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from Naeku'n to look for my mother." Then his uncle remarked: "' I 

 am afraid that boy is going- to cause us trouble. Stop your talking.'' 

 But Nenk'tlsLasLifigai repeated his former statement. The following 

 da}' he said again: " My fathers are going to come from Naeku'n to 

 sec me." Again his uncle begged him to be silent, but he did not obe^^ 



After a few days the people from Naeku'n arrived. The beach was 

 covered with canoes. Then his uncle felt greatly troubled. He had 

 many slaves. The boy said to one of the slaves: "Go out and tell 

 them to come ashore." His fathers were the Killer-whales. Then 

 they came ashore and fell down. His father and his cousin Lganxe'la 

 were among those whales. Th(Mi his mother took a bailer and 

 sprinkled some water over Lganxe'la, while she left her husband to 

 perish. After some time the boy said to a slave: "Go out and call 

 the water to cover my fathers." Then the tide returned, and the 

 wliales returned to Naeku'n. The boy continued to shoot birds. 



His uncle's wife was making mats all the time. The boy was ver}- 

 beautiful, but he continued to defecate in the house. His uncle's wife 

 was sitting in the rear of the house. The boy had collected much red 

 gum, which he was chewing. One day he returned home just at the 

 time when his uncle had finished his dinner and was washing his face. 

 Then his uncle's wife asked him for some gum which was hanging out 

 of the boy's mouth. The boy fell in love with his uncle's wife, who 

 was sitting on the highest platform of the house. The boy crept 

 silently up to the woman and encircled her, placing his head luider her 

 left arm, his body over her back, and his feet under her right arm. 

 When the woman looked down she saw that he was very pretty. His 

 uncle did not notice, it. He (the uncle) was a great hunter, and he 

 always brought back a great quantity of food. Every evening, when 

 his uncle had gone out hunting, he visited the woman. [The boy was 

 sta3dng in the house all the time; his soul went out hunting birds and 

 visiting the woman.] As soon as he reached the woman it thundered, 

 and he was nmch frightened. He defecated, and the house was so full 

 of excrements that the slaves had to carry them out in buckets. When 

 his uncle NeidcilsLasLiiigai came home he was about to give the game 

 to his wife. He asked her why it had thundered that day. "It is a 

 sign that my nephew cohabits with you [he said]." 



In the village T'ano'^ there was a chief whose name was Qing". The 

 boy said: "I w'ant Qing" to come here to be my father." His uncle, 

 who was sitting in the rear of the house, heard what he was saying. 

 He asked his sister to command the boy to be silent, but he continued 

 to say it. One day many canoes arrived on the beach. Then the boy 

 said to his uncle: "The chiefs are coming. What are you going to 

 do?" His uncle did not reply because he was afraid. When they 

 approached the house the boy threw off his skin, and he was beautiful. 



