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deceives the old man by placing rotten wood on his eyes. Then the 
old man asks him to fetch his playmates, the wolves. Mink does so, 
and they bite and scratch the old man, who bees Mink to take them 
back. In the same way he brings bears, raccoons, and the grizzly 
bears. In all these contests he shows himself stronger than the old man. 
15. Ropry AND SaLMON-BERRY—Robin and Salmon-berry are. sis- 
ters. The latter is very successful in picking berries, while the for- 
mer is not. Salmon-berry suspects that her sister intends to kill her, 
and she warns her five children, telling them what to do. She has 
five boys, while Robin has five girls. Robin kills her sister and 
tells the children that she has lost her. The next day the Salmon- 
berry’s children propose to the other children to play. They make 
a hole, cover it, and make a fire over it, pretending that they are 
being steamed. Soon they say that they are hot, and Robin’s chil- 
dren open the hole and let them out. Then they heat the Robin’s 
children in the hole and kill them. They place them in various 
positions on the house, so that their mother shall not suspect any 
evil when seeing them from a distance. When she comes home, 
she finds the children in these various positions, and discovers that 
they are dead. Salmon-berry’s children escape through a hole that 
they make in the ground. They place their dog at the entrance. 
When Robin asks the dog where the children have gone, it points 
in various directions, thus detaining her. Finally she finds their 
tracks. When they see her coming, they place two kettles on the 
teail, in one of which they place a rope made of elk skins; in the 
o.her they place the antlers; then they command the kettles to boil. 
When the Robin reaches them, she finds the kettles very hot, waits, 
and eats the skins and the antlers, which give her serious pain. 
The children reach a creek, where the Crane is standing, who stretches 
out his leg and allows them to walk across. When Robin reaches the 
creek, the Crane stretches out his leg for her, but turns it over and 
makes her fall into the water. He curses her, and transforms her into 
a bird. Her body drifts ashore, and the Crow picks at it. Then she 
recovers and smears the blood that is flowing from her wound over 
her belly. She visits all the trees, and asks them if they like her looks. 
She tells those that like her that they will be useful to man, while she 
tells the others that they will be of no use to man. } 
16. PANTHER AND Owt—The Owl was the Panther’s slave. Blue- 
jay induces a chief’s daughter to visit the Panther. She crosses five 
prairies and sees the Owl dancing and catching mice. As soon as he 
is looked at, a stick hits his nose. He searches and finds the woman, 
whom he marries. The house is full of fat. On the one side is nice- 
looking fat, on the side where the Owl is living is bad-looking fat. 
The Owl takes some of the good-looking fat, telling the woman that 
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