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but the heart had two eyes and a mouth, and was still living. It 

 looked at the young woman, and the young woman was afraid of it. 



She took it down to the bodies of her companions. When she 

 came to the one who was last killed, she swung the heart over him, 

 and he arose again after she had swung it over him four times. 



Then she went to another one and swung the live heart of Baboudina 

 over his body, and he came to life. She went to all her companions 

 who had been killed ; and when they were all alive again, they were 

 all very happy; and the young woman told them that she had killed 

 the chief of the Mosquitoes, that he was lying dead by the lake. 



Then they all wanted to go and see him. The following day they 

 went there, and found the place where he lay dead. They examined 

 the body, and saw that the proboscis was of pure crystal. Then 

 they said to one another, "Let us burn him up right here!" They 

 started a fire, and put his dead body on the fire. His heart also was 

 burned, and only the ashes remained there. 



And some of the people blew into the fire where they had burned 

 Baboudina, and blew the ashes of the dead chief's body about. 

 Then all the ashes flew upward, and thus the ashes of Baboudina 

 became small mosquitoes. Therefore mosquitoes remain on earth 

 now. After they had finished this, they all went home safely. 



16. The Hunters 1 



There were ten princes who went out hunting. When they arrived 

 at their camping-place, they built a hut. Their wives accompanied 

 them. Only the youngest brother had no wife. 



After they had finished their hut, the eldest brother went alone to 

 hunt porcupine; and when he was a short way off from the camp, 

 behold! he saw a large, fat porcupine coming toward him. He 

 clubbed it, tied its hind legs, and hung it on a tree. 



He went on and climbed a rock. When he reached the top, 

 behold! there was a white she-bear. He went up to her and shot 

 her with his arrow; and when the man saw that the bear was dead, 

 he went on to the top of the mountain a little higher up, desirous of 

 seeing the other side. He did so; and when he reached the top, he 

 looked down on the other side of the steep mountain. There he saw 

 a village at the foot of the mountain, and smoke rising from it. 



He slid down the ice on his snowshoes, and came to the side of the 

 first house. He looked through a knot-hole, and, behold! a young 

 woman was alone, in that house. She looked at the man and smded 

 at him. She said, "Come in, my dear!" 



Then the people in the next house questioned her, and asked, 

 "Did any one come to see you?" and she replied, "Yes, it is so." 



'Notes, pp. 741, 759. 

 50633°— 31 eth— 16 10 



