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came up, bird's down rising before he appeared through the smoke hole. 

 Then he came down from the roof of his house on the long ladder which 

 stood in front. He leaped here and there, jumped over the rock, ran 

 among the crowd, and let go Im living arrow. Then the arrow said, 

 "Guldana!" Then Asagulyaan ran back, jumped backward over the 

 rock, and never turned his face from his foes. Then he ran up the 

 long ladder and down through the smoke hole. His arrow killed 

 many people. Then it returned to its master, who took it, and saw 

 that its stomach was full of blood. He wiped it and put it back into 

 the box. Now the new chief, Nes-wa-ma'k, invited all the tribes to 

 fight against Asagulyaan; but the tribes decided to fight him by 

 themselves, each on one day. They all agreed to do so. 



On tbe following day one tribe set out to light him, and they were 

 almost all killed by the arrow of Asagulyaan. As far as the arrow 

 went, everybody was killed, and few people escaped. Each tribe 

 went to battle day by day, but they all failed. 



Now Wiludal told his nephews and his sons-in-law' and also bis 

 grandsons and liis brothers-in-law to assemble in his own house, 

 and gave them advice. He said, "My dear men, not one of you 

 must join these people who fight Asagulyaan, else you will be 

 destroyed with them; for Asagulyaan is a supernatural being; he 

 is not a man. Therefore I tell you, don't go there! His arrow is 

 alive, and will devour every one who comes up against him." 



The young men, however, would not believe what the old warrior 

 had told them. On the following day they all went to battle as to 

 an amusement, for some people had told them that Asagulyaan was 

 like a bird running rapidly down on the beach. So they went with 

 them; and while all the crowds of people were on the beach in front 

 of his house, the shouting in the house, the beating of drums, and 

 clapping of hands, began. Down ascended from the smoke hole, 

 and then the young chief came up there surrounded by a mist of 

 feathers. He ran down the long ladder right down to the beach, 

 jumped over the rock, went down a little farther, and then he let go 

 his arrow. He ran backward, as before, and jumped over the rock 

 backward, climbed up lus long ladder, and went down through the 

 smoke hole. Then his arrow devoured as many people as it could. 



Now all Wiludal's relatives were killed; only one little grandson 

 remained with him. Therefore Wiludal's sorrow was great, and he 

 mourned for many days . He was the one who had taught Asagulyaan 

 how to hold lus weapons in battle. 



He said to his grandchild, "I will go and kill liim because he has 

 slain all my relatives." Then the strong man laughed at liim, mock- 

 ing him, and said, "Now this is the kind of man to kill Asagulyaan. 

 Don't, you old blind man! Stay at home! You wall only hinder 

 the people who will fight with him." Nevertheless he said, "I shall 

 surely shoot him." Yet they scorned him. 



