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and he sent the Red Cod to borrow the canoe of the Killer Whale. 

 The chief of the Killer Whales gave it to them, and they took it homo. 

 Then the Halibut arose, and stood up before TxamsEm, and said, 

 "I come to tell you the wishes of our people, what they want you to 

 do, dear TxamsEm! They say that you shall devise a way how we 

 can make war against the Master Of The South Wind." So TxamsEm 

 said to him, ' ' Go and ask my brothers to get ready ; we will go tomor- 

 row;" and the Halibut went to report to the people what TxamsEm 

 had said. Then TxamsEm begged his companions, Devilfish and 

 Halibut, to sit in the stern of the canoe. When they were all aboard 

 the large Killer- Whale canoe, one of the shellfish was also among the 

 number. It was Cockle. Cockle decided to kick the Master Of The 

 South Wind down the beach when they arrived there. Early in the 

 morning they launched then canoe, and all the people went aboard. 

 The Devilfish and the Halibut were sitting hi the stern, and the 

 Cockle and Red Cod in the bow, to watch any danger that might 

 come to them on their way. Then Killer Whale went against the 

 South Wind, going southward toward the town of the Master Of The 

 South Wind. They were going a long time, and the Cockle always 

 said, "I will kick the Master Of The South Wind down to the beach 

 when we get there." TxamsEm heard what Cockle said; and when 

 they saw the village, TxamsEm advised his three companions, Devil- 

 fish, Halibut, and Cockle: "You shall go ashore first, and we others 

 will stay in the canoe with the whole crew. Your companion Halibut 

 shall lie down at the door of the house of the Master Of The South 

 Wind. Devilfish shall hide on one side of the door, so that he may 

 suck out the Master Of The South Wind, who shall then slip on the 

 Halibut when the Cockle kicks him down the beach in front of his 

 house." Thus spoke TxamsEm. Then he stopped speaking, for he 

 had arrived at the beach in front of the house of the Master Of The 

 South Wind. Halibut went ashore first, and lay down at the door 

 of the house of the Master Of The South Wind. Devilfish remained 

 sitting in the canoe. Then Cockle jumped out of the canoe and went 

 to the door of the house. There he opened his shell when he entered 

 the house. He saw the Master Of The South Wind lying with his 

 back toward the door of the house; and he was always breaking 

 wind, therefore the south wind was blowing hard all the time. The 

 Cockle tried to go toward the Master Of The South Wind. . He opened 

 his shell and tried to kick the Master Of The South Wind, but in vain. 

 He tried in every way, but could not do it. Finally TxamsEm called 

 him down, so the Cockle went down to the canoe. TxamsEm took 

 him up and broke him. He said to him, while he was breaking him, 

 "I will break this braggart," and he ate him. Then Red Cod jumped 

 into the house. He took his fire-drill and drilled. Soon he obtained 

 fire. He took red-cedar bark from under his blanket and put it on 



