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sharpening his knives in order to kill the Transformer, who then examines 

 the knives, pushes them into the head of the man, tells him to turn around, 

 puts the dust of the whetstone on his rump, and transforms him into a 

 deer. (He makes two cuts in the man's head, out of which antlers grow, 

 and smears his rump with the dust, Ne Dawson 20.) In the Nootka version 

 Nua the man is told to shake his head and to put his hands on the 

 ground. In Nu6 he puts the shell knives in the deer's head, and slaps it on 

 each side. Then Deer is sent to the woods. In the Cowichan version the 

 man is making arrows with shell points. In one Squamish version (5.56) he 

 is sharpening shell knives. Nothing is said about the use of the dust of the 

 grindstone. In the Squamish version recorded by Hill-Tout he makes arrows. 

 The Transformers pull his ears long, pull his arms out, push one of the bones 

 on which he is working into his feet, then they clap their' hands and make a 

 noise like a deer, upon which the transformation takes place. The deer runs 

 too fast, and is called back. The Transformers knock the hoofs of his hind 

 legs together several times, clap their hands, and send him off again. In the 

 Puyallup version the bone is also pushed into his legs. In the StsEe'lis ver- 

 sion recorded by Hill-Tout the man grinds bone on a rock. His legs are 

 struck with a grizzly-bear skin and he becomes a deer. Among the Quinault 

 the man is grinding shells for knives. He gives three to the Transformer, 

 who claps one on each side of the head for ears, puts him on all-fours, turns 

 him round, and fastens one behind as a tail. He tells him to run into the 

 woods, but to look back from time to time. Therefore the deer behave that 

 way nowadays Quin; Chin; Quilleyute. Among the Uta'mqt the man is 

 grinding a stone knife, which is put on one side of his head. 



17. Origin of land otter, mink, marten, bear, and raccoon H ap 883; 



Ne 5.200; Ne 9.203; Ne 11.213; Nu ap 910. 



Analogous to these are stories of the origin of land otter (Ne 11.213; Nu ap 

 910), marten and bear (Nu ap 911), mink (Ne 9.203; Ne 11.214; Nu ap 913), 

 and raccoon, who makes a spear with rings (Ne 5.200; Ne 9.203; Ne 11.212; 

 Nu ap 910). In all of these the Transformer pushes a spear, with which 

 the person intends to kill him, into the enemy's rump. The Bellabella data 

 contain no details H ap. 



18. Origin of the beaver Nu 5.98; Nu ap 911 ; Quilleyute, Farrand MS. 



Related to these is also the story of the origin of the beaver, who was a man 

 who was preparing a broad-bladed knife to kill the Transformer. The knife 

 is made into its tail. 



19. Origin of the Woodpecker U 226. 



To this group belongs also the origin of the 'Woodpecker, who is a trans- 

 formed man who is using his adze. 



20. Origin of the Crane Squ Hill-Tout 3.519 (see No. 65, p. 605); Ne 



5.201; Nu 157; 1 Co 5.64. See No. 67, p. 606. 

 ' The Bellabella version contains a few peculiar elements : 



21. Q !a'neqe £ lak u passes his hand over the body of the semi-human 



Killer Whale, who becomes a man and a member of the Killer- 

 Whale Clan H ap 883. 



22. He creates the dog and gives it to man H ap 883. 



23. He names people and animals H ap 883. 



i Globus, vol. mi (1888). 



