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The following is the explanation of the characters. 



A. No. 1. Baidarka or skin boat resting on poles. 



2. Winter habitation. 



3. Tree. 



4. Winter habitations. 



5. Store-house. 



6. Tree. Between this and the store-house is placed a piece of 



timber, from which are suspended tish for (living'. 



7. Store-house. From 1 to 7 represents an accumulation of 



dwellings, which signifies a settlement, the home of the 

 person to whom the history relates. 



8. The hunter sitting on the ground, asking for aid, and mak- 



ing the gesture for supplication. 



9. The Shaman to whom application is made by the hunter 



desiring success in the chase. The Shaman has just fin- 

 ished his incantations, and while still retaining his left 

 arm in the position for that ceremony, holds the right 

 toward the hunter, giving him the success requested. 



10. The Shaman's winter lodge. 



11. Trees. 



12. Summer habitation of the Shaman. 



13. Trees in vicinity of the Shaman's residence. 



B. No. 14. Tree. 



15. A Shaman standing upon his lodge, driving back game 



which had approached a dangerous locality. To this 

 Shaman the hunter had also made application for success 

 in the chase, but was denied, hence the act of the Shaman. 



16. Deer leaving at the Shaman's order. 



17. Horns of a deer swimming a river. 



18. Young deer, apparently, from the smaller size of the. body 



and unusually long legs. 



C. No. 19. A tree. 



20. The lodge of the hunter (A. S), who, after having been 



granted the request for success, placed his totem upon the 

 lodge as a mark of gratification and to insuie greater luck 

 in his undertaking. 



21. The hunter in the act of shooting. 

 22-23. The game killed, consisting of five deer. 



24. The demon sent out by the Shaman (A. 9) to drive the game 

 in the way of the hunter. 

 25-28. The demon's assistants. 

 The original text above mentioned with interlinear translation, is as 

 follows: 



Nu-niim' cu-a u-xla qa, pi-cu-qi-a kii da ku-lu-ni, ka xa qaluk'. 



Settlement man came, hunting go wanted (to), (and) Shaman (bej 



asked. 



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