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The next morning she searched again in his nead until he fell 

 asleep; then putting him into the basket again, she hurried on as be- 

 fore until late in the afternoon. She stopped at a lake and. putting 

 the basket down, she again awakened the joung man, asking him, 

 •'Do you know this lake?" "Yes; I have fished here many times 

 with my uncle." replied the j'oung man. Then, taking out of her 

 basket a canoe no larger than a walnut, she struck it with her hand 

 lepeatedly until it became large enough to hold botli. Then they 

 liotii boarded it and paddled across the lake. "We will now go 

 home," said she. "I have a mother and three si.sters; all the latter 

 are married and li\e in the same lodge. AVe will go to tlu'iu." slie 

 declared. ' 



Djogeon and his companion traveled on until they reached her 

 mother's lodge. When they stood at the door her mother saw the 

 stranger with her daughter and cried out, "Welcome, son-in-law. T 

 am glad you have ('ome." Djogeon became the vovmg woman's bus 

 band, and they lived happily until one night the old woman had a 

 frightful dream, rolling out of her couch and over the floor to the 

 edge of the fire. Then her son-in-law jumped up and asked his 

 mother-in-law, " What is the matter? Are j'ou dreaming, mother-in- 

 law ? " She paid no attention to him but rolled about, muttering to 

 herself. Then he said, "I will make her listen." and. taking the 

 pestle for pounding corn, he hit her a heavy blow on the head. She 

 started up, saying. "Oh! I have had such a bad dream. I ihvamed 

 that my son-in-law would kill the Ganiagwaihegowa." " Oh," said he, 

 " I will attend to that in the morning. Now go to sleep, mother-in- 

 law." The next morning the old woman told her son-in-law he must 

 kill tlie bear and bring it back quickly. So he sought and killed the 

 bear without much trouble and brought it home. 



The next niglit she dreamed that he mu.st niak-e a great feast for 

 the Dagwanoenyent," and that he must invite them all to a feast and 

 provide so much food that they would not be able to eat it all. Tlie 

 next day he hunted and killed a great many elk. deer, and bear. 

 There was an abundance of food, the lodge being full of meat, and 

 still there was more. Then he went out and called all the Da- 

 gwanoenyent to come to a great feast prepared for them to eat their 

 (ill. They answered him. all agreeing to be at the feast. Soon they 

 l)egan to appeal', one after another; they came in such numbers that 

 the shelves, the floor, and the seats were filled with them. They be- 

 gan to eat. and ate witli a terrible appetite. The old woman went 

 around urging them, saying, "Eat. eat your fill. I want all to have 

 plenty to eat in my lodge.'" They ate. and the old woman still urged 

 them, ho])ing that the supply would run short and her son-in-law 

 would be killed. The son-in-law, with his wife, her three sisters, and 

 their husbands went out to have more food brought in case of need. 



