?/i;'vvm'] FICTION 77 



to<>-etlier."" Tlie little girl entered this lodge, and the old woman 

 said, " I am thankful that my granddaughter has arrived." 



Some time after this event the little girl who was already in the 

 lodge said to the newcomer: "Do you know what will happen to us 

 in this place? AVe tAvo shall die here, for they will kill us both 

 and de\our our bodies." So the little girl who had just arrived 

 iiegan to think much about her situation. 



After a while the little girl who was first at the lodge said to the 

 newcomer: " Now. verily, they are about to kill one (if us. It is not 

 certain which it will be — whether you or I. Tomorrow will decide. 

 The one to be killed will be ordered to bring water, and will be killed 

 here." So when night came the newcomer could not sleep ; she was 

 tliiuking during tiie entire night. 



AVhen day began to dawn the son of Dagwanoenyent ' " looked 

 down at her through the smoke-hole, and said to her: "It is I who 

 will aid you. When you go after water jou must look for three white 

 chert stones as large as you can hold in your hands, and you must 

 take a doll with you. AVhen you dip up the water you must set up 

 the doll nearby. Then ycmr grandmother will think that it is you 

 standing there when she shall go there to strike you with her club. 

 Now, do not fail to do all these things as I have directed you.'" 



In the morning the old woman raised her voice. saA'ing to the little 

 newcomer, " Hurry I Arise and draw water." Then the old woman 

 set the kettle over the fire. The girl went to the spring and began to 

 draw water. A\'i\ile she was drawing water she carried the three 

 white chert stones and placed them side by side in the designated 

 place and set up the doll there, too. She did all that she had been 

 directed to do by the son of Dagwanoenyent. She was surprised to 

 see a canoe make a landing there; in it was a young man. Placing 

 the stones in the canoe, she got aboard, as requested by the young 

 num. Then the canoe started off. 



AA'hen the canoe was being paddled far from the island the old 

 woman exclaimed. " Go-o-o-oh! My grandchild has been gone a long 

 time," and, calling loudly for her, she went out to search for her. 

 She ran around over the entire island looking for her, but was not 

 able to find her. Then it was that she saw the doll standing near the 

 spring: on striking it a blow with her club she discovered that 

 she had been tricked. Thereupon she said, " She is somewhat of a 

 witch. A'erily, the son of Dagwanoenyent has stolen her awa_y from 

 me: and he is a very ugly and filthy man." 



Now she went to the lodge to procui'e her fishhook and then to the 

 bank of the lake at the canoe landing. After unwinding the fishline 

 she cast it after the fleeing canoe; the hook caught on tlie canoe and 

 she began to pull on the line. So, while the two were paddling they fell 

 the canoe going backward. The young man said, " Do you ovei'iurn 



a The superior figures refer to notes on pages 791-812. 



