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not want to treat you that way." After he had spoken thus, he 

 asked his wife to roast a salmon. She roasted it and placed it in 

 front of him; but he did not take it at once, because he thought they 

 would take it away from him. But his uncle said, "Eat the salmon, 

 my dear nephew!" So he took it and ate, and they gave him many 

 kinds of food. At midnight he went home well satisfied. 



Early the next morning his father said to his slave, "Go out and 

 order the people to move up to Nass River!'' Then the great slave 

 ran out and shouted, "Move away tomorrow, great tribe!" The 

 people made ready to move, and on the following morning they left 

 the chief's son by order of the great chief. His youngest uncle's wife 

 left one dried spring salmon and a bucket of crabapples and his little 

 slave with him. They also left all his boxes of arrows with him, and 

 some fire and half a small bucketful of grease. Now his people 

 started and went to Nass River. 



When all the people had gone away, the prince gathered some old 

 boards and pieces of cedar bark. With these he built a small house. 

 He gave the little slave a little salmon and crabapples mixed with 

 grease. Early every morning he went out and made more arrows, 

 and would sit outside the house. 



The tide was very low, and then he saw an eagle that screeched on 

 the beach. He called his little slave. "Go down to the beach and 

 see why the eagle is screeching there!" So the slave went down to 

 where the eagle was sitting; and when he reached the place, the eagle 

 flew away. Behold ! a trout lay on the beach. Then he shouted with 

 all his might, and said, "There is a trout here, my dear!" So the 

 prince said, "Take it up!" The slave carried it up to the prince, who 

 ordered him to roast it. The slave roasted it; and when it was done, 

 he said to his little slave, "Eat it all!" The slave did so. 



Early the next morning the prince went out again and saw many 

 eagles that were screeching on the beach. He sent his slave down. 

 The slave ran down, and, behold! a large bullhead was lying on the 

 sand. He shouted again, and said, "There is a large bullhead here, 

 my dear!" The prince said, "Bring it up here!" The slave took it 

 up, and they steamed it in a hole in the ground. The little slave ate 

 of it, but the prince did not eat any. 



For several days the eagle gave them trout and bullheads, which 

 they dried. Then they had enough to eat. One morning he went 

 out again, and he saw many eagles come down on the beach, where 

 they were screeching. He sent his little slave down. He ran down 

 again to look, and, behold ! a silver salmon was on the sand. Again 

 he shouted, and said, "There is a silver salmon, my dear!" The 

 prince ordered him to take it, and he carried it up. The prince cut 

 it and roasted it and ate a little. They did so for several days, and 

 they dried the salmon. 



