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the sky. He went on, and came to a spring near the house of the 

 chief of heaven. There he sat down and waited. Then the chief's 

 daughter came out, carrying a small bucket in which she was about 

 to fetch water. She went down to the big spring in front of her 

 father's house. When Giant saw her coming along, he transformed 

 himself into the. leaf of a cedar and floated on the water. The chief's 

 daughter dipped it up in her bucket and drank it. Then she returned 

 to her father's house and entered. After a short time she was with 

 child, and not long after she gave birth to a boy. Then the cliief 

 and the chief taiuess were very glad. They washed the boy regularly. 

 He began to grow up. Now he was beginning to creep about. They 

 washed him often, and the chief smoothed and cleaned the floor of 

 the house. Now the child was strong and crept about every day. 

 He began to cry, " Harna, haina!" He was crying all the time, and 

 the great chief was troubled, and called in some of his slaves to carry 

 about the boy. The slaves did so, but he would not sleep for several 

 nights. He kept on crying, " Harm, Jiama! " Therefore the chief 

 invited all his wise men, and said to them that he did not know what 

 the boy wanted and why he was crying. He wanted the box that 

 was hanging in the chief's house. 



This box, in which the daylight was kept, was hanging in one corner 

 of the house. Its name was ma. Giant had known it before he 

 descended to our world. The child cried for it. The chief was an- 

 noyed, and the wise men listened to what the cliief told them. When 

 the wise men heard the child crying aloud, they did not know what 

 he was saying. He was crying all the time, "Hama, hama, ha ma! 



One of the wise men, who understood him, said to the chief, "He 

 is crying for the ma." Therefore the chief ordered it to be taken 

 down. The man put it down. They put it down near the fire, and 

 the boy sat down near it and ceased crying. He stopped crying, for 

 he was glad. Then he rolled the ma about inside the house. He did 

 so for four days. Sometimes he would carry it to the door. Now 

 the great chief did not think of it. He had quite forgotten it. Then 

 the boy really took up the ma, put it on his shoulders, and ran out 

 with it. While he was running, some one said, "Giant is running 

 away with the ma! ' ' He ran away, and the hosts of heaven pursued 

 him. They shouted that Giant was running away with the ma. He 

 came to the hole of the sky, put on the skin of the raven, and flew 

 down, carrying the ma. Then the hosts of heaven returned to then- 

 houses, and he flew down with it to our world. 



At that time the world was still dark. 1 He arrived farther up the 

 river, and went down river. Giant had come down near the mouth 

 of Nass River. He went to the mouth of Nass River. It was always 

 dark, and he carried the ma about with him. He went on, and went 



