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Then he took the stone and rolled it in the direction of the Easte 

 to find out if that was his way. This time the stone did not com, 

 back. 



"That is the direction of my home," thought Fleakiller. 



Then he tried again; he took his bow and shot an arrow toward 

 the North, but the arrow came back. Next he shot it toward the 

 West, but again it came back to him. He then shot it toward the 

 South, but back again it came. But when he shot it toward the 

 East, the arrow did not return. 



This time he was sm'e that his home was in the direction of the 

 East, and straightway he started out. He got back to the settlement 

 the very night that the people were having a dance to celebrate his 

 loss. 



The Chief was addressing the Little People, telling them that 

 they were having this dance because Fleakiller had at last disappeared 

 forever. Nobody saw Fleakiller as he was standing near the doorway 

 of the townhouse, listening to all that was being said about him. 



Then Fleakiller spoke: "Shame on all of you! You wanted me to 

 go with you on a bear hunt. All of you ran away, but I went and killed 

 the bear and brought his meat home. Here it is!" 



Everybody became quiet and ashamed because he spoke that way. 



4. FLEAKILLER KILLS A DHA : GHWV « * 



The Little People hated Fleakiller still more. They thought that 

 they would again try to get rid of him. 



One day they went fishing and asked him to come along. They 

 took him to a place where there was a dha :ghwv Uving in a hole in the 

 river. 



They said to Fleakiller, "Get into the water and drive all the 

 fish toward us. We will wait for the fish in the shallow place, and as 

 they come swimming along, we will catch them." 



Fleakiller got into the water; but as soon as the dha:ghwv came 

 at him, instead of running away, he stood still and killed it. 



The Little People, as soon as they had seen Fleakiller wade forth 

 iuto the river, were sure that he was going to be killed by the terrible 

 water monster, and they went back to their settlement in good 

 spirits and made arrangements for a dance to celebrate the final loss 

 of the hated Fleakiller. 



But as the Little People had gathered for the dance, and stood 

 Hstening to the Chief, who was explaining why they were to rejoice, 

 Fleakiller had agaiu come back, and had overheard everything the 

 Chief said. 



" The term dha:ghwv Is applied to the whale as well as to the maneating mythic fish in reference here. 

 There Is a dha:ghwv story in Mooney (1900, pp. 320-321). 



