28 SELISH MYTHS. 



Then the tribe moved off to a distant camping place, 

 leaving the Panther girl with her child and murdered hus- 

 band to themselves. Then from the pieces of the Lynx 

 lying about, came a voice directing her to place them to- 

 gether as well as she could and to set the mass in a corner 

 of the lodge, and to cover it with soft robes where it should 

 remain for five days. The wife did as she was told, and 

 sat despondently in the lodge waiting for the time to elapse 

 when she could again have her husband restored to her. 

 On the third day, the wife, who had become very lonely, 

 approached her husband and asked, " May I remove the 

 robes to look at you?" "No," responded the Lynx, "wait 

 two days longer and I will be well." Then she pressed 

 the robes closely about him and pressed them upon his 

 head to keep him warm. On the fourth day, the wife a- 

 gain appr'oached the corner in which her husband was, and 

 said, "May I remove the blankets and take you out, I am 

 very lonesome?" "No," responded the Lynx, "wait one 

 day longerand thenlshallbe quite well." Onthemorningof 

 the fifth day, the Panther again approached the Lynx and 

 said, " May I remove the blankets and take you out, I am 

 so lonesome that I can wait no longer?" but before the 

 Lynx could reply that the day was not yet over, she had 

 removed the coverings to liberate her husband, when he 

 immediately came forth, but his face was still broad and 

 flat from the pressure of the blankets put upon it, and so 

 it remains to this day. 



In the meantime the tribe, who had removed from the 

 old camping ground, had suffered much from want and 

 privation. Many had starved to death, and many more 

 were dying.' The Magpie happened to return to the old 

 camp one day, and found that the Lynx and his family had 

 all the meat they could eat ; in fact they had so much that 

 everything was greasy with the fat that had been thrown 



