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surface. He took a short rest; and the chief called hini again. 

 "Where are you now, Bird Garment?" He jumped three times, 

 then he went down again. He staid a little longer, and another 

 giant arm came up and drifted on the surface of the water. Bird 

 Garment followed it. He had obtamed two great arms, and he 

 floated on the water, weary. 



The body of this great Killer Whale was not hurt by the monster. 

 He was only tired out. 



Again his chief called him, and said, "Now, my brave man 

 Bird Garment, where are you? Try once more!" Then the brave 

 Killer Whale jumped on the water and dived. He staid under 

 the water for a long time, and all the Killer Whales thought that he 

 had been kdled by the monster of the deep. Finally he came up 

 again with a giant arm in his mouth. 



Then all the tribes of the Killer Whales shouted for joy and struck 

 their tails on the water, saying, "Bird Garment is a warrior." And 

 when their shouting ceased, he said, "Only two of his long arms 

 remain. Now, I desire you to be with me when I go down again." 

 Therefore the brave Killer Whales took courage, and many of them 

 went down with Bird Garment. They bit off those arms, and Bird 

 Garment went right to the heart of that fearful monster. Finally 

 the two remaining arms were cut off from the body, and so all 

 the brave Killer Whales brought up the great monster's body, and 

 the clan of Bird Garment became the first of all the clans of the 

 Killer Whales. The Killer Whales had gained the victory over that 

 great monster; but Bird Garment was the bravest among all of 

 them, for he alone cut off three arms of the monster. 



The hunters saw all these things, and they understood all the 

 Killer Whales had said during the fight with the great monster. 



Many years passed, and the young one of the old Devilfish was 

 grown up. He lived in the same place, and was worse than the former 

 one. He took down every person that passed by his place. Some- 

 times he took down canoes with the hunters and animals. 



One day an Eagle seated on the top of a high cliff saw a spring- 

 salmon passing that place. He flew down swiftly and caught the 

 spring salmon with his long claws. The salmon struggled on the 

 water, and another Eagle came down swiftly to help him. Then the 

 young monster came up with his mouth wide open and swallowed 

 the two Eagles and the spring salmon. 



The two young Eagles were the children of an Eagle chief. He 

 was very sorry to know that his two children had been caught by 

 the Devilfish. He mourned many days, and his people came to 

 comfort him, but he would not listen to them on account of his 

 great love for his children. 



At last one of his warriors said to him, "Call all the large birds, 

 and we will make war against the monster." Therefore the sad 



