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once, they say, a part of the main-land, and it and the main-land were a 

 man and his wife, but the man became vexed with the woman and 

 kicked her away, and when Nukimatt came she changed them into land 

 as they are now. 



The mountain back of Freshwater Bay, about 9 miles west of Angeles, 

 was, according to tradition, a woman, and Mount Praher, in British Co- 

 lumbia, was her husband, both living near Freshwater Bay, while the 

 large rock off the cape at the western end of the bay was their daugh- 

 ter. The woman was bad and abused her husband ; he bore it for a long 

 time, but at last took his things, put them in his boat, and went across 

 the Sound to where the mountain now stands. When Nukimatt came 

 she changed them all into what they now are. 



One Klallam has told me that they supposed that the sun was the 

 creator of the world and that when Nukimatt came she was the sun in- 

 carnate. Another name for her was I-nach-tin-ak. 



Dokibatt, the Twanas say, was the creator of all things, making birds 

 beasts, and all lower creatures before he made man. According to one 

 Indian he made the moon and sun, the moon first and in the night, in- 

 tending it to be the sun. In the morning it rose, but it shone too hot 

 and caused the water to boil, killing the fish and also many animals on 

 land, and did much damage generally, so then he made the sun as it 

 now is to rule the day, and condemned the moon to shine at night. 

 This tradition differs only a little from one given in Eells on the 

 Twanas. He created man out of the ground and a woman out of his 

 rib and gave them a good land, telling them they might eat of all the 

 fruit except one kind of berries. But the woman, tempted by the king 

 of evil spirits, Skwai-il, ate of those berries, and when Dokibatt came 

 he said, "Have you been eating of those berries?" She said "No." 

 He replied, " Yes, I know you have." On account of this they think 

 that her children became Indians, ignorant, foolish, and dark-skinned. 

 But the man did not eat of the berries, and to his children were given 

 letters, the knowledge of books, and a white skin. 



A long time after this Dokibatt came again to this world because 

 things were not good, and rectified them by changing them, hence his 

 name, which means a changer. The man, knowing that Dokibatt was 

 coming, sat down and began to whet his knife on a stone, saying, " 1 will 

 kill Dokibatt when he comes." Soon he came and asked the man, " What 

 are you doing?" "Nothing special," was the reply. Again the same 

 question was asked, with the same reply. Then Dokibatt said, "I 

 know what you have said; you want to kill me. Let me take your 

 knife." He took it and felt of its edge ; it was very sharp. He plunged 

 it into the leg of the man up to its handle, when the man began to jump, 

 and jumping away became a deer; and that knife slightly sticking out 

 is still seen in the legs of the doer (the small part behind, as I under- 

 stand). Acting similarly with his knife he was changed into a beaver, 

 his knife becoming the tail. 



