CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION	1
ALPHABET	3
CREATION MYTHS	5
1. Arrow Young Men (The Creation of the World)	5
2. The Crow (and the Thunder-Bird)	14
3. The Ascent to Heaven	21
4. The Stealing of Fire and Water	39
5. The Origin of Death	43
6. The Flood	45
7. Origin of the Coos People	49
8. The Girls and the Stars	51
9. The Fire-Wind	53
MISCELLANEOUS TALES	55
10. The Woman who married the Seal	55
11. Spider- Old-Woman	59
12. The Giant Woman (First Version)	71
13. The Giant Woman (Second Version)	77
14. The Giant Women (Third Version)	83
15. The Girl and her Pet	85
16. The Five Grizzly-Bears	91
17. The Five Shadows	105
18 Night-Rainbow and Grizzly Bear	111
19. The Pelican People	127
TALES COLLECTED BY HARRY HULL ST. CLAIR	133
20. The Battle in the Air	133
21. The Long Night	135
22. The Underground People	135
23. The Country of the Souls	139
24. The Revenge of the Sky People	149
25. The Woman who married the Merman	157
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26. The Woman who married the Wolf	163
27. The Woman who married the Dog	167
28. The Woman who married the Bear	171
29. The Women who married the Beaver	173
30. The Woman who became a Bear	181
31. Eagle-Woman	183
32. The Man who married the Bird	187
VOCABULARY	191