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Second Bear Simg 



Thi.s .song also is sunjr ))y the hear liimter, in order to attract the 

 bears, wiiile on his way from the camp to tlie place where he expects 

 to hunt during the day. The melody is simple and plaintive. 



He-e! Hayuya'haniwH', haymia'haniwiX' , hayuya'hm huA', hayuya'haniwd', 



Tsisiuyi' nehandu' yamV , Tmtuyi' nehandu' ymid' — Yoho-o.' 

 He-e! Jliiynya'haniwil', h(iyuya'liauiu-&', hayuya'hmmnV, hayuya'lianhiA' , 



Kiimdhi' iieJiandu'yaim, Ktni'dhi' iiehandu'yditu' — Yoho-oJ 

 IIi-< : Ildyuya'hanmd', hayuya'hunhva', hiiyuyri'lianimV, hayuyu'hanwxV, 



I'ydhye' nehandu' yanu, UyAhye' nehiindu'yand' — Yoho-o! 

 He-e! Hayui/a'hanhva' , hwjuya'hiiii'wti', hdiini/u'liaiihrCt', haynya'hanimV , 



(Idteytvd' nehundu'yanW , (rdk'ijwA' nehandn'i/aniY — Yoho-o! 



(Recited) Uli-'nd' asehV Utdeyd' statnk&hV y&il'ndge asKif titkl'. 



Ho! I layuya'haniwa' (four times), 



In Tsistu'vl you were conceived (two times) — Yoho! 

 He! Hayuya'lianiwa' (four times), 



In KuwiVliI you were conceived (two times) — Yoho! 

 He! Hayuya'haniwa' (four times). 



In Uyil'hye you were conceived (two time.s) — Yoho! 

 He! Hayuya'haniwa' (four times), 



In Gate'gwa you were conceived (two times) — Yoho! 

 And now surely we and tlie good blaclv things, the best of all, shall see each 



other. 



76. THE BEAR MAN 



A man went hunting' in the mountains and came across a black bear, 

 which he wounded with an arrow. The bear turned and started to run 

 the other way, and the hunter followed, shootino- one arrow after 

 another into it without bringing it down. Now, this was a medicine 

 bear, and could talk or read the thoughts of people without their say- 

 ing a word. At last he stopped and pulled the arrows out of his side 

 and gave them to the man, saying, " It is of no use for you to shoot 

 at me, for you can not kill me. Come to my house and let us live to- 

 gether." The hunter thought to himself, "He may kill me;" but tiie 

 bear read his thoughts and said, '"No, I won't hurt you." The man 

 thouglit again, "How can I get anything to eat?" but the bear knew 

 his thoughts, and said, "'There shall be plenty." 80 tiie hunter went 

 with the bear. 



They went on togethci' until the3' came to a liole in the side of tiie 

 mountain, and the bear said, "This is not where I live, but there is 

 going to be a council here and we will see what they do." Tliey 

 went in, and the hoh; widened as thi^y went, until tliey came to a 

 large cave like a townhouse. It was full of bears — old bears, yoiuig 

 bears, and cuIjs, white bears, black bears, and brown liears — and a 

 large white bear was the chief. They sat down in a corner, l)ut soon 

 the bears scented the hunlcr and hcgan to ask. " Wiiat is it tiiat smells 



