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When the brothers find the woman glued to a rock by the Halibut, they fill a bladder 

 with blood. One of the brothers dresses like his sister and dives with the knife and 

 the bladder. He reaches the house of the Halibut, who mistake him for the woman. 

 The friends of the young man try to kill Halibut, but these see their hooks and the 

 fishermen are unsuccessful. At night the man cuts off the Halibut chief's head and 

 runs away with it Tl 39. 



This part of the story is more closely related to the story of the 

 revenge of the brothers, which is found on the southern part of the 

 coast (see also Gau'o, p. 847). The rest of the story does not belong 

 to the group discussed here. 



A man who goes bathing discovers the woman who has been taken away by the 

 Frogs in the spring of the year, sitting in the middle of the lake among the Frogs. 

 The people try to give presents to the Frogs in order to induce them to give up the girl. 

 When they are unsuccessful, they try to drain the lake. When the water runs out, 

 the Frogs are scattered. They dress the young woman and put their own odor upon 

 her. The girl is taken by her people. At first she can not speak, but gradually 

 regains her speech and tells what happens. When they try to remove the black 

 mud that she had eaten while a Frog, she dies Tl 53. 



In another version of this story the woman sends her children to visit their grand- 

 father. They are thrown out of the house. The next time they visit their grand- 

 parents they are taken in and are given cranberries. When they go out, the man 

 follows with dishes of food, which are placed at the edge of the water. The dishes 

 move out into the lake, and sink. The old man sends his messengers to invite the 

 Frog tribe, who say that they can not come. The woman, however, appears, accom- 

 panied by two noble Frogs. Then the people drain the lake. The woman is seen 

 floating along with the Frogs, which cover her body except the face. She is taken 

 into the house, and the Frogs are killed by being struck with human bones. The 

 young woman then stays with her father Tl 236. 



A woman who is married to the Frogs is discovered by children, who hear her laugh. 

 The chief tells the people to drain the lake. The brothers of the woman hide; and 

 when the water runs off, the Frogs are carried away. The young woman's husband 

 is swimming along with her. The brothers take her. The young woman and her 

 child are on her husband's back. She is taken to the house and tells the people how 

 the Frogs live. Finally both she and her child disappear M 554. 



The girl who has been taken away by the Fire has disappeared. On the advice 

 of a shaman, the chief orders all the fires to be put out. Then she reappears from the 

 chief's fireplace. From that time on she sometimes stays with her father, sometimes 

 with the Fire Spirit. Her cousin is in love with her. When the Fire Spirit discovers 

 this, he calls her. He hurts her in some way, and she returns to her father's house. 

 She remains single the rest of her life Tl 239. 



The Grizzly Bears have taken away a girl because her father killed too many bears. 

 After two years his dogs find the Bear den, and he is taken to the house. She tells 

 her father not to kill any more grizzly bears, and on his way back to remain in his 

 canoe at the end of the trail. Whenever he goes to that place, they give him mountain 

 goats and other animals. After two years more he visits his daughter again, who by 

 this time has a daughter, fie wants to take the child along, but is told to wait until 

 the girl is grown up. The child's grandmother goes along to visit her daughter. 

 Finally the daughter's child marries among the Wolf people. The man is told to 

 discontinue his visits M 508. 



The story of the woman who married a Devilfish (Kai 260, M 560) 

 is somewhat different from the rest. 



