In the beginning there were no trees, and any kinds of plants were wanting; neither was there any salmon or other fish or berries. The only animals on the earth at that time were deer, which were plentiful, but the people could not kill them because they were so fleet of foot and jumped so far. They sprang from one mountain top to another in a single bound. At last however, a woman managed to curtail there powers by means of throwing her breech-clout on one of them. After this they became ordinary deer, and could only jump a moderate distance as they do now; so the people were enabled to kill them, and they thus commenced to form an important part of their food supply.

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