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tracks, said: "Oh, another man is following her! I will kill him 

 when I overtake them." Soon he came to the lodge of the two old 

 men from which he had started. Again he inquired of the old men 

 about the woman, but the}' caught him and threw him into their 

 canoe. Then they began to dispute as to which should kill and 

 quarter him. At last they said, " Push the canoe back and leave it, 

 for the game animal can not run away." Indeed, the man could not 

 release himself, as he seemed to be fastened to the canoe. 



Toward night be heard a voice saying: " You think that you are 

 going to die. You would be were it not for me." The man in the 

 canoe replied, "I do think so." Then the invisible man said: "No; 

 you shall not die. At the end of the canoe there is a string, to which 

 hang the two hearts of the old men; and this is why you were not 

 able to kill them by loiocking them on the head when you were here 

 before (he now Icnew for the first time that he was in the same lodge 

 again). Wait until it is dusk; then try to move and you will work 

 loose. Then get out of the canoe quietly, and I will give you light 

 to see where the hearts are. Take them off the string and pound them 

 up, and you will be free. You can then remain here all night. The 

 canoe has great orenda (magic power), and these two old men use the 

 canoe when they travel. If you wish, I will teach you the song that 

 belongs to it." The man in the canoe, being very weak, could hardly 

 speak, but he replied, " Yes; I should like to learn the song." Then 

 the invisible man answered, " I will teach you the song," and he began 

 singing, '"^Tgdiiehe one" ohoaqdendi' ne" a¥honwd"\" Wlien he 

 finished singing " Correctly my canoe has started " the man in the 

 canoe thanked him, saying that he had learned the song. After dusk 

 he began to move, and as he moved he gained strength. Looking 

 around, he saw a pale light in the end of the canoe. Having freed 

 himself, he took the hearts from the cord, and as he crushed them 

 he heard groans and wails of pain. Placing them under the canoe, 

 he crushed them, and their cries ceased. Then the young man lay 

 down and slept. 



The next morning he awoke and said : ' Now I have something in 

 which I can travel. I shall now soon overtake the woman." Setting 

 the canoe outside of the lodge, he turned its bow toward the north, 

 and, getting into it, he sang the song which he had learned to cause 

 it to fly. The canoe started off so rapidly that only the wind could be 

 heard as it flowed past his ears. All the time the canoe kept going 

 higher and higher and swifter and swifter, and the youth grew more 

 and more frightened; he began to fear that the canoe miglit bear him 

 off to some evil place. Suddenly he heard a scrambling sound at the 

 stern of the canoe, as if some one were trying to board it from the 

 rear. Looking around, the youth saw a man getting aboard, who 

 said : " It is wonderful how fast you are going. I was bound to get 



