There lived alone one winter a hunter, his wife and their only child, a little boy of four years. Deep snow covered the ground, and game was scarce. One day the hunter discovered the track of a buffalo and followed it but he failed to overtake the animal. Late at night he returned to his… Read More

The elder of two brothers was very expert at catching eagles. He would cover a hole with leaves and brush, place on top the carcass of some animal, and hide underneath until an eagle settled on the brush to eat the meat. Then he would seize the bird’s legs, draw it inside, and kill it…. Read More

  Two hunters who were following an old trail along the shore of a lake came upon three women with very long hair. They seemed different from any women they had ever seen. One of them awoke and alarmed her companions whereupon all three rushed away to dive into the water. Two escaped, but the… Read More

A blind man, with his wife and daughter, camped one September on a mountainside. Here the women snared groundhogs for their food, since the man was unable to hunt. One day the wife saw a large caribou near the tent and cried out, “Look, there is a caribou.” Her husband called to her softly, “Take… Read More

A certain man and his wife had a beautiful daughter and three sons who were excellent hunters. The girl was so beautiful that she attracted many suitors all of whom, however, her father dismissed because they could not surpass his sons in hunting. One day while his sons were out hunting a stranger entered the… Read More

A certain man left his tribesmen and traveled away with his wife and three children to a new hunting ground. After a time they ran short of food, and the father left camp one morning during a heavy snowstorm to look for game. He had not traveled far when he came upon fresh snowshoe tracks…. Read More

There was once a small village whose only chief had a marriageable daughter. Many suitors came from different parts of the country to seek her hand, but her father would not accept them, as he wanted his son-in-law to excel in everything. After a time the girl began to hunt porcupines by herself. Every morning… Read More

Four young men who were hunting in the mountains killed several full-grown goats and captured alive a little kid, which they carried back to their camp. There they kindled a fire and to amuse themselves alternately pushed the animal into the flames and pulled it out again, while they laughed at its piteous bleating Another… Read More

My name is Harry Harris from Pelican Reserve. I’m not that old. I’m 73 years of age so I can’t remember everything that happened in the past so instead I think I’ll tell a legend about Weesakaychak. I don’t know where he was born or anything but I do know about parts of his life…. Read More

By Dorthea Horton Calverley  PART 1: THE TRAGEDY A short distance west of lovely Azouzetta Lake near the summit of the Pine Pass there is a little stream with the undistinguished name of John Bennett Creek. If the National Geographic Board or the British Columbia Provincial Government had used the full name John Noel Patch-Bennett… Read More