THE FIEST WOMAN 



Every time he made anything he explained to 

 Man what it was and what it would do. 



After this he flew away to the sky and was 

 gone four days, when he returned bringing a 

 salmon for Man and his wife. He thought that 

 the ponds and lakes seemed silent and lonely, so 

 he made insects to fly over their surfaces, and 

 muskrats and beavers to swim about near their 

 borders. At that time the mosquito did not bite 

 as it does now, and he said to Man : 



" I made these flying creatures to enliven the 

 world and make it cheerful. The skin of this 

 muskrat you are to use for clothing. The beaver 

 is very cunning and only good hunters can catch 

 it. It will live in the streams and build strong 

 houses, and you must follow its example and 

 build a house." 



When a child was born, Raven and Man took 

 it to the creek and rubbed it with clay, and carried 

 it back to the stopping-place on the knoll. The 

 next morning the child was running about pull- 

 ing up grass and other plants which Raven had 

 caused to grow near by. On the third day the 

 child became a full-grown man. 



Raven one day went to the creek and made a 

 bear, and gave it life; but he jumped aside very 

 quickly when the bear stood up and looked 



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