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spits. Then put four sticks vertically iuto the ground [ so that they 

 form a square] and lay two horizontal sticks across them. On top of 

 this frame place the back with the head and the tail attached to it." 

 He said to his excrements : " You told me enough." On the next morn- 

 ing they went fishing and killed three salmon. They did not bail out 

 their canoe. Then he said to the newt : " Fetch a stick from the woods. 

 We will make a club.'' She went and brought a stick. Then they 

 laid their net again. Again a salmon was in it and he killed it with 

 his club. Tbey intended to continue fishing, but the flood-tide set in. 

 They killed four only. They put down their salmon. In the afternoon 

 Coyote cut them and put four sticks into the ground. i!^ow he did 

 as his excrements had told him. When they were done he broke the 

 backbone at once. On the next morning they went fishing. They did 

 not kill anything before the flood-tide vset in. They went home. Coyote 

 was angry and defecated. " Why have these salmon disappeared?" 

 he asked his excrements. "I told j'ou," they said to Coyote; *' do you 

 think their taboo is the same as that of the silver-side salmon? It is 

 different. When you kill a salmon you must never strike it with a 

 stick. When they may be boiled, then you may strike them with a 

 stick. When it is almost autumn you may strike them with a stick. 

 Do not break a salmon's backbone when they j ust begin to come. When 

 you have killed a salmon take sand, strew it on its eye, and press it 

 with your fist. Do not club it." Coyote said: "You have told me 

 enough.'* On the next morning they went fishing. Salmon went into 

 the net; three went into the net immediately. He strewed sand on each 

 and pressed each. He killed many salmon. They went home and 

 roasted them. When they were done he distributed them among the 

 people of the town above Clatsop. Now they dried them. On the next 

 morning they went fishing. They tried to fish but did not catch any- 

 thing before the flood-tide set in. They went home. Coyote was angry. 

 He defecated: " Why have these salmon disappeared?" "I told you, 

 you lean one, with your bandy-legs. There are many taboos relating 

 to the salmon. When you have killed many salmon you must never 

 carry them outside the house. You must roast and eat them at the 

 same place. When part is left they must stay at the same place. 

 When you want to dry them you must do so when the flood-tide sets in 

 on the day after you liave caught them." He said to them : " You have 

 told me enough." On the next morning they went fishing again. They 

 killed many salmon. They roasted them all. When they were done he 

 invited the people. The newt was sent out. They came to eat in 

 Coyote's house. They finished eating. Then they left there what they 

 had not eaten. Now it was low water in the morning. They went 

 out early to lay their net, but they did not catch anything. They 

 fished until the flood-tide set in. They did not kill anything. They 

 were unsuccessful. Twice they tried to go fishing early in the morn- 

 ing, but they were unsuccessful; they did not catch anything. Coyote 



