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his clam shells also. He is also beginning to lose his mats.'' At this 

 time he discovered his name, they sa}'. 



Then he handled the gambling sticks, and the stick on his right 

 shoulder })ulled out his djil.* And the tol>acc(> was too sweet for those 

 watching him on either side who saw it to tell. 



So [his opponent] missed, and when he had finished the counts ten 

 points remained to him. They then again talked about what property 

 they should stake. He staked both the clam shells and the mats, after 

 which his opponent handled the sticks. Then he picked out the one 

 with tine smoke first. He picked the djil. Now he handled them in 

 turn, and when he pulled the cedar bark apart he handed it to the stick 

 with the figure of a .young sea otter on it, which pulled out the djil. 

 He missed again. He was again left with ten points. 



Then they again talked about what they should stake. When that 

 was arranged, his opponent handled the sticks, and he again chose the 

 pile with fine smoke. Again, he picked the djil. And when he had 

 again got through shuffling the sticks and pulling them apart he pre- 

 sented them to the stick on the right side, which pulled out his djil. 

 That also made ten counts for him. 



Then he tried to win back the people of his father's town. He won 

 the five towns. And after those were all rewon, and he had won his 

 mother, his sister, and his father, they started home. He won them 

 back from Great-moving-cloud's son, who had won them from him. 

 This was the son of the one who owns the dog salmon, they say.® 



This is the end. 



This is related as having taken place at the Ninstints town of SLindagwa-i, which 

 was on the southwest coast of Moresby Island. 



'See the story of Supernatural-being-who-went-naked, note 2. 



^Passing over to their new owner. 



^According to another man it was the cedar screen in his father's house, which 

 cuts off a retiring room. 



'Compare the story of Kaven traveling, page 111. 



*My interpreter called this birch, but the identification is rather uncertain. The 

 l)irch is not found on the Queen Charlotte islands. 



