Punishment of Spaal’ 298
• The First of the Shtsuw’athun 302
• Legends of the Swayxwi 305
• Buried Treasure 310
• Origin of the Thunderbird 316
• Little Island of Kuper 320
• Whatever Happened to Greedy Raven 325
• Notes 328
• Bibliography 348