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canio and stood near her. lie held something- like a pole. It had a 

 sliai}) point. It was half red, half l)lue. He was looking at the chief's 

 wife, but she did not even g-hmce toward him. He asked the chief's 

 wife: "How do 3'ou act when your liusband calls the people [for a 

 feast]?" ""When my husl)and calls the people, I empty the whole 

 dish placed in front of the one sitting next to me into ni}' mouth." 



She had children. One of the two boys she had could not creep. 



"■ How do you act when your husband calls the people again ? " "As 

 soon as m}- husband calls the people I put food into the dishes and, 

 bending down, eat out .of them." "How do you act when your hus- 

 band comes in from tishing?" "I go down, pull up my dress, swim 

 out to him, and swallow the two spring salmon which are on top." 



He drove the thing he had in his hand into her forehead, and, when 

 it stuck out at the l)ack of her head and he had raised her arm, all of 

 her flesh dropped oft'. Then he sat down and entered it (her skin). 

 And he picked up her flesh and buri(>d it in the sand at the foot of the 

 tree. After he had seated herself in the place of the chief's wife, 

 they came down to her in crowds with the cedar bark. 



All of them pulled their cedar bark apart. Among the crowds of 

 people that were there the chief woman did it. "Woman, I am 

 hungr}^" "AVell, there is a piece of white food in [my box]." "In 

 mine, too.'' "In mine, too." This [they said] because they wanted 

 to have her eat. 



The one who was quickest broke up the piece of food and placed it 

 in front of her. She ate all of the little they gave her. A\'hile she 

 was doing it, at which they were very uuich pleased, they started out. 

 Later than the usual time for going to sh^ep they reached home. They 

 explained that they had started back in the night ])ecause the chief's 

 wife had begun to eat. 



The chief commanded wood to be put on the fire. Then he called 

 the people. One of her children had nearly cried itself to death 

 when she reached home. When the}' handed it to her she pulled her 

 teats out and put one into her child's mouth, but it ran away from her. 

 It was sucking a man. That is why it ran ofl' crying. 



The town people came in and sat down in a circle. After they had 

 roasted the salmon, had ])roken it up into small pieces, and had placed 

 some in a dish in front of the one sitting next to her she emptied it all 

 [into her mouth]. She did not chew it. When she emptied it into her 

 mouth the town people looked at her instead of eating. They were 

 astonished at the way in which she handled the food. But it was the 

 chief's wife [they thought]. 



Next day his wife was again hungry, and again he called the people. 

 While they were in astonishment at hei- [actions], the elder brother car- 

 ried his younger l)rother along in front of the town. Both went crying 

 along. He called the peoi)le. Then the}' let her ])oui the berries into 



