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iiiov(> buck, and one of the i)rince"s uncles gives liim liis daiiyliter 

 in nuiri-iiige. The prince .sells provisions for elk skins and slaves, 

 gives a potlatch, and becomes a chief. 



She-wiio-uas-a-Labret-on-one-Side 



A scabby slave girl appears on the street of a village. A prince 

 marries her. When his mother feeds her, she puts into the empty 

 dish a scab, which is transformed into an abalone shell. In the evening 

 the girl's mother. Evening Sky, comes and announces that her people 

 will come and give the prince much property. Next day they arrive. 

 The prince and his people go inland to trade. His wife is angry 

 because he does not take her along. She bathes the awkward brother 

 of the prince, gives him red paint, and sends him to the inlanders to 

 trade for weasel skins. He becomes beautiful and rich, and she mar- 

 ries him. Her mother comes again and brings much property, which 

 she gives to her new husband. 



The Grizzly Bear 



The eldest of four brothers goes hunting with his two dogs. He 

 comes to a glacier, which he crosses, and suddenly finds himself in 

 front of the den of a Grizzh^ Bear, who kills him and his dogs. The 

 second and third brothers meet the same fate. The youngest, on 

 reaching the den, falls into it and strikes with his hand the Bear's 

 vulva. She marries him. After some time he gets homesick and 

 returns, accompanied by his bear wife. They live with his parents 

 and the Beai' makes friends with the man's child and with his former 

 wife, whom she allows to return to him. The Bear and this woman go 

 berrying, the Bear keeping the berries in her stomach. On their 

 return they invite the people in. The Bear defecates the berries into a 

 dish, but the people are afraid to eat them. The Bear robs a man's 

 salmon weir, taking out the fish before daylight. She gives the fish 

 to the people. The owner of the weir scolds her and she kills him. 

 She goes back to the mountains, and tells her husband, who tries to 

 follow her, to go home. When he does not obey, she kills him. 



The Squirrel 



A young man has killed many ,s([uirrels. One daj' he sees a white 

 squin-el climbing a spruce tree. He goes around the tree to get a 

 shot and finds that the squirrel is the daughter of the chief of the 

 squirrels. He is called into the house. The chief asks him to Iturn 

 tiu> uw.it and bones of the squirrels whom lie has killed and thus to 

 restore the scpiirrel people to life. In return he promises to make 

 th(^ hunter a shaman and gives him a dance and a song. After some 

 time the youth's dried-up bodyis found on the tree. It is taken to 



