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As soon us ho ))roiiglit out his j>':imbling' sticks to him, he named 

 them. He continued to name them: "Thing'-always-carried-alonj>",'' 

 '"'Always-runnintif-otf,'' " Bloody-nose," " Shakinu-his-liead-as-he-^oes- 

 along," *• Common-one," " Rattling'-bone,''' "'P^lderbeiT^^-roots," and 

 " Russet-backed-thrush'' {iy 



La roe canoes were piled up in the corner of his house. That meant 

 that the Tsimshian had come during his absence. And two 3'oung 

 fellows who looked transparent w^ere in his house. He said that one 

 should go with him. "This one will go with 3'ou. He will take away 

 3'our djil when you gamble first. ^" Do not choose the tine cedar bark 

 out of which smoke comes. Take that that has no smoke. After you 

 have counted seven, take the one out of which smoke comes. Then 

 begin with ' Coming-out-ten-times.' " After he had got through telling 

 this to him, he said to him: "'Go home." Lo! he awoke. 



Then he went out at the same place where he had started in. Below 

 the stump from which he had defecated lay a sea otter. He looked at 

 the sea. The sea otter was drifting shoreward. Then he went down 

 to it, took it, and dried it. And he w^ent from there to Sealion-town. 



When he had almost reached it, he came to some dogs lighting with 

 each other for a gambling-stick bag which la}^ on the left side of the 

 place where the broad, red trail came out. The dogs fought for the 

 fat which w^as in it. And he looked into it. A small copper was in 

 it. He took it, and he came home. 



And he came to the ten canoes of the Tsimshian who had arrived. 

 He went in to his mother and ate as usual. He also drank water. 



Next day gambling began. He went out and staked the sea otter. They 

 tried to get ahead of one another in playing for it. The Tsimshian 

 wanted to gamble with him. Then one came to gamble with him. 

 The Tsimshian handled the sticks tirst. And he did not take the one 

 which smoked. After he had counted seven he took the one which 

 smoked. He got the djil. 



Then he took up '' Coming-out-ten-times" as thev had told him. 

 [They said] "He is losing as he always does." Then he handled the 

 sticks. He counted ten. He had " Sticking -into-the-clouds" and 

 this one [besides his blank] left.^^ With them he won. He stopped 

 missing it. He handled the sticks. Then he held the blank over his 

 shoulder. He took it away.^^ The}' did not see it. 



He won ever}- single thing from the Tsimshian, After he had all 

 of their property he also won their canoes. By and by a little old 

 man behind the crowd of his opponents, who had just bathed and had 

 the right side of his face marked with paint, wanted to gaml)le with 

 him. And, after they had staked property, the Tsimshian handled 

 the sticks. Smoke came out of both heaps of cedar Imrk. Then he 

 selected that which smoked the most. He got one of those with many 

 marks. '^ And he handled them aofain. He took the one with the 



