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they arrived at home. The supernatural being had sent the killer 

 whale to upset the canoe of the chief's new wife, who was drowned in 

 the water. 



Now, the supernatural being came to his wife by night, and told 

 her that he had killed the woman who had made her unhappy. 

 Two days after all the people had arrived at home, the old chief 

 arrived. Then they heard a great noise in the house of the young 

 chief. They asked some people what had happened to the young 

 chief, and they told them that the chief's new wife was drowned by 

 killer whales jumping on her canoe. 



Then the old chief gave a great feast and showed his grandchild to 

 the people. The child grew up and became an expert hunter and 

 expert at halibut fishing, and he obtained all kinds of fish and water 

 annuals, large and small, and he was richer than any one else. He 

 gave many feasts to all the tribes, and many chiefs wanted to man-}' 

 his mother, but she refused. She did not want to marry again. 



Her former husband also wanted to marry her again, but she 

 refused. Many years passed, and the wife of the old chief died. 

 Then the son of the supernatural being was lonely, and said to his 

 mother, "Let us camp somewhere with my grandfather!" His mother 

 agreed, and they moved, and camped away from the village. 



One day the young man's mother spoke to him, and said, "My 

 son, I want to say this to you: you ought to marry some princess!" 

 but he replied, "No." And while they were encamped there, the 

 supernatural being came and brought them many halibut, seals, 

 sea lions, and other animals. They dried them, and built four large 

 houses for drying halibut and seal and sea lion; and when the four 

 houses were full, they built another four, and filled them with whale 

 blubber; and the supernatural being and his son brought four great 

 whales, and he obtained many large water animals. Many houses 

 were full of seal, sea lion, and whales. He caught four large whales, 

 and they tied them to the beach. Seals and sea lions were lying 

 about, and there was a smell of grease all along the beach in front of 

 their camp, and the oil of the great whales covered the water of the 



At the same time many people died because there was no food in 

 their village. One day early in the morning the old chief took a 

 canoe and went to the village. He loaded his canoe with seal meat 

 and fat and sea-lion meat and fat and also with whale blubber and 

 dried halibut. When his people saw the canoe coming, they all 

 went down to the beach, and the old chief gave each man a piece of 

 seal meat and fat, sea lion meat and fat, and whale blubber; and he 

 told the people that they had an abundance of food and that many 

 houses were full of meat and fat, of whales, sea lions, seals, and of 

 dried halibut; and he said, "Four great whales are tied to the beach 

 at our camp, and sea lions, seals, and halibut are lying about." 



