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her rich. By and by the town chiefs daughter fell sick and all kinds 

 of shamans were summoned to no purpose. Finally they called 

 Djlyl'n, who found that the wild canary (sliis!) had bewitched her. 

 She made this bird find the charm and throw it into the sea. Then 

 the bird was taken at its own request to a place some distance from 

 the village, where it disappeared. 



43. The Self-burnino Fire 



All of the people of a certain town on Copper river died of starva- 

 tion except eight men. These started to walk down to the sea, but 

 fell by the way one at a time. Then the last man came to a self- 

 burning fire which warmed him, and all of his friends came to life 

 and assembled around it. 



41. The Giant of Ta'sna 



A boy whose people had died ofi' met a giant and shot him in the 

 mouth, bringing them all back. 



45. The Woman who Married a Land Otter 



Another version of stoiy 0, which differs principally in making the 

 man \isit the land-otter town. 



46. The Land-otters' Capttv'e 



A Sitka man was captured and carried south l»y the land otters. 

 There he met an aunt who had been captured long ])efore, and her 

 husbands l)rought him back again, lie was now a land-otter-man, 

 and aimoyed the people so much that they captured him and restored 

 him by harsh treatment to his senses. 



47. The Man Fed from the Sky 



During a period of scarcity a chiefs nephew received food through 

 the smoke iiole, with which he filled the empty food l)oxes and feasted 

 all of his uncle's people. Then his uncle gave him his younger wife, 

 who had been kind to him. 



48. The Salmon Sack 



A poor boy went fishing and pulled up a sack filled with multitudes 

 of salmon. 



49. Roots 

 A version of storv 1?>. 



