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When he wont up from that place he t-anie to where another was 

 caught. He pulled it out. This was the seventh. When he again 

 took his knife it began singing as before: 



Chief, chit'f, tell me where he fell." I do not know the place. Chief, chief, 

 chief. 



That da}' he took out ten black bears. But his father died of thirst. 



Ten black bears were taken in the deadfalls, and each of these sang a song through 

 the mouth of the human being. My informant, however, knew only seven of these. 



^ The word for chief used here, HalFx.ias, is supposed to be that employed by 

 the Black-bear people or perhaps generally by the supernatural beings. It is used 

 as a refrain and often is repeated many more times than I have represented. 



^ The black bears are supposed to have had a trail from one end of the Queen 

 Charlotte islands to the other, and back of Tasoo harbor there was supposed to be a 

 hole in the mountains through which they passed. 



^ Referring to the episode narrated just below. 



* Explains the reference in the last song. The first part of this episode tells how 

 Marten danced for his younger brother Black-bear, who was being killed in the dead- 

 fall, and sang the same songs that came out through the hunter; the remainder goes 

 back farther to explain the words of the last songs. Either Black-bear left none of 

 the salmon but the worthless parts for Marten to carry home or Marten ate them 

 himself. 



^ See the story of The-one-abandoned-for-eating-the-fiipper-of-a-hair-seal, note 3. 

 The word translated "gills" (djixu'l) is supposed to be in the Marten language. 



* The bear's sister is supposed to sing this. 



' Probably also supposed to be sung by the bear's sister. 



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