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Shagowenotha ran up and down the shore, but he could not make 

 his escape. When night came he climbed a tall tree. With the com- 

 ing of thick darkness the Ongwe las came with his three dogs — he 

 had restored to life the two that had been killed by the manikins — • 

 and he began at once to chase around with them to find traces of 

 Hodadefion, for he thought that he was still on the island. At last 

 the dogs led him to the tree in which Shagowenotha had sought shel- 

 ter. The dogs barked furiously at Shagowenotha in the tree. When 

 Ongwe las came up Shagowenotha cried out, " Oh, do not shoot me ! 

 I am Shagowenotha." Ongwe las tauntingly replied, " You may 

 call yourself Shagowenotha, but you can not fcol me," and let fly 

 an arrow at the Shagowenotha, who tumbled to the ground dead. 

 Then Ongwe las carried off the body and cast it into the canoe, after 

 which he paddled away. 



The next morning Hodadefion said, " Now I shall go to the lodge 

 of Ongwe las." Pushing the canoe out from the shore, he began to 

 sing for the ducks, which came and paddled the canoe until almost 

 evening, when Hodadefion saw woods on the shore and a lodge stand- 

 ing near the water. Bringing the canoe to the beach, he hid it under 

 the water; then he said to the ducks, " You may go your way until I 

 call for you." A woman came out of the lodge carrying two pieces of 

 bark, and called to Hodadefion to remain in the water, where he had 

 sunk the canoe. Going to him, she placed a piece of bark at the 

 water's edge, telling Hodadefion to step on it ; then putting down the 

 next piece of bark, she asked him to step on that. Then she put the 

 first piece before the second, and then the second before the first, and 

 Hodadefion kept stepping on bark until at last he reached the lodge 

 without leaving a single track on the ground. When they were in the 

 lodge Hodadefion said to the woman : " I have come after you. I am 

 your brother. What will you do?" She replied, "I will go with 

 you, but you must remain here until midday to-morrow." Under her 

 couch was a smaller one, in which she put her brother; then replacing 

 her own over it, she sat on the top. 



Soon the yelping of the dogs told of the arrival of Ongwe las, and 

 his footsteps were heard. When the first dog came in, with his mouth 

 open, the woman threw a bone into it, and afterward hit him on the 

 head. The Ongwe las at once shouted at her, " Oh. you have killed 

 my dog." In reply she asked, " Why. do they run at me as they do? 

 I have done nothing to them." Calling them off, he said, " I have 

 had bad luck to-day. I have found nothing but a small cub." There- 

 upon he prepared his game, which he cooked with pounded corn. 

 When he had finished eating it he said, " My food was very tender 

 and good, and now I shall take a smoke." Soon he added, " It seems 

 to me, my niece, that you have two breaths." She answered sharply i 



