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the woman's brotlior's back was broken, and he lieard the cryin,2:, and 

 he said that it just looked like his sister crying-; that he hear it. And 

 the three boys went back again. And those three boys told his father 

 and mother that it jnst looked like his sister was crying in the woods; 

 and this man and woman came down the river to see the woman; and 

 that father tried to ask that man where his wife go to. And that man 

 said that woman had gone to the woods to pick some berries; that she 

 was on the tree. And the man and wonnin tricnl to go back up the 

 river again ; and those three boys tried to go fishing np the river again, 

 and they saw his sister in the high tree, and they heard that woman 

 say : " Oh, that is my brother that was fishing in the river !■' And those 

 three boys went back and tried to tell his father and mother that it was 

 his sister in the high tree. 



And the man and woman went in the woods and tell all the animals — 

 bear, wolf, fox, whale, blue-jay — every animal. And those animals go 

 with that man and woman to take that woman that was in that tree 

 away from that tree. 



And the whale tried to stand up and to take that woman that was in 

 that tree, and he stand jnst a few minutes and fall down. 



And the sea-lion tried to go and fetch that woman that was in the 

 tree. Ue stand up and he fall down. 



And the blue jay scolded the whale because he couldn't fetch the 

 woman. x\nd the whale tried to scold the bhie-jay, and the whale told 

 the blue jay to go on the high tree and take the woman away from the 

 tree himself. And the blue-jay tried to go and take the woman away 

 from the tree. And the jay tried, and then he will fall down. And the 

 blue jay fall down. Hurts him — dead! And the bear tried to doctor 

 him, and he get well now. And as soon as he get well, he tried to scold 

 again at the whale. And the whale scolded the bear, becanse he doc- 

 tored the blue-jay. He didn't want him to get well, because he scold 

 too much to everybody. And the whale told the bear, " Why didn't 

 he let him to dead?" because nobody like him. 



And this woman— one of her brothers had his back broken— every- 

 body scold him, because he never think he was going to fetch his sister. 

 And that boy tried to go up in the high tree and fetch his sister, and 

 the boy was singing, and the people was singing, and the animals was 

 singing, and everybody was singing. The blue-jay scolded the whale, 

 because he never helped the animals to sing! 



And the boy brought his sister away from the tree and put her on his 

 back and all the animals felt joyful now. And the bine-jay scolded, 

 scolded. He never get joyful with the other animals. And the blue- 

 j.iy was getting mad to the whale. And all of them were going hon)e 

 now. And that hnsband want his wife again. And the animals didn't 

 want htm to take his wife again. And the blue-jay scolded that hus- 

 band man, because he don't want that woman to have that man now. 

 And the vromau went home with her father and mother. 



