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he was within a short distance of the shore, he thought of the phice 

 where he had been and immediately floated back to the island. The 

 second time the skin carried him riglit ashore. Then he g<jt out, 

 went home to his friends and rei)orted everything that had happened. 



Another canoe also set out to hunt in much the same way. After the 

 people had gone on for a very long time unsuccessfully, they came upon 

 a great seal standing out of the water, and one of the hunters speared 

 it. It was nothing but an old log drifting about which had appeared 

 to him like a seal. That night the\' anchored their canoe in front of 

 a steep cliff not far from this place and prepared to spend the night 

 there. By and by they heard a skate flopping along on the water 

 near by, whereupon the steersman took his spear and struck it on one 

 side of the belly. Then the skate swam right down into the ocean. 



This skate was a slave of the GonaqAde/t who lived under that same 

 cliff, and when the Gonacj[Ade't heard him groaning under the house 

 steps where he always stayed, he said to one of his other slaves, "Get 

 up and find what he is groaning about.'' Then the skate said, 

 "There is a canoe outside here. The people in that canoe have done 

 something to me." 



Then the GonaqAde't awoke all his slaves' nephews and said, 

 "Bring that canoe in here." 



Presently the man in the bow of the canoe awoke and looked about. 

 Their canoe was on top of the inside partitions of a house. He took 

 something and poked his steersman quietly to awaken him, for he saw 

 that something was wrong. 



Early in the morning the GonaqAde't awoke and said to his 

 nephews, "Make a big fire." Then he exclaimed angrily, "It is of 

 no use to bother poor slaves. Why did they want to kill that slave?" 



Meanwhile the friends of these people were searching for them 

 everywhere. 



Then the chief told them to come forward, saymg to them, "You 

 will now be judged." One could not see the part of the house near 

 the door, it was so crowded w4th the nephews and friends of the 

 GonaqAde't (i. e., all kinds of fishes and marine animals) dressetl in 

 every style. They said to them, "To what tribe do you belong?" 

 and the bow man replied, "We are of the KAtagwA'dl family." Then 

 the chief said, "If one is going to visit a pefson, he should enter his 

 house in a polite manner and not destroy anybody. Let them wash 

 their hands. Give them food and dress them up well. I am a 

 IvAtagwA'di myself, so you are nij fi'iends." Then they fixed them 

 up well, dressing them and combing their hair. But at home the 

 people were beating drums, because they thought these men were 

 dead. 



