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The versions collected in the interior are not quite so clear, and 

 can be understood only in the light of the Coast versions. 



Fox goes hunting, and finds deer pierced by arrows, and a wounded buck comes 

 running towards him. It dies. He takes out the arrows, washes them, and places 

 them in a pile. The Wolves come and ask for their arrows. They take them and 

 leave the meat, which Fox takes home, Nez Perce. 



A boy goes hunting, and hears some one driving caribou towards him. He shoots 

 the large animals. Three Wolves come up to him and ask him if he has killed all 

 the animals himself, to which he replies in the affirmative. The Wolves say that 

 they had eaten beavers which the boy had killed before, and for this reason had 

 helped him Chil 33. 



(45) RAVEN INVITES THE MONSTERS (p. 100) 



(5 versions: Ts 100; Tic 5.317; M 316; M 364; Ne 5.181. See also Ts 1.189; Ts 5.293; 

 Tla 16; T16 170; and Ts 639) 



Raven gives the jirst potlatch to all the sea monsters, which become rocks. He 

 himself is transformed into a rock. Only the devilfish escapes by going down into 

 the water. Therefore the devilfish dies when it hears the raven cry, and people caw like 

 the raven on seeing it 1 Ts. 



Raven invites all the animals to a feast, among them the Killer Whale with many 

 rings on his hat. He shouts, and all become stone, that may be seen on Stikine River 

 Tic. Practically the same story is told by the Masset. He shouts when day comes, 

 and the animals become stone M 316. In another tale Qing 11 invites the Ocean 

 People, who become stone M 364. 



The same story is told of a human chief in Ts 5.293 and Ts 1.189. In this case all 

 the monsters are enumerated by name. The chief, Y !aga-k !une /c sk, invites the 

 sea monsters, who appear, using killer whales as their canoes. When they enter 

 the house, a flood of water comes in. The most dangerous ones sit in the rear of the 

 house. He gives them fat, tobacco, red paint, and eagle down. They promise not 

 to kill people. The chief uses the dress of his guests as his crests Ts 5.293. 



The people go to Nass River, and Y !aga-k !une'°sk puts up a stone totem-pole at 

 Little Crabapple Tree. At his feast he divides animals and supernatural beings of 

 the woods and the sea. The monsters come in on waves of foam. When the foam dis- 

 appears, they are seen wearing their crests. The chief takes his name. It is day- 

 light before the stone totem-pole is erected. The guests disappear, and therefore the 

 stone remain* leaning against the cliff Ts 1.189. 



Quite analogous is the following Newettee tale. Raven builds a feast-house, and 

 orders the Bears, the Wolf, and the Squid to hold it together. Then he invites in 

 all the sea monsters, the birds, and Thunderbird. He feasts them. He alone is 

 able to drink the hot oil that he offers to his guests Ne. 



A similar incident is referred to in Tla, where Raven gives a feast because he 

 desires to see GonaqAde't's blanket and shirt. He invites other chiefs too. As 

 long as the sea monster GonaqAde't is outside, it is surrounded by a fog; but it 

 appears clearly when it enters the house. The same tale is recorded more fully in 

 T16. The crew of a canoe is killed by GonaqAde't; and the chief, instead of taking 

 revenge, invites him and the sea monster, and restores the chief's nephews. 



(46) WREN KILLS THE BEAR 



(13 versions: Tla 17; Sk 362,363; N 117; BC 5.256; Hap 888; Ri 5.212; Nu ap 

 891; Chin 119 ; Quin 126; Ntl Teit 3.331, 342; Lil 312) 

 The story of Wren, who kills the Bear, 2 appears in a great many 

 different connections. Only among the Tlingit does it appear as part 

 <>f the Raven tale. 



In other respects the tale is similar to i lie one discussed here. 



