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died on the spot. At this, the grizzlies all 

 set up a dreadful howl; but he took his 

 daughter on his shoulder and, turning to 

 all the grizzlies, bade them hold their 

 tongues, get down on their hands and 

 knees and so remain till he returned. They 

 did as they were bid, and he closed the 

 door of the lodge after him, drove all the 

 children out into the world, passed out and 

 up the mountain and never returned to the 

 timber any more. 



So the grizzlies could not rise up any 

 more, or make a noise, or use their clubs, 

 but ever since have had to go on all-fours, 

 much like other beasts, except when they 

 have to fight for their lives; then the Great 

 Spirit permits them to stand up and fight 

 with their fists like men. 



That is why the Indians about Mount 

 Shasta will never kill or interfere in any 

 way with a grizzly. Whenever one of their 

 number is killed by one of these kings of 

 the forest, he is burned on the spot, and 

 all who pass that way for years cast a stone 



