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And after the}' had gone along- for a while they hiiilt a camp tire. 

 He then put yellow cedar upon the Hrc. After it had given forth 

 sparks for a while one flew between Slwa's's legs. He then told her 

 a renied}': "Now, go around in the woods exclaiming, 'I call for 

 medicine.' When something says 'Yes,' go over to it and sit down 

 where a short red thing sticks up.'' And after he had spoken to her, 

 and she had called about for a while, something said •" Yes." And 

 after she had looked for it [she saw] something red sticking up. 

 Then she sat down there. Lo, she discovered her brother lying on 

 the ground under her. 



He then became ashamed, and drew something with the tip of his 

 linger. Right there a child cried. And he took it out [of the ground]. 

 And he put boards round it as people were going to do in the future. 

 Then the child became old enough to play. And he went around after 

 [the child]. One time when it went out to play it vanished forever. 



Then he started to search for it. He put on his feather clothing and 

 flew over the whole of this country. He did the same upon Main- 

 land. When he could by no means find it, he heard that the super- 

 natural beings had taken it because he (Raven) used to fool them. He 

 then stopped searching. When the boy stood up, lightning used to 

 flash around his kneejoints. He was named SAqaiyu'l. 



One da}' some one with disheveled hair came in. ''Father, I come 

 in to you."' Then he (Raven) spat upon his face. '''SAqai3^u'l was 

 not like that." And when he went out, lightning played around his 

 knee-joints. He vanished at once. Then he cried; he cried. 



Then he put his sister into his armpit and started off with her. 

 And after Siwa's had finished her planting at Ramsey island he came, 

 stood on the inner side of Ramse}- island, and begged all kinds of 

 birds to accompany him. They went after cedar-bark roofing in 

 preparation for a potlatch. The}' soon got this out upon the open 

 ground. He then caused the cedar bark to be left theie."'" 



And, when they became hungry, he called all kinds of animals. 

 And, after they came floating in front of him on their canoes, he came 

 out wearing black, shabby clothing. He then spoke. They did not 

 understand. And they sent for Porpoise-woman. And when she 

 came he (Raven) said: "I am the sides and I am the ends, between which 

 I qAlaastl's.'''^'' Then she said: "How would they get along if I were 

 absent? He wants them to fight him with abalones and sea eggs." 

 They then threw these at him. And he ate. And, since the house was 

 too small, he started to potlatch outside. All the supernatural Ijeings 

 whom he had invited came by canoe. 



Then he made holes in the beaks of all kinds of birds. And Eagle, 

 too, asked to have his pierced. He became wearied by his importuni- 

 ties and made them anyhow. That is why his nasal openings now 

 run upward. 



