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We will give them food." The Duck's cliildreu went down to the beach 

 and washed themselves. They dived ten times and their mat was 

 full. They went up to the house. "That trout is thrown at your 

 feet." Now the Ducks went home. After a uumber of days Blue- 

 Jay and his sister became again hungry. " Let us go and visit tlie 

 Black Bear," he said. The next morning they went.' They arrived 

 at the Bear's house. The Bear heated stones. Blue-Jay said to his 

 sister: " What may he give us to eat, lo'i?" When the stones were 

 hot the Bear sharpened his knife and cut his feet here [all around 

 the sole] and cut his thigh. Then he rubbed over the wounds, and 

 they were healed. Then he cut [the flesh which he had cut from 

 his feet and from his body] into small pieces and boiled it. When it 

 was done he i)laced it before them, and after a little while they were 

 satiated. lo'i said to her brother: "You go down first, else you will 

 talk ever so much." Blue- Jay said : "You go down first." His sister 

 went, and then Blue- Jay said: " )me to-morrow and fetch your mat." 

 Then he went home with his sister. They came home. Early the next 

 morning Blue Jay arose and made a fire. He went up to the roof of 

 his house. He said to his sister: " A canoe is coming." jAnd she 

 replied:] " It comes because you invited him." Then the Bear landed 

 and came up to the house. Blue-Jay heated stones, and when they 

 were hot he sharpened his knife and cut his feet. He fainted right 

 away. They blew on him until he recovered. The Bear said: "You 

 can do only one thing, Blue-Jay." The Bear took his foot and slowly 

 cut it. He cut his thigh. Then he cut the flesh into small pieces. He 

 boiled it. When he had finished cooking and it was done he threw it 

 before them and went home. Blue-Jay's feet were sore. 



After several days they again got hungry. Then Blue-Jay said to his 

 elder sister: "To-morrow we will go and visit the Beaver." Early in 

 the morning they started to visit him, and they arrived at the Beaver's 

 house. The Beaver was in his house. After a little while he went out 

 and carried willows into the house which he placed before them. He 

 took a dish and went out. Then he carried it back filled with mud. 

 Blue-Jay and his sister could not eat it and started to go home. As 

 they set out homeward his elder sister said to him: "You go down 

 first else you will talk ever so much." Blue- Jay said to his elder sister: 

 " You go down first." She went to the beach first. Then Blue- Jay 

 said: " Come to my house to-morrow to fetch your dish." The Beaver 

 replied: " I will come to-morrow." Early the next morning Blue- Jay 

 made a fire and went up to the roof of his house. He said to his sister: 

 "A canoe is coming." " It comes because you told him to come." The 

 Beaver landed and entered the house. Blue- Jay went out and when he 

 had been away a little while he brought that many willows. He threw 

 them before the Beaver, who began to gnaw and ate them all. Then 

 Blue-Jay ran to the beach. He went to get some mud, which he put 

 before the Beaver. He ate it all and went home. 



