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One time, as he was standino; over the fire without holding his 

 blanket out, some one called to him, "Datga's, stretch out your 

 blanket once more." So he stretched it out and held it there for 

 some time thinking, "Who is that calling me?" By and by he heard 

 the voice again, "Datga's, stretch it out farther." So, though he 

 could not see who was speaking, he stretched it far out. Then 

 half of a salmon fell upon his blanket. He took this, cut it into 

 small pieces, and distributed them among a number of empty boxes 

 that were in the house. At once all of those boxes were full of salmon. 



The uncle of Datga's had two wives, the younger of whom was 

 very good to him. Although they had to be sparing with their food, 

 when they were eating salmon she always put a little piece aside for 

 him. The next evening, after he had eaten his morsel of food and 

 was lying down, he was called once more by the voice, "Stretch your 

 blanket out again." He ran quickly to the smoke hole and spread 

 out his blanket under it, but nothing came down, so he said, "I 

 think I will wish for something. I wish that some grease would 

 come down to eat with the salmon." And suddenly a sack of grease 

 fell upon his blanket, knocked it away, and dropped upon the fire- 

 place. He ran with this to the empty grease boxes and put a spoon- 

 ful in each, upon which all were immediately filled with grease. 

 Once more the voice called him, "Datga's, stretch your blanket out 

 again." He did so, wishing for a sack of berries, and an animal 

 stomach filled with them dropped down at once. This time he held 

 his blanket very firmly so that it would not be carried out of his 

 fingers. He put a spoonful of berries into each empty berry box, 

 and they were all filled. 



After this he sat down thinking that he would not he summoned 

 again, but once more the voice came, this time very loudly, "Datga's, 

 stretch out your blanket." So he stretched it out, and there came 

 down upon it a sack of cranberries preserved in grease. He put a 

 spoonfid into each empty box as before and filled them. 



Again came the voice, "Datga's, stretch out your blanket." Then 

 there came down a piece of venison dried with the fat on. When he 

 had cut it into many small pieces and- distributed these among the 

 boxes they were at once filled. It was now very late, but the voice 

 called him once more, "Datga's, stretch out your blanket again." 

 Then there came down a cake of dried soapberries which he broke 

 into little pieces, distributed among the boxes and made those full also. 



Next morning the chief's house was crowded with hungry people 

 begging for food, and all that the chief could give them was a little 

 tobacco to chew. He had nothing even for himself. Seeing this, the 

 people began to go out. Now, Datga's said to his uncle, "Why are 

 all going out without having had anything to eat?" He was a very 

 quiet fellow who seldom said anything, and, when he broke out in 



