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Then he went to get it, puHed out its sinews, spliced them together, 

 and fastened tlie butt end and the top with them. And he put it all 

 into the water. After the childivn had been again sus[)ended above it 

 for a while, the wa'sg.o eame up and got them. Then he knocked out 

 the cross stick and he (the wa'sg.o) carried it down. After he had 

 carried it down, he floated up dead with it. Then he went to him and 

 pulled him out. 



He pulled him u[) on the shore and was going to cut him on the top 

 of his head when it thundered. It also lightened. And the same 

 thing happened when he started upon his back. But, when he started 

 at the lower part of his l)ack, nothing happened, and he cut him open 

 along the belly. His younger brothers' bones burst out from it. 



Then he titted together his younger brothers' bones and spit the 

 medicine Mouse-woman" had given him upon them. Inmiediately 

 they got up. And then he said : "Sit down where you used to." They 

 were glad to see each other. 



After the}^ had been there for a long time one disappeared. The 

 next day another disappeared. All eight of them disappeared in the 

 same manner, and he felt sad. 



Then he went to Gu'lga, passed along to the point on the side toward 

 the upper end of the inlet, and to his surprise heard the buzzing of 

 distant conversation on the other side. Then he pulled off the ribbon 

 with which he used to tie his hair and threw [one end ofj it across. 

 Upon this he walked over and [found] a crowd of spectators at the door 

 of the middle house, in which people were talking. Then he passed 

 through them and looked in. 



In the rear of the house a certain thing hung, under which one lay 

 face up. Out of it flames pUwed at intervals. It was sizzling there. 

 While he looked on the person was driven out by the tire. The super- 

 natural beings filled the whole space in the rear of the house. 



After he had sat there for a while, one stood up. He said: "Get 

 Stone-ribs, and settle him under it (the earth) forever.'' He heard 

 what they said. By and by one went out. After a while he came 

 back, and they asked him: '"Is he coming?" And he said: "He is 

 near." 



Presently he came in. Like a son of one of the supernatural beings, 

 he wore a copper coat. He also had on a marten-skin coat. And as 

 soon as he had entered he lay under [the tire]. It was ])urning upon 

 his breast. Out from it sparks went. 



A certain one stood near the door and another on the other side. 

 In the rear of the house sat his mother, Djila'qons. The one standing 

 on the side toward the door said: "They are talking about it. They 

 are talking about it.'''' The one on the opposite side also said: "The 

 supernatural beings who talk about the places which thev are going to 

 inhabit in th? future also talk about this." 

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