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had to turn back. Five days [tliey tried to cross the bay], but every 

 time they were driven back. Then they got across. Now it began to 

 snow, and the people were covered with snow. They became very cokl. 

 Thus their chief took revenge upon them. Then Bhie-Jay went up to 

 the house. [He found a knothole and called to Robin, who was in the 

 house:] "Robin, open for me, I am cold. Bring me food, Robin, I am 

 starving." Robin did not reply. "Robin, take the tongs and put 

 some food through this hole." Robin was boiling meat. Then he took 

 the tongs and i)ut them into the boiling kettle. He pushed the tongs 

 through the knothole. Blue- Jay [was so hungry that he] licked the 

 fat oft" from the tongs. He said: "Robin, Robin, tell the chief that I 

 will give him my daughter in marriage, but let him open the door." 

 " Ya-a," said Robin; "What shall he do with her? He wants your 

 chief's daughter [not yours]." Then Blue-Jay ran down to the beach 

 and said to his chief: "The young man asks for your daughter and for 

 my daughter." The chief did not reply, and Blue Jay ran back to' the 

 house and said: "Robin, the chief says he will give him his daughter." 

 Five times Blue- Jay ran down to the beach and back to the house. Then 

 his chief spoke; he made his daughter ready, and put on her dentalia, 

 and so did Blue- Jay. Once more he ran up to the house and said: 

 "Robin, I have made my daughter ready." " Ya," replied Robin ; " She 

 shall look after tlie chamber." Now they brought the chief's daughter 

 up to the house and they opened the door. 



On the following morning the sister had disappeared. Lo ! The super- 

 natural beings had taken her and her child away. The people remained 

 in this place and made new houses. 



Once upon a time the Crow gathered many potentilla roots [put them 

 into her canoe] and crossed the sea. When she arrived at the country 

 of the supernatural beings they all came down to the beach. They 

 searched among her roots and found one ogue'mEskotit and one 

 LE'moksin among them. These they ate, and threw away the Crow's 

 potentilla roots. Then she went up to the house and met her niece, 

 who said: "Do you think they are men, that you bring them iiotentilla 

 roots! Gather Ogue'mEskotit and LE'moksin. When you come again 

 bring all kinds of nice smelling roots, and bring one small basket of 

 potentilla roots for me." Then she said to her : " Take this bitch along; 

 it belongs to your grandson. When you come near the shore say: 

 'Catch a whale, Q; aci'nEmicLX.'" "Yes," said the Crow, and then she 

 went home. When she was in the middle of the ocean she said to the 

 dog: "Catch a whale, Q; aci'nEmicLX. Do you know indeed how to 

 catch whales f Then the bitch who lay in the stern of the boat arose. 

 A whale came up. She bit it. Then the canoe rocked violently. 

 "Hold it fast, Q; aci'nEmicLX." Then the Crow became afraid and 

 said: "Let go, let go, Q; aci'nEmicLX." Then she let go the whale and 

 lay down to sleep. The Crow landed [and when she arrived], she had 



