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Kwakiutl - L!ā'lamīn
Tradition of the L!ā'L!Elāmīn, a Clan of the Nimkish.
(Told by NEg*ź'.)
L!ā'lamīn built a house at K!ā'k*!axLala, in the middle of the river, making a foundation of heavy logs, which he piled one on another, and which he weighted down with stones. Before he finished his house, the river rose, and the foundation drifted down the river. T!ā't!Endzid and Sź'wid lived with him in the same house. They were helping him build the house. T!ā't!Endzid said, "Probably this will happen every time the river rises. We shall not be able to finish the house. Let us try to build here. Let us stay with Famous-One (Ts!źl?wā'lagamź?)." L!ā'lamīn agreed, and requested him to ask the permission of Famous-One, who gave them a place next to his own house. He called L!ā'lamīn his brother, and gave to his house the name Ku'mkumx*lalīl. The house had doors in front and in the rear. Every time a woman went by to get water, L!ā'lamīn took hold of her, took her into the house, and married her.
Kwakiutl Tales, by Franz Boas; (Columbia University Contributions to Anthropology, Volume II) New York: Columbia University Press; [1910] and is now in the public domain.
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