  Tlingit LONG ago, a man and his wife were crossing a large bay near Sitka when it became very foggy. They could not even see the water around their canoe. Then, in the thick fog, they heard singing. The song was: We picked up a man; We picked up a man; You picked up a man. They captured a man; They captured a man; You’ve captured a man. The voice was so strong they could hear it reËcho among the mountains. As the fog rose, the song came nearer and nearer. At last they saw the voice came from a wee little frog. The man said: “This frog is mine. I shall claim it.” His wife said, “No, it is mine. I shall claim it.” Thus they argued. At last the man let his wife take the frog. The woman took it ashore, treating it just like a child. She took it up into the woods, put it down by a lake, and left it there. That is why the Kiksadi clan at Sitka claim the frog as their totem. |
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