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it. Then they gave the arrow to Blue-Jay, who looked at it. Theu 

 the young- man sairt: "Give me my double-pointed arrow, Blue- Jay." 

 "It is not your arrow, you bad man" |, retorted Blue- Jay]. Again the 

 people looked at the arrow and said: "To what chief may this arrow 

 belong? It is a good arrow." "Then they gave it again to Blue- Jay. 

 x^ow the young man said again: "Give me, oh, give me my double- 

 pointed arrow, Blue-Jay!" " Well, take it ! " Then [the young man] 

 arose and took it. He shook himself and his body was all covered with 

 dentalia. Then Blue- Jay said [to the chicken-hawk, who on entering the 

 house had assumed the shape of a woman] : "Follow the chief!" The 

 youth ran and the woman pursued him. They went and went and went 

 until he came to his elder brother's house. He hid himself [inside]. 

 The woman entered and did not see an3'body. She thought: "Where 

 may that youth have gonef" In the evening the panther came home. 

 Now there was the woman [in his house. He thought:] "Certainly he 

 went down the river!" Then he married the woman. She thought: 

 "When did that youth come home ? " On the following day she searched 

 for him. She turned over all the elk skins until it grew dark. She 

 continued two days. Then she had finished all the skins on one side 

 of the house. Now she searched at the other side of the house. 

 She turned over all the elk skins. [Finally she found him] sleeping 

 [under the skins]. She took some grease and [elk] hoofs. She made a 

 fire and roasted the hoofs. When they were done she pounded them. 

 She took some soot and mixed it with hair of an elk's nose. Now she 

 mixed it all with elk's grease and poured it into his nostrils. When 

 it grew dark he awoke. Now his nostrils felt sore. He said : "Oh, my 

 elder brother, my nose is being transformed into an elk's nose." "Oh, 

 my younger brother, your nose is being transformed into an elk's nose. 

 I can not help you." "Oh, my elder brother, hoofs are growing on my 

 feet." "Oh, younger brother, hoofs are growing on your feet. 1 can 

 not help you.'" On the following morning the elk skins arose and be- 

 came elks. The youth arose. He became E'lemiX* and went out. 

 Theu all the elks arose and went into the woods. Now [the panther] 

 took the woman at her arm. He carried her out of the house and shook 

 her, so that all her flesh fell down. He threw her down and said : 

 "Your name shall be Chicken-hawk. Henceforth, you shall not make 

 chiefs unhappy. When you see a snake you shall eat it. My name 

 will be Panther." 



* The tutelary spirit of the hunters. 



