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The prince staid there a while longer in the town of the Spring 

 Salmon. One day he was again very hungry. He went behind the 

 town, where the children were playing on a sand-hill. Then he saw 

 a beautiful fat youth. He took hold of him and clubbed him, and 

 he became a good-looking small spring salmon. He roasted him at 

 the same place where he had roasted the salmon before; and after 

 he had eaten it all, he gathered the bones and threw them into the 

 fire. Then he went to a brook, where he drank. Then he went home 

 well satisfied. After a little while, some one came to the house, 

 crying, "Alas, my rib is sore! Alas, my rib is sore!" He cried 

 bitterly. When the young prince heard it, he went quickly to the 

 place where he had roasted the spring salmon. He searched all 

 around, and found a little rib under the chips. He cast it into the 

 fire and went home, and the boy was well. 



After some time the chief ordered his slaves to go as scouts to the 

 two rivers to see whether the salmon had come. So they went to 

 examine the rivers. Now they saw that many leaves had fallen from 

 the cottonwood trees. Then they returned to their master with the 

 glad tidings, and the chief said that it woidd be better for them to 

 get ready to move. 



Therefore he invited his tribe into his house. He told them what 

 the scout slaves had to say, and all the people agreed to move within 

 a few days. The scouts had brought home with them some fresh 

 green leaves, and the whole tribe were glad to see the leaves. There- 

 fore on an appointed day they were ready to move from their home 

 in the deep sea. They went very slowly, and soon they reached the 

 town of the Silver Salmon. 



Then the chief of the Spring Salmon told them that his scouts had 

 brought home some nice new salmon, and that therefore they were 

 moving. Thus he informed the Silver Salmon. Therefore the chief 

 of the Silver Salmon said, "We will also move after you have gene a 

 little distance." 



Soon after they had left the town of the Silver Salmon, the chief 

 took a small smooth round pebble from his own mouth and handed 

 it to his adopted son, the prince. He said, "Take this and put it into 

 your mouth. It will defend you against all dangers, death, and diffi- 

 culties." The young man took it and put it into his mouth. 



They went on their way, and soon they met many canoes. They 

 asked the crew, "How is it in those two rivers? Are there any 

 salmon?" They said, "Yes." Then the prince asked one of his 

 men, "Who are these people?" The man told him that these were 

 the canoes of the Steelliead Salmon, who had come back from the two 

 rivers, that they moved early in the spring, and that they were now 

 on their way home. 



Soon they came to another large town, the village of the Humpback 

 Salmon. The chief of the Spring Salmon told them that his scouts had 



