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no reply, knowing that her mother was aware of what had taken 

 place. The mother then heated water and prepared to wash her 

 daughter clean, for she saw that some of the deer intestines which 

 hung in the lodge of Haiendonnis were clinging to her daughter. 

 The old woman took them with the remark: "I am thankful to you. 

 These are good meat. You shall go there again to-morrow." 



So the next morning she went again, and when Haieiidounis saw 

 her he laughed, saying, "I think that all the intestines will go this 

 time." On entering the lodge she saw Haiendoiinis in his real shape. 

 He asked her what she was going to do with the basket of bread 

 which she had left in his lodge. She replied, " My mother sent me 

 to live with you as your wife." He replied, " It is well, and I agree 

 to it," and from that time they lived together as man and wife. These 

 two were evil-minded, wicked people, who were full of the orenda, 

 or magic power, of sorcerers, and all wizards and witches in the world 

 knew just the moment that they became man and wife. 



The next morning Yenongiia said to her husband that she desired 

 to visit her mother. Haiefidonnis readily gave his consent to her 

 going ; so she went to her home. At once her mother began to work 

 over her for the purpose of endowing her with much more evil-work- 

 ing orenda, and she instructed her, too, how to enslave her husband. 

 She also said to her, " You must urge him to come to live with us." 

 The young woman returned to her husband, who, on looking at her, 

 discovered that she was being equipped to enslave him. But he 

 foiled her this time and every succeeding time that she imdertook 

 to do so. She went to her mother's lodge for a long time. Finally, 

 Haiendonnis became wearied by this conduct of his wife and her 

 mother, and said to himself : " I wonder why they act in this manner. 

 I think that it would be well for me to destroy her people." To this 

 he made up his mind. 



The next morning she again told him that she was going to visit 

 her mother. After she had started Haiefidonnis follow-ed her. By 

 taking a circuitous route he got ahead of his wife, arriving at her 

 mother's lodge before she did. Rushing into the lodge, he faced the 

 old woman. He said to her, " I have come to fight with you," and the 

 aged hag graciously accepted his challenge. So they at once began 

 fighting with war clubs, and were fighting fiercely when the wife en- 

 tered the lodge. She wondered how her husband had passed her. 

 She stood there powerless to aid either one. The combatants kept 

 on fighting imtil Haiendonnis was certain that the old mother and the 

 two elder daughters were dead. Then addressing his wife, he said, 

 " You go off yonder a little way," and she willingly obeyed him. 

 Thereupon he set the lodge on fire, and the flames were soon rising 

 high. After the fire had died out somewhat there were a number of 

 explosions among the embers, sounding pop ! pop ! Then up flew a 



