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hate the North Wind, because the North Wind makes the world pale 

 in winter. The South Wind wants the world to be always green, as 

 in spring; and East Wind wants the same as South Wind; and also 

 West Wind wishes for the same. 



Therefore South Wind made war against North Wind. South 

 Wind invited his neighbors East Wind and West Wind. They 

 assembled, and the strong South Wind went first, and a strong 

 southeasterly gale blew very hard. Then the East Wind also blew 

 very hard, and they joined in battle. 



Finally North Wind was vanquished, and the three Winds won the 

 victory over North Wind. Therefore North Wind promised that the 

 world should be green for six months, but South Wind would not 

 consent to it. His two neighbors, however, compelled him to do so. 

 Therefore South Wind agreed, and they made a law that the South 

 Wind should sometimes blow in winter with rain, while, the North 

 Wind makes everything cold and frozen; and in spring the three 

 Winds should play, in order to melt the frozen ground; and in summer 

 the West Wind was to blow softly over thp land and comfort the pale 

 world with its lovely breezes. 



Now, when they made this law, the gentle Wind said, "Let the 

 whole world have peace once or twice a year — once before autumn, 

 and once before spring." They all agreed to these words and went 

 to their homes. 



South Wind had five children — four boys and one girl. The 

 names of these, children were Proud Rain-Wind (Ksdiyaxl-haiwas), 

 and the next one Excrement Face (Y !iin-dzaxl), and the third one Rain 

 Under The Knee (Lu-niEkml'gum ts!Em-sait), and the fourth one 

 Going Behind The Mountains (Gilhak-gask) , and the girl's name was 

 Drops Of A Spring Of Water (Ksa-lu°wal-gwa'nEks) . 



West Wind had two children. His elder son's name was Evening 

 Clouds (SEsa'ksgum sa° tgi-ya'°sat) , and his younger son's name 

 was Red Evening Clouds (Bl'ltsEgum lawugumks). 



East Wind had two children. His elder son's name was Clouds 

 Falling On The Mountain Top (Hapka'bEks a na-ga-ts luwan-sganl'st ) , 

 and his younger son's name was Red Morning Clouds (Bl'ltsEgum 

 ganla'q). 



North Wind's wife had two children who were twins — the one 

 named Frozen (Gwatk-sa), the other named Freezer (Ksat). 



One of the sons of North Wind wanted to marry South Wind's 

 daughter, but South Wind's sons did not want to let their only sister 

 marry him. The following year North Wind came to South Wind 

 and asked for his daughter for his other son, who wanted to marry 

 Drops Of A Spring Of Water. Then South Wind consented, and let 

 him have her to be his wife. Chief North Wind invited all the differ- 

 ent Winds; and when the guests were all in his house, South Wind 



