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saying, " Yonder, in that stump." Going to the place, the old woman 

 took her daughter-in-law out of the stump, and they two went into 

 the lodge of the Dagwanoenyent woman, and then the wolves began 

 to bark (howl). The young man scolded them, saying, ''it is dis- 

 agreeable. You wretched dogs ! you wolves ! " Thereupon these 

 domestic animals ceased and went under the bed. 



Some time after this the j'oung woman proved to be pregnant, 

 and in the fullness of time she gave birth to male twins. It was not 

 long before the twins were quite large. 



Then the old woman, their grandmother, said, " Let there be made 

 for them sticks — lacrosse sticks for playing ball." This was done 

 and they began to play ball. Again their grandmother said, " Per- 

 haps it is time that there should be made also bows and arrows ; " and 

 she added, " Now, you two must continue to shoot at this thing," and 

 she gave them a raccoon's foot, taken from the bundle which she kept 

 hidden away. And the two did shoot at it in great glee, and this 

 continued for some time. 



Then the old woman, their grandmother, said to them, " Do not 

 ever go toward the north. It will be dangerous for you." But one 

 of the boys said, " Let us go there." So they went there. Now in 

 that northern place there stood a very large and tall pine tree; in its 

 top rested the nest of a Dagwanoenyent, who was an old man. As 

 soon as the two boj^s arrived directly under the nest the old man 

 shouted, " Ye'^he! I have detected you two, my grandchildi'en." 

 Then this disobedient little boy in reph^ said, " So be it. What then 

 shall happen ? " Now it is reported that this old Dagwanoenyent an- 

 swered, " Would you two be willing that it should rain, and that the 

 raindrops should be mi.xed with spears (darts)." "Certainly," re- 

 plied this boy, and immediately he with his twin brother crawled 

 far under a i"ock l3ing not far away, where they concealed themselves. 



Verily, it did rain and the raindrops were mingled with darts. 

 As soon as this rainstorm ceased each of the boys picked up a spear, 

 and then they started for the home of their grandmother, where they 

 soon arrived. The boy said, " He shall suffer for this." His grand- 

 mother saw the spear or dart that he had. The boj' continued, " To- 

 morrow, he himself in his turn shall suffer for this. I in my turn 

 shall detect this, my grandfather." 



Next morning, when daylight came the boys started. When they 

 had arrived near the tree the boy reciuested a mole to assist him, and 

 it complied with his request. The two boys entered its body and it 

 carried them unobserved to the place where stood the tree. Then the 

 boy came forth and, leaping up, shouted, "J'e'Vie.' Grandfather, I 

 have detected you, ye"Ae.'" The old man asked, "What shall it 

 be that shall happen? " The boy said in reply, " Would you be will- 

 ing that it do so (it is hard to tell what you would think about it, 



