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Rh canoe. He puts the penis of the Bighorn into the water, by means of which he produces a snowstorm. Ya.uk'Vikam knows what is coming. He finds a tent, and is taken care of by his brothers and sisters, (probably animals) that live there. The house owner counteracts Bighorn's charm by striking his testicles. Bighorn thinks he hears the bursting of Ya.uk^e^jkam's eyes, and Bighorn causes the cold to stop. While it is cold. Bighorn is throwing warm things on himself. After some time Bighorn Sheep returns to look for Ya.uk^e^jkam. After the Bighorn has crossed the river, Ya.uk°e^ika*m goes into his canoe, crosses the river, and does the same as the Bighorn has done. A snowstorm arises, and he goes into Bighorn Sheep's tent and throws warm things on himself. When he hears the noise of eyes bursting, he says, "Don't let it be cold any morel " After all this has happened, the old man has been transformed into a mountain sheep, and Ya.uk"e^ikam takes the arrow straightener. Thus man obtains the arrow straightener.

In order to obtain sinew, Ya.uk^e^jkam goes to the tent of Mouse, who is afraid of 105 the Bull Moose, which almost breaks the tent. He obtains first a poor bow, then a good bow, kills the Moose for Mouse, and takes the sinew. Thus man obtains sinew

He goes to obtain Flint.^ Flint is a man. If a person pays him well, he transforms himself into stone, and allows pieces to be broken off. ^Tien Ya.uk^e^jkam arrives, Flint retains the form of a man, because he expects high pay. Ya.uk"e''ika*m tells Flint that Diorite Man claims to be stronger than Flint. By carrying tales from one to the other he causes them to quarrel and to fight. When they strike each other, large pieces of flint and diorite fall off, and he is able to obtain the stone he needs. Thus he produces flint and tough stogie for the use of man.

Ya.uk^e'jka'm goes to obtain bow wood. Two squirrels as large as grizzly bears stand on each side of a trail. lie kills them. From, the body creeps the small squirrel of our times, lie passes between two moving trees, which crush any one who passes between them. He keeps them apart by putting his spear across.^ Then he scatters the cedar wood.

Ya.uk'Vika'.m asks his mother where the sun rises, and he tells her that he is going there.

4. The People try to kill YA.VK"E^iKAM (No. 55). — The people kill Ya.uk^e'jka'm and throw him into the river. Then they break camp and order Crane to drag a young tree to cover their tracks. The fish nibble at the drowned man's body, and he awakes. He kicks the fish, but they say that they are restoring him. He follows the people, meets Oane, whom he kills. He also kills Crane's wife. When he approaches the people, he sees his sister-in-law, who is lagging behind and who is crying. She carries her child, Duck, on her back. The child recognizes him and tells his mother, who, however, disbelieves him. Ya.uk"e''ikam shows himself, and she tells him that the people take away his brother's game, and that Duck has to render menial services to the chief, that they also take away the tent site that she is preparing. Ya.uk^e'ikam tells his brother and his sister-in-law to resist the people.* The people are afraid when the two act independently. The chief, aft3r defecating, calls Duck to clean him, and Duck kills him with arrow points that he has attached to his head. Ya.uk°e^ika*m shows himself, and the people are afraid of him.

1 Kaska (Teit JAFL 30:438). 2 Kalapooya (information given by A. S. Gatschet). Shuswap (Teit JE 2: 645; Dawson TRSC 1891 : 36). Thompson (Teit MAFLS 6: 76). Tillamook (Boas JAFL 11: 144). See Boas, RBAE 31: 612, No. 5. 3 See Boas, RBAE 31: 613, No. 9. 4 Takelma (Sapir Ul'enn 2:20). Thompson (Teit MAFLS 6:25). 5 Quinault (Farrand JE 2:100).