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reached the shore they recognized the duck. She landed and said to 

 Bhie-Jay: "O, your brother-in-law is choking. I came to fetch you; 

 you shall cure him." Blue- Jay replied : "We shall go." They made 

 themselves ready to go. They went, and he said to his elder brother: 

 " Eobin, you must say, ' She shall give us in payment one lake and one- 

 half of another lake.' Thus you must say when I cure her." Eobin said : 

 "All right." They landed. The duck's husband was breathing heav- 

 ily. Now Blue Jay began to cure him and Eobin sang: "You shall 

 pay us both sides of one lake and one side of another lake." One of 

 the ducks who sat at some distance sang differently : " Qoe'x, one side 

 shall be yours, my nephews." Then Blue Jay took out the morsel 

 which was choking the duck and made him well. He recovered. Now 

 [Eobin and his brother] dug roots on the place which they had received 

 in payment. They gathered two canoes full and went home. They 

 arrived at home. They carried their roots up to the house. They 

 stayed there for some time. They ate all their roots. Then Blue Jay 

 dreamed again. He said to his elder brother : "Eobin, I dreamed that 

 people sent for us; I was to cure a sick person." In the afternoon 

 they saw a.canoe coming; two persons were in it. They landed and 

 two young men came up to the house. They were the young wolves. 

 They said to Blue-Jay: "We come to call you; a girl of our family is 

 choking." Blue-Jay replied: "We shall go." After some time he 

 and his brother made themselves ready, and he said to his elder 

 brother: "When I cure her you must point to the largest basket and 

 say, 'There is the spirit of the disease.'" "All right," replied Eobin. 

 They landed, and when they came to tlie house the girl was almost 

 suffocated. Then Blue- Jay began to cure her. He sang: " What is it 

 that is in this girl ? Her throat is all twisted up." Then Eobin said, 

 pointing to the largest basket: "It is in tliat large basket." The 

 wolves took it down and placed it near Eobin. Eobin contmued to do 

 so, and pointed to all the large baskets. Then Blue- Jay took out what 

 had choked the girl; it was the kneepan of an elk. Then they gave 

 them in payment two canoes full of meat and grease. They went 

 home and now they were satisfied and carried the meat up to the 

 house. Their house became full. 



