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brother. And they now made the words of the songs we are sinoing-. 

 Then he acted as if he were chok(Kl. The}^ then said: "(to and get 

 the chief."'' And the}' held hini u}). Marten was Bhick-lx^ar's elder 

 brother. 



One fall both had been i>a( hering salmon, and he said to Rlack-})ear: 

 "Younger ])rother, stand in the creek downstream. I will stand 

 above in the creek. I will float down to you the bodies of those 1 

 kill.'" 



The}' did it at once, and his younger brother, Black-bear, went 

 into the creek below and stood there. Now, as soon as Marten got 

 into the creek above he floated one down, and his younger brother 

 below threw it out. 



He was at some distance from where they lived. After he had 

 been gone for some time he came in to his wife and children, and as 

 he caressed his children he said: "Fresh salmon, my daughter, fresh 

 salmon." Now, she went out to get them and saw nothing. Then 

 she came in and said to her father: "Father, 1 saw nothing there." 

 And he said to his daughter: "They lie just outside, my daughter." 

 Now, she again went out. Again she could not find them. " Father, 

 only gills [with entrails attached] lie outside." "Those are the 

 things, my daughter." She then brought them in and roasted them. 

 And he went opposite to where they were being cooked and said: 

 "[Give me] the milt of a salmon."'' 



He (the hunter) then went up to one farther iidand. When he 

 came in sight of it one also lay in that. He pulled it out. Now, when 

 he took his knife they also sang through him: 



Chief, chief [that 1 am], 



When the sun rises I start traveling about. 



[Now] I am lying under the deadfall. Chief, chief [that 1 am]. 



When he had gone farther back he came to still another in a dead- 

 fall. He also pulled that out. When he took out his knife that also 

 sang through him: 



Chief, chief [that I am], my power is all taken away. 

 My power is all taken away. 



Chief, chief [that I am], my power is all taken away. 

 My power is all taken away. Chief, chief [that 1 am]. 



After he had sung this song through he went still farther up. One 

 lay in that also. He pulled it out. When he began to skin it it began 

 to sing as before: 



Chief, chief, whither did my great brother •* wander jiroudly? 

 My mind shakes as 1 go about. Chief, chief. 



