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Note 2 — The one they abandoned because he was the first to spear sea lions

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Then he hid it in a forked cedar tree at the end of the town. He put moss over it. Then he started for the end of the town and made killer whales out of cedar. He put fins on them and kicked them into the water. But they only blew bubbles close to the kelps. Then he said: “Go where you are to be settled.” Those were the porpoises, they say. And he also worked hemlock into killer whales. When ten of those were also finished he kicked them into water. After they had been gone for some time bubbles like steam arose seaward. And he thought they were unable to do anything. And he said: “Go where your place is to be.” Those were the white porpoises,2 they say.

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