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Raven transformed himself into araven. He became a real raven. | 
He took hold of Skunk’s musk bag with his bill. Then he flew away, || 
because he had become areal raven, therefore he could fly. | Skunk 210 
noticed the flapping of the wings of Raven, and said: | ‘‘Oh!”’ He 
pulled in his bow quickly. His musk bag was gone. | Then he cried, 
andsaid: “(?) . . . chief, | chief!” for hispower || had beentaken 215 
away from him; therefore he cried. He said (to himself): | ‘‘ You 
always make too much noise about yourears. Now, listen whether | 
the sky will make noise!’’ Then Skunk listened. | He noticed that 
Raven went right up. | Then it came down making a noise. Then 
the noise stopped. || He said: “There, farther along, I walk about. 220 
Here, on this side, | went down the noise from the sky.”’. Skunk was 
lying there. He took | his knife and cut off his leg. He pushed it 
out. | Because the hole was small, he could not get out. Therefore 
he did so. He cut off | hisleg. He pushed it out. He also cut off 
the other one and || pushed it out. He cut off his arm and put it out, 225 
too. | Now there was one arm left. He cut it off, and it rolled out. 
Then | all his limbs were gone. He sang, and said: | 
‘* Let my back roll out, | 
Let my back roll out.’’ || 
Then his back rolled out. Then he rolled out. | He rolled himself 230 
on his one arm. He took | the other one and stuck it on. He took 
his leg, and he | stuck on both of them. Then Skunk arose. 
Then | Skunk stood up. Hewas bad. He had no entrails. || Then he 235 
went and took leaves and put them in. Then he was almost good. | 
He started to the place where Raven had flown, there across 
- the mountains.' | He went along. He went across the mountains, 
and he went along the praire.| Far away he came to a town. 
When Raven had arrived, | he had transformed himself into a man. 
Then he said: || ‘I have brought with me Skunk’s musk bag.” Then 240 
they were all | glad. They said: ‘‘Now Skunk will | no longer kill 
everything. He hasnomuskbag.”’ Then | theyplayed withit. They 
played with it for a long time. | Then Skunk came. A man was 
seen coming along. He was told: || ‘‘Who are you?”’ Skunk said: 245 
“T come from that prairie | over there. I am named | Coming-from- 
the- Prairie -far-away-with - Head-washed-with-White-Clay-carrying- 
my-Bow-Sideways.”” He was told: “Over there is the tent | of the 
chief. His name is Raven. He just came | to this town and brought 
Skunk’s musk bag. Now, || there is also a chief named Grizzly 250 
Bear.”’ There were two chiefs | inthis town. Skunk went to Raven’s 
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