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most powerful of them took his place. That evening the people out- 

 side played with a hoop, and the three younger brothers were killed 

 by it. Then the other brother sent the dog after it, and he threw it far 

 up into the mountains where it made their curved outlines. The next 

 time he threw, it went around the sun and made the ring of light 

 seen there. After that the three brothers were restored to life and all 

 started off. They came to Athapascan people, who had holes in their 

 faces in place of mouths, and who fed themselves with worms through 

 these. There the youngest brother, Lqlayii'k!, obtained bows and 

 arrows. By and b}^ they came to some people who were bathing for 

 strength in the sea, and joined them. At this time they suspected that 

 Lq!aya'k! was going with his sister, so they put spruce gum around 

 the place where she slept and discovered it was true, for which they 

 called him all sorts of names, and told him to go away from them and 

 become a " thunder." He did so, and their sister was so ashamed that 

 she went down into Mount Edgecuml)e. When the thunder is heard 

 nowadays people call upon it to drive away sickness. The other 

 brothers started across t,he Stikine and became rocks there. 



4. Origin of the Killer Whale 



The killer whales were made out of yellow cedar by a man of the 

 Tsague'di after he had tried every other kind of wood in vain. 



One time a man and his wife discovered some killer whales camp- 

 ing, and scared them away. When the man began to take away their 

 provisions, however, they came back and carried off' his wife. The 

 husband followed, and when he saw them go down into the ocean he 

 jumped in after them. First he came to a town occupied by the shark 

 people, where he met a hook he had formerly lost, now become their 

 slave. Directed by the shark chief, he met the killer-whale chief's 

 slave chopping wood behind the town, caused him to break his ax, 

 and mended it for him. Then the slave stationed him at the door, and 

 as he carried some water into the house pretended to spill it into the 

 lire. While the house was full of steam the man seized his wife and 

 ran off'. Then the killer whales and sharks had a great tight and many 

 killer whales were destroyed. When the killer whales start north the 

 seals say, "Here come the AvarriorsI" There are several kinds of 

 killer whales. In former times the killer whales dug through a cliff 

 in the bay KotsIe'L! and carried their canoes across to the other side 

 on skids. They still cross at this place every year. 



5. Kaka' 



KAka' was taken south from Sitka by the land otters and sent back 

 again by the husbands of a woman who had been carried off like 

 himself. What they used as a canoe was a skate, and they kept him 



