^il'oA^] BLUE-JAY AND lo'l MYTH TRANSLATION. 171 



which Avas all over on fire. He poured out lii.s bucket. Wheu he had 

 come uearl.y across he had emptied his bucket. He took off his bear- 

 skin blanket and l)eat the fire. The whole bearskin blanket was burnt. 

 Then his head and his hair caught tire and he was burnt. 



K^ow Blue- Jay was dead. When it was just growing dark he came to 

 his sister. "Kukukukukuku, lo'i," he said. His sister cried: "Ah, my 

 brother is dead." His trail led to the water on the other side of the 

 river. She launched her canoe and went to fetch him. She reached 

 him. lo'i's canoe was pretty. She said to him : "And you said that 

 canoe was moss-grown." "Ah, lo'i is always telling lies. The other 

 ones had holes and were moss-grown." She said to him: "You are 

 dead now | therefore you see them differently]." "lo'i is always telling 

 lies." Now she carried her brother across to the other side. He saw 

 the people. They sang, they phiyed ihtlukum, they played dice witli 

 beaver teeth; the women played their ihtlukum; they played hoops; 

 tliey played dice with ten disks; they played \vacakoa-i. Farther in the 

 town they sang conjurers' songs. Blue- Jay heard them. They were 

 dancing, knmm, kumm, kumra, kumm. He wanted to go to these singers. 

 He tried to sing and to shout, but he was laughed at. He went and 

 tried to shout but they all laughed at him. Then he entered his brother- 

 in-law's house. There was a chief; lo'i's husband was good looking. 

 She said: "And you broke his neck." "lo'i is always telling lies. 

 Whence came these canoes? They are pretty." "And you said they 

 were moss-grown." "lo'i is always telling lies. The others had all 

 holes. Part of them were moss-grown." "You are dead now [there- 

 fore you see everything differently]," said his sister. "lo'i is always 

 telling lies." He tried to shout at the jjeople, but they laughed at 

 him. Then he gave it up and became quiet. His sister forgot him [for 

 a moment]. When she went to look for him, he stood near the dancers. 

 After five nights he entered their house. His sister opened the door 

 and saw him dancing on his head, his legs upward. She turned back 

 and cried. Now^ he had again really died. He had died a second time 



