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rotten, they say. Then he made one for him^, He also gave him a 

 whetstone. Then he picked up two creeks near the town and tokl 

 him to look on attentively. "Now, grandfather, act as you are going 

 to when common surface birds ^^ get food for themselves.'" Then he 

 made him a beak out of the creeks. He also gave him some feather 

 clothing. And he said to him: "Now, grandfather, practice.'""^" 



So [Heron] flew away. He sat on a kelp floating al)out in front of the 

 burned town. Aftei- he had sat watching for a while he speared some- 

 thing with his beak. An eel was moving in his mouth. He swallowed 

 it. Then he flew away again and sat near the canoe. 



Then he said to him: "Now, grandson, come with me. Go out and 

 look for 3'our blankets again. Those on the other side are not chiefs. 

 Now, grandson, go and get the canoe. You are going to see your 

 blankets." The old man got into the stern also, and they went ocean- 

 ward. 



They went, went, went a while and came to his town, to Burning- 

 sky's town. Then they came down to meet him. Part of them also 

 filled the house as if something liad poured into it. And they said to 

 one another: "They sa}^ he has brought his nephew, Sandhill-crane,"' 

 to dance." 



And he gave him these directions: "When I go in look toward the 

 rear of the house. After your poor nephew has danced go over and 

 get your blankets. And you will also get your mother neatly." 



Then he landed. He went up. And he had a little box in his 

 hand. He had a baton. When he got inside, he stretched himself. 

 Lo! his blankets were hung in the rear of the house. His mother 

 also sat in front of them. He sat down in the middle of the side of 

 the house. The house had ten rows of retaining timbers. 



Then he hunted in his small box. He took his nephew out of it, 

 wa-a-a-a-fi. And he stood him up. He began dancing. He took the 

 end of his wing in his mouth. After he had moved backward a while, 

 the people in the house [said] "S-s-s-s-s-s " [with pleasure]. Those 

 on the top step went to sleep at the sight. 



After he had danced a while, he stuck his baton up, took [his nephew] 

 and threw him at it. At once he was a weaseP* climbing up on it. 

 Again they said "S-s-s-s-s-s." The next row went to sleep. 



And he again picked him up and threw him at the baton. He became 

 a woodpecker'" and climbed up it. Again those in the house said, 

 "S-s-s-s-s-s." The next row below went to sleep. 



By and by he picked him up again. He threw him at it. He 

 climbed up as a California creeper.^'-* Again [they said], " S-s-s-s-s-s." 

 Again [a row] went to sleep. 



Then he took his baton and put it back into the box. " Enough. I 

 think he has danced a long time." He put him away. Then He-who- 

 was-born-from-his-mother's-side went to the rear of the house, put on 



