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will last you throughout your lifetime." After he had said this, ho 

 disappeared. 



The young man went home, and early the next morning he went 

 and found the large tree. He went toward it, and, behold! there was 

 a devil's-club tree larger than any other tree in the whole world. 

 He took his stone ax and felled the great devil's-club tree; and after 

 it was down, he took all the sap and bark; and when he had collected 

 it, he carried it down to his town and piled up the bark in his little 

 hut behind his house. Then he started to wash his body with the 

 bark of the devil's-club and its sap, and he ate some to purify him- 

 self. He did so for forty days, and at the end of forty days he went 

 hunting again. He repaired all his traps and snares. He went along 

 for four days repairing his traps and snares; and on his way back 

 from repairing his traps and snares, behold ! a great Wolverene had 

 thrown the traps and snares out of their places. 



Therefore the son of the Devil's-Club Tree pursued him, and the 

 Wolverene ran as fast as he could; but the son of the Devil's-Club Tree 

 ran faster; and when the great Wolverene was exhausted, he climbed a 

 large tree, and the man who pursued him stood at the foot of the large 

 tree on which the great Wolverene was sitting. The young man was 

 about to shoot him, when he asked the Wolverene, "Did you break my 

 traps and my snares ? If you don't answer me now, I shall shoot 

 you !" The great Wolverene remained silent. The young man asked 

 again, "Did you destroy all my traps and snares which I repaired so 

 often?" 



Then the Wolverene began to cry. The young man said, "Answer 

 me, or I shall shoot you ! It is no use crying." Therefore the Wol- 

 verene had to say, "Yes, I did break your traps and snares." Then 

 the young man saiel, " Will you give to me as many animals as I have 

 lost through you V Wolverene did not want to answer the question. 

 He was still crying. "Tell me how you became so great and suc- 

 cessful in hunting! If you tell me, then I will let you go; if not, then 

 I shall kill you." Then the Wolverene said, " I shall tell you, and you 

 must let me go." Wolverene said, "I use devil's-club bark in my 

 bath every morning, and I eat some." 



The young man stood there ; and when the Wolverene had spoken, 

 he ran down from the tree laughing. So the young man pursued 

 him; and when Wolverene was tired and weary, he climbed another 

 tree; and the young man who pursued him came to the foot of the 

 tree and asked him, and said, "Tell me what makes you so successful! 

 Tell me quickly, or I shall shoot you!" Then the Wolverene said, 

 "You shall eat the roots of the floating plants with their leaves." 

 Again the Wolverene ran down from the tree laughing, and the young 

 man pursued him. 



