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mat by the side of his large fire, and they sat down there. Then the 

 eldest son inquired if a chief of this town had cast out his daughter 

 years ago on the river, and the new chief remembered that his uncle 

 had cast out his only daughter on the river years ago. Therefore they 

 said, "Yes, we do remember it." Then the eldest son said, "We are 

 her children." 



The whole village was astir that night, and the new chief invited 

 all the old men, and he told them that these four princes and two 

 princesses were the grandchildren of his late uncle. The wise men 

 asked the princes for their names, and the eldest one told them his 

 own name, Yoihetk; the second brother's name, Gamalukt ; the third 

 brother's name, Gayaa; the fourth one's, Bax-gwan; the elder girl's 

 name, Gundax; and the younger girl's name, Su-da'°l. He told them 

 that their mother had given them these names. Then all the wise men 

 received them gladly. They lived in their grandfather's house, and 

 all the people loved them very much. 



Now we will turn again to the mother of the young princes and of 

 the princesses on Queen Charlotte Islands. As soon as her children 

 had gone away, she went into the woods weeping. She wandered 

 away. While she was walking in the woods, she came upon a narrow 

 trail. There she met some young people, good-looking young people, 

 who asked her, "Why are you so sad?" She told them what had 

 happened to all her children. She said, "All my children have gone 

 to our old home, and I am left alone in this strange land, without 

 relatives. I have only my husband." Therefore these young people 

 said, "We are your children, too. Don't be so sorrowful! Come 

 with us to our house, and you shall see how many children you have 

 with you in this strange country!" 



Therefore the woman went with them. They came to a large 

 town, and crowds of people assembled around her. When all the 

 people had assembled, one of them spoke: "Now, my dear mother, 

 we all are your children. Our old grandfather cast you into the 

 river, and us too. Therefore we are here.. We can not go buck to 

 our own native country, therefore we built a town here. You shall 

 stay with us here, for you brought us to this side. We will keep you 

 as long as you live." 



The woman, however, wanted to bring her husband with her, but 

 they would not allow it. Then the woman agreed to their request. 

 This town was the town of the many Mice — the children of the woman 

 and her Mouse lover, who came to her in her father's house in her 

 native land, when she was young. Now they had a dance in their 

 house to comfort their mother, and they danced day by day. Soon 

 after their meal every morning they would dance. 



One day the husband of this woman went into the woods to search 

 for his wife, but he could not find her. He went on day after day. 



