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15. The Transformer paints all the birds and blackens Raven, who 



wants to.be made beautiful Co 5.64; Chilliwack, lower Fraser 

 River, HUl-Tout. 1 



16. A man who whistles and makes a spear is thrown into the water 



and transformed into a whitefish Lil 295; Ntl Teit 3.331. 

 A man with small mouth and big stomach is transformed into 

 the fish spa'ltsEp Sts 5.22. 



17. The Transformers are afraid of a shaman, who is then thrown 



into the water and transformed into a codfish No 1 1 .223 ; Ne 

 9.207; Co 5.63 (see pp. 589, No. 5; 685). 



18. The brother of a shaman on Harrison Lake is transformed into 



a seal Ntl Hill-Tout 1.215. 



One of the most characteristic traits of the Transformer tale 

 around the Gulf of Georgia and in the adjoining parts of the interior 

 arc transformations of individuals into stones of remarkable shape. 

 In this respect there is a certain similarity to the Raven tales Nos. 

 89-93, 96, 2 of our list. Thej* differ, however, from the northern 

 tales, in so far as in almost all cases individuals, and very often 

 ancestors of vdlage communities, are transformed. Following is a 

 list of incidents of this kind: 3 



19. People look at the Transformers through cracks in rocks and are 



transformed into stones. Among these are mentioned a 

 Swan stone, a Hat stone, a Whale stone Sts Hill-Tout 5.360. 



20. Tso'lslE, who is spearing seals, becomes stone Sts 5.24; Sts Hill- 



Tout 5.361. 



21. People cooking salmon-heads become stone. The boiling water 



is transformed into Harrison Hot Springs Sts Hill-Tout 5.361. 



22. Two novices are transformed into stone Sts Hill-Tout 5.361. 



23. Waves of Harrison Lake are transformed into stone Sts Hill- 



Tout 5.361. 



24. Nose, arms, heart, of a shaman, become stones Sts Hill-Tout 



5.361. Sx'ai is given blood to smoke; and his tongue, 

 stomach, arms, leg, head, become stone Sts 5.21. 



25. One Leg, whose harpoon is stolen by the Transformers, is changed 



into a stone which controls the wind Sts 5.23. 



26. Skaiya'm (the wolverene) is transformed into stone Lil 294 (see 



No. 64, p. 605). 



27. T'exula'tca, the ancestor of the Tc'ilexue'uk, is first transformed 



into a wild carrot, then into a salmon, a mink wearing a 

 feather, and finally into a stone Sts 5.26. 



i II ill-Tout, Report on the Ethnological Surveyor Canada (Report of the 72d meeting of the British Asso- 

 ciationfor the Adm-nccment of Science, p. 388, Belfast, 1902). 



! See p. 574. 



'■> The various tales belong to the different v illage eommunit ics of Fraser River, but happen to have been 

 recorded among the StsEg'lis and Squamish. They have been indicated accordingly, although not quite 

 properly, Sts and Squ. 



