"Do you know where we are going? This trail is Nestucka River, which we are now descending." They followed the trail to its end, where they found a large cave, from which the man emerged to the open air, while the beaver returned to the lake. At the entrance of the cave the man flung down two skunk-cabbages which he had found, and ascended the mountain. Ever since that time two stems of skunk-cabbage have been growing at the entrance of the cave.
His two sons found him on the summit of the rock. They took him home and invited the whole tribe. He danced and became the greatest shaman among his people. When a person died he was able to bring back his soul and restore him to life
2. THE JOURNEY ACROSS THE OCEAN.
Once upon a time there were many people standing on the beach. They saw what they thought to be a whale drifting by, and many birds sitting on its back. Then five brothers launched their canoe and went out to tow the whale to the beach. When they had been gone a little while and approached nearer the floating object, one of the men said: "That is no whale," but the others did not believe him. They went on, and when they were near by they saw that it was no whale, but a canoe covered with whale skin on which birds were sitting. People from the other side of the ocean, the LXuina′ē, were in it. When they saw this, they turned back as quickly as possible. The people from the other side of the ocean pursued them. The brothers had just time to reach the beach, when the other canoe overtook them. One of the five men jumped ashore, but the pursuers caused the water to draw back from the beach, and thus drew the canoe out into the sea. They took the four brothers who had remained in the canoe and began to return to their own country. They hunted whales while crossing the ocean, but whenever they were unsuccessful they cut pieces of flesh from the men whom they had captured and used it for bait. Finally nothing but their bones remained. Three of the brothers died, but the last, although nothing but his bones remained, was still alive.
The man who had escaped ran up to the house calling, "The men from the other side of the ocean have taken my brothers!" He went to the top of Bald Mountain, at the mouth of Salmon River, where he stayed twenty days fasting. Then he dreamed of his brothers. After this he returned to the village and asked all the people to accompany him across the ocean to see what had become of his brothers.
They fitted out their largest canoe and started out the next morning. At nightfall they stopped far out at sea. The mountains of their home had disappeared from their view. Early in the morning
