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Another person was pounding against a cedar tree, and Dokibatt 

 asked bim what he wished to do. The reply was, "To break or split 

 the tree." Dokibatt said, " You may stop and go away and I will help 

 you." As the person went wings came to him, also a long bill and a 

 strong head, and he became the woodpecker. 



A boy who knew that Dokibatt was coming to make great changes 

 was in mortal fear, as he did not wish to be changed ; so he began to 

 run away, carrying with him a water-box with some water in it ; but 

 as he ran wings came to him and he began to flj*. The water shaking 

 sounded something like pu-pupu repeated rapidly, and the sound was 

 changed into the present noise of the bird as it begins to fly. So the 

 dove then began its present mourning cry, " hum-6-hum-6." And the 

 Twanas to this day call the turtle-dove " hum-6." 



Other men had painted themselves in various ways, and when they 

 were changed the colors partially remained ; hence the different colors 

 of various birds. 



About a mile above Silanwofs are two large impressions in the 

 basaltic rock, somewhat similar to large foot-prints, 2 or 3 inches deep. 

 These, they say, are his tracks. They are between high and low tide, 

 and were evidently formed by the water. 



At Skwaksin a man was crying, and the tears running down his 

 face he was changed into a stone, and the lines of tears are lines on the 

 stone, still visible. 



He taught them how to catch fish, how to make the fish-traps, and 

 when to fish. 



He went to all lands, gave to each tribe their language, and to some 

 tribes special kinds of food. To one tribe he gave crows, to another a 

 special kind offish, and to one beyond the Cascade Mountains snakes. 

 He came from the south or west, where they suppose the sky comes 

 down to the earth, as it appears* to do, and that is his dwelling place. 

 He came once to create, a second to change, and will come again to 

 make the world over again when it becomes old. 



