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He is unable to let go the harpoon lino. Fiiiiilly they reach the land of 

 the dwarfs. One of those appears in u catioe, jumps into the sea. clubs 

 halil)nt under water, and puts them into the canoe. When he jumps 

 into the sea again, one man steals two halil)ut. The dwarf notices it, 

 finds the men, and knocks the thief to the ground so that he dies. 

 The survivors are invited in In tlic chict' of the dwarfs. Some birds 

 arrive and a battle ensues in which many dwarfs are killed. On the 

 following ilay the men attack the birds and kill them by twisting 

 their necks. The men are sent home by the dwarfs. 



Smokk-iiole 



A man attains supernatural strength Ijy always sleeping at tiie edge 

 of his smoke-hole. 



Ts'ak- 



A boy named Ts'ak" catches fish, whi(?h are stolen Ity the Grizzly 

 Bear. He scolds the Grizzly Bear, who snufi's him in. Ts'ak' kills 

 the bear by starting a fire in his stomach, and then comes out and 

 asks his grandmother to cut open the bear. At first she refuses to 

 believe him, but finally accompanies him and finds the bear. He 

 visits the village of the Wolves across the river. They tie him, go 

 to his house, and steal the bear meat. On being released he finds his 

 grandmother asleep, cuts out her vulva, roasts it, and gives it to her 

 to eat. She turns him out of the house. A supernatural being tells 

 him how to take revenge on the Wolves. Through a hollow bone he 

 blows sickness into the daughter of the chief of the Wolves. The 

 shamans can not cure her. He offers to do so, and when he is suc- 

 cessful he receives the girl in marriage, and is given much property 

 and a slave named Drum-belly. He desires to get another wife, and 

 starts with his slave Drum-belly and several birds. He comes to a 

 burning mountain, which he tries unsuccessfully to cross by assuming 

 the shape of various birds. He lies down, and is called by a Mouse, 

 whose house is under a bunch of grass. He gains her good will by 

 burning his earrings. She shows him the trail under the mountain. 

 He reaches another Mouse at the far end of the trail, who gives him 

 a carving of crystal for protection, and tells him what to do. He 

 reaches a chief's house with a snapping door. He puts the crystal 

 in so that it can not close, and enters safely. He takes the chief's 

 daughter for his wife. Th<^ father-in-law spreads a bearskin with 

 sharp hair in order to kill him, but Ts'ak' lin-aks the hair with his 

 crystal. Then the father-in-law tries to boil him in a box, and though 

 Ts'ak' seems to be boiled he rises unharmed. He is then thrown into 

 the crack of a split cedar, which closes over liim when the wedges are 

 knocked out, but he kicks the tree apart and comes out. The chief 

 orders his slave to throw Ts'ak' into the whirlpool while the}' are hunt- 

 ing seals, l)ut instead the slave is drowned. He returns with his wife 

 by the same way V)y which he came. 



