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bird. The chief spoke to the mamunda and asked him if he could bring back this man's hair. The mamunda said, "yes, but there is my granddaughter, Kah oh oo yakho, the morning star woman, she will do it for you as well as I." So the chief took the jay bird to the woman morning star, and asked her if she would bring back his hair as a favor to him. She said, "I will". She also tols the chief to bring the man tomorrow morning before the seven stars went down. So the chief appointed the mocking bird to watch the seven stars. The mocking bird was on time the next morning. He and the bird oriole (?) went with the jay bird and the morning sisters to a place in Coale Creek Cafe (?) Lake Co., Calif(?) where the star sister had a spring concealed for this kind of work. The star sisters told the oriole and the mocking bird, Noi wic, to watch if any body called to let them know. The work had to be done quick. As soon as the star sisters got there they started the spring flowing. One of the women was to hold the jay while his head was in the water and the other woman was to sing and dance. The song
I hope the hair will come out and wave in the water. Sho-cah-da-la-ya-he ba-cah-cah nu-cah bay-ya-ne mu-su-pa-yo-pa-yo na le-wo le-wo-na kuy Pe-eih-le-wo-le-wom kuy-peeih pa-wo pa-wom. The jay bird was placed in the water and he commenced to holler to let him out, but he was held in the water until the hair commenced to grow, and when it was long enough the one who was dancing cried out to take him out, so he was thrown out half dead. The star sisters

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