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resuscitated them. Then he took one-halt" of the tree on his .shoulder 

 and carried it home. 



On the followino- mornino- the chief said to his dauohter: "Let 3^our 

 husl>and catch the sea otter which lives not far from here." lie gave 

 him a har])(«>n. Then the .young" man went out. Soon he reached a 

 ave in which tiie sea otter was living. He chewed the medicine and 

 rubbed his ])ody four times. Then he threw his harpoon. He fainted 

 right away. When he recovered his senses he found that he was in 

 the stomach of the sea otter, and he only thought: "I wish it would 

 burst," and the sea otter's stomach burst, and with him the bones of 

 man}^ people dropped out, whom he resuscitated. 



The old chief had not been able to overcome SLEg.otsg.a'noe. After 

 a while the latter became homesick. He lay down and did not say a 

 word. Then the old chief asked his daughter: "Why is your hus- 

 band sad?" She replied: "He is homesick. He wishes to return to 

 Tl." "Hm!" replied the chief . After a while he continued: "Take 

 my large canoe and accompany him to his home." The .young man 

 went out to look for the canoe, but he could not find it. He onl}' 

 saw an old rotten tree with long roots. When he returned to the 

 house, the old man asked: "Did 3'OU find my canoe?" "No," the 

 youiig man replied, "we have only seen an old rotten tree." "That's 

 it, that's it!" said the old man. They returned, but when they 

 reached the place thej^ could not find the canoe. They saw nothing 

 but an old rotten tree. They returned to the house; and, when the.y 

 informed the old chief that they had not been able to find the canoe, 

 he told them: "When you reach the tree again, say, 'Go into the 

 water.'" The}^ turned back, and, on reaching the tree, said: "Go 

 into the water, canoe of my father." At once it was transformed 

 into a large canoe. It was full of geese (x'lt) which were crjang all 

 the time. They were the oarsmen. The old chief gave them vast 

 quantities of provisions, and they' started, the geese paddling the 

 canoe. 



During all this time the youth's finger was very thick and sore. In 

 the evening they camped. While they were asleep a great man}^ 

 spirits which the crane had held captive in his finger b}^ means of 

 sorcery escaped, killed his wife, and scattered over the whole world. 

 From that time the whole country of the Haida has been filled with 

 spirits. Then the boy said: "Future generations shall always see the 

 spirits which were living in my finger." SLEg.otsg.fi'noe traveled 

 on, and nobody knew what became of him. If he had not visited 

 the old chief, he (the latter) would still continue to kill people. 



This is a popular story known both at Skidegate and Masset. A version obtained 

 by Professor lioas from Charlie Edenshaw at Masset is appended to the story I myself 

 obtained. It differs from that in several interesting particulars. That two such 



