skins and blankets and dentalia. After a while they returned home, accompanied by the woman and her son. Her father gave her beautiful clothing and many dentalia to take with her.
3. THE SIX TRAVELLERS.
Once upon a time there lived six men who wanted to travel in their canoe all over the world. They reached the lightning-door, which opened and closed with great rapidity and force. They went ashore, and one of them tried to pass through the door. He succeeded in jumping through it without being hurt. He found himself in a house, where he saw two blind women, who had a plentiful supply of whale meat. He took some of it and threw it out of the door. The first piece he threw passed through it, but the second was caught by the closing door. Then he watched his opportunity and jumped out of the house, when the door opened. It closed so rapidly that it cut off half of his back. He did.not know what to do. But when he came to the canoe one of his companions said, "Let us put some mud on, which will heal it." They did so, and travelled on across the ocean.
In mid-ocean they saw a sea-otter swimming about. One of the men shot it, but it sank before they were able to reach it. After they had travelled for a long time they reached the opposite shore and saw a large village. When the people saw them coming, they rushed down to the shore, led by their chief, who threatened to attack the strangers. They asked, "Why do you wish to attack us? We did you no harm." He replied, "Yes, you did: you shot my dog." The men replied, "We shot no dog; where did you lose it?" The chief answered, "I sent it across the sea to hunt elk, and you shot it in mid-ocean." The men replied, "We shot no dog, only a sea-otter, which sank before we could reach it."
Then the chief said, "That was my dog." The men stated that they had not known it to be the chief's dog, and offered two slaves to make good the loss. Then they were received kindly by the chief, who showed them a cave in which they were to dwell. There was an opening to it on each side.
Early in the morning the chief sent his people into the house to kill the strangers before they awoke. The breath of his people was so hot that the house became very warm and almost stifled the men, who did not know how to escape. Finally one of the men called the bear to help them, but he was unable to assist them. Then he called the beaver, but to no better effect. He called the deer, which was also unable to help them. At last they called the raccoon, who began to sing, and suddenly a stream of water sprung forth from the wall of the cave, and all the people who had come into the house to
