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He (tlic cliict) ciiiuc out. Lo! four of his father's shives were coiu- 

 iu"-. Then lie went in and spainied his })ow. He also took four arrows. 

 He canu^ out in a roug'h manner. He was prepared to shoot at them, 

 but the daughters of (ia'oi^iia and Master ("ar])enter seized him by the 

 shoulders. "Stop! let them land. Let them come into 5'^our house. 

 It is also well for 3'ou to let them go again." Then his two wives took 

 his bow from him. He remained standing in the same place. 



When the}'^ landed he went down to them and said: "All four of 

 3'ou come ashore. After you have taken off your clothing, come up 

 with me.'' So they stripped there and went up with him. And he 

 had them sit down at one side of the house and gave them food. 

 WIkmi the food was almost consumed he gave them some whale to 

 cat. Th(>y ate it ravenousl}^ He had them strip because he was 

 afraid they would take some [food] home. 



When the}' started off, one of them was so bent over as nearly to 

 touch the ground. Then he went over to him and asked him, "Sa}'! 

 whv do you walk so bent over?" and he replied, "Chief, I act that 

 way because 1 am too full." And when he (the head slave) was ready 

 to start, he gave him the following directions: "Say! do not touch 

 the rotten whale which is floating about. 1 shall watch it." Then he 

 said to them: "Say that >^ou could not find my bones." 



Then they started off and landed in the night. And they said: "We 

 could not find the bones." Then his parents wept. When they 

 stopped, they went to sleep. [That night] to their surprise the child 

 of the head slave began to cry. He cried as people do when things 

 are lodged in their throats. Then the chief's wife asktd to have him 

 handed to her, and she held him on her knee. She put her finger into 

 his moutli and found something. < Then the}' looked at it. They did 

 not know what sort of thing it was. 



[The head slave] said: " 1 wish you could see what kind of house he 

 lives in. What used to be your town has become larger. His two 

 wives brought out the town. They dug it up, and they also dug out 

 ten whales. Five are still floating there where they were fastened." 



Then, although it was midnight, the chief told them to put wood on 

 tlie tire, and they went out and called in the people. Immediately 

 they came in. Then, after they had consumed one salmon with the 

 few last cranberries, [he said]: " I wish you to hear what I think. I 

 think you should go toward your son whom 1 left and to whom I 

 will give this town." And all the town chiefs thought it good. 



Then his ten uncles planned like this: they would ofl'er their daugh- 

 ters to him in marriage. Their fathers were going to make marriage- 

 gifts to tluMU. Next day the town \' as broken up. Hu, hu, hu, hu, hu! 

 the canoes that they launched were large. They painted up his uncles' 

 daughters. They paddled the canoes along together with planks laid 

 across the tops of them, on top of which they had their daughters sit. 



