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ground. It was his son's strength that took them there so quickly. 

 Then the land-otter-man siiddenlj^ stopped the canoe. He took the 

 hne and baited a hook with one devilfish tentacle. He baited all of 

 the hooks and lowered them. Then he tied the end of the line to the 

 seat. He said to his father, "Put the blanket over you. Do not 

 watch me." His father did so but observed him through a hole in 

 the blanket. The land-otter-man, without causing any motion in 

 the canoe, jumped overboard, went down the line, and put the largest 

 halibut that he could find on their hooks. When he came in he 

 shook the canoe and his father pretended to wake up. He gave the 

 line to his father who began to pull up. \erj many big halibut 

 began to come up, which he clubbed and threw into the canoe as fast 

 as he could. Then he turned the canoe around and started for 

 home. The canoe was full. 



On the way the land-otter-man was in the bow holding a spear. 

 After he had held it there for a long time lie threw it. His father 

 could not see that he had tin-own it at a large seal. He brought it 

 close to the canoe, gave it one blow to kill it and threw it into the 

 canoe. When they came ashore it was almost daybreak. Then, 

 motioning to his father that the raven might call before he reached 

 shelter, he ran straight up into the woods. 



Xow^ the man's wife came down and began cutting up the halilnit. 

 By the time they had it all into the house it was dark. The same 

 evening, before they knew it, he was with them again. Then the 

 man took some pieces of raw halibut, cut them into bits and placed 

 them before him. He turned his back on them and ate very fast. 

 He could eat only raw food. 



About a week later they told their son not to go into the woods at 

 night but to stay with them. So he did. When he wanted to go 

 fishing he woidd awaken his father wdiile it was still dark, and they 

 would start oft". Each time they T)rought in a load of seal, halibut, 

 and all sorts of things. They began to have great (piantities of pro- 

 visions. 



After that they began to see his body plainly. His mouth was 

 round, and long hair had grown down over his back to his buttocks. 

 He took nothing from his father and mother but raw food. 



Some time after they began to pack up to come to Sitka. He now 

 talked to them like a human being and always stayed with them. He 

 helped load their canoe, and his father gave him a paddle. Then 

 they set out, the land-otter-man in the bow, his father in the stern, 

 and his mother between. When they came to Poverotni point 

 (Kaodjixiti-q!a), the woman saw the shadow of her son's arms mov- 

 ing, his hands which held the paddle being invisible. She sakl to her 

 husband, "What is the matter with my son? He does not seem to 

 be paddling. I can see only his shadow now." So she moved for- 



