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one log lay on dry ground. So after she took off her clothes she piled 

 them up there on top (of the log) . Then she began to bathe. And 

 after she came ashore agam she sat down on top of that log. Then 

 (soon) her eyes began to smart, so she closed them (for a little while) . 

 Then for a long time she did not open her eyes. But when she opened 

 them again, behold ! the log was abeady far (in the sea) . It was really 

 a canoe on which she had sat down, but she mistook it for a log. 

 Then when she was far (out) she began to cry. 



Those five brothers (her captors) were going back with her to the 

 other side. And after they returned with her across she did not go 

 ashore. She simply stayed there in the canoe, (since) it was not 

 known yet who was going to marry her. So the Fur-Seal was sent 

 (being told that) he should take her so that he might marry her. And 

 as he was about to enter the canoe he dressed a little. He put on 

 his neck his dentalia shells and also his (abalone?) shells, and then 

 went down to the water dancing. Jiax zui, Jidx luI. But when he 

 came to her she just covered her head and cried, "Pray tell him I 

 refuse that Male'tst!" So he went back on the shore and informed 

 his cousin that that woman refused to marry him. So that Sea-Otter 

 sent again another of his younger brothers, but the same thing hap- 

 pened again; she just covered her head. Then again he sent another 

 one, but likewise the same thing was done. So after all his younger 

 brothers had gone he finally went to her himself. And now (to his) 

 surprise she went back with him, and he took her as his wife. 



Then they were living in one house, (and) their cousin, the Fur-Seal, 

 lived at the other end of the house. Every day he habitually went 

 out to the sea and usually came back with aU kinds of things; all sorts 

 of things that Fur-Seal was constantly eatmg. And that woman's 

 husband he also went (out) habitually every day, but he usually came 

 back every day with only crabs and clams. Then she was sorry in 

 her mind about it whenever she looked at the other end of the house, 

 because he was eating all kinds of things, while they were eating 

 only crabs. 



Now when the brothers of that woman found out (that she was 

 carried off) they began to get ready. They took along all their (fight- 

 ing) implements and went across. Then they came to where there 

 was a snag, and they floated (around there) for a long time, so that 

 they could see which way it (would) stay up the longest. Now the 

 eldest brother told them that it was (staying up) for a longer time 

 (when the waves pressed it) downward, but the youngest brother told 

 them that it remained (on the surface) for a longer time (when the 

 waves bore it) upward. Whenever it rose (to the surface) the abalone 



