458 THE ESKIMO ABOUT BERING STRAIT [ETH, ANN. 18 
Rayen told him that it was from the mountain sheep and the tame rein- 
deer. After Man had eaten Raven Jed him on again to show him other 
things which he had made, and told him not to try to drink from any of 
the lakes they might pass, for in them he had made animals that would 
seize and destroy him if he went near. 
On the way they came to a dry lake bed in which tall grass was 
growing thickly. Lying upon the very tips of this grass, which did not 
bend under its weight, was a large, strange-looking animal, with a long 
head and six legs. The two hind-legs were unusually large; the fore- 
legs were short, and a small pair extended down from the belly. <All 
over the animal’s body grew fine, thick hair, like that on the shrew- 
mouse, but it was longer about the feet. From the back of the head 
grew a pair of thick, short horns, which extended forward and curved 
back at the tips. The animal had small eyes and was of very dark 
color or blackish. 
Raven told Man that when people wished to kill one of these animals 
they first placed logs on the ground under them, for, if they did not, the 
animal would sink into the earth when he fell and be lost. In order to 
kill one of them many people were needed, and when the animal fell on 
the logs other logs must be thrown over it and held down, while two 
men took large clubs and beat in its skull between the eyes. 
Next they came to around hole in the sky, around the border of 
which grew a ring of short grass, glowing like fire. This, Raven 
said, was a star called the Moon-dog (?-gha-lwm ki-mukh’-ti), The tops 
of the grass bordering the hole were gone, and Raven said that his 
mother had taken some, and he had taken the rest to make the first fire 
on earth. He added that he had tried to make some of this same kind 
of grass on the earth but could not. 
Man was now told to close his eyes and he would be taken to another 
place. Raven took him upon his wings and, dropping through the star 
hole, they floated down for a long time, until at last they entered some- 
thing that seemed to resist their course. Finally they stopped, and 
Raven said they were standing at the bottom of thesea. Man breathed 
quite easily there, and Raven told him that the foggy appearance was 
caused by the water. He said, “I will make some new kinds of ani- 
mals here; but you must not walk about; you must lie down, and if 
you become tired you may turn over upon the other side.” 
Raven then left Man lying on one side, where he rested for a long 
time; finally he awoke, but felt very tired, so he tried to turn over, but 
could not. Then Man thought, “I wish I could turn over;” and in a 
moment he turned without effort. As he did this he was surprised to 
see that his body had become covered with long, white hairs and that, 
his fingers had become long claws, but he quickly fell asleep again. He 
awoke, and turned over and fell asleep three times more. When he 
awoke the fourth time Raven stood beside him and said, “I have 
changed you into a white bear. How do you like it?” Man tried to 
