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Inventor (Genayo). When Inventor entered the bedroom of Ya/loV, 

 the head chief, he saw that he had only one eye. Then Inventor 

 asked him how he had lost his right eye; and Ya'loV said, "I lost my 

 eye while going through the woods to bathe in the lake, for gambling 

 against Hekwatses; a stick poked my right eye, and that is why 

 I sent for you to come and tell me what to do to put it right again." 

 Then Inventor told Ya'lo e a' that he could not give him any answer 

 that day. "But," said he, "tonight I will see what I can do for 

 you." Then Inventor left the chief, and the chief told him not to 

 tell any one about his losing one of his eyes. 



At night Inventor found out what to do, and in the morning he 

 went back to Ya'lo £ a"s house. He told him that he had found out a 

 way; that was for Ya'lo £ a' to go round the world and get married to 

 some chief's daughter who had supernatural power. Then Ya'lo £ a', 

 the chief, said, "How shall I go round the world?" and Inventor said, 

 "I will make for you a garment (yaha'V) out of a swan's skin, and 

 you wdl have to put it on, for everybody likes to get a swan's skin; 

 and when people see you sitting on the salt water in front of the 

 village, you must look for a pretty princess for your wife. They will 

 go out in canoes to catch you. All the time you are sitting on the 

 water you will see the people come out of their houses to look at you 

 Then you can pick out a pretty woman who pleases you." 



Inventor had a bundle under his arm, which he pulled out — it was 

 a swan's skin; so he stretched it until it was big enough to cover 

 Chief Ya'lo £ a"s body. When it was finished, Inventor asked the 

 chief if he had a pillow of eagle's down (malhap.'et) ; and the chief 

 said, "Yes, I have." Then he said, "Have ten small baskets made, 

 and fill them from the pillow of eagle's down. You will have to take 

 also food and water with you," said he. It did not take the women 

 long to get ten small baskets made. Then Inventor filled them with 

 the eagle's down, and he said to the chief, "The place from which you 

 are going to get your wife will look like eagle's down." Then he put 

 the swan's skin on the chief, and he put the ten small baskets of 

 eagle's down inside of the skin, and also some food and water; then 

 he said, "Now, you are ready to go." The chief asked, "How 

 shall I get out of the house?" and Inventor said, "I will go on the 

 roof and take some of the boards off to make an open place for you to 

 fly through." Then he went and moved two roof boards and made 

 an opening. Then he came down, and said, "Now, fly up!" and the 

 Swan flew up from the floor, and went through to the roof late at 

 night. 



In the morning early he went and sat in front of the Haskweyat 

 village. One man of that tribe got up early and went out of his 

 house; and the first thing he saw was a great white swan sitting on 

 the salt water in front of the village. Then the man went into the 



