Myths and legends of Alaska . e a hole through it and through the earth and fitteda lid to it. Raven put a man in charge of the a day he opens the lid and twice each day hecloses it. When the hole is open the water rushes downthrough it into the depths; then it is ebb tide. Whenhe closes the lid, the water rises again; then it is floodtide. Once upon a time, Tael, a Tlingit chief, while hunt-ing sea otters was carried out to Qas rock by the current was so strong he could not escape. WhenTael was drawn toward the rock, he saw a few smalltrees growing on it. Tael threw his ca
Myths and legends of Alaska . e a hole through it and through the earth and fitteda lid to it. Raven put a man in charge of the a day he opens the lid and twice each day hecloses it. When the hole is open the water rushes downthrough it into the depths; then it is ebb tide. Whenhe closes the lid, the water rises again; then it is floodtide. Once upon a time, Tael, a Tlingit chief, while hunt-ing sea otters was carried out to Qas rock by the current was so strong he could not escape. WhenTael was drawn toward the rock, he saw a few smalltrees growing on it. Tael threw his canoe line over 37 MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF ALASKA one of the trees. Thus he escaped being carried downby the water into the hole under the rock. After sometime he heard a noise. The man was putting the lidon the hole. Then the water began to rise. Tael pad-dled rapidly away. He paddled away until the tidebegan to ebb again. Then he fastened his canoe to alarge stone nearby, and waited until flood tide cameagain. Thus Tael t/2 u: X D C X C H u w
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