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Yenyent'hwus. "I shaved up the piece of tobacco, put it into the 

 pipe, and gave it to him," said he. " Now we shall surely lose our 

 brother on your account," said Yenyent'hwus ; " you have done great 

 mischief." " Well, my sister, where are the chestnuts? I will go and 

 get more of them." 



" Those chestnuts," she said, " grow at the eastern end of the 

 world ; and on this side of them, where the tobacco grows, are many 

 wizards. Before you come 1o the lodge of the wizards is a river, 

 over which trees are thrown to walk upon. Just beyond the river 

 are two great rattlesnakes, one on each side of the path, which attack 

 every one who goes that way. If you pass them safely, you will come 

 to a great rocky mountain, so steep that no mere man can climb it. 

 There is but one pass through that mountain, and just beyond the 

 pass stand two S'hagodiyoweqgowa, each one half as tall as a tree. 

 If you should succeed in passing these, going farther you would 

 come upon two men at the edge of an opening or clearing, who 

 give the alarm the moment they see anyone, whereupon the wizards 

 run out to attack whomsoever they find approaching. If you should 

 make your way past these men and I'each a knoll from which the 

 lodge of the wizards can be seen, you would find there a woman 

 walking back and forth on a platform in front of the lodge, who 

 begins to sing as soon as she sees a stranger; straightaway the 

 wizards, rushing out, kill him who is approaching." 



The next day when Yenyent'hwus went to plant she fastened the 

 door, shutting in Hodadenon. While she was gone, hearing some 

 living thing outside, he tried to get out to shoot it. Then he heard 

 8. noise on the lodge roof and, looking up, he saw some kind of 

 creature — he did not know what — with its eyes fixed on him. Then 

 he said, " You are Odyaqgweonion,''' anyhow," thinking to himself, 

 "• I will shoot at the game." Drawing his bow, he said to the arrow, 

 " I wish you to go straight to the game." The arrow struck the 

 creature, killing it; thereupon he rushed to bring it in. Not being 

 able to open the door, he dug a hole in the earth close to the door, 

 through which he got out. Bringing in the game, he put it into the 

 corn mortar and covered it. When Yenyent'hwus, his sister, came, he 

 said, "My sister, I have killed game." "Well, where is it'^" she 

 asked. " Here in the corn mortar," answered Hodadeiion. Running 

 thither, he brought the game to his sister. " Oh ! that is a chickadee," 

 said she. Having dressed and cooked the bird, Yenyent'hwus began 

 to eat it. Hodadenon stood tliere watching her eat, and asked. " Is 

 it good? " " Yes," she replied. After looking on a while longer, he 

 asked, "Ai-e you not going to give me some?" "No," she replied, 

 •' this is the first game you have killed, and you must not eat of it ; it 

 would not be right." ^' 



