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well for the first time. As he became stronger he increased the num- 

 ber of his deadfalls. Now he again went to get [bears], and he killed 

 another. He did not waste the smallest piece of the fat of that other 

 one. And they also enlarged the house. He smoked the meat in 

 it. He also put meat into boxes [to keep it]. Now he began [regularly] 

 to get bears. Every time he went to look at his deadfalls bears lay in 

 them. They lay in all ten deadfalls. They then made their house 

 })igger. 



When it was thought that they were dead of starvation his youngest 

 uncle's wife had them go to look, because she thought that they had 

 died. Instead, his house was full of fat food. And the one she sent 

 to look came back and told her how he was situated. They then kept 

 it secret. 



One night, after they had lived there for a while, his grandmother, 

 having remained awake, thought that her son was acting like a shaman. 

 She did not ask her son about it on the morrow. All this time he took 

 black bears from the deadfalls. Another time, when his grandmother 

 la}^ awake at midnight, her son again acted like a shaman. At this 

 time he started o& with the end [of an unseen rope]. After some time 

 had passed he again acted like a shaman at midnight. His grand- 

 mother also perceived that. During all that time his grandmother did 

 not question him. After he had acted like a shaman for a while 

 Tclaawu'nk!" named himself through him. They had forgotten that 

 he had acted like a shaman at the time when they abandoned him in 

 the cradle. It now happened again. Now Tclaawu'nk!" mentioned 

 his name through him. 



In the morning his grandmother questioned him for the lirst time. 

 His grandmother then asked him: "Tell me, child, why did one whose 

 name the supernatural beings never [dare to] think of mention his name 

 through you?" Then he explained to his grandmother: "I began 

 dreaming about him at the time when I sharpened the heron's bill. 

 On account of him it is easy for me to gather things." This was the 

 reason why his friends were gone. When Tclaawu'nk!" speaks 

 through one his friends die, they say. 



His grandmother then made him a dancing skirt out of an old mat. 

 She took oflf the edge on one side and fastened something to it.' She 

 also made a shaman's bone for him. In the evening he performed 

 like a shaman. His grandmother led the songs for him. She sang 

 for him. Now he began to perform regularly. At this time people 

 began to come secretly from the town to look at him. But he still 

 concealed their condition as much as possible. The}?^ did not know 

 how the inside of his house looked. 



At that time food had begun to give out at the town. They were 

 starving there. He then began to give food in return to the wife of 

 his youngest uncle who had given him food. They came thus to know 

 about him. 



