brother cleared the distance without any difficulty. They entered the house and began preparing the roots. The younger brother was placing them in the smoke over the fire. While thus engaged he looked up and saw his father’s head hanging from the roof of the house. Then tears streamed down his cheeks. When the people observed this they said, "What is the matter with our women today? Now her eyes water, although the smoke never affected her before this." The youth said, "The smoke made my eyes water," and the people were satisfied with this reply. When they were distributing the roots they gave some to the grubs, and the chief shouted, "Certainly my wives must have done something bad today. They are making mistake after mistake!’" While they were moving about distributing the roots, they had great difficulty in hiding their knives. At first they tried to carry them under their arms, but, since they were visible there, they hid them in their clothing. When they were moving about a man named Qä′tcLa discovered the younger brother's knife, and their identity had nearly been disclosed. In the evening they lay down with the chief, one at his right side, the other at his left. When he was asleep they arose quietly and went down to the beach. They cut holes in the bottoms of all the canoes and then crept back stealthily to the chief's bed. Here the younger brother took his knife and severed the chief's head from his trunk. Then they climbed up to the roof, took their father's head, and made their escape. The people could not pursue them, because their canoes were all leaky.
They reached the place where the bodies of the two women whom they had killed were lying. They exchanged their clothes and washed the bodies in the river. Then the women resurrected. They married them and made their way back to the chain of arrows. They climbed down and then took the chain of arrows down. They went to the place where their father's body was lying. They put its head in place and washed it in the water of the river. Then their father came to life. They made him dance and sing, but when he moved, his head fell down again. They tried to tie it on with various kinds of plants. Finally they used bast of the cedar, which held it in place. Ever since that time their father has had a red head. He became the woodpecker.
8. THE TRAVELLERS.
Once upon a time there was a man and a woman. They had six children,—five boys and one girl. The children started to travel all over the world to play ball with the various tribes. As soon as they reached a village, they challenged the people and induced them to stake their daughters on the game. One of their number was the
