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They lived in this way iintil the woman was far advanced in 

 pregnancy. Then Hinon said to some of his companions, " It is now 

 time to deliver this woman to her mother. Yon must take her 

 only to her mother's field." So, taking her to the field, they left her. 

 Soon she heard some one crying, and then she saw her mother. The 

 mother was frightened, but she stopped crying and called out, "Are 

 you in your natural life? " The young woman assured her that she 

 was, and together they went to the mother's lodge. Not long after 

 her arrival there the young woman gave birth to a boy. 



When the boy was large enough to run around they often heard 

 Hinon coming, and then it would rain very hard. The boy would 

 go out into the storm and he would be gone some time, but when he 

 came back he would be perfectly dry. At last he said, " The next 

 time my father comes I shall go away with him, and not return." 

 So he went and he was never seen again; but he is always with his 

 father, and it is he who thunders in the sharp voice of a 3'oung man. 



44. The Cramtish and the Raccoon 



The chief of the Crawfish settlement one day told his people that 

 he was going about to inspect things and to see if the Ongwe las 

 was around. 



Starting out, he went to every lodge ; he found that every one was in 

 and well. On his way home, as he was walking along the edge of the 

 water he found what he judged to be the body of Ongwe las. " Oh ! 

 this is good luck," said he ; "I will go and tell all the people to come 

 to see Ongwe las lying hei'e dead." So he invited all to turn out 

 and see their enemy, whom he supposed was dead. 



The whole multitude came and saw the Ongwe las lying on the 

 ground with his face black and covered with flies. One of them 

 went up and pinched his lips hard, but he did not move. Then 

 saying, "We will sing a song of rejoicing," they formed in a circle 

 around the Ongwe las to dance. While they were dancing and sing- 

 ing, all at once their enemy, the Ongwe las, springing up, ate the 

 whole tribe except two or three who escaped. The Ongwe las Imew 

 the fondness of the Crawfish for dead meat of any kind, so his ruse 

 was successful in providing him with a meal. 



45. The Race Between the Turtle and the Bear 



There was once an old man going along slowly but surely by him- 

 self. After traveling some distance he met another man, who asked 

 him. " Wliere are you going? " " Oh, I am going east to see the peo- 

 ple," the old man replied. "You will never get there; it is so far 

 away, and you are too fat for the road," answered the stranger. 

 Thereupon they parted company. 



