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little farther off, and I will eat with you, dear friend! Oh, have 

 pity on me, dear friend!" 



Finally, when the Stump had eaten all the fat meat, he moved off 

 from the hole, and TxamsEm saw that only hare hones were left in 

 the hole. He took these bare bones, broke them to find something 

 in them, and cried. 



In the evening he went into his canoe. He put black paint on his 

 face, and paddled along, singing — 



"Hi, hi, hi! a great party of wolves met ua on our way home and killed my grandfather! 

 Hi, hi, hi! a great party of wolves met us on our way home and killed my brother-in- 

 law ! 



I ) my grandfather!" 



The Deer's wife was standing in front of their house. Soon TxamsEm 

 came to the beach, and she asked him, "What has happened to 

 you?" TxamsEm was still crying — 



" Hi, hi, hi! a greatpartyof wolves met us on our way home and killed my grandfather! 

 Hi, hi, hi! a great party of wolves met us on our way home and killed my brother-in- 

 law! 



O my grandfather!" 



Then the Deer's wife shook her little short tail and ran away from 

 him. TxamsEm went into the house of the Deer, and ate all the 

 provisions in the house. 



(30) txa'msem imitates chief seal 1 



After TxamsEm had eaten everything, he went on again. He came 

 to a long point, and, behold! there was a house. He entered, for he was 

 very hungry. This was the house of the Seal. Chief Seal spread a 

 new mat, and TxamsEm sat down on it. Then Seal roasted a dried 

 salmon, put it in a dish, and placed it before TxamsEm. Seal took 

 another dish and placed it near the fire. Then he held up both liis 

 hands close to the fire, with the back of his hands toward the fire, 

 so that they grew warm, and oil dripped from his fingers and ran 

 into the dish, which he gave to TxamsEm to dip the salmon into. 

 TxamsEm dipped Ids salmon into the oil and ate. Then he took 

 a dish and filled it with seal blubber, and he put more oil over it. 

 TxamsEm was very glad, for lie had eaten enough in the house of the 

 Seal. 



Then he left. He built a house; and when he had finished it, he 

 invited the Seal to his new house. The Seal came to visit him, and 

 sat down in the rear of the house. TxamsEm took a dish and placed 

 it near the fire. He held up his hands, so that they grew warm, 

 and his fingers, eyes, and mouth were scorched. TxamsEm fell back 

 like one dead, and he lay there a long time. Then the Seal arose. 

 There was no oil in the dish. He said, "Oh, he tries to do what 



