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he threw them upon the ground they immediately flew to- 

 gether and the horns were entire, as before. Then the 

 Rabbit took the horns and crushed them, but he had no 

 sooner thrown them upon the ground than the pieces had 

 again united. Then the Lynx tried, and the Coyote, and 

 all the rest of the young men present. 



The Salmon had heard of the beautiful daughter of the 

 Panther, and decided -to try to obtain her, so he brought 

 with him two friends, the Kingfisher and the Blackbird. 2 

 The Salmon lived upon a large river at a great distance 

 from the Panther's village, and he did not reach that place 

 until all the young warriors had failed in their trials for 

 the Panther's daughter. 



The wolf, 3 who lived far to the south, had two elder 

 brothers, and these three also started for the Panther's 

 village, arriving there at the same time as the Salmon and 

 his friends. Then the Wolf said, " Salmon, you came 

 first, you break the horns if you can," but the Salmon re- 

 fused, saying, "No, Wolf, you came before I did, you 

 break the horns if you can." Then the oldest Wolf tried, 

 broke the horns, but they immediately became whole again 

 when thrown upon the ground. Then the next wolf tried, 

 but with no better luck. The Wolf whose trial now came 

 was a Shaman,* and felt sure of winning the girl, so he 

 picked up the horns, broke them into small pieces, but 

 when he threw them upon the ground they slowly united 

 as before. Then the Salmon came forward, took the horns, 

 broke them into small pieces and threw them upon the 

 ground where they remained and did not unite again. Then 



>This Blackbird is said to have peculiar eyes and habits, and evidently signifies 

 the Pipilo niegalonyx. 



* Cams occidenttdis, commonly known as the Grey Wolf. 

 4 Improperly termed "Medicine Man." 



