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came back to Long-Water Bay,' and | there it went ashore. It went 
ashore into a cave under water. There it went in. | Woodpecker 
gave his war bonnet and his | spear to Flicker, and said to him: ‘If 
you see it coming out of the water, || say ‘Ahei!’”’ Woodpecker was 
ready | to kill the Water Monster. He was told: ‘“You must say 
this, ‘Ahei!’ | Then it will be afraid of you, and you will hit it in the 
right place.’’ Then Woodpecker | stepped into the water. He waited 
for it. Then | he was told that Flicker was going there. He stood | 
ready to spear the monster. He said: ‘Ah! Flicker is waiting to 
spear it. | He will kill the Water Monster.’ | Woodpecker had told 
him differently. He trembled for fear, for | the monster looked fierce. 
Then he missed it. When | the Water Monster saw him, it said to 
him, “I shall swallow you.” || Then Flicker let go the spear and ran 
away. | 
Then Nalmu’qtse was told: ‘Start for | the end of the lake and 
shut up the water. Don’t let it | go through.”’ When he arrived 
at the end of the lake, | he kicked this mountain? and broke a piece 
off. || Then he made the mud solid with his knees. | Then Wood- 
pecker started in pursuit.. Many were pursuing | the monster. Coy- 
ote was the fastest one. He caught, up with it. | He carried his 
tomahawk pipe. He caught up with it, and was just about to strike 
it. | Then the Water Monster looked at him, and said, ‘ T’ll swallow 
you,” ||and he ran away. Next Fox overtook him and | took the 
tomahawk pipe. When he caught up to it, | he looked at it, and said: 
‘« Ahei! there is no other man like me. [ shall be the first | to strike 
the Water Monster.’’ He hit its head, | killed it, and it was cut to 
pieces.|| Then it was cut open. Then Flicker and Duck | and his wife 
came out. Duckand | Flicker were white on each side. They washed 
themselves. Then | Duck and Flicker and Duck’s wives, | those who 
had been swallowed by the Water Monster in their canoe, said || that 
while they had been in the belly of the Water Monster | they had 
made a fire with theircanoe. They had been told: ‘Don’t | makea 
big fire; it might melt the fat (of the monster).”” Then Flicker | was 
worn down to his present size. | 
Then the ribs on one side of the monster were cut off. They were 
thrown away || down the river. The one side of the ribs is now a cliff 
below. | Then the other side was thrown away, there | where it was 
being cut up. Therefore the cliff is named Standing Rib. | Then its 
scattered about where there are people. | 
body was cut up and was 
1 South of Windermere. 2 Pointed out by thé narrator. 
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