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And his inollicr-iii-liiw always liatcd him. She always out iipxciy 

 early. He laid it dowti for her in front of the house. Then his 

 mother-in law went out vei'y early. She found half a sprin<>' salmon. 

 She was olad to have it. 



The same night he put on his wfi'sg'.o skin. He let the water rome 

 uj) even with his ell)ow. He took out half a halibut. Then he laid it 

 down for his mother-in-law, and in the morning- .she found it. The 

 town people had become hungry. 



And in the night he again entered his wa'sg.o skin and plunged his 

 whole arm into the water. He seized a whole spring salmon. Then 

 he again left it for the w^oman, and she found it in the morning. 



That night he again entered his wa'sg.o skin. And he let the water 

 come up as far as his shoulders. Then he took a whale jaw and put 

 it down for his mother-in-law. And she found that also. 



Then his mother-in-law began acting like a shaman. And they 

 fasted with her for four nights. He was with them. His mother-in- 

 law was going to get power from him. 



In the night he put on the wa'sg.o skin. He swam seaward. He 

 killed a whale. A spear stuck out of the nostrils of the wa'sg.o.* He 

 killed the whale with that. Then he put it between his ears and swam 

 landward with it. And he laid it in front of the house, because she 

 said a whale would Hoat ashoi'e. 



And again, w hile they slept, he swam out in the wa'sg.o skin. And 

 he took two whales. He sw^am landward with them. Ho put one 

 between his ears, and he also put one near his tail. Swimming land- 

 ward, he placed those also in front of the house. 



The next night he swam far out to sea with the W'fi'sg.oskin on, and 

 he took ten whales. He had th(>m on each side of his head l)etween 

 his eais. He also had some h ing crosswise near his tail. And he 

 piled them upon himself and had one in his mouth. Then he came 

 shoreward. 



While he was still out at sea daylight came. When he reached shore 

 his mother-in-law came down to him wearing a dancing hat. Then he 

 stood up out of the wa'sg.o skin and said to her: ''Why is 3'our face 

 hard ? Does some supernatural power come through 3'ou by my 

 helpr' And he made her die of shame. The wa'sg.o skin went oti' of 

 itself. Then he gathered his ten whales and told no one to cut them. 

 What he receiv^ed from the sale of the whales made him rich. He pot- 

 latched ten times for his youngest brother-in-law. He kept him like 

 a chief's son. 



'The ))ic(l-bilIo<l gr^be (Po<lilymhus podiceps). Cf. story of Raven traveling, 

 I tage 111. 

 '■'See the slury of Saoreil-onc-sUiiulinji-and-uiuving, note 2. 

 ■'Compare the story of Raven traveling, pages 118, 119. 

 *Thus singularly suggesting the narwhal. 



