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he would squeeze a heart and its owner would fail in a faint; but 

 as soon as he stopped squeezing she would spring up again. When 

 ho had sufiiciently toi'tured the sisters in this manner he ruthk«sly 

 dashed their hearts against the great rock, one after another, and 

 thus all were killed. 



When the cannibal returned at the usual time and did not find his 

 sisters at home he was very angry; but Hadjoqda assured him that 

 they were pursuing the elks and that liis dinner was left all prepared 

 for him. Deadoendjadases sat down and began to eat. Emboldened 

 by the fact that the lad stood beside him holding the heart of 

 Deadoendjadases, Hadjoqda taunted Deadoendjadases, " the Earth- 

 circler." ** 



At once Deadoeiidjadases rushed after the lad, who ran toward 

 the great rock. When the man-eater drew near him the lad would 

 squeeze the heart and the great Deadoendjadases would fall in a 

 faint. AVhen the lad ceased squeezing the heart the man-eater would 

 rise again. So, no matter how he tried, he could get only as near the 

 lad as the latter would let him. When tired of this kind of sport the 

 lad dashed the heart of the man-eater against the rock, and Dea- 

 doeiidjadases fell dead in his tracks. 



Around the great rock on every hand the lad found heaps of human 

 bones, which he cai'efully gathered together into a great pile. Plac- 

 ing Hadjoqda on the ground with his head toward the west and his 

 feet toward the east, the youth went to a great hickory which was 

 standing near and shouted, " Do you all rise and run or the tree will 

 fall on you." On the instant a great number of jDersons arose and 

 ran in every direction. Hadjoqda received his body back and be- 

 came at once as well as ever. But some had legs and arms which had 

 belonged to others, and hence were deformed in these members. 



" Now," said the lad to Hadjoqda, " there is no other such straw- 

 berry patch in the world. We must all come here to live. This field 

 shall belong to you, and I and all my people shall settle around here. 

 I shall go after my grandmother and you must go after your friends." 



Among the people whom he had raised the youth found all his 

 relations, and these joersons accompanied him on his journey to bring 

 his grandmother to that country. His grandmother was very glad to 

 see all her relations again, as she had never expected this good for- 

 tune. Taking their garments and weapons which the grandmother 

 had kept for them in the long room, all set out, with the aged grand- 

 mother, for the great strawberry patch of Deadoeiidjadases. With 

 their friends and relations fi'om far and near, all settled in villages 

 around the great strawberry patch, they lived in great content- 

 ment thereafter. Among these people who were raised by the potent 

 youth were the Okweson, Osoon, and the Goqgwaih [i. e., the Par- 

 tridges, the Wild Turkeys, and the Quail] ; the youth and his grand- 

 mother, and even Hadjoqda, belonged to the Osoon tril)e. 



