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and when the boys grow up, they come to the place where the sun is 
being made (see p. 285). 
The second part of the story begins with the origin of Ya.uk"e’;kam, 
who also goes to the place where the sun is being made and tries his 
powers. The story of his origin is briefly as follows: Frog’s grand- 
daughter, Doe, is taken into the water by White Stone, whom she 
marries. Their son is Ya.uk"e’;kam, who in a number of exploits 
obtains for the use of mankind arrow wood, the arrow straightener, 
sinew, flint, and the bow stave (see p. 290). Then he goes with Coyote 
to the place where the sun is being made. They pass a number of 
dangers—the fat, the giant, and the thunderbirds (see p. 285). 
When the various parties meet, one after another tries to act as the 
Sun, and finally the sons of the Lynx are accepted. ‘ 
We have no other incidents that are clearly connected with this 
tale, but I suspect strongly that the tale of the deluge produced by 
the Chicken Hawk may connect in a similar way with the story of 
the Sun (see p. 304). : 
On account of Ya.uk"e’;ka‘m’s great powers, the people are afraid 
of him and drown him. The fish resuscitate him; and he follows the 
people, finds his brother’s wife and her son, and tells them to resist 
those who maltreat them. He kills the chief, and the people are 
even more afraid of him (see p.291). This passage recalls the story 
of Coyote’s son (see MAFLS 11:120). Finally Ya.uk"e’;ka’m goes to 
the east end of the world (see p. 291). 
The second cycle, apparently independent of the former one, is that 
of the war against the sky. 
Natnu’qtse crawls about in the country, and his tracks form the 
rivers (see p. 288). During this period Muskrat kills his sister-in-law 
and escapes to the sky. The animals make a chain of arrows and 
climb up, but Wolverene tears the chain. The animals fight with 
Muskrat. When they find the arrow chain broken, they kill the 
thunderbird, and with its feathers they fly down. The Bat and the 
Flying Squirrel, who receive no feathers, sail down. The Sucker 
jumps down and breaks its bones. The Woodpecker family are not 
given feathers. They climb down the sky, and reach the earth in 
the west, passmg through the horizon (see p. 288). They meet 
Nalmu/’qtse and try to kill him by throwing into his mouth a red- 
hot stone wrapped in a goat heart. Natmu/qtse causes it to fall 
aside. He warns the woodpeckers not to sleep in wooded places and 
not to touch a charr floating in the water (see pp. 288,289). The 
Woodpeckers disobey; and when they sleep in a wooded place, a toad 
sticks to the body of one of them. When Flicker touches a charr, he 
and his wife Duck are swallowed by a water monster. . In order to 
find out where Flicker is, Woodpecker sends out birds to invite the 
fish to his tent. They come led by their grandfather (a fish with 
