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his people to do for us, and what we should like them to put on the 

 water for us to get. Now, the first thing we always like to get from 

 them is eagle's down; and mussel-shells (do'tclim 1 ), the large ones; 

 and the haplatci'm* — these three things we always like to have. We 

 also do not want them to use blunt-pointed spears on us, for it hurts; 

 and whenever they make salmon traps to catch us with, let them 

 shave the sticks well and put a good sharp point on them. Also, 

 whenever they cook salmon in any way, and whenever they finish 

 eating' it, let them pick up all the bones and pieces of skin and throw 

 them into the salt water. Then we can come home again. If they 

 do not do that, we can not come tp life again." 



After the wise man had finished speaking, Chief Fast Swimmer 

 spoke again, saying, "Now, I want one of you, my speakers, to give 

 my son-in-law a blanket to wear when we come to his home;" and 

 the head speaker got up and said, "I will give your son-in-law my 

 four-times-jumper blanket; and whenever he wears it, he can jump 

 out of the water four times." 



Then the people said, "Let us go and see him try the blanket on!" 

 and they gave Ya'loV the salmon-skin blanket, yet it looked to him 

 like a fur blanket. Then he put it on, and he was taken down to the 

 beach and told to go into the salt water; and as soon as he went into 

 the salt water, he was turned into a dog salmon. Then he jumped 

 out of the water four times, but he did not jump the right way. After 

 he had jumped out of the water four times, he came out and was 

 turned into a man again. 



When he came out of the water, his father-in-law said to his people, 

 "I do not like the way that blanket jumps, for four times is not 

 enough for him. I will give him my ten-thnes-jumper blanket; and 

 I will try and get it now," said he, as he ran up the beach. 



He went into his house; and very soon he came out carrying his 

 blanket in his hand; and when he came up to where Ya'loV was 

 standing, he told him to take the four- times-jumper blanket off and 

 to put the ten-times-jumper blanket on. Then Ya'lo s a' took off the 

 blanket and put the new one on. Then he was told to go and try 

 that one in the salt water; and as soon as he went into the water, 

 he turned into a pretty dog salmon, and began to jump ten times 

 without anything going wrong with him. Then he came out of the 

 water and was turned into a man again. 



After they had finished, the chief of the Dog Salmon told his people 

 not to forget to take the boils, or "sickness of swelling," for a 

 bottom board of the ten canoes. The people got their canoes ready; 

 and when everything was in readiness, in the evening the chief of the 

 Dog Salmon sent his four speakers to call the men, women, and chil- 

 dren into his house. In a very short time all came in. Then he 

 took the remaining nine baskets of eagle's down, and gave them to 



