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youngest daughter, and told them how to kill the live copper. He 

 said, "As soon as you catch the salmon coppers or live coppers, 

 make a large fire and throw the salmon coppers into it, as many as 

 you caught in one evening at your camp. You must throw them all 

 into the fire, and the fumes will not hurt you, but it will make you 

 richer than any chief in the whole world; but if you tell these high 

 commands to some of your relatives or friends or to your tribe, you 

 shall become poorer than ever, and those to whom you have told my 

 secret shall become rich. Let nobody go with you to that river! — 

 only you two, you and my dear daughter. She shall go with you; 

 and if she has some children, then you shall take them with you; 

 and whoever goes there without your consent, he shall die by the 

 fumes of the live coppers." 



After Tsauda had given this advice to them, he said to his favorite 

 daughter, ' ' Now, my dear, go with me to the foot of that white-pine 

 tree!" and when they reached there, he told his daughter, "You 

 shall eat the pitch that covers this white-pine bark as a medicine 

 against the influence of your copper-work. You shall rub it over 

 your hands and face before you take the live copper." As soon as 

 Tsauda had said this, he flew up to his supernatural home. 



Then the prince and his wife went up there for coppers. He did 

 all that his father-in-law had commanded him to do, and he was the 

 first copper-worker among the natives. He became richer than any 

 chief round about, and his fame spread all over the country. Chiefs 

 from all the different tribes came to buy his costly coppers with 

 many thousands of costly animal skins, and canoes, slaves, boxes of 

 grease, costly abalone shells, and all kinds of things. So this prince 

 was great among all the chiefs. He gave away many times costly 

 coppers, male and female slaves, elk skins, and ah kinds of goods. 

 At his last great feast he invited the chiefs of all the tribes, and they 

 proclaimed that he should take his great grandfather's name, Around 

 The Heavens, and all the chiefs said that he should be the head chief. 



52. Story of the Wolf Clan 1 



There were two villages in the Strait of Metlakahtla. One was 

 inhabited by the Eagle Clan, the other by the Wolf Clan; and they 

 were on friendly terms, for the chief of the Eagle Clan was married 

 to the princess of the Wolf Clan, whose name was Bidal. The 

 chief's name was Nes-wa-na'°. 



Once upon a time these two friendly people agreed to build a weir 

 between the two islands, so as to catch seals and fishes at low tide. 

 After they had finished the weir connecting the two towns, they 

 made an agreement that whoever should awake first in the morning 

 should go down and take something caught by the weir. The people 



