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It was not long' before the boy wus liungiT again, lie could not get 

 enough to eat. He ate all the provisions that were stored in the 

 house. Then Qing" turned the boy out of his house and he was very 

 poor. He asked to be admitted again, but Qing" did not allow him to 

 enter. Then he took his raven skin and put it on. He knocked the 

 walls of the house with his beak, asking admission, but he was refused. 



He promised to give them fox, mountain goat, and other kinds of 

 animals. Then he went down to the beach, where he ate some excre- 

 ments. After a while he returned to the house and asked again for 

 admission. Then the boy grew angry, and wished the waters to rise. 

 The waters began to rise, and rose up to Qing''s throat. Then Qing^'s 

 sister and her ten children liegan to climb up his hat, which was trans- 

 formed into a mountain, which maj still be seen near the village. 

 There is another mountain near by which is called Qing'i xa'nginEfi 

 gutas'wa's. 



Then the boy returned to his uncle, and the people returned to their 

 villages. The boy was in love with his uncle's wife, and his uncle 

 was jealous. Then he called upon the waters to rise, intending to kill 

 his nephew. The waters were coming out of Nenk'ilsLas's hat. Then 

 the boy took the skin of a waterfowl (Q'e'sq'ut),®** which he put on. 

 The house began to fill with water. Then he swam about on the water. 

 He was carrying the raven skin under his arm. When the water rose 

 still higher, he flew up through the smoke hole and reached the skv. 

 He shot an arrow up to the sky, which stuck in it. Then he con- 

 tinued to shoot, hitting the nock of the tirst arrow; and thus he pro- 

 ceeded, making a chain which reached almost down into the waters. 

 Finally he fastened his bow to the lowest arrow and climbed upward. 

 When he reached the sky, he broke it, went through, and saw live 

 countries above. First he came to an open place in which many 

 berries were growing. There were salmon in the rivers, and the 

 people were singing. He was chewing gum. He tried to And the 

 singers, but he could not discover them. He passed the place whence 

 the noise proceeded, and turned back again. Finally, after a long- 

 time, he found them. He saw a number of women who were singing. 

 He asked them, "Where did you obtain this song!? I like it very 

 much." Then they laughed at him, and said, "Did you never hear 

 that there are live countries up here, and that the inhabitants use this 

 song^ The}^ are singing about Nenk'ilsLasLiiigai', who is in love with 

 his uncle's wife." At that time he received the name Nenk'ilsLasLin- 

 gai'. He wandered about in heaven for man}?- years, singing all the 

 time. 



He came to a large river, where he heard the people singing. He 

 came to a town near which he saw a pond. The chiefs daughter went 

 out to fetch water. Then Nenk'ilsLasLingai' transformed himself 

 into the leaf of a hemlock, and dropped into the bucket of water which 



