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town." Then he entered, and he gave him food. He had fasted ever 

 .since he lost his father's town in ganiblino-. 



And when he was full [the man] said to him: "Break off a bunch of 

 oambling-stick wood for me which [you will tindj at a corner outside." 

 Pie went out to it and broke some pieces off a bunch of sin.'' Then he 

 sent him to get sometiiing else, and he broke oft" yew wood. He also 

 refused that. Then he said to him: ""A bunch of it is by that corner." 



And after he had taken all sorts of sticks, he broke some limbs 

 from a bunch of Raven\s-)ierry bush(\s'' and handed them to him, and 

 he said: "That is it.'' Then [the man] made it into gam])liiig sticks, 

 and when he had finished them .he touched two with coals. He put the 

 figure of a sea otter on one and he put the figure of a young sea otter 

 on the other. Then he had designs made on live large clam shells. 

 They had figures of cumulus clouds. And he had five mats woven for 

 him. He had these made for him to stake. 



He then said to him: "; 1 will let you float away from here. When 

 one night has passed you will be in front of the town, and you will 

 go to the front of the town and sit there, ready to gamble with the one 

 who won your property." And he also gave him tobacco seeds. 

 " When you begin to gamble, put the stick that has the figure of a sea 

 otter upon your right shoulder. Put the one that has the figure of a 

 young sea otter upon the left shoulder. Divide the tobacco seeds 

 equall}" among those who come and sit on both sides of you to watch 

 you. They might say that you do not play fair, but the tobacco 

 seeds are so sweet that they will not sa}' it." 



When he had finished giving him directions he brought out a small 

 ])ox, and he opened successively five boxes that were one inside of 

 another. Then from the innermost one he brought out a hawk feather, 

 put it into the corner of [the chief s son's] eye, and turned it round. 

 And when he pulled it out, it was full of blood. Then he squeezed 

 this off, washed it, and pushed it in again. After he had done the 

 thing again it w^as clean, and he did the same thing to the one on the 

 other side. And when that had also become clean he put it also into 

 his mouth. Thence he pulled out dead lice that he had eaten. He 

 pulled them out stuck to the hawk feather. His eyes had become full 

 of blood from seeing his sister's bloody heel. That was why he lost. 



And he again gave him directions: "When you gamble with him 

 pick up the pile that has the longest smoke, and wdien you have almost 

 lost pick up the one that has short smoke.'' 



He did so. When the man was opposite he took the one with the 

 long smoke. During all that time he lost. After they had almost 

 beaten him he took the pile with the light smoke. He took the djil." 



At the time when he missed one of his father's slaves laughed at 

 him. "Hi hi hi hi hi. Sounding-gambling-sticks is beginning to lose 



