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He also used the "Blarney stone"" as a grindstone, and killed some 

 of his children by ruJjbing their faces upon it. 



His wife mourned very much for her children, and finally thought 

 of a wa}" of being revenged upon him. She had a litter of puppies 

 b}^ the dog. There were originally twelve, but seven died, leav- 

 ing four male puppies and one female. These puppies grew up very 

 fast. While the man and his wife were away fishing and digging clams 

 the puppies played about the house, and the noise they made sound- 

 ed just like that of children. But the female always watched at the 

 door, and wlien their mother ran up to stop them all would be lying 

 about on the floor asleep. They kept getting noisier and noisier, 

 and sounded more and more like human beings. Finally LAkitcine' 

 heard it and said to his wife: "Who are these making so much noise 

 here^' "It is those dogs." Then she thought very seriously what 

 she should do with the pup])ies. The next time LAkitcine' was out 

 he heard them still more plainly, and now he thought that he heard 

 human voices. He came ashore in great anger and said to his wife: 

 "It is not those dogs that I hear talking." He was so dangerous 

 a man that his wife was very nmch frightened. 



After that she formed a plan. So, when her husband went out 

 halibut fishing the next time, she stuck her digging stick into the 

 ground, put her blanket around it, and her hat upon the end. Tlien 

 she ran up through the woods and hid herself, while the little dog was 

 watching LAkitcine'. After that she crept back to the house, which 

 was made of brush, and in which they were again making a great deal 

 of noise. Looking inside, she found that the boys were all playing 

 about in human forms, their dog skins lying a short distance away 

 from them. Then she quickly ran in upon them, exclaiming, "You 

 must like to be dogs since you wear dog skins," grabbed the skins and 

 threw them into the fire. The little dog that sat outside was the 

 only one that remained in its original form. 



Now, when LAkitcine' came ashore, and saw the children, he was 

 angr}^ and felt very much ashamed at having been outwitted. He 

 did not know how to kill them, for he thought they had more power 

 than he. One, named KAck!A'Lk!,was a shaman. He had his grand- 

 father and the one-eyed man and his wife that his grandfather had 

 killed as his spirits. LAkitcine' thought that he would first quarrel 

 with his wife, and, when he came into the house, he began to throw 

 and kick things about. But, when he began to beat his wife, the 

 children jumped upon him and fought with him. They also asked 

 the dog to help them. Together they killed him. 



After these bo3^s were grown up, their mother told them many 

 times of a certain monster at a place called KAge't!, that had been 



a A conspicuous bowlder with flat, smooth top nearly in front of the Presbyterian Indian School. 



