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CHARACTERS / Kéis Rattlesnake / Kékina Lizard / Kéwe Eel / Kûlta Otter / Moi Squirrel / Ndúkis Duck-hawk / Tcoóks Crane / Tusasás Joker (Skunk) / Wámanik Bull Snake / Wískäk Cedar-bird / Witkátkis A Hawk / Ygiak A Bird "that never sleeps. " (English name unknown.)
Ndúkis' house was on the bank of Klamath Lake and near it was the house of old man Tcoóks. On the south side of the lake lived Wískäk and her two daughters. The daughters liked the Shasta people; they went often to see them and carry them presents. Once, on the way home, the girls stopped to dig roots west of where Ndúkis and Tcoóks lived. Ndúkis saw them. He thought: "Those are nice-looking girls. They dig roots fast. I like those girls."