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flollyfish stuck liis tentacles into tli(^ land. Their paddles the}^ also 

 plied together. Under thcii- how the current flowed so fast as to make 

 cracks [in the seaj. Into it they poured the blue hellel)ore and urine. 

 On the other side the curriMit also cracked itself by its passage. They 

 treated that in the same way. At once they were in front of the town. 

 In a short time they had hung its head up in front of their sister. 

 Long hair hung down from it. 



Next day some one came singing out of the ocean." He had a cane. 

 It was red. He came in front of the town and stood there. "Give 

 me my son's head or I will tip over your town."' he said.'' Then tw'o 

 ran (piickly over to the old man. '"Old man. what shall we do? He 

 says he will upset the town."' ""After you have gone to the end of 

 the town, cover it with hard white stones. Cover it from bottom to top.'' 

 Immediately they ran over and did so. And again he said: "Give 

 me ni}^ son's head or I will upset the town." Then SawaJl'xa said: 

 ••Tip it over." He struck the end of the town with the red thing he 

 held. Instead of falling it soundcMl like a drum. He struck it in 

 front and from al)ove. Hut it otdy sounded like a drum. Then he 

 gave it uj) and went out to sea. He \ anished into the ocean. 



Next day he again came singing some songs. After him came a 

 crowd of red things. Those were fleas, they say. Then they went 

 (juickly to the old man and asked him: "What shall we dof "Steam 

 uriiu^ and pour it out toward them.'' Then they did as he said. "Give 

 me my son's head." Then the fleas came toward th(^ house, and they 

 poured urine around upon them. After they had killed half of them 

 he again started seaward, lie disappeared into the ocean. 



Next day he came again. He carried his staff'. Some objects flew 

 in a crowd after him. Those were sIxasLtlA'lgaiia/^ they hhj. Again 

 they inquired of the old man, and he told them to make blunt arrows. 

 And they did as directed. When he had said ''Give me mv son's 

 head," they came quickly to the houses. Then they w^ent out to them 

 and shot them. After they had destroyed half of those also he went off. 



The day after this he again sang some songs. Behind him the sur- 

 face of the ocean caiue burning. At this time they again ran over to 

 the old man. He said to them (lit. "him"): "Now, brave men, 

 nothing at all can be done. Save yourselves b}' ffight." At once they 

 tied away with his head. The land burned after them. When one of 

 them was burned up, lie threw it to another. This went on until only 

 he who had medicine in his mouth was left. When his side was partly 

 burned he rubl)ed the medicine upon it, and it became as it had been 

 before. By and l>y he thicw it (tli(> head) into the tire. It stopped 

 there and W(Mit back. 



Afterwai'd he stai'ted along. He inuitcd w Ikm-c his hrotheis had 

 Ix'cn l)Ui'ne(l. There was not a sign of their l)()nes tluM'e. After he 

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