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bow. They traveled along. There was a cascade. They came to it. I Coyote said: "Wait; paddle ashore! I'll carry the child along- shore." II The woman did not want to do it. She cried. | Then they 225 arrived at the cascade. Fox knew | that the woman was angry with them. Fox had a bladder. | He told Coyote and his son: ''Go into this I bladder.'* Then Coyote, his son, and Fox went in. || Fox had his 230 pipe in the hole of the bladder. Then | the canoe upset and sank. The woman thought | they were dead, but the bladder floated. Farther down the river | the canoe came up again. The woman looked back, | and there they were sitting together. They were not dead. ||

She turned back. Not far away there was another cascade, | a still 235 more terrible one. Coyote said: ''Wait; lUl | carry my grandchild along the shore.'' The woman did not look at him. Then | they arrived there, and Fox worked again at his bladder. | Coyote, Fox, and the boy went in again. || He held the pipe at the edge of the 240 hole. Then their canoe went down again. | A little farther down the river the canoe emerged again, j Coyote, Fox, and the child came out. The woman looked at them, | and they all sat down together, and again she had not killed them. |

Then the woman got back to her tent. She thought : jj "My brother 245 shall kill all of them." There was a smooth precipice there, j They went ashore. The woman landed, and kicked | the canoe. She thought she would upset it. | Then they climbed up a bad place. The friends did not know what to do | when they came to the bad place, but Fox had thrown tobacco on it. Then || they went on, and the friends 250 reached the top. There was a tent. When the woman entered, | she said: "I bring them all; kill them all." She meant (spoke to) ] her elder brothfc. When the friends arrived there, a young man was lying down. | He arose and went out. Two old women also arose. | Each took a dish and they went out. After some time jj the two 255 came back again, carrying (the buckets) filled with dog manure, j They threw it into the fire. Then all the people covered their heads and I lay down. The dog manure was burning, j and there was bad smoke in the house. Fox did the same thing with the bladder. | After some time there was no smoke. They took off || their blankets 260 and they looked 'at Fox. They were all sitting there together, j and again they had been unable to kill them. |

Then at night they were told by an old man: "There is no | salmon. At night you shall carry torches. Then you shall eat." | In the even-