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The princess's children were skillful sea-otter hunters. One day a 

 great number of children were playing on the beach, and the prin- 

 cess's youngest child was among them. She hurt one of her play- 

 mates, and the child began to cry. Then the mother of the child 

 which was crying asked, "Who hurt you ? " and the child of the mother 

 said that the younger daughter of the princess had hurt her. Then the 

 child's mother scolded the younger daughter of the princess, saying, 

 'You have no reason to be proud, child; your father just found your 

 nicii her on the beach. He did not intend to marry her like a 

 princess, taking her from her father's house." The princess heard 

 what she said, and she began to cry. She did not tell her husband. 



The princess's boys did not speak her language; only her elder 

 daughter could speak her language. 



Now the four young men were grown up, and were strong men. 

 They were playing outside, and began to quarrel with the son of one 

 of their father's relatives.. They began to fight, but the princess 

 stopped them with kindly words; but the mother of their cousin was 

 angry, and she scolded the princess's sons, saying, "We did not go 

 to your mother's father's house to let my brother marry your mother, 

 and now you pretend to be very proud, you slave ! They found your 

 mother on the beach." 



When the princess came into her father-in-law's house, she cried 

 bitterly. After she had cried, her husband came in and questioned 

 her, but she did not tell him. She only said to him, "Make a good- 

 sized canoe. I will send all my children to my own country." There- 

 fore her husband bought a large canoe ; and one day in the summer- 

 time they loaded the canoe with many things — costly coppers, and 

 slaves for all the boys and for one of the daughters. The father kept 

 only the younger daughter. Her mother called her elder daughter, 

 and said, "The young eagle will guide you to our native home." 

 The princess asked her husband to make a crosspiece of wood and 

 fasten it on the bow of the canoe to let the young eagle sit on it . He 

 made it, and they started. The young eagle was sitting on the bow 

 of the canoe, and they paddled away along the south side of Prince 

 of Wales Island, and the young eagle flew ahead of them. 



Before they started, their mother had said to her daughter, "You 

 shall always ask the young eagle which way to go: 'Young Eagle, 

 where is your mother's native land V and it will guide you on your 

 way home." 



Now they started; and the young eagle flew ahead in front of the 

 canoe. It would sit on a tree ; and when the canoe came to the place 

 where it was sitting, it flew ahead again and sat down again farther on. 

 Thus they continued all the way until they arrived at Eoot-Basket 

 Camp. They camped there. In the evening they went around the 

 small island and killed many seals. After they had dressed the seals, 



