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deer. Of late years, horses also. There are uo white men there. This 

 is the most definite aceouut of their superstitions obtainable from the 

 present medicine men of this tribe, as they are usually unwilling to 

 speak on this subject to white people. 



A third image belonging to Sammy is made of cedar bark and seal 

 blubber, painted. This one tells Sammy to wash his face and bathe 

 with oil before he begins to doctor. The cedar-bark image regulates 

 the wind currents, is the " doctor of the setting sun," and makes the 

 ocean smooth. lie tells Sammy what to do when fishing or whaling, 

 and whether he will be successful or not. This image has been lately 

 manufactured. Sammy says he will try it, and if it proves to be a 

 deceitful adviser he will burn it up. 



The Soc-cd-li Tyce IHnl. — The SoccaliTyee Bird lives in a mountain. 

 A man wanted to marry the Soccali Tyee Bird's daughter, and the 

 Soccali Tyee said, "Xo;" he did not want to marry that girl to that 

 man. And that girl wanted to marry very bad with that man, and 

 her father would not let her go and marry with that man. And the 

 Soccali Tj'ee Bird told the man to get him some bears to play with. 

 And the man told the Soccali Tyee that he would fetch the bear to 

 play with. And that man fetch two bears with a string to take it 

 in the house and give it to that Soccali TYee. And the Soccali Tyee 

 Bird went to that two bears to play with, and the bears tried to fight 

 the Soccali Tyee Bird. And the Soccali Tyee Bird told that man to 

 take it out ; that he was too much afraid for him. And the Soccali 

 T^'ee Bird told that man to bring two panthers in that house to play 

 with. And he brought it in the house with a string. And that Soc^ 

 call Tyee Bird went in to play with the panthers, and that Soccali 

 Tyee Bird afraid for the panthers. And the panthers take the stick 

 to him like everything. And the Soccali Tyee Bird tried to go to the 

 two i)anthers and tried to tight him, and the Soccali Tyee Bird tried 

 to go away from him and go in his bed ; and the two panthers tried 

 to go on the Soccali Tyee and torn his shirt like everything. And the 

 Soccali Tyee Bird told the man that wanted to marry that girl to take 

 the i)anthers away from the house. And the Soccali Tyee Bird told 

 that man to go and fetch him snow — great lots of snow on the mountain. 

 And that man brought just little bit of snow like a ball. And that 

 Soccali Tyee got mad about it, because he did not brought lots of snow 

 for him. And that Soccali Tyee Bird tried to eat that snow; and that 

 snow did not all go in his mouth. And that Soccali Tyee sat down on 

 his bed and he get cold, and he tried and go and sit down at the fire 

 to make himself warm, and that Soccali Tyee almost dead, because he 

 eat lots of snow. And he throwed it away on the house, and the house 

 full of snow. And the Soccali Tyee told that man that wanted to marry 

 to take that snow away from the house. 



And the Soccali Tyee told that man to go ai]d fetch .some wood. 



