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opened." She said that because she felt happy. Then he opened 

 the eyes of the other. Then, for the tirst time, he learned his name. 



Now the women asked him what he came for. " J am looking- for 

 my wife whom they carried away from me." " They passed right by 

 here with your wife. Isne'g-.al's "^ son married your wife. The one 

 who married her is named " GitgidA'mtcIex. When you come to 

 the town be on the watch. A supernatural heron lives at the end of 

 the town. He is always watching. He is always repairing a canoe." 



Then he started. He came to the end of the town. Now the heron 

 discovered him. And the heron cried out. So he put the twisted 

 cedar limbs, the g-imlet, and the whetstone into his hands. And he 

 put him into his armpit. 



Now the town people came to see what terrible thing- had happened. 

 The}' asked him: ''Old man, why do you say that T' ''My sight 

 deceived me. That is why I shouted." And they went away from 

 him. 



Then he let him out from his armpit. [He said]: ''The one who 

 married your wife lives in the middle house in the town, and to- 

 morrow two slaves are going for dead hemlocks standing- behind 

 the house. One of the slaves is named Raven. One is named Crow. 

 The}' are g'oing to steam the fin to put it on 3'our wife.'' 



In the evening- he started from him to the town. He looked into the 

 house where his wife was, in which there were retaining timbers.' 

 And he saw his wife sitting- near her husband. He returned to the old 

 man. And he spent the night in his house. 



Next day he went behind the town. He came to where the dead 

 hemlocks stood. He sat down there. Now two slaves came there. 

 Then he went inside of the dead hemlock. Then they started to chop 

 down the firewood. And he bit ofi' the end of the stone wedge. Tliey 

 began to cry. One of the slaves said: "M}' master will talk to me as 

 he usually does." 



Now Gunanasi'mgit came out of the firewood. He took the end 

 of the stone wedge out of his mouth. It became as it had been before. 

 Then he cut down their firewood for them. He chopped it up for 

 them. 



Then they said to him: "When evening comes they are going to 

 steam your wife's hn in the ground. We are going out after water. 

 Now, when evening ai)i)roaches, stand in front of the house. After 

 we have gone back and forth with water for a while, we will let you in. 

 After we have brought water a while we will let ourselves fall with 

 the water into the bottom of the house excavation. While we turn 

 the water into steam in the fire, pick up your wife." 



As soon as evening came he stood in front of the house. At once 

 the}' let him in. They went for water. Now the stones became red 



