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how I will catch them ? Oh yes ! I will make a spear and also a pole." 

 So, indeed, he made (those things). And after he finished (them) 

 he speared one of those salmon. Then when he landed it ashore he 

 cut it open and began to roast it. Then he said to (the salmon) 

 repeatedly, ''My children will habitually do this to thee after they 

 shall become people." Then after he finished he started out. And 

 not long (afterward) he came to a river. Then he stood (there) for 

 a long time and thought in his mind: "I wonder now what (beings) 

 shall have this here river as (their) river. Oh, yes ! the Sturgeon will 

 have it for a river." So he said (to Sturgeon), "Climb up here!" 

 Then not long (afterward) a Sturgeon began to climb up. Then he 

 told him, "Only thou shalt have this river for a river, and, further- 

 more, the Whale will live in that lake." And after he finished (this) 

 he went on again. Then not long (afterward) he came once more to 

 a river. Then he stood (there) for quite a little while thinking in his 

 mind, "I wonder now what shall be its name? Yes, Siuslaw will be 

 its name, and (the place) where I stand now will be called ' Wai'dusk' .' " 

 Then when he finished he said , " I will go upstream that I may exam- 

 ine the rivers." Then he did not. go very (far) upstream when he 

 stopped for a while (at a certain place) and said, "I will try to fish with 

 a pole." So, indeed, he began to fish with a pole. But (it was) not 

 long before a monster appeared (who) opened his mouth and bit at 

 his bait. So he jerked him quickly to the shore, and where (that 

 monster) fell (to the ground) it split the mountam into two, and only 

 his tail was sticking out. And the (place) where that previously 

 mentioned whale fell became covered with water. Then as (S^u'ku) 

 was about to depart he said, "This place will be called Line-Fishing 

 Ground, because I was fishing here with a line." And this is why 

 line fishing is being done (now), because he did so (at that time). 



Then he went on up the river and arrived not long (afterward) 

 upstream. And when he saw the (several) rivers all over (this 

 region) he said, "Now these rivers are very good; all beings will have 

 them for (their) rivers." And then when he was about to turn 

 back he looked across and saw a smooth rock. So he went to it 



