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day became clear and fine. The youth now enters the house and relates 

 his own and his brothers' and cousins' adventures, and displays the 

 wonderful copper ring. A'tsaian takes the ring from the lad, and says : 

 ' I know what we will do with this hoop. I will hammer it down thin 

 into a copper cloth for armour.' He therewith takes the ring and 

 hammers it down till it is as thin as a piece of cloth. They now 

 determine to go over the mountains to the strange village and have 

 their revenge upon the wizard. A'tsaian wraps the copper cloth ^ about 

 his body and fastens upon his head a pair of mountain- sheep horns, and 

 thus equipped they all tliree start out. They make for a cliff opposite 

 the wizard's village. When they have reached this spot Cuk9uklako's 

 and his son hide themselves, while A'tsaian walks to and fro on the 

 edge of the cliff on all-fours as if he were a mountain-sheep grazing on 

 the herbage. He is soon discovered by the wizard, who, taking him for 

 a sheep, tires his arrows at him. The copper covering A'tsaian has on 

 prevents the arrows from piercing or injuring him. After the wizard 

 had shot all his arrows he climbed the cliff to see why the sheejD had not 

 fallen. He walks backwards and forwards upon the brow of the cliff 

 picking up his arrows. As he does this, A'tsaian runs at him and prods 

 him with his horns, and finally pushes him over the cliff so that he falls 

 down and is killed. Cuk^uklakO's and his son now come out of their 

 hiding-place, and the three descend the cliff to where the wizard's body is 

 lying. They now proceed to cut him open, and inside they find the 

 eleven hearts of their dead children. These they take and convey to 

 their original places in the bodies of their sons. They then make some 

 powerful medicine and restore the youths to life again, after which they 

 all proceed home. When they reach their own village, A'tsaian converts 

 the copper cloth into the figure of a boy, whom by the utterance of 

 magic words he presently brings to life. This boy grows into a powerful 

 man and becomes a great and famous hunter. Being made from copper 

 gives him a decided advantage over other men, for, however much he 

 falls or is knocked about, he is never hurt or injured. He is known by 

 the name Saeils. 



Te Skaul", the Baven. 



Once upon a time Raven lived by himself in a village of his own. 

 Near by his dwelling was a stream in which he bad set his salmon-trap. 

 One day, on going to the trap, he found a fine salmon in it. When he 

 took it home, and was cutting it open, he perceived that it contained two 

 tlkoi (milt, or soft roe). He is delighted, and dances about with joy and 

 cries Ka ! Ka ! Says he now to himself, ' They shall be my wives.' He 

 hangs the tlkoi upon the beams of his house, but cooks and eats the 

 salmon, leaving only the tail end of it. Having eaten so heartily, he feels 

 dull and sleepy, and throws him.self down by the fire, with his back 

 towards it, and goes to sleep. AVhile he sleeps he calls to the tlkoi to 

 come down from the beam on which they are hung. They come down 

 and are changed into two comely young women with very white soft skins. 

 They laugh at Raven, and make fun of his scorching back and feet, which 

 are cracking from the effects of the heat. They presently look about for 



' In the DiaY;/ of Captain Vancouver, in his remarks on the Sk-'qo'mic, he makes 

 brief mentibn of their 'coppeir garments.' The allusion receives some light from 

 this story. These ' garments ' were probably of this kind. 



