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7. Myre or THE Satmon—There is a famine. The Skunk- 
cabbage and other plants see the Salmon coming up the river. They 
say: ‘‘If it had not been for us, the people would have starved before 
you came.” The Salmon gives them presents for having saved the 
people. The Crow, whois in a canoe with Blue-jay and the Flounder, 
is met by the Salmon. She says: ‘* We are going up to the Cascades 
with the flood tide and shall return with the ebb tide.” This makes 
the Salmon angry. He stops them, twists the head of the Flounder, 
and pulls the Crow and Blue-jay into their present shape, and deter- 
mines that it shall take five days to go up to the Cascades. 
8. Myrn or tHe Evx—tThe eldest of five brothers meets an old 
man in his house, and is asked to hunt for him. The old man goes 
out, transforms himself into an elk, and kills the young man. The 
next three brothers fare no better. The youngest one transforms stone 
arrowpoints into a dog. His grandmother assumes the shape of a 
crow. He is told in a dream what has happened to his elder brothers, 
and is instructed to scratch the fat from an elk skin that he will see in 
the house. When he does so, the old man cries for pain. He leaves 
the house with his dog and makes five lakes, placing one quiver filled 
with arrows near each. Then he re-enters the house. When the Elk 
comes, he begins to shoot, and, when he cannot kill it, he jumps into 
the first lake, which the monster empties. He jumps into the next 
lake. Finally the monster swallows the youth with the water of the 
last lake. The Crow advises him to cut the Elk’s heart, which he does, 
thus killing him. The skin is cut up and transformed into prairies. 
9. Myrn or THE SourHwest Wrnps—In the beginning there were 
five Southwest Winds, who lived in the sky. Blue-jay advises the 
animals to make war upon them. They sing until the sky tilts so that 
it approaches the earth, and they go up. Blue-jay advises the Skate 
to go home, because he is so wide. He has a shooting contest with 
Blue-jay, in which he escapes by turning sidewise, showing his narrow 
side, while Blue-jay is wounded. The Beaver steals fire from the 
house of the Winds, allowing himself to be caught, and then running 
away with the fire. The Skunk is sent as a scout. Next Robin is 
sent, who enters one house and remains sitting near the fire, which 
causes his breast to turn red. The bowstrings and the apron-strings 
of the Winds are cut by the Rats and Mice. Then the Birds attack 
the Winds, who are chiefs of the village. Only the youngest one 
escapes. The people return to the earth, but Blue-jay cuts the rope 
holding the sky to the earth before they are all down. The animals 
remaining above form the constellations. 
10. Rasprr AND DEER—The Deer is the Rabbit’s mother. While 
she gathers roots and berries, he gathers branches, which he ties 
into a bundle and hides near the house. The next day he puts the 
branches into his canoe so that they look like people, and goes down 
—— he 
