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Lii'wag'is. He was in love with a girl. Once npou a lime she went up 

 the liver to pick berries, and La'wag-is foHowed her. He walked along 

 the bank of the river, while she had gone up in her canoe. When it grew 

 dark, he heard cries iu the. woods. Then he Jumped into a pond and 

 rubbt'd his body with hemlock branches. He went on. He heaixl the 

 cries all the time and bathed in another pond. He walked on. Now 

 the cries were close to him. He bathed again. Now the cries came 

 quite close to him. He bathed the fourth time. As soon as he had 

 finished, he saw a woman with a large head and matted hair and with 

 a face which was full of scratches. La'wag'is went up to her and put 

 his arm around her waist. As soon as he had done so they both fainted. 

 He recovered first, but he put his arms around her waist only tighter. 

 Then the woman with the great head recovered and spoke: "I am the 

 crier of the woods. Now let me go and I will help you to obtain every- 

 thing easily. I will be your magical helper. You shall obtain easily all 

 kinds of property." La/wag-is only held her more tightly. Then she 

 spoke again: "I will raise property for you." But he held her still 

 tighter. Then she spoke again : " I will give you the water of life. Let 

 me go." But he held her still tighter. She spoke again: "Let me go. 

 Take my name, it shall be yours. You will be Qon'dasgamals. I will 

 give you the apron that burns everything." Then he let her go. She 

 disappeared at once. She only left the four gifts, which she had given 

 him, on the ground. Then La'wag-is took his magical treasures. He 

 went on and tried his apron against the trees of a mountain. Imme- 

 diately they were burnt, and you can see even now that the mountains 

 of Ts'a'wate are burnt. Now he was glad. He hid his magical treas- 

 ures under a cedar tree and went on. He arrived at the village where 

 his sweetheart was living. She asked him: "Why did you not come 

 sooner?" He replied: "I lost my way." That night they went to bed 

 and played together. After a short time he was poked in the side 

 through a hole which was in the boards of the house. He arose and 

 went to look. As soon as he went out his face was covered and he was 

 led away by a man. He did not dare to speak and to ask, but he knew 

 that he was led three times up a mountain and three times down. Dur- 

 ing all this time his face was not uncovered. Then he knew they were 

 going up a mountain again, and he heard a cry, " hap, hap, hap ; hao, hao ; 

 gao, gao" (the cries of the ha'mats'a, the ho'Xhok", and of the raven.) 

 Then the man spoke: "My dear, do not be afraid. I want to give you 

 magical power. This is my house. I am BaxbakualanuXsT'wae. You 

 shall see everything in my house." They entered, and he uncovered the 

 faceof La'wag-is. " Now look, friend !" said BaxbakualauuXsrwae. You 

 shall have my name, AVilgasfi'lag-ilis, and your name shall be Ha/mats'a. 

 Now watch the dau.ce of the ha'mats'a." Then he heard the cries, "hap, 

 hap, hap ; had, hao ; gao, gao." Then the raven that was painted on the 

 front of the hil'mats'a's secret room opened its mouth and the ha'mats'a 

 came out, vomited by the raven. Then he danced. La'wag-is did not 



