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start to hew a little he would again hear the sound there, ''Thou 

 shalt keep on hewing, thou shalt hew." So agam he would listen 

 in various directions. Finally, after the fifth time somebody came to 

 him (and asked him), "What art thou doing?" — "Oh! I am building 

 a canoe." Then he was kiUed. His head was cut off and taken 

 back (to where his murderer lived) . Aiid after ho came home with 

 his head all the people began to assemble. And then all jomed in 

 the war dance. The head was (then) tied to the ceiling. 



Now on the fifth (day) he did not come back to the two (children). 

 As soon as it got daylight the younger brother said to (the elder one), 

 "We two will look for our (dual) father." Then they two went, 

 indeed. They two followed him along (the trail) where he had 

 gone (before). They two (Ud not foUow him long when they became 

 lost there. So they two just walked around as if lost. And then 

 toward night they two returned home. And when another day 

 broke they two would again start out as before. Once more they 

 two followed him. They two followed him a little farther, but in 

 the same way they two became lost. They two looked for him in 

 vam. Then, as they two dismissed (the success of their attempt) 

 from their mmds, they returned home. And when day broke once 

 more they two started out again, but the same thing happened to 

 them two as on previous occasions. Finally, on the fifth day, they 

 two at last came upon him. Right away they two saw the object 

 of his efforts — namely, the canoe. So they two began to walk 

 around it. They two did not walk around it long when they saw 

 their (dual) father lying beside the object he was making. They 

 two exammed him. His head was gone ; it had been cut off. ' ' What 

 are we two going to do now?" — "Well, we two will commence to 

 search for whence he had been (approached and murdered)." Then 

 they two followed, indeed, the blood (along) where it had been 

 dripping. They two were not following it very long when they two 

 lost (their) own (sense of direction) there. So they two followed it 

 again, but once more they two became lost just (at) the same (place) 

 where they two had lost it before. Then they two followed it again 

 as before. Then they two began to cry. The younger brother was 

 all the time looking up every^diere. After their (dual) fifth attempt 

 to look for him (they two found that) his blood had been dripping on 

 several places. Then at once the younger brother smeUed (the direc- 

 tion) from where the murderers had come. "Yes, our (dual) father was 

 approached (by people) from above (by whom he) was destined to be 

 killed. What shall we two do now?" — "We two are going to climb 

 up." — "How are we two going to get on top?" — "Oh! thou shalt 

 shoot upward first." And then, verily, he did it. They two could 

 still see their arrows as they dropped back to them. And then after 



