Then he camped at Crab-apple place. He clapped on the top of the stone. Then very slippery became the top of that stone that the olachen should not be lost. He put olachen on spits to roast them.
Then many gulls came. They ate all the olachen of Raven. They said, "_Qana, qana, qana, qana!_" They talked much while they ate all the olachen of Raven.
Then Raven was sad. Therefore he took the gulls and threw them into the fireplace. So the tips of their wings have been black, ever since that day.
Raven said to Land Otter, "You will live in the water just as well as on land."
Raven and Land Otter were good friends, so they went halibut-fishing together. Land Otter was a good fisherman. Raven said to Land Otter, "You will always have your house on a point where there are breezes from all sides. Whenever a canoe with people capsizes, you will save the people and make them your friends." That is how the Land Otter Man was created: because Raven told this to Land Otter.
If people who are taken away by Land Otters are brought back by their friends, they become shamans. It was through the Land Otters that shamans were first known. Shamans, by means of Land Otter spirits, can see each other, even though others cannot.
A long time ago, Raven wanted all the birds to look well, so he painted them. Raven painted Coot last. Then Coot began to paint Raven, who wanted many bright colors. So Coot painted Raven with bright colors with one hand, but in the other hand he hid charcoal. When Raven looked away, Coot quickly blackened all the bright colors with charcoal. Then Raven was angry and he chased Coot. But Coot ran too quickly, so Raven threw white mud at him,--white mud which spattered over Coot. Therefore Coot had white spots on his head and back. But Coot flew away and left Raven all black.
[Illustration: "Marmot put out the tip of his nose" _Photograph by C. L. Andrews_]
Once Raven was flying over a reef near the seashore, near seabirds that were perched on the rocks. Seabirds cried to him, "Oh, you offal-eater! Oh, you carrion-eater! Oh, you black one!" Raven turned and flew far away crying, "_Qaq! qaq! qaq!_" He flew far away across the great water until he came to a mountain on the other side.