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distance, lie went toward ii ; and when he came there, he discovered 

 a deep valley. He stood at the edge of the deep valley and looked 

 down into it. He saw a hut in it, and the smoke ascended from it. 

 He looked in another direction, and he saw that the trail which he 

 had followed went straight down in front of the little hut. So he 

 went down the trail. He looked secretly through a knot-hole, and 

 saw a great man lying there, with his back turned toward the fire. 

 The great man spoke to the young man who had come secretly to his 

 door, and said, "Come in, my dear! for I have known about you ever 

 since you left your home." So the young man went in. 



The giant sat up and looked at the young man. He began to 

 speak, and questioned the young man. "Did you hear your own 

 history about TxamsEm?" The young man answered, "Yes." 

 Then TxamsEm continued, "I am he," said he. "Do you see the 

 wound in my chest ? I received it in the carved house of T !Em-nunx." 

 The young man was surprised, for he did not know about the carved 

 house of TlEm-nunx. This giant was TxamsEm. He said to the 

 young man, "I will give you some meat." He did so; and after the 

 young man had had his meal, TxamsEm said, "This valley has been 

 given to me to live in." As soon as the young man had entered the hut , 

 he had seen two pups lying by the side of the fire. TxamsEm caUed 

 the young man out; and when they had gone out, TxamsEm pointed 

 with his finger at the mountains which were all around his hut, and 

 all these mountains were full of mountain sheep. Other mountains 

 were full of black bears and of all other kinds of animals. TxamsEm 

 also said, "Do you see these animals? They are my provisions. 

 They have been prepared for me, and it has been ordained that 1 

 shall stay here a little longer. Therefore I do not go about the world 

 any more, but at a future day I shall begin to travel again: but I do 

 not know when, only Heaven himself knows." 



After he had spoken, he called the pups by name. Then the pups 

 arose and shook their bodies, and they became two hauhau' cubs. 

 Therefore the young man was afraid; but TxamsEm sent the two 

 young hauhau up one of the mountains which was full of mountain 

 sheep. They went, and TxamsEm said to the young man, "Heaven 

 gave me those two young hauhau to bring me meat every day;" 

 and when TxamsEin had said these words, they heard the roaring of 

 the two hauhau cubs on the mountain, and, behold! a great number 

 of mountain sheep fell from the mountain by the side of TxamsEm's 

 hut. TxamsEm skinned and carved them all. After he had cut them 

 up, he took the meat and fat, wrapped them around his hunting- 

 staff, and, when the fat was thick around Ms staff, TxamsEm squeezed 

 the bundle four times. Then the fat was finished. He also took 



