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Tlie next morning the boy said to his sister, " You will have to tie 

 a belt around me now ; I am going out." She had to do what he 

 asked, for she could not help doing it. Putting the belt on him 

 and preparing him for the day, she said, " You must not go north 

 nor far away; stay near the lodge." 



Yenyent'hwus then went to her work in the field. Soon the boy, 

 seeing a bird on a tree, said, " You must be the bird thej' call 

 Gwcnhdaen nisedosyoden," °° whereupon he killed it with his arrow. 

 Carrying in the game, he put it into the corn mortar. When his 

 sister came he said, " I have some game, sister," showing her the 

 bird. " Oh ! " said she, " that is the Gwenhdaen riisedosyoden." 

 She dressed, cooked, and ate the bird, but did not give him a bite. 



The next morning, getting up early and making a fire, he called 

 his sister to get breakfast, so that he might go hunting in good time. 

 After breakfast he said, " My sister, put on my belt and get me 

 ready." She girded him and made him ready for the daj'. Both 

 went out, she to her planting and he to his hunting. After he had 

 been out a while, seeing a bird, he said, " I do not know you, but I 

 think you are Djeqgowa."**' He hit the bird with his arrow, killing 

 it, and brought it home; putting it into the corn mortar, he covered 

 it. When his sister came he said, ''My sister, I have game; here it 

 is." " Thank you," said she ; " that is what we call a pigeon." After 

 dressing the bird she cut it into two parts, one of which she put 

 away and the other cut into pieces, saying that she was going to 

 make dumplings. She pounded corn meal and, mixing the meat 

 with it, made dumplings, which both of them ate. 



The next morning before daylight Hodadeiion, having made a 

 good fire, called up his sister to cook. After they had eaten she 

 warned him not to go north nor far away. She then went out to 

 plant while he went hunting. 



He went farther than before, and seeing a new kind of bird 

 running along, said, " You look pretty well : you must be what they 

 call Dyoyoqgwahacyon." '^' He drew his bow and hit the bird with 

 his arrow. It ran a while, and he called. " Hold on; do not break my 

 best arrow." The bird stopped and died. 



He had all he could do to carry it home. He put it in the corn 

 mortar. When his sister saw it she said, "This is a partridge." 



She dressed the bird, took half and hung it up on a stick; the other 

 half .she cooked for her.self and brotlier. 



The next morning Hodadefion was up earlj'. His sister put on his 

 belt for him, and both went out. She told him to stay near the lodge. 

 Then she went to plant and he to hunt. He went farther than he 

 had gone the day before. He saw a creature coming toward him; 

 after watching it, he said, " I think it is you they call Shanoons- 

 dehon.""^ Looking again, he said, " I think you are the one they call 



