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said, "Yes, let us go!" They went a long way out to sea. They 

 did not notice that night was coming on. A thick fog arose in the 

 night. Now they did not know where they were; they kept on 

 drifting about day after day until the fog cleared away. Then they 

 saw a strange land, and there were white people on it; and as soon 

 as the white people saw Woodpecker and Kwa'tiyat', they called 

 them into their house and fed them. After they had finished eating, 

 Kwa'tiyat' went out of the house, and found sand just like the kind 

 out of which he had made iron at Yogwat. He told his master, 

 Woodpecker, about it, and the chief told Kwa'tiyat' to get some 

 of the sand and make iron out of it, for fashioning sea-otter spears. 



All the time he was making the iron the white men were watching 

 him. Thus the white men learned how to make the first iron — ■ 

 from the first of the Mowa'tc!ath a tribe. After Woodpecker had 

 staid there a long time, he was given two large dogs, who carried 

 him home on then backs. He left Kwa'tiyat' with the white men. 



He staid with his people for a long time. Then he wanted to 

 go up to heaven. He asked the Woodpecker to let him have his 

 woodpecker mask and skin, and in the morning he put them on. 

 He flew away toward the edge of the world; and when he came to it, 

 he went up into heaven. 



There he met Q!a'nexe £ naxw, and he told him to come down and 

 put everything to rights; that is, to turn into men birds that an- 

 swered him kindly; and into animals those who spoke unkindly 

 to him. After he had met Q !a'nexe £ naxw there, he came down; 

 and as soon as he came home, the secret of QJa'nexemaxw's coming 

 became known; for Woodpecker must have told some one that 

 Q!a'nexe £ naxw was coming down to this world to put everything 

 to rights. Therefore the animals and birds, and even the different 

 kinds of fishes, prepared their weapons to be ready to fight him 

 whenever he should come. 



4. Raven and His Friend Sea Egg, the Small Eater 



Once upon a time there lived at Yogwat a man whose name was 

 Raven, and his friend Sea Egg (Nots!inl £ mlt'). Raven had always 

 liked this man best, because he never ate so much as others; for he 

 had a very small mouth and it was difficult to find. Whenever Sea 

 Egg and Raven were at a feast, Raven would eat everything that was 

 given to them while Sea Egg was finding his mouth, and that is why 

 Sea Egg was liked by his friend Raven. All the men who lived at 

 Yogwat were different kinds of animals and birds and fishes before 

 some were turned into men by Q!a'nexe £ naxw or Andaok u t. 



One day Raven and Sea Egg were very hungry, and they did not 

 know to whom to go. Then Raven said to his friend, "Let us go to 

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