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attention and lead him to the spot where the buried cores were smoulder- 

 ing in the clam-shell ; but for a long time his master would take no notice 

 of him. Presently, when his grief had somewhat subsided, the importunity 

 of the dog and its unusual behaviour aroused his attention. For the dog, 

 on perceiving that it had at length attracted its master's notice, had run 

 to the foot of the post where the fire was secreted and begun vigorously 

 scratching there, looking up at its master the while and barking excitedly. 

 Said the youth to himself : ' I believe my grandmother has buried some- 

 thing there for me.' He then went to the spot and speedily discovered 

 the hidden charcoal, with which he soon made himself a big lire. He 

 now made a bow and some arrows for himself, and shot many small birds 

 and chipmunks {Tcmiias striatus), and from the skin of these, when dry, 

 he made himself a garment to cover his nakedness. ^ After this he makes 

 a big box in front of the house, in which he sits and looks about him. 



One morning just about sunrise he is sitting with his gay robe wrapped 

 about him, when he perceives the Sun coming down to him. When his 

 visitor got near he said to SQoqwa'otl : ' That's a fine coat you have on. 

 I would like to make an exchange with you. My garment has magic 

 qualities, and whoever wears it need never want for food.' 'All right,' 

 said the youth, ' I'll exchange with you. I am badly in want of a coat 

 of that kind just now.' The exchange is forthwith made, and each puts 

 on the other's garment. Then, said the Sun to the youth, ' If you dip 

 one corner of my cloak in the water when you want something to eat, you 

 will always be able to obtain any amount of slau'it (herrings). Be 

 careful not to dip too much of the garment in, or the fish will choke the 

 stream.' After this the Sun returned to his own country, carrying with 

 him the youth's cloak. On the morrow SQoqwa'otl goes down to the 

 water to try the ' medicine ' of his new garment. He dips one corner in 

 as the Sun had instructed him, and immediately the water swarmed with 

 fine fat herrings. He straightway makes a tli'taniEn — a kind of rake, on 

 the spikes of which the fish are impaled as it is drawn through the water. 

 With this he catches great quantities of the fish, after which he threads 

 them on strings and hangs them up to dry. He continues at his task till 

 he has filled his father's house with them. In like manner he then pro- 

 ceeds to fill the houses of all tlie others in the village except Sk-auk- the 

 Raven's. He had become aware by some means that the proposition to 

 desert him originated with the Raven, so he would not give him any 

 herrings. On the contrary, he filled his house with the stinking, rotting 

 entrails of the fish he had cleaned, by way of taking his revenge upon 

 him. When he had stocked all the houses with dried herrings, K'ldk-a, 

 the Crow, paid a visit to the village one day, and, being hungry, soon dis- 

 covered the entrails of the herrings and began eating them. When 

 Sqoqwa'otl jiereeived the Crow, he asked him if he knew where the people 

 of his village had settled, and whether he had seen his grandmother. 

 , Yes,' answered the Crow, 'I know where your people went. They are 

 living on the other side of the water, and every day I hear your grand- 

 mother crying for you.' ' Ah ! 'said the youth, 'I am sorry for my grand- 

 mother, and I want you to take these four herrings and give them to her, 

 when she is outside and nobody is looking, and tell her to come over here, 

 where there is laow plenty of food. I know they haven't much over 



' During his k-waiya'sot the novice must wear no clothes. He must go entirely 

 naked the whole time. 



