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herring into her hand and burned it. When her .son cauie homo the 

 old woman told him. Then the son went out in his cunoe, brouo'ht in 

 a load of herring, and told his wife to go down and bring it up. She 

 went down without her basket, and began calling to them to bring it 

 to her. As they paid no attention, she kept on calling, and she called 

 all night. Finally her voice changed to the hooting of an owl, and 

 she also changed into an owl. 



3S. I^iTTLE Felon 



A little person came out of the felon on a man's linger. He was a 

 hard worker and a fast runner. One time he raced Heron all the way 

 around Prince of Wales island. A certain woman would give her 

 daughter only to the person who should guess to what animal a louse 

 skin she had, belonged. Little Felon helped a young man to guess it 

 and afterward assisted him to overcome various monster aninials the 

 woman sent him after. Finally he helped him bring up the old 

 woman's bracelet from undci" the ocean. By and b}'^ this young man 

 and his wife had a ([uarrel and she disappeared. He went hunting 

 for her and Ix^-ame a beach snipe. 



39. Oricin of the Fern Root and the Ground Hoo 



A clitf fell over on some girls, imprisoning all of theuL They 

 rubbed grease on the rocks, and the birds inclosed with them pecked 

 at it and pecked a hole through. As the last gii-1 was trying to get 

 out through this aperture the rock closed on her, and her head and 

 breast l)ecame the fern root, but her hinder portion the ground hog. 



40. The Halibut that Divided the Queen Charlotte Islands 



An unsuccessful fisherman on the Queen Charlotte islands tinall}^ 

 caught a small haliltut which flopped about on the beach, and at last 

 increased so in size that it smasiied that town to pieces and the Queen 

 Charlotte islands themselves into luunerous fragments. 



41. The Image that Came to Life 



A young Haida lost his wife, of whom he was so fond that he had 

 an image carved to resemble her. He cherished this for a long time, 

 until it finally came to life, but it neither moved nor spoke much. 

 It gave l)irth to a nourishing red cedar, and that is why cedars are so 

 fine on the Queen Charlotte group. 



42. D.tiyI'n 



An orphan girl named Djiyl'n was very badly treated. One time 

 she determined to stay on an island by herself, and while there she 

 became a shaman and discovered a great quantity of food which made 



