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The points were red with cranberries. Canoo son^s ^" resounded across 

 it. Near the stream which flowed out of this large lake they had a fire 

 for [drinking] salt water." 



Then some people came in from picking berries. As she walked 

 past the last one snutfed with her nose. "1 smell a human ])eing" 

 [she said]. And he said to her, "Say! it is I 3^ou are speaking a})out.'' 

 "It was the ^^ellow cedar-bark blankets of the chiefs child's ten serv- 

 ants whom they ate, which I am wearing that I smelt." That was 

 Mink-Avoman," 



And now he turned himself toward the tire which the}' had made 

 [to warm] salt water. When he got near, one among those sitting 

 there in a group said: "What will happen when they (her family) 

 look for the chief's daughter ? " " Why, what are you saying ? W hen 

 they look for the chief's child and return his father's hat which he (the 

 son) gave away, he (the father) will make her sit down (i. e., restore 

 her)." 



After he had heard all the news he turned round. He remembered 

 the chief's wife, ran back to the canoe and turned it over, but only 

 the chief's wife's bones lay there. Then he drew his coat off and rubbed 

 it upon her, and she awoke as if from sleep. She had been perspir- 

 ing, lie put his arm into the canoe and pulled it into the water. 

 After he had let the chief's wife in he came to the village. He tied 

 her into the canoe. He tied himself in the same way as the chief's 

 wife. He tied himself as Property-woman had told him to do. The}' 

 were there tied in front of the chief's house. As they floated there 

 one came out of the chief's house and said: "Wait; they want the 

 chief's wife to remain there. They are going to dance near by." 

 After she had remained there for a while a thunderbolt [appeared to] 

 drop in the house, they say. 



By and by feathers came out of the smoke hole in a point. After 

 it rose into the air it broke oft*. Then it came to them in a point and 

 struck them, and they both forgot themselves. 



They came to themselves lying on the retaining timbers. And then 

 he untied himself and the chief's wife as well. When he could walk 

 he untied her. Her son-in-law sat opposite the door, and they spread 

 out mats for her below. Then they came down and sat in the middle 

 of the side.^^ Then one brought food in a small basket. In it were 

 large clam shells, small clam shells, and two mussel shells. They 

 gave some to the chief's wife. They let her eat. After different 

 kinds of food had been brought out and eaten and all was gone, they 

 brought a basket to the Are, poured water into it, and put stones into 

 the tire. When these were red-hot they put them into the basket with 

 wooden tongs. 



It boiled. Then the chief said something to a 3'outh who was walk- 

 ino- around the basket. Then he went into a storeroom in one corner 



