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The following list gives the general character of the introduction as 

 recorded in various areas: 



1. Q !a'ncqe £ lak u and his brothers come down from heaven Ne 5.194; 



Ne 9.187; Ne 11.185. 

 2a. Woodpecker has two wives, Grizzly Bear and Black Bear; the 



former has no children; the latter, three sons and one daughter 



Sts 5.19. 

 2b. Ked-Headed Woodpecker has two wives, Grizzly Bear and Black 



Bear; each has four children U 218. 

 2c. Magpie has two wives, Grizzly Bear and Black Bear; each has 



four sons Sts Hill-Tout 5.360. 

 2d. TEmtli'psEm has two wives, Grizzly Bear and Black Bear; each 



has four children Ntl 5.16. 

 3. Xais comes down from heaven Cow 5.45. 

 4a. Four brothers Xais travel about Squ Hill-Tout 3.518 [Xais 



comes down from heaven Squ 5.56]. 

 46. Four brothers travel inland from the sea, Lake Lillooet, Lil 350. 

 Ac. Three brothers Qoii'qlqal come up the river Ntl Teit 2.42. 

 Ad. Four Transformers Qwo'qtqwal come, up from the sea; Nicola 



Valley, Ntl Teit 3.315. 

 Ae. Four brothers and a sister called A'tse'mel come up from the 



sea Lil 292. 



5. Xone', no origin tradition, Puyallup, 154. ' 



6. Xone'xone, no origin tradition, Chehalis, 155. ' 



7. Le'esa (four brothers) and Kwelaa'llst, who is their aunt's grand- 



son, live at Kamloops; three of the brothers are given power; 

 one becomes a dog Sh 5.1 ; Sh 644; also Dawson 2 31. 



8. The sons of the Dog who had married a girl become the Trans- 



formers, and travel, accompanied by their Dog father Chil 7-9. 

 The following special incidents are mentioned in various versions : 



9. XExals, after a stay inland, comes down to Harrison Lake Sts 



5.19; Sts Hill-Tout 5.360. 



10. The youngest brother is the canoe in which the older ones travel 



Squ Hill-Tout 3.51S. 



11. The youngest is carried on the back of the elder brothers U 220; 



Ntl Hill-Tout 1.198; Ntl Teit 3.315. 



12. The Transformers travel with Mink Sts 5.19; Sts Hill-Tout 5.360; 



Lil 292. 



13. The youngest one wears a beaver cap Sts 5.19. 



In connection with the present discussion it is not necessary to 

 follow out the details of the introduction, which has no inner relation 

 to the following Transformer tale. 



1 Globus, vol. LXin, 1S93. 



- George M. Dawson, Notes on the Shuswap People of British Columbia ( Trans. Roy. Soc. i fin., 1891, 

 Section II, pp. 3-44). 



