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what he has done. Now, we shall leave this village, and go to Deep ' 

 Bay (Gobde) to have our Lokwa'na' dance." 



All the people were pleased with what their thief said. The first 

 thing they did was to push their canoes (tc.'a'pats) into the salt water, 

 and to take whatever things they wanted. Then they all left the 

 village and went to Deep Bay; and then they had to give the second 

 notice of the L5kwa'na' dance on coming there. 



On the fourth day Raven thought that he had been in the woods 

 long enough; so he came out at the west corner of Yogwat, and 

 began to sing this song: 



"All you, my friends, listen to me! for I will call you all to come and get me out of 

 the woods. I have seen enough of the Lokwa'na' dance, and I am truly hungry." 



While he was singing, he was standing on a rock, naked. The only 

 thing he had on was a wreath of hemlock branches round his neck 

 and head. He had a piece of ice about two feet long and a foot 

 wide. This piece of ice was supposed to be quartz. 



When his wife heard him singing, she went out of the house and 

 said to him, "Don't sing any more! You had better come home, 

 for there is no one in the village to go and bring you out of the 

 woods. They have all gone to Deep Bay to have then Lokwa'na' 

 dance there." 



After she had finished speaking, he started home; and the first thing 

 he said to his wife was that he was hungry. Then she fed him; and 

 when he had finished eating, he said to his wife, "Don't you think it 

 is best for us to go to Deep Bay and join our friends?" His wife, 

 however, said, "No, for it was you who made them leave this place, 

 because you disappeared before the fourth notice was given by the 

 wolves, and that is why Chief Woodpecker called our people into 

 his house and told them to go and leave you here." Raven said, 

 "You may say whatever you like, and j t ou can stay here, but I 

 am going to Deep Bay and join my friends;" and he picked up a 

 paddle and went out of the house, down to the beach, where his 

 canoe was. Then he pushed the canoe down to the salt water; and 

 when he got it into the water, Sea Egg saw that her husband meant 

 to go where his friends were; so she took what things she thought 

 she would want, and went down to the canoe to her husband. In a 

 very short time they arrived at Deep Bay, for it is not far from 

 Yogwat. 



After Raven had arrived at Deep Bay, a man went to all the houses 

 to call every man by name to go into his house to eat steamed 

 salmon (sd'fya'); but Raven's name was not called, and it made 

 him feel very bad. He said to himself, "I will say that I am a 

 great shaman;" and when all the people had gone into the feasting- 

 house, he took hemlock branches and made one wreath for his head, 





