l\Ti?i] FICTION 91 



out of this world," said she: " I know that you are poor; j'ou have no 

 relatives; you were left alone. None of the huntei's would let you go 

 with them. This is why I have come to help you. Tomorrow start 

 on your journey and keep on until you think it is time to camp, and 

 then I will be there." Toward daybreak she went out, starting off 

 in the direction from which she said she had come. 



In the morning after preparing and eating some food he started 

 on. In the afternoon when he thought it was about time to stop he 

 looked for a stream. He soon found one and had just finished his 

 camp as it became dark. In the forepart of the night the woman 

 came, saying, "We must now live together as man and wife, for I 

 have been sent to live with you and help you." The next day the man 

 began to kill all kinds of game. The woman stayed with him all the 

 time and did all the necessary work at the camp. 



When the hunting season was over, she said, " There is no hunter 

 in the woods who has killed so much game as you have." They 

 started for home. " We shall stop," said she, " at the first lodge, where 

 we met"; and they slept at the lodge that night. The next morning 

 she said : " I shall remain here, but you go on to the village, and 

 when you get there everybody will find out that you have brought 

 all kinds of meat and skins. One will come to you and say, ' You 

 must marry my daughter.' An old woman will say, ' You niTist 

 marry my granddaughter,' but do not listen to them. Remain true 

 to me. Come back next year and you shall have the same good luck. 

 [This was at a time when the best hunter was the best man, the most 

 desirable hu.sband.] The next year when getting ready to hunt, a 

 man will try to come with you, do not take him. No one would take 

 you. Come alone. We will meet here." Before daylight they parted 

 and he went on his journey with a great load of meat on his back. 



In the village he foimd that some of the hunters had got home, 

 while otliei-s came soon after. All told how much they had killed. 

 This lone man said. " I will give each man all he wants if he will go to 

 my camp and get it." Accepting his offer, many went and brought 

 back all they could carry. Still there was much meat left. Every- 

 one who had a daughter or a granddaughter now asked him to come 

 and live with the family. At last the chief came and asked him to 

 marry his daughter. The orphan was afraid if he refused harm 

 ■would come to him, for the chief was a powerful man. At last he 

 consented and married the chief's daughter. 



The next fall the chief thought he had the best hunter for a son- 

 in-law and a great many wanted to go with him, but the son-in-law 

 said, " I do not think I shall go this year." All started oft", one after 

 another. When all had gone he went alone to the lodge where he 

 was to meet the woman. Arriving there he prepared the bed, and 

 early in the night the woman came in; stopping halfway between 



