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beings got up on their feet, all had vanished including the two white 

 ones. 



Then the village people said to one another, "Did you see the 

 dances?" ''Yes," they answeretl. They kn(>w something had hap- 

 pened and did not want to admit having missed it. "Did you see 

 this Tuts lidigu'L T ' " Yes. ' ' ' ' How was he dressed V " He hatl two 

 heads and wore a dancing apron. He carried two large roimd rattles. 

 As soon as he moved around sideways we all went to slee]:>." 



Now all the people were very happy because the salmon were rini- 

 ning, bvit before they had left the to^ii Raven came to them and said, 

 "Don't leave the town. Stay right here. Don't go to any of the 

 salmon creeks." They were very hungry for salmon, however, nnd 

 said to four boys, "Go to the salmon creek close by and get some 

 salmon for the village." So they went there and filled their canoe. 



This salmon stream runs do-WTi into a sort of lake, and, while they 

 were upon this paddling homeward, they heard some one calling to 

 them. Presently a man came down through the Avoods and shouted, 

 "Stay where you are, and I will tell you something." Looking at 

 this man, they saw that he w^as naked and painted red all over. He 

 saitl, ""\ATien you have gone a short distance, the fellow sitting in the 

 bow will fall over. ^'VTien you have gone a little farther, the next 

 will do the same. A little farther still the next one will fall over. 

 You fellow in the stern will reach home and tell the news. It is 

 through the shaman's own spirits that he is killed." 



They could not understand this last saying for the shaman had 

 been alive when they left, but all things happened just as the man 

 had predicted. After they had gone a short distance the man in the 

 bow fell over with blood pouring out of his mouth. The same thing 

 happened to the next two. A^Tien the steersman reached town with 

 the three bodies they asked him what was the matter, but he said, 

 "Do not ask me any questions. Give me something to eat quickly." 

 So they gave him some food, and, after he had finished eating, he 

 said, "As we were paddling along from the creek with our salmon, a 

 man came out of the woods saying, 'Stay where you are and I will 

 tell you something.' So we stopped, and he went on, 'When you get 

 a short distance from here, the man in the l)ow will drop over, a little 

 farther the next one and a little farther the next one. There will be 

 three. It is what the shaman sees that kills him.' It has happened 

 just as he said. And he said to me, 'The fellow in the stern will get 

 homo and have something to eat. Just as soon as he has eaten he 

 will drop over.' " And so it happened. Just as soon as he had told 

 the story he dropped over dead. Then the shaman asked for his apron, 

 hat, and necklace as if he were going to doctor some one. As soon as 



