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that I may dance and welcome my guest!" So they went. When 

 all the women were in, the Porcupine arose and began to dance; and 

 the song-leader began to sing, "Pronounce my name, pronounce my 

 name! Strike, strike!" 



Repeat many times. 



Aitgul wai - ya, aitgul wai - ya, yets! yStsl. 



Porcupine ran around his own large fire; and after he had sung, he 

 stood in front of his guest, and said to him, "Pronounce my name, 

 brother! What is my name?" Thus he said, while he stood in 

 front of him. Then the hunter said, "Your name is Little Porcu- 

 pine." — "Yes, my name is that," said Chief Porcupine, and struck 

 the hunter's face with his spiny tail. 



Then they began to sing again, and Chief Porcupine danced once 

 more, while the hunter's face was full of porcupine quills. At the 

 end of the song the chief stopped in front of the hunter, and said, 

 "Now, brother, what is my name?" The hunter said, "Your name 

 is Little Ugly Porcupine. " Again the chief struck the hunter's face 

 with his spiny tail, and said, "That is my name. " 



They sang again, and Chief Porcupine ran around the fire, while 

 his attendants kept on singing. Again he stopped in front of the 

 hunter, and said, "What is my name, brother?" The man said, 

 "Your name is Little Burnt One. " Again the chief struck him with 

 his spiny tail, saying, "Yes, that is my name." and the hunter's face 

 was full of porcupine quills. It was swollen so that he could hardly 

 see out of his eves 



Again Chief Porcupine ran around the fire while they were singing, 

 and again he stopped in front of the hunter, and asked, "What is my 

 name, brother?" Then the poor hunter said, "Your name is Little 

 Lean Fellow." — "Yes, that is my name." said Porcupine, and 

 struck the himter's face with his spiny tail. 



He ran around again, and his attendants kept on singing, for this 

 was the last chance for the man's life. Then somebody touched him 

 softly. It was the Mouse Woman. She asked him, "Do you know 

 who has punished you?" The poor blind hunter said, "No." — "It 

 is the chief of the Porcupines," said Mouse Woman, "because you 

 killed so many in years past." The Mouse Woman was speaking 

 to him while Porcupine was singing. "Now, this is the last time. 

 At the end of the song the Porcupines will strike you all over your 

 body with their spiny tails if you do not give the right answer to the 

 chief's question. His name is Sea Otter On Green Mountain. " 



While the Mouse Woman was still talking to him, the singing 

 ceased, and all the Porcupines were ready to rush on him. Then the 

 chief stopped in front of him, and said, "Now, what is my name. 



