He had tried to bite the Kahk; it filled his mouth with quills that he could not spit out.

They sunk deeper and his jaws swelled so he could not open or shut his mouth to eat; then he starved.

My people found him near a fish pond below a rapid.

There were many fish.

The bear could kill them with his paw but not eat, so with his mouth wide open and plenty about him he died of starvation in that pool.
"There is but one creature that can kill the Kahk that is the Ojeeg the big fisher weasel.