boas] DESCRIPTION OF THE TS1MSHIAN 477 



An owl impersonating a shaman refuses to be caught (329). The 

 companion of a shaman becomes shaman in his place (330). 



There are also remarks on the trickery of shamans. One of them 

 pretends that the people can escape threatening danger only by 

 fleeing, his object being to get possession of all their provisions (83). 



Stones are thrown on the bones of a dead evil shaman (344). 



Witchcraft may be practiced in various ways. Thus weapons, 

 tools, and other objects are bewitched by blowing water on them 

 (299) ; but blowing water upon the body also serves as a protective 

 device (327). A person may be bewitched by catching liis breath in 

 shredded cedar bark, which is put into the mouth of a frog (129, 

 N 219). Persons may also be bewitched by placing part of the cloth- 

 ing hi a "witch box." A piece of a corpse is in the box. The piece 

 of clothing is hung up by means of a string. If the string breaks and 

 it falls on the body, the person must die. After the person is dead, 

 the witch must walk around the grave of his victim (N 217). 



