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horned owl, a common owl, and a screech owl to the upper limbs of 

 a tree standing near the scene. These were owls in human form. 



Thus were the three women utterly destroyed. Then Haiendoiinis 

 said to his wife, " Let us go home now." But she stood there looking 

 in one direction; she seemed spellbound. At last her husband took 

 her by the arm, again saying, " Let us go home," and she turned and 

 followed him. 



It seems that those who were most skilled in the arts of sorcery and 

 enchantment, who dwelt even to the very edge of the world, knew the 

 exact moment Haieiidonnis had killed the old woman and her wicked 

 daughters, for at that moment a great shout of joy went up from 

 the people, which was heard all over the world; they rejoiced because 

 these women so powerful in magic and so utterly wicked were dead 

 and burned up. 



Now, Haieiidoiinis, putting spittle on his hands, rubbed with op- 

 posing orenda, or magic power, the head of Yenongaa,^^ his wife. 

 He gently pulled and smoothed her hair, which had been short before 

 that time, and it soon became long and glossy. He had neutralized 

 her orenda through this manipulation. Thereafter they dwelt in the 

 lodge of Haieiidoiinis in great contentment. 



20. The Man with the Panther-skin Robe and His Brother with 

 A Turkey-skin Robe 



In the olden time an uncle lived in a lodge together with two 

 nephews, the one 2 or 3 and the other 15 or 16 years of age. They 

 dwelt happily in a forest. When the uncle went out to hunt the 

 elder nephew would remain at home and when the elder nephew was 

 out hunting the uncle would not leave the lodge, for the younger 

 nephew was too small to leave alone during the day. 



One day the elder nephew said to his uncle : " Mother's brother, 

 will you kindlj' kill a turkey gobbler for me? If you will, I will 

 make a robe for my little brother." " How will you do that ?" queried 

 the uncle. " Oh, I shall skin him and make a feather coat for my 

 little brother," declared the elder nephew. 



The next day the indulgent uncle brought home from his hunting 

 a beautiful white wild turkey gobbler and his nephews were delighted 

 to see it. Then the elder nephew skinned the fine bird, leaving the 

 head, legs, wings, and tail attached to the skin. He rubbed and care- 

 fully prepared in the usual manner the skin with the feathers in 

 place, and when it had been thoroughly cured and tanned with smoke 

 he placed the turkey-skin robe on his little brother, whom it fitted 

 very well. The boy thrust his feet into the skins of the legs and his 

 arms into the skins of the wings. The skin was a close fit, because 

 the little boy was just the size of a turkey gobbler, and now he looked 



