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which fastened the big man's spear point to the shaft and swam off 

 with the point. Upon this the big man pulled his shaft up, looked at it 

 and said, "My spear is gone." Then he went downstream. In the 

 meantime Lq !aya'k! came ashore, got out of the fish, came up to his 

 usual station on the lowest limb of the tree, and sat down there. 

 They had him sit below because he talked so much, and because he 

 was the most i)recipitate. 



That night the one-legged man did not sleep at all on account of 

 his lost spear. lie was using it in working for the bear people. When 

 he came up next morning he had a cpiill in his hands which would tell 

 him things. lie took this about among the trees, and, when he came 

 to that on which the brothers were sitting, it beat straight down. 

 Then he cried, "Bring my s})ear this way." Although he saw no one, 

 he knew that there were people there who had it. Then he came to 

 the bottom of the tree, seized Lqlaya'k! and tore him in ])ieces. So 

 he served the next two brothers. But IvAcklA'Lk! had his dog, which 

 he was able to make small, concealed under his coat and, after his 

 brothers were torn up, he let it go, and it tore the big man all to 

 pieces. Because he had his red paint, rattle, and dog he cared for 

 nothing. Now he put the red paint on his lirothers' bodies and shook 

 the rattle over them so that they came to life. 



Next morning they got into the same tree again. Then they saw 

 a man with two heads placed one over another coming up the stream. 

 It was the bear chief. He hooked a great many salmon and jnit them 

 on pieces of string on each side of his mouth. Next evening a little 

 old man came up. Lcjlaya'k! came down and asked, "What are 

 you doing here?" He said, "I have come up after salmon." But 

 he could hook none at all, so Lc{!aya'k! caught a lot for him. Then 

 Lq!aya'k! asked him: "What does that double-head that came up 

 here do?" The old man said, "I will tell you about it." So they 

 said to him : ' ' Xow we want you to tell the truth about this ? What 

 does he really do when he gets home with his salmon? We will get 

 you more salmon if you tell us truly." And the old man answered: 

 "Wlien he gets home with a load of salmon, he leaves it down 

 by the river. Then he takes off his skin coat and hangs it up." This 

 is what he told them. 



The next time the two-heads came up and began to throw salmon 

 ashore, it said all at once, * ' I feel people's looks." '^ As soon as he came 

 opposite the place where they were sitting, KAcklA'Lk! tlirew his dog 

 right upon him. It caught this big bear by the neck and killed him. 

 Every time thereafter, when the little old man came up, they ques- 

 tioned him about the people in the place he came from. 



At last they caught a lot of salmon and prepared to descend. Then 

 KAcklA'Lk! put on the bearskin, placed his brothers under his arms 



o Meaning "I feel that people's looks are on me.' 



