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under his pillow lief ore he ao"ain heard j^oino- along and sayino': 

 "Supernatural-beinjj-who-went-naked, does the bliu-k cod stiek you 

 here? Because you made NAfiki'lsLas' town alive, he restored your 

 youno-er brothers to life by lettino- himself be born from yoni" mother. 

 He sat early in the mornini>' between rocks with white and black 

 bands.'*'' Being in loye with part of you, he has also come to you." 

 And he looked out. Lo! he saw the tail of a marten pass in through 

 the star.-'* 



Then he went thithiu". To his surprise there lay a woman asleep 

 with NAilki'lsLas with the upper part of her blanket fallen away leav- 

 ing her uncovered. Then he pressed upon her with his hands and she 

 said to him: '"I used to want you, but lo! you got around late."" 



And after that he sat down near the lire feeling unhappy. Then his 

 wife asked him: " Why are you so sad? " "I am sad because I left ni}- 

 mother not far from here," he said, deceiving her. Then he started. 

 He put black cod into his canoe and started otf. Then he came into 

 Skidegate channel and reached his [younger] brotheis"' town." Lo! his 

 eight younger brothers came down to meet him. 



Then they went in. And his younger brothers only cared to haye 

 NAiiki'lsLas for an elder })rother. They did not care about Supernatu- 

 ral-being-who-went-naked. Before they even gave food, Supernatural- 

 being-who-went-naked began to give them something to eat. 



NAiiki'lsLas had a l)edstead in the rear of the house. Clouds were 

 oyer his head. They could not see his face. She (the wife of Super- 

 natural-being-who-went-naked) cut the black cod crosswise and steamed 

 them. Then they told NAfiki'lsLas to sit near the tire and put down 

 a wash basin for him. And the cloud upon his face crossed [the room]. 

 He sat there washing his hands. Then they set black cod before him. 

 They saw only his hands. 



His younger brothers ate with him, but Supernatural-being-who- 

 went-naked sat with his wife on the side of the house toward the door. 

 NAiiki'lsLas did not walk down. The clouds rose. He was fastened 

 to them. Then the clouds rested with him behind the place where the 

 wash basin was. 



Now, when they were through, the cloud rose with him, and his 

 body was again to be seen on the bedstead. Then he (NAnki'lsLas) 

 called to his sister. After she had gone to him and he had talked with 

 her for a while, she went out. She t)rought in cranberries. The tray 

 had the figure of a ga'gix.It upon it. After he had sat eating for a 

 while he stopped, and his younger brothers ate the rest. 



Then she again put stones into the tire. Then they laid the wash 

 basin down again, and the clouds again rose with him. Again he came 

 down there and sat down, and they put black cod in front of him. 

 Then he ate with his younger brothers. At that time they did not see 

 his face. Then the wife of Sui)ernatural-being-who-went-naked was 

 sad. 



