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She called for one of the servants who sat a?nong- them. " One-who- 

 moves-heaven-by-the-rapidity-of-his-motion, go and call Swimming- 

 russot-backcd-thrush, I want" to ask whether 1 went with him." He 

 said that he went with the chieftainess. She asked to have him called 

 so that she might cross^question him about it. 



There was no one to have his seat under this island. Then one 

 da}' l)as8ed for Stone-ribs. Another day was about to pass for him. 

 The supernatural beings acted as if shivering. They were afraid. 

 They feared that he, belonging to the wrong side, was going to settle 

 beneath them.^*' 



Again those standing near the door spoke. Thej^ spoke as they 

 had done before. And One-who-moves-heaven-by-the-rapidity-of-his- 

 motion went to call Swimming-russet-backed-thrush. By and by he 

 came back. Then she asked him if he were coming, and he said: "He 

 is coming." "Perhaps I went with him at Goose creek, where I dug 

 out wild-clover roots, or perhaps I went with him at Lg.e'djis.'' At 

 that instant he came in. He was good-looking. He had been gam- 

 bling. He held his hand to his face with tine cedar bark in it. He 

 wiped part of his face clean. As soon as he went over to the chief 

 woman he pushed himself into her blanket. She was looking at him. 

 She looked longer than was necessary.'' 



Another day dawned for Stone-ribs. It was broad da3dight for him, 

 and the supernatural beings were as if shivering with fear at the pros- 

 pect of having him settle down beneath them. Just before daylight 

 he was driven out by the burning. 



Now, after the}^ had thought for a while, one stood up, saying: 

 "Let them send for Sacred-one-standing-and-moving. They say that 

 he bathed in the ocean so much in order to settle down under it.'' 



Then he went out of the house, threw his ribbon across again, and 

 ran over upon it. And he said to his mother: "They are setting out 

 to get me. You will go with me. She-upon-whose-feet-property- 

 makes-a-noise will also go with me." As soon as he had finished say- 

 ing this, they came for him. And he said he would come by canoe b}' 

 himself. 



Then he went to get his wsi'sg.o skin, which he kept between the two 

 heads of a cedar, and he put it on while he was still in the house. He 

 walked about, too pretty to be looked at by anyone. Then they started 

 across. His mother steered, and his sister was in the bow. He stood 

 in the middle as they went. And his sister got off, then his mother, 

 last himself. 



They went up. His sister went ahead. She held the [duck] entrails 

 in her hands. His mother had the feathers inside of her blanket. 

 When he entered, the supernatural beings held their heads down to 

 him. He looked grand. He entered wearing the wH'sg.o skin. 



And as soon as he entered he la}' down imderneath. He was siz 

 zling from the fire. Again it burned at intervals. When it stopped 



