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his voico as an echo into a clifi' and scoUls the chief, who allows the 

 smoke-hole to open again. 'rxa'iu.sEin llie.s away in the shape of a 

 raven, lie catches seals and steams them. A stump eats them. 

 Txil'msKiu makes the stump his slav'<\ and finally he calls all the lish 

 ashore and kills them. 



The Stone and the Elderberry Bush 



The Stone and the Elderh(>rr\' Bush gave hirth nearly at the same 

 time, but the children of Elderberry Bush were born lirst. There- 

 fore man is mortal. 



The Porcupine and the Beaver 



The Beaver invites the Porcupine to his house, carries him over 

 the water, and gives him stic^ks to eat. They agree to play together. 

 The Beaver carries the Porcupine through the water and almost 

 drowns him. The Porcupine then invites the Beaver to visit liim and 

 takes him o\er slippery ice to a tree which he climbs and lets himself 

 fall down. He carries the Beaver up. The Porcupine lets go of the 

 tree and shouts "Space!" and is not hurt when he strikes the ground; 

 but the Beaver snouts "Rock!" and his belly bux'sts when he lauds on 

 the ground. 



The Wolves and the Deer 



The Wolves and the Deer have a feast. They plav laughing at each 

 other. The Wolves laugh first. The Deer fear the large teeth of the 

 Wolves. The Deer are told to laugh aloud. When the Wolves see 

 that the Deer have no teeth, they devour tliem. 



The Stars 



A boy ridicules a Star and is taken up by it to the ,sky where he is 

 tied to the smoke-hole of the Star's house. The boy's father is told by 

 a woman how to recover his boy. He shoots arrows up to tlie sky, 

 making a chain, which he climbs. He sees a man, to whom he gives 

 tobacco, red paint, and slingstones in return for advice. The father then 

 carves figures in the shaj^e of his son, of different kinds of wood, finally 

 of yellow cedar. He ties this figure on the roof in the place of his son. 

 The figure cries when sparks fall on it. The father escapes with his 

 son. Finally the figure stops crying, and the escape of the ])ov is dis- 

 covered. The Stars pursue the fugitives, who throw away the tobacco, 

 paint, and slingstones. The Stars stop and paint their faces. There- 

 fore the Stars are red and blue. The man who had given advice swells 

 on receiving more paint and tobacco and obstructs the way of the 

 Stars. The father and his son safely descend the chain of arrows. 



