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as man had done. Third time he commands his eyes to go to top of cotton- 

 wood tree and it is so. He then tells them to return, but they remain in 

 tree. Mouse loans him his eyes, but they are too small for sockets. He goes 

 from one animal to another borrowing eyes. At last he runs across owl, who 

 loans him his eyes, and from that time on he has always had the yellow eyes. 

 Niha^ga'^'s eyes seen on bark and branches of cottonwood. — D. 



17. — NlH'A^gAN LOSES HIS EyES. 



Nih'a^ga^i is taught at his request how to cause his eyes to leave their 

 sockets and return. He does the trick too often and hiis eyes do not return. 

 At last a mole lends him its eyes and Nih'a'^ga'^ recovers his own. He does 

 not return the mole's eyes and it rernains blind. — K. 



18. — NlH'A'^gAN AND THE MaGIC ARROWS. 



Nih'a°ga" sees Beaver-Man slide down bank near river against row of 

 arrows, standing on end, sharp points upward. Before he gets to arrows they 

 part and let him pass through. Nih'a'^ga" asks for right to do same way. Bea- 

 ver shows him how, and gives him bow and arrows. Niha^qa'^ starts down 

 river, feeling proud. Other man takes different course, but returns to watch 

 Nih'a'^ga'i. Nih'a^ga'^ goes to steep bank and stakes arrows in row just as 

 Beaver had done. He sits down and slides against arrows, telling them to 

 part in' center. They part and he goes through. Nih'a^ga'^ repeats this perform- 

 ance at three other places. Nih'a^ga"! walks down steep bank and stakes 

 arrows again. He slides down, telling arrows to part, but he lights against 

 the sharp points and sticks fast. Beaver comes along and breaks Nih'a^ga" 

 loose. He tells him to go home and takes his bow-case and quiver from him. — D. 



19. — Nih'a'^qan and the Dwarf's Arrow. 



Nih'a°?a'* meets a dwarf making an arrow from a tree. He ridicules the 

 dwarf and finally persuades him to shoot at him. The dwarf shoots the tree, 

 which strikes Nih'a°ga" and drives him into the ground. The dwarf pulls him 

 out.— K. 



20. — NiH'A'^gA'^ AND Coyote. 



Nih'a'^Q'i meets Coyote, who is cunning creature and challenges him to 

 contest. Coyote declines as Nih'a"ga» is too tricky. Nih"a"ga'^ goes around 

 Coyote and lies down iti front of him as buffalo cow. Coyote goes around 

 buffalo cow and smells of her. Coyote says, "Oh, don't do that !" Nih'a^ga" 

 goes around Coyote several times assuming form -of elk, antelope, and deer 

 in succession, but Coyote always recognizes him by smelling. Coyote thinks 

 he will trap him and goes around Nih'a^qa'^ and becomes woman sitting on 

 ground with robe on. Nih'a^ga"^ asks what is matter with her and she says she 

 is his sister. Nih'a^ga*^ grabs her, when she turns into Coyote and runs into 

 brush. — D. 



