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town they began to "vvail. " Oli, the poor ones, how tbey do Avail?" said 

 the people. Tbey sang : " Entsx, Entsx, lie killed her, he killed her, our 

 aunt, our aunt." They landed and the people went down to see them. 

 Then they carried the body of Upe'qciuc uj) to the house. They tried 

 to cure her. After a while she recovered. Then they asked her: 

 *'What[?J." She named [a bird]. "She named the eldest one," said 

 Blue-Jay. " Pull his canoes into the water." Again they asked her. 

 She named Eobin. " She named the eldest one," said Blue-Jay. She 

 nauied all the people. Last of all she named Blue- J ay. Now they 

 launched his canoes and they went to make war upon Ents; x. Two 

 canoes full of people went. 



They went a long distance and met two i^eople asleep, a man and a 

 woman. Blue-Jay went ashore. He took the man by his hair in his 

 right hand and he took the woman in his left. Then he took them to 

 his canoe and made them his slaves. When they traveled along these 

 two persons were dancing |in Blue- Jay's canoe]. The latter said: 

 "Robin! These two persons were our grandfather's slaves; they 

 always carried me on the back and led you by the hand. They were 

 our great-great-grandfather's slaves." " la-a, they are only your slaves. 

 Bo you think that I do not know my slaves'?" replied Robin. "Pshaw ! 

 he is older than I am and does not remember it ! " Now the two persons 

 danced and sang : "Near the trees we always dance, watlala guyu, guyu, 

 guyu, guyu." 



Then Blue- Jay said: "They always say: 'Close to the trees, close to 

 the trees'". "la" replied Robin, "thus they will run away from you." 

 And indeed so it happened. [ When they got a little farther they came 

 to] a tree which hung over the water. [The man and the woman] 

 jumped up and escaped by running [over the tree]. Blue-Jay ran in 

 pursuit. He came inland. Then he called anah, anah. When he 

 came back to the canoe his legs were full of blood [and he said to his 

 brother Robin] : " Why did you not go inland? They nearly killed me. 

 That man took hold of my head and the woman struck my legs. " [Robin 

 laughed and replied:] "la, they were the squirrel and chipmunk whom 

 you caught." 



They traveled on. They went a long distance and met one man who 

 was sitting in his canoe. He fished with a dipnet. Blue- Jay said: 

 "My nephew, you have a iiretty canoe." "I borrowed it." "My 

 nephew, you have a pretty paddle. " " I borrowed it. " "My nephew, 

 you have a pretty bailer. " " I borrowed it. " " My nephew, you have 

 a pretty dip-net." " I borrowed it. " " My nephew, you have a pretty 

 mat in your canoe. " " I borrowed it. " [Then Blue- Jay got angry and 

 said:] "Do you borrow everything?" He took hold of his head and 

 threw him into his canoe. He said: "Give me that roj^e and I will 

 tie him." [The man whom he had caught replied:] "I shall scratch 

 your ropes to pieces." [Then Blue- Jay said:] "Give me a rope of 

 spruce hmbs." "I shall scratch it to pieces." "What shall I take to 



