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 WHEN GLACIER MARRIED CHINOOK'S DAUGHTER

Lillooet

OW Glacier lived near the end of Lillooet Lake. This was a long while ago. Then he decided to marry. Glacier traveled southward until he reached the sea, and then he followed southward along the shore until he reached the house of Chinook Wind. Chinook Wind said, "Yes!" He allowed his daughter to marry Glacier. So Glacier took her home.

Glacier's wife was not comfortable. Soon she complained because it was so cold. She lighted a fire; but Glacier began to melt, so he put out the fire and threw the wood away. He said to his servants, "When my wife desires wood for a fire, always give her wet wood, and never dry." Chinook's daughter tried to burn the wet, green wood, but it gave out no heat. It smoked, also, so that she could not see.

After a long while Chinook's daughter had a chance to send word to her relatives. Her brother and many friends came at once to hep in a canoe. When they