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After tliov had lauulu'd at him for a while, his wife sat down hard 

 upon the top of tiie house. Siie was crying- aloud. At the same 

 time she made iioles in the top of the house with her fingers. Water 

 dropped into it. She asked what they were doing to her husl)aMd. 

 Hut just then he began to think of a copper drum he owned, [and it 

 camcMo iiini |. When he l)egan di innmiiig on it with the tips of his 

 lingers, the chief said: "Take him and throw him out, chiefs, my 

 children."'' Then they took him, ^and they threw him out along 

 with the canoe. TmniBdiately she took Ikm' husband and went awa}' 

 with liim. 



And. after he had stayed with his wife a while, he thought of the 

 words that Farthest-one-out's sons put into [their songs] about him. 

 Then he slept apart from his wife. After he had done this for some 

 time, lie woke up one night. Lo! he heard his wife talking with some 

 one. But he did not disturb himself, and, when day broke, he sharp- 

 ened a mussel shell knife he owned. And, when they went to bed, he 

 remained awake. The moon rose. When it became light, the end of a 

 rainbow came through the smoke-hole. He looked at it. It extended 

 to his Avife's [room]. Then the rainl)ow again drew itself out through 

 the smoke-hole. 



After some time had elapsed, he heard some one talking to his wife. 

 When the talking ceased, he crept o\ er thither. He seized the man's 

 hair and cut his head off. Then he went out and fastened his head 

 over the door. 



After many nights had passed, a woman came ])y canoe and stopped 

 in front of him. After she had remained there for a while, she said: 

 ''Come, chief, throw down your nephew's head to me." He paid no 

 attention to her. It was Djila'qons's son, who had been in love with 

 his wife, whose head he had cut off. 



Again she said landward: "Come, chief, put your nephew's head 

 into my canoe.'' He absolutely refused. Then she became angry 

 and almost struck the town with something that was half red, half 

 ])lue.^"* And the town of Skedans almost tipped over. Then he went 

 out and pushed it back again as he Avalked along. 



The woman said the same thing again, and again he refused her. 

 \Mien she almost struck the town with her stick, it almost turned 

 over again. And again he straightened it with his feet. Then he 

 took the head and threw it out. And the hair-seal canoe" in which 

 she came started off of itself, while he stood still there and looked on. 



Then he went along upon Trail-inland" and entered the water at 

 [point] Lying-seaward." And he got his arms ready for her in the 

 salt wtiter. Her servants were doing the paddling. When they got 

 above him, he laid hold of [the canoe]. Then they paddled backward. 

 They were unsuccessful. 



Then the chief-woman said, "Come in, chief, if it is you. Things 

 shall not be dift'erent from the way you want them." And lol Ui)ward 



