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for their sister to cross, they started to make the passage between 

 Telegra})h and tlie narrows, one of them taking the dog on his back. 



Before the brothers set out, however, their mother covered their 

 sister up so that she would not look at them until they got over. But 

 when they were half way across, they started back and it looked to 

 the mother as if they were drifting downstream. She said to her 

 daughter, "Daughter, it looks as if your brothers were going to be 

 drowned. They are already drifting down the river." Upon that, 

 the girl raised her covering a little and looked out at them, and imme- 

 diately they turned into stone. The pack that one of them was 

 carrying fell off and floated dowai a short distance before jietrifying, 

 and it may still be seen there. The dog also turnecl to rock on its 

 master's head and the mother and sister on shore. One of the boj^s 

 had green and red I'laints with him, such as they used to paint their 

 bows and arrows and their faces, and nowadays you can go there 

 and get it. Years ago people passing these rocks prayed to them, 

 stuffed pieces of their clothing into the crevices, and asked the rocks 

 for long life." 



Raven was then living just below this place. His smoke may still 

 be seen there, and they call it Raven's smoke (Yel s!e/ge). When 

 KacIv'.a'lIv! turned into a rock, Raven said, "Where is that shaman 

 that was going to come to after he had died?" He meant that, while 

 he used to restore his brothers to life by shaking his rattle over them, 

 he could not now restore himself; and people now apply these remarks 

 to a shaman who has not succeeded in saving a person after he has 

 been ])aid a great deal for his services. They will say, ' 'Where is that 

 shaman that could save anybodj^, but could not save the very person 

 we wanted saved?" If a shaman were not truthful, they would say, 

 "He is trying to have KAcklA'i.kl's spirits but will never get them 

 because he is not truthful like IvAcklA'Lk!."'' 



As Raven was traveling along after his encounter with the mother 

 of Fire-drill's son, he saw a sculpin on the beach looking at him and 

 hid from it to see what it would do. Then he saw it swim out on the 

 surface of the ocean and go down out of sight some distance off. 

 After that he opened the door of the sea, went to the house of the 

 sculpin, which was under a large rock, and said to it, ' 'My younger 

 brother, this is you, is it? " ' 'I am not your younger brother." ' 'Oh ! 



a See stories 3 and 97. 



b "The disobedience of the young woman in loo Icing up contrary to the directions of her brothers is 

 brought up to girls at that period in life. This is why they do whatever their mothers tell them at 

 that time, and do not displease their brothers. They always think of Eq!aya'lc!'s sister. So this part 

 of the story always taught them to be obedient. 



Anciently we were taught commandments similar to those of the whites. Don't look down on a per- 

 son because he is proud. Don't look down on a low-caste person. Don't steal. Don't lie." (From 

 the writer's informant.) 



