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After this he went to his fisherman's box and took all his spare 

 halibut hooks out. When it was empty, he filled it from a little 

 stream of water, and poured the water on the moss which covered 

 the dead Bear. It had not been cooking long, when he uncovered it 

 and saw that it was done. Then he began to eat, and continued 

 until he had eaten his friend up. After he had finished eating, he 

 picked up all the bones that were left and hid them in the woods. 

 Then he went home in his canoe. 



When he drew near to the point of Yogwat, he turned the heads 

 of six halibut toward the, stern of his canoe, as though they had been 

 caught by Bear. These were the largest six he had in the canoe; 

 for all Indians, whenever they catch halibut, always put them in 

 their canoes with the tails away from them and the heads toward 

 them. After he had done this, he paddled until he came round the 

 point, where the people of the village could see him. Then he began 

 to cry as loud as he could to make the people of the village hear him; 

 and this is what he said while crying: "I lost my beloved friend 

 Bear while I was fishing halibut with him. He had caught six large 

 halibut, and was hauling up the seventh one, when his leg became 

 entangled in the line. While he was trying to club the fish, he missed 

 his blow, and the large halibut went down and carried him down also, 

 and I never saw him again." This he said as he was paddling. 



The Mowa'tc!ath a went down to the beach to meet him. At first 

 they did not believe him. Some said, "Oh, Raven killed our friend 

 Bear, and has eaten him up!" and some said, "He has left him on 

 some island to die." As soon, however, as they saw the six large 

 halibut headed toward the stern of the canoe, they said to one 

 another, "It must be true that he was pulled overboard by a large 

 halibut, for we can see these six large halibut our poor friend Bear 

 caught; and it is true that sometimes the line will get tangled round 

 either our arms or legs and nearly pull us overboard." 



While they were talking, Cormorant was trying to tell his friends 

 the Mowa'tc!ath a that Raven had killed Bear; but they could 

 not understand him, for his tongue had been taken out by Raven 

 so that he might not tell his friends of what he saw; and Raven told 

 some of his friends to take their large halibut and give them to Bear's 

 friends. So some were given to his wife, and Raven kept the rest; 

 and that is why there are ravens on Yogwat Island, but no bears. 



6. How Andaok u t First Came to This World 



Once there was a vUlage of Indians at £ mo £ wi'n £ is. The name of 

 the tribe was Deer tribe (Mowa'tc!ath a ). One day all the little boys 

 of that tribe wanted to go up the river £ mo £ win' £ ls; and among these 

 little boys were three noted ones. The first was Dogfish (Yalakas) ; 

 the second, Spirit Of The Dogfish (K!wets!kas) ; and the third, Small 



