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Then a chief's son became sick in the town, and they began to get 

 shamans for him. In the evening they began to dance around him. 

 lie who was going to be Tclaawu'nk!" heard the noise of the drum 

 and went over. He then looked into the phice where they were per- 

 forming. He saw that he could be saved. The thing that caused his 

 sickness was plain to his ej^es. But those who were performing 

 around him did not see it. They were unable to save him. During 

 all that time he was acting like a shaman in the place where he lived. 



After some time had passed he sent his grandmother. He sent over 

 his grandmother to say that he would tiy to cure the sick man, but 

 when she repeated it (his words) to them they thought he could do 

 nothing. They even laughed at him. Those who had stolen a look 

 at him while he acted like a shaman then told the people about it. 

 They said they had better get him, and they got him. 



As he was about to start he dressed himself in his own house. 

 He wore the shaman's dancing skirt and the shaman's bone that his 

 grandmother had made for him. He then started thither. He came 

 through the doorway performing like a shaman. Now he started to 

 perform around the sick man. And he saved the sick man. At this 

 time he ceased to try to hide himself. He came to the town. When 

 he was there the}" began buying the meat of him. And he got a great 

 deal of property in exchange, and the property that he received for 

 being called to the sick was also much. At this time he grew pros- 

 perous. He began to provide in turn for the one who had given him 

 food. During all this time the}" employed him as shaman. The fame 

 of him spread ev^erywhere. 



After some time had passed he saw that the Land-otter people were 

 coming to get him. During all that time he drank sea water. He 

 had many nephews. As soon as he saw that the}^ were coming to get 

 him he asked his nephews which of them would go with him. He 

 began at once to collect urine. He also put blue hellebore into it. 



Before this,* whenever many shamans were gathered together, they 

 made fun of him. Afterward, he had his nephews sink him in the 

 ocean. They went out to let him down. And they let him down. 

 They tied a rope to him, and they floated above him for a long space 

 of time. They were right over the deep place waiting for him to jerk 

 the rope. By and by, when he jerked the rope, they pulled him up. 

 At this time he saw the bottom of the Tlingits' island. He was under 

 water there for many nights. He saw of the shamans' houses, the one 

 that lay deepest. At this time he came to have more shamanistic 

 power. 



When he came back from this [adventure] he saw that the Land- 

 otter people were coming to get him. Thereupon he asked of his 

 nephews which one would go with him. They tried to get ahead of 

 one another. " I am the one who will go with you," each said to him. 



