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And, after they had lived thci'e for a while, their sister became 

 nieihstruant for the first time. By and l)y [they heard] some one talk- 

 ing to their sister. They did not know wlio it was that talked. And 

 again some one talked to their sister. Then they put pitch on the 

 mat. And again some one was talking with their sister. In the 

 morning they l)ath(Ml in the sea.^ When they came in from it, there 

 were spots of pitch on the side of him who was mischievous. Then 

 they })ushed him from one to another. The}^ laughed at him.* 



Then their mother said to them: "I guess they arc laughing 

 because the Djugi'tg.a's head is going to be hung up in front of their 

 menstruant sister."" At once they inquired of an old man who lived 

 at one end of the town. They asked about the thing their mother 

 spoke of. And they gave him twisted cedar limbs. They also gave 

 him strong bones to make gimlets out of and Indian tobacco. He told 

 them where its place was. He told them that it slept there, and he 

 said it was easy to approach it. 



Immediately the\' borrowed a fast canoe. They borrowed Fast- 

 rainbow-trout's ^" canoe. Then he stood in the middle, and, when they 

 paddled all together, he shot an arrow [forward]. It fell into the 

 water abreast of the nnddle of the canoe. Then they also borrowed 

 Steel-head's canoe, and, as he shot an arrow, they paddled. It fell 

 near the stern of the canoe. But still they did not think it was 

 fast enough. 



Then they also borrowed Jellyfish's canoe. It had a stern at each 

 end. They could pull it either way. It was not good looking. But 

 they borrowed it. He said: "I will go along with you." The}^ 

 burned the bottom of it. Then they put it into the water. One 

 stood in the middle and he (the jellyfish) stuck in his tentacles far off. 

 When they used their paddles he shot an arrow. It fell far back in 

 their wake. 



Then they pulled it up and prepared to go in it. Presently, when it 

 was smooth at sea, they went to the old man. He was Heron, they 

 say. "It is a fine day" [the^^ said]. And he said to them: "No, 

 brave men, it is a bad da}".'' 



By and by there was a foggy morning. The mist was falling on the 

 water. Then he went to them. He sat outside. "Launch jonr 

 canoe. It is a tine day. At noon the mist wnll melt away under the 

 sunshine." Then he gave them directions. "When it sleeps phos- 

 phorescent light shines in its eyes. Then go to it. When there is no 

 phosphorescent light in its eyes do not go to it." 



Then they started oft". After they had gone along for a while [they] 

 saw the phosphorescent light in its eyes. The}' had blue hellebore and 

 urine, which they had let rot, in their canoe. They took its hair into 

 their canoe noiselessly. Presently they cut off its head and put it in. 



