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end of four days he was found lying on the floor of his house, and 

 around him terrible whistling was heard. No one went near him. 

 He was alone in his house singing and ready to work. 



Therefore he called all the people into his house, and he told them 

 how he had entered the house of the supernatural power in the pit ; 

 and he said, "They have given me great powers to do what nobody 

 eke can do. I will bring back to life the dead." The supernatural 

 power had given him the name Only One. 



He did wonderful work among the people, healing them, reviving 

 the dead; and Ms fame spread through all the villages round about, 

 and many sick people were anxious to see him. 



Other shamans tried to kill him with their powers, but he destroyed 

 them all ; and not many people died in his time, because the diseases 

 were afraid of him. Every day he was called into another village by 

 rich and poor, and he came to be very wealthy. Some shamans, 

 however, were jealous of him because his supernatural power was 

 stronger than theirs, so they sought how they might kill him. He 

 did all his duty among the sick people, and those who were sick loved 

 him. 



One day a canoe came in front of his house. It was sent by a 

 chief in another village to call him, for the chief's son was very sick. 

 Only One's supernatural power told him that the prince was not sick, 

 but that they wanted to kill him and his supernatural power. Then 

 the great shaman called all Ids attendants. They took a large 

 canoe and went down the river; and when they arrived, all the people 

 of the village went into the chief's house. Oidy One had on his crown 

 of grizzly-bear claws and his apron ; he had his live rattle in liis right 

 hand and the white eagle tail in his left. He put around his neck 

 the ring set with bones representing various kinds of animals. He 

 went up to the house with his attendants; and as soon as he came 

 in, he stood over the sick one, and asked him, " How long have you 

 been sick?" He replied, "Not many days." — "You pretended to 

 be sick. Therefore from this time on you shall never be well again 

 your whole life long. " The chief ordered his attendants to give them 

 to eat. Therefore they spread the mats on one side of the large fire, 

 and they served them with food. Then the chief ordered his attend- 

 ants to bring water. They were to bring water from an old rotten 

 canoe. The young men went; and before they came in, Only One's 

 supernatural power told him that they were bringing water mixed 

 with urine. When the young men came in, the chief asked them 

 to give water to the shaman first. They did as they were ordered; 

 and when the shaman took up the bucket, he stood up and said to 

 the young man who brought it to him, "Drink this water yourself or 

 you will die right here. Go and drink your own urine!" Then this 



