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declared: "We were insulted; they told us they would cohabit with 

 us." Then the one whose guardian spirit helped him to obtain salmon 

 lay down. He was ashamed. For five days he remained in bed, and 

 did not eat. Then his younger brother killed a salmon. He said: 

 " Heat stones. " Then his wife heated stones. They called the old 

 people and they came. They thought: "We shall eat that salmon." 

 When the stones were hot that GiLa'unaLX sang his conjurer's song. 

 They took a kettle and placed it in the middle of the house. When the 

 stones were hot they put them into that kettle. Then they put the 

 salmon into the kettle whole; they did not cut it. Two old men were 

 standing close together. The one nudged the other and said: "Why 

 do they treat the salmon in that way?" The other said: "Be quiet, 

 do not disturb our young men. You will learn in due time what they 

 are going to do with this salmon." Now the salmon had been covered a 

 long time. Then the mat was taken off, and he said to the people : " We 

 shall not eat this salmon. It will be taken out into the water." Then 

 the one old man who was standing close to the other one said: ^'Now 

 you hear it. You said before, why do they treat the salmon in this 

 manner. " Two youths took the kettle and carried it to the water. A 

 fishing canoe was launched and the kettle was placed in it. Five 

 men were in the canoe — four youths and the one whose guardian spirit 

 helped him to obtain salmon. Now they went seaward, and he sang 

 his conjurer's song as they went. They arrived in the middle of the 

 water. Then they took the kettle and poured the salmon and the stones 

 into the water. They went ashore. He said to the youths: "Take 

 young spruce trees," They took them and peeled oft' the bark. Then 

 that GiLa'unaLX said : "Place one above and one below this place." 

 The youths did so. When it grew dark the GiLa'unaLX set their dip- 

 nets. When it grew day their canoes were full of salmon and the fish 

 swam toward the shore. They filled their canoes quickly. Then he 

 said to the youths : " Let us go to Clatsop ! " They arrived at Naya'qcta- 

 owe. He rubbed some green paint in his hands and mixed it with 

 water. He said to his companions : "Let us paddle toward the middle 

 of the water." They paddled away from the shore. Then he poured 

 his green paint into the water. He said to his companions: "Let us 

 go." They came home. The houses of the GiLa'unaLX were full of 

 dry salmon and of dry salmon skins. Thus the man who had Iqamia'itx 

 for his guardian spirit obtained salmon. 



