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come here with it and then run oflF, scattering it along the path as 

 they flee. Now this one is coming with a basketful on her back, and 

 I suppose that she will rim off, dropping it along the way behind 

 her." He watched her come up to Gaasyendiet'ha, and saw her look 

 at him and then strike him, so that he fell to the ground. She saw 

 that this seemingly ferocious figure was only the animated skin of 

 Gaasyendiet'ha. So coming up to Panther, she dealt with him as she 

 had with Gaasyendiet'ha. On arriving at the door where her second 

 sister had thought she saw a man, Yenongiia went up to Fox and 

 struck him a blow with her hand; down he fell, for he, too, was 

 nothing but a pouch of fox skin, the tail of which the wind had been 

 brushing against the flap of the doorway, the occurrence which 

 frightened her sister. The other sisters had thought that living 

 beings stood before them. 



Now, when Haiendoiinis saw her doing these things, he thought, 

 " She will surely come into the lodge : so I must get my pipe and 

 pretend to be an old man." On entering the lodge, Yenongiia in- 

 quired, '• Where is Haiendonnis?" Receiving no answer, she repeated 

 her question, and then Haiendoiinis replied in an old man's accents. 

 " It seems to me that I hear a woman's voice." So she called in a 

 louder tone. Then he looked up, saying, " I do not think that he is 

 at home, or that he will return before the end of ten days." The un- 

 abashed young woman replied, " It is well. Then I will come in ten 

 daj's," and started for home. 



At the end of ten days the youngest daughter again set out for the 

 lodge of Haiendoiinis. When she drew near he saw her, and said to 

 himself, " Now I shall change myself into a small boy."' On this 

 visit the young woman paid no attention to the aninaated pouches 

 representing Gaasjendiet'ha, Panther, and Fox, but went directly to 

 the doorway and stood there. On making her presence known, she 

 heard the voice of a small boy say, "Come in." After entering the 

 lodge she asked, "Where is Haiefidofinis? " The answer came: " He 

 has just gone out. He has gone to the other side of the world." 

 " How long will he be gone ? " was her next inquiry. " Oh ! " came 

 the reply, " he said that he would be gone about ten days." Then 

 she assured the small boy that she would return in that time. 



At the end of the time Haiefidonnis saw her coming again, and re- 

 solved to make himself invisible this time, to deceive her. So when 

 she had made her way into the lodge and set her basket down, she 

 looked around but saw no one. Then, saying, " I will wait a while," 

 she sat down on the couch of Haiefidofinis. The situation was so 

 amusing that Haiefidoiinis laughed out loud, and the young woman, 

 becoming frightened, arose and fled home, where she arrived quite 

 ashamed of herself, for she had left her basket of corn bread. Her 

 mother asked, "Where is the basket of corn bread? " but she made 



