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inoNed into the new lodfje. All the old chief's things had been left 

 in their i)liices, as they were part of the wager. Now. as the dogs 

 were so full of orenda, he became a great chief and had much power 

 and influence among the people. 



I The narrator of the foregoing story said : " It is true that when- 

 ever a person loves a dog he derives great power from it. Dogs still 

 know all we say, only they are not at liberty to speak. If you do not 

 love a dog, he has i)ower to injure you by his orenda."] 



47. Ganyadjigowa °° 



There was a man named (lanyadjigowa who lived in a lodge on 

 a bay opening into a lake. One morning he went out in a bark 

 canoe to fish, but catching no fish he came home and put the canoe 

 away. Soon after this he said, " Well, I must go somewhere,'' so he 

 walked along the shore of the lake until he came to its outlet, where 

 he saw a lodge, which he entered. Finding no one at home and 

 seeing plenty of meat, he ate what he wanted, and was starting off 

 with a supply when he saw somebody with a big load of meat com- 

 ing up from the lake. This was an old man named Twentgowa. 

 Thej' met and greeted each other, Ganyadjigowa saying, " I came 

 to visit you ; I have been in your lodge." " Well, come back with 

 me," said Twentgowa.*" " No, I must go on," said Ganyadjigowa. 

 " Come again," said Twentgowa. 



Ganyadjigowa did not go back, because he had stolen some of the 

 meat. He swam acro.ss the outlet of the lake, and, keeping along the 

 bank, he soon saw another lodge. Peeping into it he saw a large 

 family — two old peoi)le and their children; these were Hongak 

 people. After standing a while he thought, " I will go in," and he 

 did so. The inmates greeted him with, " AVhere do you come from ? " 

 " From the other side of the lake," answered Ganyadjigowa. " What 

 do you come for?" they asked him. "Oh! to look around; it is so 

 pleasant to-day," Ganyadjigowa replied. "How far will you go?" 

 he was asked. "Around the lake," he answered. 



The two men became good friends. Then Hongak '^ said, " I must 

 go Avith you, my friend." "Very well," said Ganyadjigowa, and 

 they started along the shore. At midday they came to the mouth 

 of a river and Ganyadjigowa asked, "How can we cross the river? " 

 "Let us swim," said Hongak; "I suppose you know how to swim." 

 "Very well, indeed," said Ganyadjigowa. So they swam across the 

 river and then walked on till they saw a rock, then many rocks. 

 As they went along the path grew narrower and narrower. Hongak 

 was ahead. (Janyadjigowa picked up a stone, and tying a bark string 

 around it hung it on Hongak's back, so that he could not walk, for 

 he kept slipping back. (Janyadjigowa said to him, "Go on! I am 

 in a hurry. I want to get home before dark." " Let me go, then," 



