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And ho ciilled to his wife: ''My child's mother, bring my cape to 

 me." Then slie brought it to him, and he put it on. Then he called 

 for the eldest: "Come here, my child, while 1 sing a song for you." 

 Then he went to him. After he had sung for a while he pulled him 

 closer to his breast. He was as one who has gone to sleep. "My 

 child is asleep. Let me lay him down." 



And he called for another. He also went to him, and, after he had 

 sung for him for a Avhile, he pulled him close to himself. He acted 

 like the other. " My child is asleep." 



After he had done this for a while, he got through with eight. 

 Then he called the last one, who had medicine in his mouth. After he 

 had sung to him for a while and pulled him closer to himself, he spit 

 the medicine upon his chest. Something sharp, like glass, fell from 

 him and stuck into the floor planks. Then he brought the back of 

 his cloak round in front. And, after he had sung for him again and 

 pulled him closer to himself, he again spat medicine upon his breast. 

 From that also the needles fell ofi'.^ 



Now he became angry with him, and he was pushing him toward 

 his whetstone, which stood on edge in the rear of the house pointing 

 toward the fire. When he touched it, it ground the skin off of his 

 side. He put the medicine upon his palms and rubbed it upon him- 

 self, and it became well. After they had wrestled for a while he 

 threw his father down there. It ground away, and he was ground to 

 pieces. He killed his father quickly. 



Then he went to his elder brothers, who were lying about, laid them 

 together, and spit medicine upon them. They all got up. [Each 

 said] "1 guess I must have been sleeping here." All got up, and 

 they continued to live in that house. 



Their names are as follow^s: The eldest was called G.osg.aL.o'kIa; 

 [the next] He-whose-skin-is-of-white-rock, the next one, The-left- 

 handed. He was a brave fellow. He who was full of mischief was 

 named Sawall'xa, and one was called Lg.aiuVo. He who had medi- 

 cine in his mouth was called La'ga-na'qati.^ 



Then they asked their mother: "Say! mother, why is this town 

 empty?" "My child, a supernatural being at the south end of the 

 island destroyed your uncles. Since then it has remained this w\ay." 

 Then they said to each other: "To-morrow we will go and look at it." 

 And next day they went and looked at it. It lived in a cave. In front 

 of it was a pile of human bones. They looked and went away. 



Then they made something with which to kill it. All nine twisted 

 cedar lim))s. Afterward they spliced them. And then they twisted 

 them together. They made it long. It w^as also stout. Next day 

 they went to it. When they arrived they strangled their sister and 

 fastened her on the end of a pole. They used her as bait. They set 



