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went' away with them. Before he hud gone far, however, he took 

 these also from hun. He reniuined in the same place looking at him. 

 Now he was unable to kill him. That was Master Weeper. 



And, after he had traveled about for a while, he came to a swampy 

 place where skunk cabbage grew and jumped across it.'^ Then, after 

 he had gone oji for a while, he came to a deserted town. A little 

 smoke came out of the house in the middle. He went to it and 

 ent(M'ed. And an old man lay there, back to the tire.^"^ He looked at 

 him. Then he arose and gave him something- to eat. Rut ho did not 

 gi\ e him anything to drink. 



\^y and by he said: "Hu; I am thirst}^ I will go after some water 

 for myself.'' "Don't do it, chief; those that destroyed my village live 

 there, (to over to the corner and drink there like me, your mighty 

 grandfather, who am doing without anything else." 



Then he went thither. It was a swamp}'^ place, full of skunk cab- 

 ])age. And he turned around and defecated into it. And, after he had 

 defecated into it, ho said to him: "' Manure is floating about here in it." 

 Then he said: ''Alas! I wonder what I shall do." 



Then he said to him: ""Hu; 1 am thirsty." And he said to him: 

 "Don't go, chief; the things that destro^'ed my village are there." 

 But. without heeding him, he took the bucket and went for some. 

 And, after the water had flowed down four times, he took some. 



He did not know what happened to him. To his astonishment he 

 came to himself sitting in its belly. Then he stretched himself in its 

 belly. He burst it, and bones burst out of its belly. He put the 

 bones together. If one log was lost he repaired it with salmon-berry 

 liushes. He spit medicine upon them. At once they got up. He 

 revived the right side of the town. 



Lnmediately after that the water flowed down continuously. Then 

 he got some in the bucket, went in, and said: '"Grandfather, drink." 

 Then he stretched his hand toward it. After he had looked at it for 

 a while, ho turned awa}' from it. He did not drink. 



After [Supernatural-being-who-went-naked] had sat there for a 

 while, he said: " Hu, everywhere people eat things found at low tide. 

 I want some devilfish. lam going to get some devilflsh." " Do not 

 do it, chief; the thing that destroyed mj^ village lives there." But, 

 without listening to what was said, he started ofl'. 



In the corner of the house on the side toward the door were two 

 sticks for hunting devilflsh. Then he took both. And he gave him 

 the following directions: "After he has shot water from his mouth 

 four times, punch in at him. That is the way to endeavor to kill 

 him." 



Then he went. Something wonderful lived there. The supernat- 

 ural devilflsh shot water at him. and it went right to the sk}'. After 

 it had shot out water four times, he punched it with a stick. But he 



