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other victim falling through the air. There is another story of Lox’s 
two feet talking and acting independently of the rest of his body, and 
the two feet and legs without any body may be a symbol of the tricksy 
demigod. 
Fig. 658 represents Kiwach, the Strong Blower, a giant who kills peo- 
ple with his violent breath. Tales of him seem to be more current or 
better preserved among the Amalecites than among the other Abnaki, 
Fig. 659 is an exact copy of the design on a birch-bark jewel box 
made by the Passamaquoddy of Maine, amiably contributed by Mrs. 
W. W. Brown, together with the description of that part of the myth 
which is illustrated on the box. There are several variants of this 
myth, the nearest to the form now pre- F 
sented being published by Mr. J. Walter He 
Fewkes («). 
The Sable and the Black Cat wanted 
some maple sugar, and went to a wood LE 
where the maple trees grew. Toward night 
they lost their way and separated from each 
other to find it, agreeing to call to each 
other by m’toulin power. These animals 
were as frequently in human form as in 
that designated by their names, and could 
change to the forms of other animals. It 
is not certain, from anything in the present 
version of the myth, which one of the 
daimous was represented by the Sable, but 
the Black Cat afterward appears as Gloos- 
cap. Sable, in his wanderings, came to a 
wigwam in which was a large fire with a 
kettle boiling over it, tended by a great 
Snake. The Snake said he was glad the SS 
Sable had come, as he was very hunery 
and would eat him, but in gratitude for his 
coming would put him to as little pain as FG. 658.—Kiwach, the Strong Blower. 
was possible. The Snake told him to go into the woods and get a straight 
stick, so that when he pierced him he would not tear open his entrails. 
Sable then went out and sang in a loud voice a mtoulin song for the 
Black Cat to hear and come to his aid. The Black Cat heard him and 
ame to him. Then the Sable told the Black Cat how the Snake was 
going to kill him. The Black Cat told Sable not to be afraid, but that 
he would kill the big Snake. He told him that he would lie down 
behind the trunk of a hemlock tree which had fallen and that Sable 
should search out a stick that was very crooked, only pretending to 
obey the commands of the great Snake. After finding such a stick he 
should carry it to the Snake, who would complain that the stick was 
not straight enough, and then Sable should reply that he would 
