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and the princess began to tell her story — what had happened to her, 

 how she had been deceived by the old shaman. After she had told 

 her story, she wept. 



Then she said to her father, ' 'Invite all the chiefs of all the tribes 

 who lost their daughters." Then the father of the princess sent a 

 messenger to all the tribes, and they all came in at the right time; 

 and after the chief had given them to eat, he said, "The princess 

 my daughter was lost a few days ago, and she came back last night. 

 She shall tell you what has become of your lost children." — "They 

 were all killed by the bad shaman who had his house on the little 

 island outside of Sliding Mountain. He took me away from my two 

 maidens and transformed himself into a handsome young man to 

 deceive me. When I first met him in the woods, he told me that he 

 would take me to lus father's house. I myself, as well as my two 

 maidens, saw that his hair was blond and tied at the back of his head. 

 He was more beautiful than all the young men, and so I consented 

 to let him take me with Mm. When we came to his canoe, I saw that 

 it was full of costly garments, and he told me to lie down in it. I did 

 so, and at midnight we arrived at his home. It was foggy when we 

 went to his house. On the following morning, when I awoke from 

 my sleep, I looked at his face, and saw that it was wrinkled. Then 

 I recognized him, and knew that he had come from time to time to my 

 father's house to sell his beautiful arrows. He told me his name was 

 The Man Who Bound Up His Wrinkles At The Back Of His Head. 

 After two or three days had passed, he said to me, 'I will take you to 

 the grassy rock to comfort you, and you will see nice feathers there, 

 and we shallfind beautiful abalone shells.' So he took me to the grassy 

 rock; and when I left the canoe, he took his pole and pushed his 

 canoe from the rock, and told me that he would leave me alone on 

 that bare rock. I screamed and cried from fear, and asked him to 

 take me to my father, and I did everything he wanted me to do on 

 that rock. I pleaded with Mm in vain. He called me a common bad 

 woman, and last of all he shouted to heaven after he had said that he 

 would give my body to the birds of the air. Then he shouted four 

 times, and, behold! all the birds descended to the rock to devour me; 

 but I hid under a rock on the beach, and he paddled away with all 

 his might. Then the whole rock was full of birds. Soon they went 

 up again, and I walked about the rock. There I saw all the bare bones 

 of human beings, and hand baskets by their sides; and I wept much, 

 for I knew that the bad man had killed all our lost prmcesses. After 

 I had staid four days on the bare rock, I walked about on that rock, 

 and saw a canoe coming down from the little island, and I saw that 

 he was coming to gather the beautiful bird feathers. I Md on the 

 beach and put seaweed over my head. He arrived right in front of 

 me, and was shighig Ms merry canoe-song. He came ashore with the 



