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107. He transforms a digging-stick and a screen into stone (see No. 



158) Kai 8.237; Ma 315. 



108. He becomes angry with a Whale, kicks the ground, herrings 



come out, which he transforms into human beings; he tells 

 them to establish a town Ma 318. 



109. He transforms himself into a woman and stays on the trail to 



the inland tribes; people become strong by cohabiting with 

 her; she has a small round well; when people drink of it, 

 they become strong Ma 318. 



110. He makes Masset Inlet by drawing a line with his finger Mr; 321. 



111. He digs a hole through a treeless impassable promontory; when 



people go through it, they will not be sick Ma 325. 



112. Raven flies with the Geese; they drop him, and he sprinkles 



down sand, which becomes Rose Spit Kai 236 (see No. 179). 

 A sandbar is created in the same manner M 326. 



113. Raven transforms a killer whale into stone Kai 8.237. 



114. He makes a harbor by making his canoe move backward in a 



semicircle Kai 8.237. 



115. He pushes his sister out of his rock house and transforms her 



into stone Kai 8.237. 



116. Raven cuts a canyon with a shell knife Tl 5.316. 



117. By rocking his canoe he makes the sea rough near Sitka Tla 13. 



118. He tries to make a place like Nass River, but the Clams prevent 



it, drowning his voice by their noise Tla 15. 



119. He transforms into stone two brothers who are crossing Stikine 



River Tla 15. 



120. After the Deluge the people die of cold; some are turned into 



stone; the fish left on the mountains are turned into stone 

 Tla 17. 



121. He transforms a whale and canoes into rocks; these are near the 



place where he killed the beaver (see No. 52) Tla 20. 



122. Raven puts his cap on a rock Na 14. 



123. He tells a rock that it is covered with pubic hair, meaning the 



algae growing on it Tla 18. 



124. He tries to make privates of females of bark and leaves; finally 



he gathers them on an island Tla 16. When going to find the 

 privates of females on an island, he asks various birds to 

 accompany him; none can do it; he places the drawing of a 

 toadstool in the stern of the canoe; then he gets one for his 

 wife and one for his sister Ska 126. 



125. He tells the Tsimshian to hurry, therefore they are industrious 



Ska 112. 



126. From a chief's daughter he obtains a charm to make people 



good-looking; he induces her to part with it by making her 

 believe that ske has soiled her bed and that he will tell on 

 her (see No. 4) Sk/ 137. 



