168 SENECA FICTION, LEGENDS, AND MYTHS 



Soon they came to an open place in the center of which stood 

 a council lodge. They stood near the lodge and, peeping throiigli a 

 crack in the side of it, saw Doendjowens, a fine-looking woman and 

 her son, who sat near her. a splendid young man. There were two 

 fireplaces in the lodge. There were also many people, men and 

 women. Ohohwa was in the lodge, and the people were singing for 

 him to dance. As he danced they threw pieces of meat into his 

 mouth and struck his blanket with fat. He was a sight to look at. 

 The girls recognized him. 



The younger daughter now -went into the lodge followed by the 

 elder, who put the basket of marriage bread near Doendjowens. The 

 two sisters sat on each side of the young man, and Doendjowens was 

 glad, for she liked the two girls. All sat and looked at Ohohwa. 

 Just as he looked at Doendjowens he had his mouth full of mush, 

 and he saw the sisters there. Dropping his blanket in astonishment, 

 he ran out. The people wondered what the matter was with him. 

 Ohohwa ran home. There he saw, as he thought, the two girls in 

 bed, so he sat down on the couch and smoked a while. As he sat there, 

 he was pinched several times by black ants. Turning to the lied he 

 said, " Wait a while. I shall be there soon." At last, having finished 

 smoking, he undressed; then he discovered that what he had taken 

 for the girls were two logs. 



The daughters of the Awaeh Yegondji lived with Tagonsowes and 

 were contented. He was a good hunter and they had plenty of 

 everything to eat. 



After a time Doendjowens said to the wife, her daughter-in-law : 

 " You must go home and take your mother some meat. She is suffer- 

 ing for it. I know." So making ready a pack of meat, she caused it 

 to become small. On reaching home she threw down the pack, and 

 it became as large as ever. Before the sisters set out for home Doend- 

 jowens said : " You must bring your mother here. I will give her 

 one fire in the lodge as her own to use." After Awaeh Yegondji had 

 eaten enough meat and was glad, her daughters brought her to 

 Doendjowens's lodge, where she lived happy and contented. 



30. The Creation of Man 



(modern folk explanation) 



God at first created the sun and the moon. One day while walking 

 about on the earth, becoming lonely, he said. " I will make a human 

 being to keep me company." He held his way until he came to an 

 uprooted hemlock, which had raised a great pile of earth with 

 its upturned roots. Noav, the roots of the hemlock are very numer- 

 ous and slender and are covered with tufted i-ootlets for, as the tree 

 grows on thin, pale, sandy soil, it needs manj^ feeders to provide the 



