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unsuccessful. They went home. Coyote scolded. He defecated: "Why 

 have these salmon disappeared?" "You lean one! When you kill a 

 salmon, and you have laid your net at one place and you kill one more, 

 you must lay your net at the same place. You must not pass a canoe 

 with fishermen in it. It is taboo." "Yes," said Coyote. On the next 

 day they went again fishing. Coyote said : " Even I got tired. The 

 Indians shall always do in the same manner. Murderers, those who 

 prepare corpses, girls who are just mature, menstruating women,widows 

 and widowers shalf not eat salmon. Thus shall be the taboos for all 

 generations of people." 



