Fish Stories of the Fathers 15 



for this fish, which is locally known as salmon. It was very 

 hot on the sands in the river bend, so he crawled back 

 among the mesquit bushes, and tied the line to his leg. In 

 the shade he soon went to sleep. A big " salmon " took the 

 hook and pulled him down to the river. Finally it jerked 

 him in. He swam down the swift current until he finally 

 saw that the fish was heading for deep water with intent to 

 drown him. Realizing this, but wishing to save his line 

 though he must lose his hook, Hance swam hand over hand 

 down to the fish, drew out his knife, cut off the line close to 

 the fish, gave the beast a kick in the jaw and then clambered 

 back to the bank. The fish got away, but Hance lived to 

 tell this, and some other tales. 



