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persons who dwell here are absent hunting; they will soon return for 

 the night. I will now prepare something for you to eat," and she at 

 once set before them what was ready cooked in the lodge. 



\Mien they first entered the lodge the band of De'hae'"hyo'we'"s 

 noticed that the old woman was busily at work; they saw that she 

 was engaged in making a mantle for herself; at intervals she held the 

 work up at arm's length to note the effect of her labor. The visitors 

 also discovered the fact that himian hair was the material out of 

 which the old woman was weaving her mantle. 



They also saw that their aged hostess possessed a dwarf dog, which 

 reposed near by on her couch. They were astonished also when the 

 old woman left her work for a few moments, to see the dwarf dog 

 quickly arise and go over to the place where the old woman had left 

 her hair-work and begin to unravel quickly but stealthily all the work 

 that the old woman had in the meanwhile done on her mantle. But 

 when the dwarf dog had nearly unraveled all the work, the old woman 

 returned to take it up again and to continue her task. 



WTiile the visitors were eating what the old woman had set before 

 them the male members of the old woman's household returned, 

 each bearing a bundle. Upon entering the lodge they said to the old 

 woman, "Now, we have returned. We were fortunate throughout 

 the entire expedition in the killing of much game." 



Then the mistress of the lodge said to the returned hunters, "Verily, 

 be it known, that a short time ago, De'hae'"hyawa"gi' brought to 

 this lodge the human beings, on'gwe', whom he said were coming to 

 this country and whom he said would abide in this lodge when they 

 would arrive. So they have an-ived; these men here are they. So 

 talk with them and become acquainted with them." 



So the men who had just returned to their lodge drew near to the 

 visitors and conversed with them, saying, "We are, indeed, thankful 

 that you have safely arrived here. It is now a long time that we have 

 kept watching you on your way hither. Moreover, be it known, that 

 we have now seen one another, and so we are greatly rejoiced." 

 Then it was that they severally and mutually stroked the bodies of 

 one another, as was the custom on such occasions, and they greatly 

 rejoiced to become acquainted one with another. 



Then the old woman began to prepare food for the returned 

 hunters. When the food was cooked, she called the men to eat, 

 saying, "Now, of course, you will eat the food which I have prepared 

 for you." And the men began to take their nourishment. 



But the method they adopted for taking their sustenance was most 

 singular to the companions of De'hae°'hyo'we"'s. So they intently 

 watched the hunters eat, for they did not eat the food set before them ; 

 they merely absorbed the exhalations from the food, and it was the 

 odor or effluvium of the food that satisfied their hunger. When they 



