MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF
WHEN NORTH'S SON MARRIED SOUTHEAST'S DAUGHTER[1]
WHEN North's son wanted to marry Southeast's daughter, there was no wind. He spoke to his mother. He spoke also to his father: "I want to marry Southeast's daughter." North said to his son, "What will you wear when the weather is bad?" Southeast was such a dreary, rainy wind that North did not want his son to marry the daughter. The son said, "Oh, that's all right. Give me something to wear when it rains." North said, "I have nothing for it. But marry her."
When his son started off, North gave him some directions: "When you get near Southeast, look at him from a distance. If his face is good, go to him. But if his face is red, and under it black, do not go. Go to him from Point Gafixet [Cape St. James]."
North's son started. He went from Cape St. James. At that time Southeast's face was not bad. It was clean.
- ↑ This myth is said to give an excellent idea of climatic conditions along part of the Northwest Coast largely a struggle between the rainy southeast wind and the cold north wind.
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