HOW WIND BECAME A SLAVE

_Haida_

Raven wanted to go to a rock from which Wind was always blowing. He

intended to kill Xeio, Wind. Raven tried to make canoes of hemlock,

of spruce, of fir, but they would not carry him to the rock. Then

Raven called upon the birds to carry him there. He called upon

Bluejay, upon Robin, upon Woodpecker, and upon all the birds. But

they could not carry Raven to the rock. Then Raven took wood of a

maple tree and made a canoe. The maple-wood canoe carried him to the

rock. Then Raven fought Wind and conquered him. Thus Wind became his

slave.

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