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hair, which becomes blond and long, and she makes his skin white 

 and beautiful (see also Ts 185, Sk 354). 



She combs his hair, which becomes blond, and makes his skin soft and white. Next 

 a story that does not belong- to this tale is introduced here: Raven leaves the salmon 

 in the canoe, and asks his eye to watch over it; thus he loses his eye. When he 

 comes back home, the Salmon Woman washes his eye-socket, and at once he has 

 a new eye Ts. 



The woman has long hair, and Raven asks her to make his hair long too; she replies 

 that the salmon will become entangled in his hair, and refuses; he insists, and she 

 pulls it long, first down to the shoulders, then down to his waist, and finally she makes 

 it as long as her own BC 94. 



She washes his head, and his hair becomes long; she combs and pulls his hair until 

 it is as long as her own; then Raven ties it up in a knot at one side of his head Ri MS. 



When the house is full of salmon, Raven becomes proud. One 

 day, when the salmon catch in his hair, he scolds them. Thus he 

 insults his wife, who disappears with all the fish. 



One day Raven dresses up, and his wife combs him. As he goes out, the backbone 

 of a spring salmon catches his hair. He throws it into the comer of the house, saying, 

 "You come from the body of a naked woman and catch my hair! " Then his wife is 

 ashamed ; and when the same happens in the evening, the woman calls her tribe, and 

 all leave the house Ts. 



One day Raven goes home and beats his wife, and she leaves with all the salmon 

 T16. 



He strikes her shoulder with a piece of dried salmon, and she disappears in the 

 water with all the fish; he asks his father-in-law to send her back, but is refused T16. 



The salmon pull at his forehead; and he says, "Why to goodness is there so much 

 salmon? " Then the woman goes away into the sea, and the salmon follow her Me. 



In the smoke-house salmon stick in his hair; he scolds them, and at once she tells 

 the dog salmon to swim away; a box of salmon roe on which his sister is sitting is the 

 only food left in the house Ska. 



Going out, Raven moves his head about to show off his hair; the salmon become 

 entangled in it; on entering, the same happens; he becomes angry and throws them 

 down; then the woman jumps into the water, followed by all the salmon BC 94. 



When he is starting a fire, the salmon become entangled in his hair; he scolds them, 

 and the woman who had been taken from the grave dies again; at the same time the 

 salmon disappear Ri 5. 



He puts up the salmon, and they catch in his hair; he scolds them, saying that 

 they belong to the Ghosts; when his wife becomes angry, he excuses himself, saying 

 that he spoke kindly to them; however, she whistles and disappears with the salmon 

 RiMS. 



He dries the salmon. When one catches his hair, he gets impatient, and says, 

 ' ' How heavy are the bodies of the dead ! ' ' His wife is offended, and disappears with 

 all the salmon Ne 5. 



Mink becomes proud and beats his wife; the salmon catch in his hair; he scolds 

 them, and woman and salmon disappear K 5. 



Great Inventor gets fuel; the salmon catch in his hair, and he scolds them, saying 

 that they come from the dead; at once the woman is transformed into foam, and the 

 salmon disappear; Great Inventor tries in vain to call her back K 9. 



/£ meal becomes proud; the backbone of the spring salmon catches in his hair; he 

 scolds it, saying that it comes from the Ghosts; this happens repeatedly, and Salmon 

 Woman calls the salmon and goes back with them K 10. " 



