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mail) continued: "I am the greatest runner and the greatest flyer in 

 the world. I can make light go through the world. I have greater 

 strength magically than anyone else. For several years the Duck 

 people tried to chase me. I killed them all. I am the man ap- 

 pointed many, many years ago to be chief of all the people under the 

 Blue Sky." Ganyadjigowa said: "I would kill that man if he 

 followed me. He must be crazy. He talks to himself all the time." 



Then (^ianyadjigowa. entering the lodge, said, "You are talking 

 about me, are you not'^ " " Oh, no," re])lied the strange man. " Well, 

 I will go. I thought you were talking about me," repeated Ganya- 

 djigowa. 



Going outside the hut, Ganyadjigowa picked up two stones and 

 striking them together, said, " I would do that way with that man 

 if he came after me." Gaasyendiet'ha, coming out of the hut, asked, 

 " What are you saying? " " Oh, I was saying this is the best friend 

 I have," declared Ganyadjigowa. " What did you say about the 

 stone ? " asked Gaasyendietiia. " I said when my friend traveled he 

 had to carry these stones, and if he went into the water he had to 

 throw them away," declared Ganyadjigowa. 



Half believing what was told him, Gaasyendiet'ha went back into 

 the lodge. Ganyadjigowa laughed and laughed, thinking, " Oh. what 

 a fool he is! He believes what I say." Then he went into the hut 

 again. Gaasyendiet'ha said, " Wliy do you come here? Why do you 

 not go home? " " Oh, I want to visit j'ou until to-morrow morning," 

 said Ganyadjigowa. " No, I do not want such a man as you are 

 around," declared Gaasyendiet'ha. " I will not trouble you. I will 

 not chase you," said Ganyadjigowa. " Go on home ! I do not like 

 you. You are too mean," Gaasyendietiia declared. Ganyadjigowa 

 answered, " Oh, no ! I am not." Gaasyendiet'ha said. " Well, stay 

 then ; but you must not talk to me." " Very well," said Ganyadjigowa. 



Night came. Sitting down by the fire with his pipe, Gaasyendiet'ha 

 put coals into it and began to puff clouds of smoke. Ganyadjigowa 

 said, "How do you get tobacco? " Turning around, Gaasyendiefha 

 looked at him. " Do not speak to me," commanded Gaasyendiet'ha. 

 Soon Ganyadjigowa asked, "Does it taste good?" Gaasyendiet'ha 

 didnotanswer, but kept on smoking. Soon afterward Ganyadjigowa 

 spoke again, saying, " How strangely the smoke is rolling around the 

 room." Gaasyendiet'ha said, angrily, " Go out of this hut ! I tell 

 you I do not want you here." " But you said I might stay until 

 morning," pleaded Ganyadjigowa. " I will be quiet now ; do not put 

 me out." " Very well," said Gaasyendiet'ha, and smoked on. 



Ganyadjigowa laughed. After a wliile he said : " I want to ask 

 you a question. What is the world made of? " Gaasyendiet'ha turned 

 around, feeling cross, but he did not answer. Then (xanyadjigowa 

 continued, '" Do you belie\e people who say a ni;iii li\c.s up in the Blue 



