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The chieftainess, the skunk, was singing by herself: "Blue-Jay's 

 and my ancestors used to keep company." Blue- Jay said to his brother : 

 "Robin, go out, I shall speak to her." Robin replied: " No, be quiet, 

 do not speak to her, she will say herself what she resolves to do. Do 

 not speak to her." 



Then more people stood in front of the door, "Ah, who are those 

 who want to dance?" " The grizzly bears." Now the grizzly bears 

 danced. They danced a long time in the house. Then a person said 

 outside: "When will they go out; do they think they alone want to 

 dance?" Then the chief of the grizzly bears said: "Who is talking 

 there? I shall tear him to pieces; I shall eat him." "I am talking; I 

 have a braid on one side of my head only. When I enter a man in the 

 morning he must die before noon." Then the grizzly bear said to his 

 people: "Let us go out and let them dance. Behold the arrows are 

 growling." 



Next the birds Ents;x danced. They sang in a rapid movement: 

 " Our legs are small, but we make the ground shake." Blue- Jay said : 

 "Ha, how miserable are your legs, they will make the ground shake! 

 Be quiet, you bad people." The birds danced and after a little while 

 the house began to shake. Blue- Jay arose and said: "Slowly, slowly,, 

 slowly, younger brothers, the house will fall." The birds finished danc- 

 ing, and next the gray cranes began to dance. Coyote was their hus- 

 band. He sang his shaman's song, " Do not look back, younger sister, 

 because you cause our children to make mistakes." Then he bit one of 

 the children and tore off his neck. After they finished dancing the 

 rabbits came and sang: "Step aside, step aside, post, heha, heha, I will 

 shoot you, heha, heha!" He spanned his bow and Blue- Jay said: 

 " Step aside for my younger brother, post, heha, else he Avill shoot you^ 

 heha!" They gave him a blanket made of rabbit skins. [Blue- Jay 

 gave it to his wife and said:1 ' _ut it on, old woman." She replied: 

 "Llop, Llop, neq, neq, tcu, tcu." "O, yes," remarked Blue- Jay, "when 

 conjurers assemble it is better not to put on beautiful clothing." Now 

 the chieftainess continued to sing her conjurer's song: " Blue- Jay's and 

 my ancestors used to keep company, m-m-m-m." Again Blue-Jay said 

 to his brother: " Go out, Robin, I am hungry. She shall kill the whale 

 quickly." Robin replied: "la, do you think you alone see this? She 

 will say herself what she wants to do." Five times Blue-Jay said to 

 his elder brother to go out, but Robin did not leave the house. Then 

 Blue- Jay shouted : "The skunk is a wind-maker; she will make sick 

 those whom she invited to the dance." She made wind and the whale 

 fell down dead right there. Blue-Jay was blown away and he was 

 caught in a knot-hole in the wall, in which he stuck. Now the people 

 cut the whale. Blue- Jay cried: "Take me out, Robin, take me out." 

 When the whale was all cut, Robin went up and took him out. Then 

 Blue- Jay cut the meat only. 



