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And, after they had remained there for a while, they came in to him. 

 Then, as he pulled it up, he thrust the dog's bone into the end of the 

 canoe. It went in ea.sil}'. And, when he passed down to the middle, 

 the sa.me thing took place there. The whole canoe was like that. 



Then all got off, and he tied all their paddles together and went up 

 to the house with them. He then brought them into the house and 

 stood them on end near the door. He then had the canoe people sit 

 in a circle. His sister sat with them next to the door. 



And he intended to let them wash their hands in urine after they 

 had sat there for a while. He put it first in front of the one nearest 

 to the door. While he washed his hands he turned his head away and 

 snuffled. As each washed his hands he did the same thing. He then 

 knew that these were Land-otter people. He picked up his urinal 

 and put it back into its place behind him. 



After that he put the paddles into the fire. Lo! minks ran away. 

 When he clubbed those that had come after him, they did not any 

 longer conceal the fact that they were land otters. He straightway 

 placed himself just inside the door and clubbed the land otters to death. 

 But he did not touch the woman. The Land-otter people changed 

 themselves to make him a ga'gix.it. If he had gone with them he 

 would have become a ga'gix.it. 



During all that time he fasted. Again he did not sleep. He feared 

 to. During all that time the woman brought him food. And every 

 time he put it into the fire different things ran away from it. 



At one time, when she came in to him, she again said that the}- would 

 come for him. By and by ten more persons came after him in a canoe. 

 Again a woman sang a crying song in it. ''Brother Qo'lkle" were 

 the words she put into it. He again went down. Those, too, were 

 afraid for some time to come in to him. 



63^ and by they came in. He recognized all. When he pulled up 

 their canoe he also stuck his dog's bone into it, and it went in easily. 

 He gathered all their paddles together, bound them, and went up 

 with them. He again stood them on end near the door. As before, 

 he told the canoe people to sit on each side of him. He again seated 

 his sister nearest to the door. 



Then he again had them wash their hands in urine. He saw them 

 again turn their heads away as they washed. He saw that these were 

 also land otters. He again rose and put their paddles into the fire. 

 They all ran off again as minks. He stood then in the doorway and 

 began to clul) the land otters. Again he preserved the woman only. 



During all that time it was north weather.^ Soon after he had killed 

 these there was fine weather. The wind had been strong for ten days. 

 When it was a fine day his friends reall}" came in search of him. He 

 went to them. Without waiting, they came up in front of him. 



Then he tried to push his bone into the canoe bow. He could not. 



