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Then she gave her a comb. She also gave her some hairs. She also 

 gave her some hair oil. She also gave her a whetstone. While the}^ 

 were out after salmon she started off. 



Now she heard them pursuing her. The}^ came near her. Then 

 she stuck the comb into the ground. And she looked back. She saw 

 great masses of fallen trees. Now those behind her had trouble in 

 getting through. While they were getting through with difficulty she 

 got a long distance awa3^ 



Again they got near her. She also laid the hair on the ground. 

 Again she looked back. There was a great amount of brush there. 

 Now the}^ again had trouble behind that. Again she got a long dis- 

 tance away from them. 



Now the pursuers again came near her. She also poured out the 

 hair oil. And she looked back. There was a large hike there. They 

 had to skirt its edges. Again the woman ran hard. 



Now they came near her again. She stuck the whetstone [into the 

 ground]. And the woman looked back. There was a great cliff there. 

 Thev could not climb over it. And she came out of the woods near 

 the sea. 



There one sat in a canoe seaward from her. The woman wanted to 

 get in with him. The chief wore a large hat. Upon the hat birds 

 flew around in a flock. His name was Sag.adila'^o. "Let me get in 

 with you. M}^ father will give you ten coppers," said the woman, 

 trying to persuade the chief. 



Now the chief struck the edge of his canoe with his club. It came 

 in front of the woman. The woman got in. He struck the edges of 

 his canoe. Now it floated out at sea again. 



Then the grizzly bears came out in a crowd. Close to them the 

 wolves also came out in a crowd. He struck the edges of his canoe. 

 The canoe bit off' the heads of the grizzly bears. It also bit oft' the 

 heads of the wolves. He destroyed them all. 



Now he let the woman look into his hair. She picked frogs out of 

 his hair. She was afraid to kill them with her teeth. So she bit upon 

 her tinger-nails.^ 



Now he went home with his canoe full of hair seal. He came to his 

 wife, who was in front of the house. And his wife came to meet him. 

 His wife was glad that he had married another wife. The woman ''s 

 name (i, e,, his flrst wife's name) was La'g,al-djat. Now he brought 

 her to the house. 



He went to hunt again next day, and he gave the following directions 

 to his [new] wife: '' When she eats do not steal a look at her. One 

 always makes her choke by doing so." But still she stole a look at 

 her when she ate. And she saw her swallow a whole hair seal. She 

 saw her spit out the bones toward the door. Then she caused her to 

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