From Bartlett, F. C. (1932). Remembering. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
One night two young men from Egulac
went down to the river to hunt seals, and while they were there it became foggy
and calm. Then they heard war-cries, and they thought: "Maybe this is a
war-party". They escaped to the shore, and hid behind a log. Now canoes
came up, and they heard the noise of paddles, and saw one canoe coming up to
them. There were five men in the canoe, and they said:
"What do you think? We wish to take you along. We are going up the river
to make war on the people".
One of the young men said: "I have no arrows".
"Arrows are in the canoe", they said.
"I will not go along. I might be killed. My relatives do not know where I
have gone. But you", he said, turning to the other, "may go with
them."
So one of the young men went, but the other returned home.
And the warriors went on up the river to a town on the other side of Kalama.
The people came down to the water, and they began to fight, and many were
killed. But presently the young man heard one of the warriors say: "Quick,
let us go home, that Indian has been hit". Now he thought: "Oh, they
are ghosts". He did not feel sick, but they said he had been shot.
So the canoes went back to Egulac, and the young man went ashore to his house,
and made a fire. And he told everybody and said: "Behold I accompanied the
ghosts, and we went to fight. Many of our fellows were killed, and many of
those who attacked us were killed. They said I was hit, and I did not feel
sick".
He told it all, and then he became quiet. When the sun rose he fell down.
Something black came out of his mouth. His face became contorted. The people
jumped up and cried.
He was dead.
Sequencing
the events
Event 1. Two Egulac Indians went to
the river for hunting.
Event2. They heard war-cries. They thought it was a war-party.
Event3. One Indian went home while
the other decided to join the war party.
Event4. In the fight, the Egulac
heard from his party warriors that he was hit but he did not feel any pain.
Event5. He went back home to share
his story.
Event6. As he finished the story he
became quiet.
Event7. As the sun rose, people
found him dead.
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