241. _Free translation._

Young Woman Who Becomes a Bear set fire in the mountains

In many places; as she journeyed on

There was a line of burning mountains.

The Otter set fire in the waters

In many places; as he journeyed on

There was a line of burning waters.

242. It is related that in the ancient days, during a year of great

drought, these holy ones, on their way to a council of the gods, set

fire to the mountains and the waters. The smoke arose in great clouds,

from which rain descended on the parched land. The song alludes to this

legend.

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