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ing around, he saw him sailing back to the mainland. Hodadeiion 

 called to him, but received no reply. The old man, however, called 

 out to the creatures in the lake, "If the man on the island tries to 

 swim, eat him at once," and great hoarse voices out of the water 

 answered, " We will." 



While standing and watching the canoe going over the lake, Ho- 

 dadeiion heard a voice near him, saying, " Oh, my nephew ! come 

 to me." Hodadeiion went toward the spot whence came the sound 

 of the voice; when he drew near it, he found nothing but a pile of 

 bones covered with moss. The bones asked, " Do you think, nephew, 

 that you are going to die ? " "I do," answered Hodadefion. The 

 bones, answering, said : " There is a maneater, a cannibal, coming 

 to-night to kill you, but do me a favor, and I will tell you how to 

 save yourself. Go to that great tree and bring me my pouch, and let 

 me smoke, and I will explain all to you." Going after the pouch, as 

 directed, Hodadeiion brought it to his uncle; then cutting up to- 

 bacco, he filled the pipe and lighted it for his uncle. When the latter 

 began to use the pipe, smoke issued from all the orifices in his skull — 

 from the eyeless sockets, the nostrils, the ear openings, and the su- 

 tures. Wlien the uncle had finished he asked Hodadeiion to take the 

 pouch back to the place whence he had brought it, whereupon Hoda- 

 deiion returned it to the pile of bones. Then the voice from the 

 bones said: "You must go now to cut red willows for material for 

 making manikins and bows and arrows. Run from here to various 

 places on the island; put the manikins in crotches high up in the 

 trees far from one another. Give each manikin a bow and arrow, 

 and when you place each one, say to it, ' Shoot the dog when it 

 comes.' ^Vhen you have put up a number of these come back to me. 

 Then you must go out with manikins a second time; and when j'ou 

 have set these up you must return to me; and you must go out a 

 third time with manildns. When putting up these you must in- 

 struct them to shoot the dogs; after doing this, you must return to 

 me. From here you must go to the end of the island, where you 

 must step into the water and walk along in it until you come to an 

 overhanging cliff, which is opposite the landing place. There they 

 can not find you." 



Hodadefion did as his uncle, the bones, advised him to do. Wlien 

 the manikins were all completed and placed in their places he 

 went to the overhanging bank and there hid himself. 



At evening came the Ongwe las'^ in a canoe; he landed on the 

 island. He was accompanied by three dogs, which he urged at once 

 to find the game, Hodadefion, who now heard the hue and cry of the 

 pursuit. Starting from the bones, they went to the tree where the 

 pouch was hidden and thence returned. Then they went on farther 

 until they came to the tree on which was placed the first manikin. 



