58 ANEKTCXO'LEMIX her myth. Enology 



"'Ehehiu', you say; we always climb in our country." Then their chief 

 won two sea-otters. 



Then they stayed awhile longer. Then again a person came out and 

 said: "They want to have a shooting match with you." Blue- Jay 

 said: "We have shooting matches every day in our country." The 

 young woman said: " Do you think they are like Indians? They i^lace 

 people against each other. One stands on one side, the other on the 

 other. [They shoot at each other,] the one dies, and the other wins." 

 Then they said to the Beaver: " You istand up [on our side]." They 

 took a grindstone and tied it to his belly. They took another one and 

 tied it to his back. The supernatural beings made the loon stand up 

 on their side. Then [the beaver and the loon] took their arrows and 

 the loon shot at the beaver. The arrow broke and fell down. Then 

 the beaver shot at the loon. " Uhu," said he when he was struck by the 

 arrow. Then the loon shot again. " Ha," he-said, and the arrow broke 

 and fell down. Then he shot again at the loon. " Uhu," he said, then fell 

 on his back and died. " Ehehiu! How they won over the bird of the 

 supernatural jpeople." Blue- Jay spoke: "You say 'ehehiu'; we have 

 shooting matches in our country every day." 



They stayed there some time.louger. Then again a person came out 

 of the house and said: "They want to play with you; you will sweat 

 in the sweat house." Blue- Jay spoke: "We always sweat in our 

 country.'' Then the young woman said: "They always heat caves, 

 and when they are hot, they enter them. The one party will die, the 

 other will win," Then their chief said : " We must go into the cave." 

 Now the supernatural beings heated the caves. They got hot. There 

 were two caves in a rock. [The chief and some of his people] went 

 into one, the supernatural beings went into the other. Then the caves 

 were closed. The chief, however, took some ice and juit it under their 

 feet. They stood on it. After a little while a sound was heard like 

 the bursting of a shell that is being roasted. Five times that sound 

 was heard. Then the caves were opened; first that of Blue Jay's peo- 

 ple — they were all alive; next that of the supernatural beings — five 

 of them were dead. They had won again. " Ehehiu! How they won 

 over the supernatural beings." " ' Ehehiu', you say," replied Blue-Jay, 

 " we use the sweat house every day in our country." 



Now the chiefs brother-in-law said: "Let us catch whales." The 

 sister told him: "Take care; they will try to put you to shame. This 

 is their last attemi)t at you." In the evening they went to catch whales. 

 She took Blue- Jay and put him into her right armpit. Then she took 

 Eobin and put him into her left armpit [and told them]: "Now I 

 shall keep you here; do not say 'ehehiu,' do not look!" Then in the 

 evening they all went down to the beach. She said to her elder brother : 

 "Four whales will pass you, but do not throw your harpoon; when 

 the fifth comes, then harpoon it." Now the supernatural people stood 

 there. The young woman took a torch in order to help her brother. 



