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Ingalik Legend of the Two Shamans 

In a village near the Yukon there once existed a village containing many people. One day a mysterious sickness began to effect the people and one after another strong men and woman fell back suddenly and expired and great was the grief and fear of the wretched survivors. In great haste they went to the Raven Shaman who was living in their village at the time and laying many rich furs and other presents before him they sought him to aid them and stop the people from all dying. He accepts their presents and preparing himself he went outside the kashim and walking slowly around it he carefully examined the snow - just behind the place he discovered an Ermine track leading away from under the kashim into the woods and ending his search he cried ah-h perhaps you are what I am after - He then followed the track far away until it changed to the track of a man and this he followed several days until it led him to a large village. Here he looked about and seeing a house near the kashim he entered it and sat a time as a guest then he heard the men of village come out of the kashim where they had been taking a sweat bath. Raven went out to the doorway and peered through a crevice at the people but was disappointed for he said "it was none of those" just then another large powerful man came out 

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