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his master's wife, who was supposed to be dead, had married there. 

 She and the town chief's son were in love with each other. 



He then thought that liis eyes deceived him, and he looked toward 

 her again. After that he took the live coals and went in to his master. 

 He did not speak plainly [being a foreigner]. And he said: "Stop 

 j'^our crying. She has married on the otljcr side." But his master 

 whipped him. 



He then went thither again. He saw that they were still playing 

 with each other. And, when he again reported it to his master, he 

 whipped him again. After this had happened four times [his master] 

 came to believe what he said. He then related to his master all he 

 had seen. 



Now ho (his master) went thither. He looked in. His wife, he 

 saw, had in truth married some one there. They were playing with 

 each other. They were laughing at each other. 



He then went away. After he had kept watch for a while that 

 evening he went over. He hid himself inside behind a post. And 

 after they had sat up for a while they went to bed. When the people 

 in the house snored he went to [the place where his wife and her lover 

 were]. They were talking together. And, when the}" were asleep, 

 he went awa3^ 



Very early in the morning he was gone. He was away. He was 

 away. He was away. Some time after dark he came home. He felt 

 happy. He looked at the, box. Only dogfish were in it. 



Next morning he was gone earl3^ He broke knots into pieces. He 

 scraped, greased, and polished them. That was why he was away. 

 He then brought them home. He did not let any one see. He alone 

 knew about it. He ceased to cr}-. He sat about happy. 



And in the evening he went over and hid himself in the house. 

 Then all fell asleep. He went to the place where they were sleeping. 

 When, after talking for a while, they slept he stretched his hand to 

 the rectum of the man and drove a knot sliver into it. The man did not 

 move. And he did the same thing to the woman. She, however, 

 moved and muttered. He then went away. 



When day broke there was a noise of wailing in the town of Falling- 

 forward. They said that the chiefs son and his Avife lay dead in the 

 morning. But he felt happy. He at once washed his head in urine, 

 oiled it, and put on Haida paint. The woman's love made her sick, 

 and as soon as her husband put her into the box she went to the one 

 with whom she was in love. 



After the town had continued there for some time a certain person 

 left it and went up the inlet. After he had traveled for a while he 

 came to a narrow creek running amid water grasses.''* His name was 

 L.'xakuns. 



