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that he was to be a chief. Then he was angry at him. Then | he 
started after the one who was going back. He came to the Beavers. 
He said to them: | ‘‘What have you done tome? Why did you not 
know that somebody passed by ?”’ | He was told: ‘We were asleep.” 
He went on, and he came to | the Marmots. He said to them: ‘‘ What 
have you done to me? Why didn’t you || know that somebody passed 
by?”’ THewas told: ‘We were asleep, | therefore we did not know.” 
He went on, and he came to the Cranes. | He said to them: ‘“‘ What 
have you done to me? Why did you not know that somebody 
passed by ?”’ | They said: ‘‘There was a snowstorm at that time, and 
we were asleep. | Therefore we did not know.’ He said to them: 
“After I have bitten || Ya.uk%e’;ka‘m, I'll come back and [ll kill you.” 
His servants were fooling him. | Then those friends the Cranes | knew 
it was Ya.uk"e’;ka‘m. Therefore they were afraid of him. Then | 
Grizzly Bear pursued Ya.uke’;kavm. Then Ya.uk*e’;ka‘m knew 
that Grizzly Bear | was coming to killhim: He called his manitou, || 
and Bear could not catchup with him. He madeahill. Then Grizzly 
Bear | became tired. Yatuk"e’;ka-m thought: ““Where | shall I go so 
that Grizzly Bear can not bite me?” He thought: “Tl | go back to 
my mother, but my uncle Gray Stone is bad.” Then | Ya.uk"e’jka°m 
came to his mother. He said: ‘Grizzly Bear ||is pursuing me.” 
Then Gray Stone said: ‘“‘Hé!” | Gray Stone arose. He sang. He 
called his manitou, and he said: “I shall f kill the Grizzly Bear.” 
Then Gray Stone became stone. | He took grease and rubbed himself 
all over. | A large fire was made. He lay down near the fire. It 
was not long || before Grizzly Bear arrived. He said: ‘Open | the 
door!”’ Theysaid to Ya.uke’;ka'm: “Stand there by | the doorway.”’ 
Then Grizzly Bear arrived. He saw | Ya.uk"e’;ka°m standing there 
by the doorway. | Grizzly Bear said: ‘‘ Ha! Chief Ya.uk"e’jka'm is a 
full-grown man. || I shall kill him.’’ Then Gray Stone arose and | lay 
down the other way. He became stone. | He heated himself by the 
fire. He became very hot, and was about to burst from the heat. 
Then | Grizzly Bear said: ‘Well, lll close my eyes. I will bite Chief | 
Ya.uke’;ka'm.’’ Then he attacked him. He bit him. || Gray Stone 
made signs to Ya.uk*e’;ka‘m, who | (then) stood a little to the 
other side of the doorway. | Grizzly Bear had his eyes shut when 
he bit him, and he stood biting the post. | He opened his eyes 
and had the post in his mouth. | He looked at Ya.uk"e’j;ka‘m. He 
stood on the other side of the doorway. || Grizzly Bear said: 
“Well, I'll close my eyes and bite | Chief Ya.uk"e’;ka‘m.” Then 
he bit again. Gray | Stone just made a sign to Ya.uk"e’jka‘m, 
who | jumped to the other side. Grizzly Bear opened his eyes, 
and he stood there biting the doorway. He looked | for Ya.u- 
kte’;karm, who was standing on the other side. | Now Gray 
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