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So the people went to their former station, and presently the hln- 

 tayl'ci came out of his hole and began jumping about on top of the 

 water like a salmon. It was very quick and very large. When it 

 saw the great crowd of killer whales coming on, it went out to meet 

 them and killed all except the killer-whale chief and two others, which 

 it allowed to escape. Then it again jumped up and down in front 

 of the people, making a great noise, and the shaman told them it said, 

 ' ' I am tired. If they come right back with the same number of 

 people, I shall l)e killed. It will be my fault. I should not have 

 killed them." 



Then the ])eo]:)le went home and remained there quite a time. At 

 length, however, the shaman's spirits told him that the sculpin had 

 again come to the hin-tayi'ci to say that people were coming to kill 

 him. So he told his friends about it, and they went to the same 

 place. As they sat there watching, they saw a smoke arising far in 

 the distance. It was the killer whales blowing. There were still 

 more of them this time, but, as before, the hIn-tayi'ci destroyed all 

 except three. Again it told the people that it expected to be killed 

 ■next time. 



Now the shaman was very anxious to know what would be the out- 

 come of all this, so he went back to his village and waited impatiently 

 for another fight to take place. Finally the sculpin went to the hin- 

 tayi'ci once more and said, "They are gathering more men for you, 

 stronger men this time. They are getting the devilfish people to 

 fight you." When the shaman learned of it through his spirits he 

 told his people, and they went out to the cliff. Again they saw some- 

 thing coming from a distance very rapidly, making the water boil. 

 Just as the devilfishes reached the hole of the hin-tayi'ci, the latter 

 jumped through the largest of them, after which it killed all of the 

 others and all of the killer whales but three. It was easier for him 

 this time because there were fewer killer whales. 



Next time the sculpin came to the hin-tayi'ci it said ''All of the 

 monster halibut are being gathered to fight with you." So the people 

 went over once more and sat in their accustomed places. They saw 

 the largest halibut go up toward the hin-tayi'ci's hole with open 

 mouth ready to swallow it, but, as before, the hin-tayi'ci jumped 

 through and through it, and killed all of its antagonists except three 

 killer whales. Where they fought the water was covered with blood, 

 and after every battle the hin-tayi'ci would come out and say that 

 next time it expected to be killed. 



Now, however, a verj" long time passed before the shaman heard 

 anything, and he began to think that they had given up fighting. 

 But finally his spirit came to him once more to say that the sculpin 

 had been to the hin-tayi'ci. The sculpin had said to it, "They are 

 coming after you again. They have gathered all of the big crabs to 



