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night, so they did not get any sleep. In the early morning all fell 

 asleep from weariness. The infant. howe\er, was covered with the 

 unfinished robe of human ej'es. Just as soon as all were asleep the 

 pretended infant quickly rose, and, taking the robe of human eyes, 

 he started awa}^ He socn arrived where he had left his twin brother 

 to await his coming. Then he said, " Come; let us start.'" 



When they arrived at the phxce where the lodge of their uncles 

 stood they at once began tu put the eyes back into the heads of their 

 owners. Ever3'one fir.st made a selection from those on the robe of 

 human ej'es of the eyes which were his. They were able to put eyes 

 back into the heads of all the blind uncles. Whereupon the latter 

 were able to recognize one another — their nephews and their brother- 

 in-law. the son of Dagwanoenyent, and also their sister. 



After this they began to hunt, and they dwelt there together. They 

 were hapi)y and contented. And finally, it is said, they became 

 rabbits.'' 



•2. The Child .and His Uncle 



Once thei'e was a child who was left alone in a lodge in a forest; 

 he was enjoying himself by playing around the lodge. At last he 

 was surprised to hear what seemed to him the voice of a man, which 

 said: "Is tliere no tobacco? Is there no tobacco? I should like to 

 smoke again." Then the child said to himself : " It would seem, in- 

 deed, that there is some one around here saying, 'Tobacco. Give me 

 tobacco, for I want to smoke again.' Yet I have always thought that 

 I am alone here. In any event, I shall look around from place to 

 place. It seems that there is another story (loft) in this lodge, and 

 that it is fi'om that place that this man is speaking." But, forget- 

 ting his resolution to look for the man, he continued to play until 

 nightfall. 



The next morning, while he was again playing around the lodge, 

 he was once more surprised to hear the man saying, " Is there no 

 tobacco? I should like to smoke again." Then the boy said, "Oh, 

 pshaw! I forgot this thing, but I think that I shall search this 

 place tomorrow to learn what this titlking may mean." 



So the next morning he looked around in many places. Finding 

 the loft in the lodge, he climbed up into it, and while he was search- 

 ing the place he was surprised to find a man lying down who was so 

 lean that he appeared to be mereh^ dried bones covered with skin. 

 The boy said to him, ""What is it that you want? " And the skele- 

 tonlike num replied, "The only thing I desire is tobacco, for I want 

 to smoke again." The boy, answering, said, "Where is it that to- 

 bacco maj' be found in abundance?" The man replied: "It is to 

 be found in a certain place which is, beyond measure, one of forbid- 

 ding difficulties and friglitful aspect; and I know that in that place 

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