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ing by during the day published the actions which the people per- 
formed in secret ; wherefore, in anger, the people took Sinchlep by 
the tail, which at that time was very long, and fastening him to the 
ground, prevented his being seen any more. The crow then of- 
fered himself in place of Sinchlèp, but, being naturally so very 
black, gave little light, and, unable to endure the ridicule of the 
people, he retired with shame. 
Finally Amdtkan sent one of his sons, called Spakani, to en- 
lighten the world. Before doing so, Spakan? wished to marry 
with a woman of the earth. In coming down from heaven, he 
landed first in the camp of the Flatheads; but the people seeing 
him, though very handsome, but so different from themselves, 
refused him ‘admittance to their lodges. Spakani, very much dis- 
pleased, left the place, and seeing near the village a small cottage, 
inhabited by a family of frogs, he went in, complained of the peo- 
ple, and showed his desire to marry one of the frogs. There was 
one, very large and fat, and thought herself very happy to become 
the wife of the son of Amotkan, and with one jump she became 
one flesh or incarnated with the cheek of Spakani, and thus matri- 
mony was celebrated or consummated. The people, on seeing the 
cheek of Spakani so disfigured, and enraged at the presumption 
of Mistress Frog, tried with sticks to kill her, until the frog, very 
mach ashamed, prayed her husband to leave the earth; and since ° 
te had come to make himself sun, to go up immediately, which he 
did; but to revenge himself for the contempt of the people, he 
does not allow them to see him clearly during the day, when 
he covers himself with a shining robe, and at the approach of 
night, he deposits his robe, crosses the waters under the earth, and 
then only shows himself as he is, with his wife frog on his cheek. 
For these Indians, the sun and moon are one and the same 
~ ag; and this notion accounts for the reason why they have but 
one and the same word to express both sun and moon, namely, 
— and so also the spots in the moon are nothing else than 
frog, 
Having heard this story, I asked them (there were several chiefs 
_ ‘Mong those present) whether they really believed the fable ; and 
they answered that they did, not knowing better; then I asked 
‘them what they thought when they saw the sun and moon at the 
same time during the day. They all started, looked at one another 
“n surprise, looked up, as though searching the sun and moon, then 
