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iiothino-. After the}' had pulled his hiiii' until they made hiin weak, 

 he went out. These were the Shadow people, they sa}'. 



After he had traveled thence for a while he came to a house in 

 which the Ilerrinu' people were dancino-. The air (weather or sk}')" 

 even shook above them. And when he looked in the Herring' people 

 spawned upon hi.s nuistache. Then he ate the tish eg<>'s. They tasted 

 bad, and he threw away his nuistache.''* Then, having- pushed in a 

 young- iKMuloek hi^ had broken off, he drew it out. The tish eggs 

 were thick upon it, and he ate tiiem. They tasted good. He started 

 the use [of these limbs]. 



After he had gone on for a wliile he came to one who had a tire in 

 his house. And he did not know how to get his live coals. And 

 I the man] had bought a deerskin. ^'Ssiy. cousin, I want to ))orrow 

 your skin a while." And he lent it to him. It had a long tail, they 

 say, and he tied a bundle of pitch wood to the end of the tail. Then 

 he came in and danced before him. As he danced his face was turned 

 toward the tire only. After ho had danced for a time he struck his 

 tail into the fire and the pitch wood burned. Then his tail was 

 burned off. That is why the deer's tail is short. Then he went into 

 his own skin and tlew awa}' with the live coals. His ])eak, too, was 

 l)urned oft". And they pursued him. The}" could not catch him and 

 came l)ack. He got the coals neatly. 



On traveling thence he found a devilffsh's nose (i. e., mouth) drifted 

 ashore. And he took it and came to Screech-owl. And he said to 

 him: "Say, cousin, let me borrow your beak a while," and he lent it 

 to him. Then he stuck the deviltish nose he had found in its place 

 and said to him: " Say, cousin, yours looks nice. You are fft to travel 

 al)out with the supernatural beings.'"' 



After he had traveled on for a while his cousin (Eagle) came to him. 

 And, after they had traveled together for a while they came to an 

 al)undance of berries, which F^agle consumed before he got there. On 

 that account he was angry with him. And he went quickly to the 

 beach, found a sharp tish bone, and stuck it into the moss ahead of 

 him (P^agle). " liun into Eagle's foot,'' he said to the bone. And he 

 said to Eagle: '' Now, cousin, go right on here before me." And as 

 he went along there the bone stuck into his foot. "Cousin, let me 

 see it," and he pretended to take it out with his teeth, but instead 

 commenced to })usli it in farther. " Wa-wa-wa, cousin, you are push- 

 ing it in." "No, cousin, it is because I am trying to pull it out with 

 my teeth." By and by he pulled it out and said to him: "Cousin, 

 wait right here," Then he examined the ground before him [to select 

 an easy path]. And he ordered a chasm to form. It did so. And, 

 breaking off a stalk of Iqea'ma,'" he laid it across the gulf and put 

 moss upon it. He made it like a dead, fallen tree. Then he went 

 l)ack toward Eagle, carried him on his back, and started over with 



