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He makes a house of small sticks for his brother [of dirt 9.193; of toilet- 

 sticks 11.192], sprays water on the house, and it becomes large 5.195; 9.193; 

 11.192. 



Then he begins his migrations, on which he meets the ancestors of 

 tlie various subdivisions of the tribes. 



28. He returns to K!wa' £ ne £ 5.199; 11.207; Dawson 20, 21. 



After marrying the daughter of Gwa /£ nalalis (incident 14), he returns to 

 K!wa /£ ne £ , where he finds his brother dead, and revives him by means of 

 the water of life 5.199. In 11.20S he uses the chamber-vessel of Gwsi /£ nalalis's 

 daughter, in order to revive his brother. The incident is also mentioned in 

 Dawson 20, 21. 



29. He carves men who become alive 5.199. 



30. He marries the daughter of a chief in the land west of the ocean 



5.199. 



31. He kills the water monster 5.196; 9.201; 11.217; Dawson 20; 



Co 5.64; Chil 46; BC 5.258. See also Takelma 1 39. 



At Go'se £ he finds a deserted village, in which a girl is the only person 

 alive. The others have been killed by a water monster. Q !a'neqe £ lak u 

 requests the girl to get water for him, and makes her go, notwithstanding her 

 objections. He gives her his belt made of the double-headed serpent to 

 wear. She is swallowed. The serpent comes to life and kills the monster. 

 The body of the monster bursts open, and the ancestors of the Koskimo come 

 out. They first walk in "a one-sided manner," but are set right, Dawson 

 20. A boy alone survives. When he is swallowed, Q la'neqe^lak" causes 

 the serpent to come to life, which kills him. The bones of the Koskimo 

 are vomited up by the monster, and are sprinkled with the urine of 

 Q!a / neqe £ lak u 's wife 11.217. An old man, Nau'etsa, and his granddaughter, 

 live in the last house of the village. When the monster has swallowed the 

 girl, Q !a'neqe £ lak u beats time, and causes the serpent to come to life. They 

 are revived by means of the water of life 5.196. In 9.201 only a child is 

 alive. The bones of the Koskimo are put together in the wrong way, and 

 therefore some of them limp after being revived with the water of life. 



The Comox have an analogous tale. The only survivors are an old man 

 and his grandson, who drink fish oil in place of water. The Transformer 

 covers his body with red-hot stones, goes down to the water, and when the 

 monster, which has the form of a devilfish, touches him with its suckers, 

 these drop off. The Transformer cuts it up, throws it about, and transforms 

 it into squids. The stomach is transformed into a stone; the head becomes a 

 whirlpool near Cape Mudge 5.64. 



Among the Bellacoola the same story occurs as part of the Wa'walis tale. 

 Wa'walis enters a house in which a blind man is boiling deer meat. 

 Wa'walis restores his eyesight l>y spitting on his eyes. The people of the 

 village have been devoured by a sea monster. Wa'walis sends a slave to get 

 water. The slave is devoured by the monster, which Wa'walis kills by 

 moving his staff towards it. He takes out the bones of the people and re- 

 vives them BC 5.258. It occurs in the same connection among the Chilcotin 

 Chil 46. 



1 Edward Sapir, Takelma Texls d'niirrsity of Vi nmylvanin. Tin Musium, Anthropological Publica- 

 tions, vol. n). 



