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and put them into the hox of water. When the water was boiling, 

 he put the ball of alder wood into it; and in a short time he took 

 it out and put it into Ya'lo £ a"s eye-socket. He worked it about 

 until it was turned into a living eyeball; and he also pressed Ya'loVs 

 face and made him look like a very handsome man. 



After he had finished it, he went out of the house. Then Ya/loV 

 said to the chief, "Now I want to tell you something before you 

 call your people in. I have brought ten basketfuls of eagle's down 

 (malhaplel). I think you will want to give one basketful away to 

 your people, and you j^ourself may take nine basketfuls for my 

 marriage-gift to your princess." The chief was much pleased at 

 this, for all that the salmon come to the rivers for is to get the eagle's 

 down that drifts on the waters. 



So after he had finished speaking, the chief called his speakers. 

 There were four of them; and when they came, he told them to go 

 and call all the people into his house, for his princess was going to be 

 married to a stranger. Then the four speakers went out of the 

 chief 's house and called aloud to the people to come into the chief's 

 house to see the marriage of the princess to a stranger. Then, of 

 course, everybody wanted to see what he meant; for they did not 

 know that Ya'lo £ a' and the swan were one. 



Everybody went into the chief's house; and after they were all in, 

 the chief himself spoke and told his people about the great white swan 

 that he had caught; that he was the chief Ya'lo £ a' whom they had 

 heard talked about; and that he came to take his daughter for his 

 wife; and also that he had given him something that he knew they 

 would all like to have, and that was eagle's down. 



"And now," said he, "I am going to call him and his wife out of 

 their room to come and sit down there," pointing his forefinger at a 

 mat that was spread at the rear of the house. As soon as he called 

 to them to come, the princess came ahead of Ya'lo e a', and they went 

 and sat on the mat. Now, it is said that Ya'lo £ a' looked very hand- 

 some; for he had his face painted, and he had abalone shells on his 

 ears and a small one on his nose; he also had eagle's down on his hair, 

 and he had put down on his wife also. 



When they came in, all the Dog Salmon people said, "There's a 

 chief! See, he has much valuable property on him!" (They meant 

 the eagle's down.) As soon as they sat down on the mat, all the 

 speakers got up and told the people that they were husband and wife 

 now, and that the chief would bring out the small basket of eagle's 

 down. Then it was brought out by one of the chief's men; and they 

 opened it and gave each chief four pieces of eagle's down, and every 

 one of the common men got one piece of it. They were much pleased 

 with it, and thanked Ya'lo e a' for bringing it to them. He was treated 

 well by all the people. Whenever he was hungry, they would send a 



