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and try to cheer him up. But he cannot endure the thought of having 
his birth thrown in his teeth every time any little disagreement occurs ; 
so he goes away by himself again and undergoes a longer fast and training 
than before. In course of time he becomes a very great and powerful 
Shaman whom everybody fears and respects, and no one again ventures to 
remind him of his ‘ Koakoé’la’ descent. Some time after this he meets 
the hero Sqoe’qtkoatlt | and his two brothers. Each endeavours to test the 
other’s powers ; but finding they are equally strong and invincible, they 
desist from their efforts and become great friends. The Shaman youth, to 
show his powers, made with his finger three small holes in the rock, and 
caused them to become instantly filled with a savoury soup. He then 
gave Sqoé’qtkoatlt’s two brothers a spoon each, and told them to eat the 
soup. ‘That is soon done,’ said one of them ; ‘itis butaspoonful.’ ‘ Well, 
try now,’ said Koakoé’la, ‘and see if you can eat it in a spoonful.’ 
Laughing, they both dipped their spoons in and emptied the holes at once, 
but before they had swallowed the soup the holes were full again. And 
this continued till each had taken as much as he could eat, yet the holes 
remained full. Sgoé’qtkoatlt, who understood the trick, looked on and 
smiled. When they could eat no more the Shaman laughed at them, and 
bade them continue and persevere, and perhaps they would exhaust his 
supply. They said they could eat no more. ‘Oh yes, you can,’ said the 
Shaman ; and taking them in his arms, he shook them so well that on 
being placed on their feet again they found they could eat some more. So 
they attacked the holes of soup again ; but eat as much or as fast as they 
would the holes always remained full. They presently confessed them- 
selves beaten, and gave up the contest. ‘Ah!’ said the Shaman, ‘ you don’t 
know how to do it. It is quite simple. Watch me.’ And dipping the 
spoon in each hole, he emptied them in a moment. What happens to the 
Shaman after this my informant was unable to relate, and the story came 
to an abrupt ending here. 
This meeting of Koakoé’la and Enpatci’tcit, or the three Bear brothers; 
is said to have taken place at the Indian village of Nikai’ah, on the 
Fraser, a little below the junction of this river with the Thompson ; and 
the little holes said to have been made by him, as related above, are 
pointed out in the rock by the Indians to this day. 
Oi'teat Story. 
(She burns herself.) 
Once upon a time the Loon was a very great man in his village. He 
had a very beautiful daughter whom he kept secluded in the privacy of 
his keekwilee-house. She was permitted to leave the house only at night 
or very early in the morning. Besides this beautiful daughter he had a 
son into whose heart came one day evil thoughts towards his sister. One 
night, when all were asleep, he crept to her bed and lay with her in her 
sleep, As he was about to leave her she awoke and found him at her 
1 For an account of this hero see my paper in the Jowrnal of the English Folklore 
Society. In this paper I have written the name thus, Sgaktktquacit. After hearing 
some half-dozen Indians pronounce it in my last visit, I believe it is best spelt as I 
have here given it. Dr. Boas has written a short account of this hero in his 
Indianische Sagen, Mr. Hartland informs me, in which he writes the name thus, 
Q'oeqtlkotl. The name is not an easy one to write in English, but there can be no 
doubt that the word begins with a sibilant and ends with a dental in the mouth of 
a Lytton Indian. My phonology is the same as that of Dr. Boas. 
