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the canoe for there is where the hook has caught on it." So the yonng 

 woman overturned the canoe and, seizing one of the white chert 

 stones, she struck the hook, and while the old woman was piilling on 

 the line it gave way. Then the old woman said, " Oh, it is sori-owfid I 

 The son of Dagwanoenycnt and the young woman I shall soon punisli 

 for this." 



Then the old woman made another fishhook and it caught on the 

 fleeing canoe, and again the young man and the j'oung woman felt 

 the canoe going backward. Again the youth said. " Turn the canoe 

 over again and you will find the fishhook." So she did this, and tak- 

 ing one of the white chert stones, she struck and again broke the old 

 woman's fishhook. Once more the canoe went forward, and the 

 old woman pulled on the line, which suddenly gave way, whereupon 

 she said derisively, "ye"Ae.'^ Nevertheless I shall kill you both." 



Then she made another fishhook and, going to the shore of the lake, 

 she cast the line again toward the canoe, to which it became fast! Again 

 the young man said to his young companion, " Overturn the canoe 

 and there you will find the fishhook." This she did quickly and, 

 seizing a white chert stone, struck the fishhook a blow which .broke it. 

 This was the last of the three stones which the young man had told 

 her to bring with her. They had now arrived at a point near the 

 mainland. 



The old woman now resorted to drinking up ' the water of the lake, 

 and as she drew in the water the canoe started back toward her. 

 When they drew near the }'oung man, the son of Dagwanoenycnt, 

 seizing a knife, ripped the old woman's body in two and she died. 

 Then the two turned their canoe around and soon reached the main- 

 land. 



They went together to the place where stood the lodge of the young 

 man's mother, who was an elderly woman of the Dagwanoenyent 

 people. Near the lodge stood a large hollow stump, in which the 

 young man concealed his wife for the time being, and then he alone 

 went to the home of his mother. When he entered the lodge his 

 mother's pets, some wolves, began to howl. The young man repri- 

 manded them, saying, '•'• Bjis'nen! [Oh, stop it!] you miserable dogs," 

 and, seizing a club, he struck them several blows, whereupon they 

 fled under the old woman's couch. The old woman said, "They 

 smell you, verily, for you smell like a human being." The young 

 man replied, " Oh, pshaw ! You Icnow, indeed, that I have been in 

 places where human beings live;" he continued, saying, "I am not 

 certain what your mind would think if I should marry a woman, a 

 person of the human race." The old woman said, "Aha ! Certainly, 

 I suppose. Where is she now?". The young man replied, "Over 

 yonder, a short distance." Then the old woman said, "It is well. 

 In what place is she? " She went out of doors and her son pointed, 



