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canoe. He puts the penis of the Bighorn into the water, by means of which he pro- 
duces a snowstorm, Ya.uk"e’,;ka’m knows what is coming. He finds a tent, and is 
taken care of by his brothers and sisters, (probably animals) that live there. The 
house owner counteracts Bighorn’s charm by striking his testicles. Bighorn thinks 
he hears the bursting of Ya.uk"e’;ka‘m’s eyes, and Bighorn causes the cold to stop. 
While it is cold, Bighorn is throwing warm things on himself. After some time Big- 
horn Sheep returns to look for Ya.uk"e’,ka‘m. After the Bighorn has crossed the 
river, Ya.uk"e’,;ka°m goes into his canoe, crosses the river, and does the same as the 
Bighorn has done. A snowstorm arises, and he goes into Bighorn Sheep’s tent and 
_ throws warm things on himself. When he hears the noise of eyes bursting, he says, 
‘Don’t let it be cold any more!” After all this has happened, the old man has been 
transformed into a mountain sheep, and Ya.uk*e’;ka°m takes the arrow straightener. 
Thus man obtains the arrow straightener. 
In order to obtain sinew, Ya.uk"e’;ka’m goes to the tent of Mouse, who is afraid of 
the Bull Moose, which almost breaks the tent. He obtains first a poor bow, then a 
good bow, kills the Mocse for Mouse, and takes the sinew. Thus man obtains sinew.} 
He goes to obtain Flint.2, Flint isa man. Ifa person pays him well, he trans- 
forms himself into stone, and allows pieces to be broken off. When Ya.uk"e’;ka°m 
arrives, Flint retains the form of a man, because he expects high pay. Ya.uk"e’;ka°m 
tells Flint that Diorite Man claims to be stronger than Flint. By carrying tales from 
one to the other he causes them to quarrel and to fight. "When they strike each other, 
large pieces of flint and diorite fall off, and he is able to obtain the stone he needs. 
Thus he produces flint and tough stone for the use of man. 
Ya.uk"e’;ka‘m goes to obtain bow wood. Two squirrels as large as grizzly bears 
stand on each side of a trail. He kills them. From the body creeps the small squirrel 
of our times. He passes between two moving trees, which crush any one who passes 
between them. He keeps them apart by putting his spear across.* Then he scatters 
the cedar wood. 
Ya.uk"e’;ka’.m asks his mother where the sun rises, and he tells her that he is going 
there. 
4. THe PEOPLE TRY TO KILL YA.UK*E’;KA’M (No. 55).—The people kill 
Ya.uk"e’;ka°m and throw him into the river. Then they break camp and order Crane 
to drag a young tree to cover their tracks. The fish nibble at the drowned man’s 
body, and he awakes. He kicks the fish, but they say that they are restoring him. 
He follows the people, meets Crane, whom he kills. He also kills Crane’s wife. When 
he approaches the people, he sees his sister-in-law, who is lagging behind and who is 
crying. She carries her child, Duck, on her back. The child recognizes him and 
tells his mother, who, however, disbelieves him. Ya.uk"e’;ka‘m shows himself, and 
she tells him that the people take away his brother’s game, and that Duck has to render 
menial services to the chief, that they also take away the tent site that she is preparing. 
Ya.uk"e’,ka‘m tells his brother and his sister-in-law to resist the people.* The people 
are afraid when the two act independently. The chief, aft2r defecating, calls Duck 
to clean him, and Duck kills him with arrow points that he has attached to his head.*® 
Ya.uk"e’;ka’m shows himself, and the people are afraid of him. 
1 Kaska (Teit JAFL 30:438). 
2 Kalapooya (information given by A. 8. Gatschet). 
Shuswap (Teit JE 2: 645; Dawson TRSC 1891 : 35). 
Thompson (Teit MAFLS 6: 76). 
Tillamook (Boas JAFL 11: 144). 
See Boas, RBAE 31: 612, No. 5. 
See Boas, RBAE 31: 613, No. 9. 
4 Takelma (Sapir UPenn 2:20). 
Thompson (Teit MAFLS 6:25). 
5 Quinault (Farrand JE 2:100). 
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