''''BOAr] THE ELK HUNTER TRANSLATION. 237 



the hunter spirit." He sang live days. Cedar bark was dyed red and 

 put on him. A stick was painted red and given to him. Then he went 

 up the river. He went a long distance. He sang when he was going 

 into the woods. Now he drove the elks [toward the water]. His rel- 

 atives had remained in the town. One of them said: "An elk is 

 coming down to the water." They took their arrows. Another one 

 came; again one and again one came. They counted them, but when 

 they had counted seventy they lost the number. The old man said: 

 "Let the elks alone; do not shoot them; perhaps the boy who sings is 

 dri^^ng these elks." They stood near the water and the opening was 

 quite full of them. Then the boy came down singing. He took that 

 stick and pointed seaward to the water. The elks stood there a short 

 while and then they swam seaward. When the boy came to the sea 

 he shouted, and all the elks died. Now he called the wind to blow 

 landward and a northerly wind arose. The elks drifted ashore, and 

 the beach in Iront of the town was full of them. Now his relatives 

 went down to the beach. They cut up only the fat ones. The lean ones 

 were skinned merely. Then the houses of his relatives became full. 

 Now, whenever he went to hunt elk, he carried only a stick, and 

 shouted. As soon as an elk met him it died. He excelled all hunters. 



