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Skj' ? " Gaasj'endiet'ha looked at him but did not answer and kept 

 on smoking. Then Ganyadjigowa said, " Do you believe this world 

 stands on the Turtle's back ^ " Gaasyendiet'ha, now angry, said, " Did 

 I not tell you not to talk to me? " Ganyadjigowa said, "Yes; I am 

 going to be quiet now." Gaasyendiet'ha kept on smoking. Then 

 Ganyadjigowa said, " Do you believe Hawenniyo °^ made the things of 

 the world? " There was no answer. Ganyadjigowa spoke again, 

 saying, " Well, do you believe the old folks who say that Dagwa- 

 noenyent is still alive ? " Gaasyendiet'ha said nothing ; he merely 

 turned and looked at him, then he turned back, still smoking. Gan- 

 yadjigowa said once more, " Do you believe the old folks who say that 

 wind goes everywhere?" Gaasj'endiet'ha sprang up, saying, "I will 

 throw you out. I told you not to talk to me." Ganyadjigowa said, 

 " I am going to be qtiiet now ; do not throw me out." Believing him, 

 Gaasyendiet'ha sat down. But after a while Ganyadjigowa began 

 once more, " Well, do you believe the old people who say that Hinon 

 makes rain ? " He received no answer. Soon again he asked, " Do 

 you believe the old folks who say that trouble comes to those who do 

 not answer? Do you believe the old people who say that Hanisheo- 

 non ^^ is alive ? " Picking up a club, Gaasyendiet'ha began to strike 

 Ganyadjigowa, who begged off with promises to be quiet. " No ! get 

 out I I do not want you hei'e," said Gaasyendiet'ha. Ganyadjigowa 

 begged hard. Gaasyendiet'ha became cool and quiet again. Gan- 

 yadjigowa, laughing, said, " Whenever I say anything people get 

 cool." In the middle of the night Ganyadjigowa spoke again. While 

 Gaasyendiet'ha was still sitting by the fire smoking, he asked, 

 " Do you believe old folks who say that water runs day and 

 night?" Gaasj'endiet'ha did not answer. After a while Gan- 

 yadjigowa said, "Do you believe that trees grow?" Gaasyendiet'ha 

 stood up; he was very mad. Ganyadjigowa said, "Oh, do not be 

 mad. I merely want to know things." Gaasyendiet'ha asked, " Do 

 you believe Hawenniyo is alive?" "No," replied Ganyadjigowa. 

 " I do," said Gaasyendiet'ha. " Do you not believe he made the 

 woods?" Gaasyendiet'ha asked. "No; Hawenniyo does not make 

 anything because he is not alive," declared Ganyadjigowa. " Do you 

 not believe the wind goes everywhere? " asked Gaasyendiet'ha. " He 

 goes only just outside of my person," said Ganyadjigowa. " Oh ! 

 what a fool you are; the wind blows all over the world," said 

 Gaasyendiet'ha. Ganyadjigowa said, "Oh, no; it goes merely 

 around this lake." Gaasyendiet'ha said, " You can go way off there 

 to that high mountain (pointing toward the east). You can not 

 stand there." " Oh, yes, I can," said Ganyadjigowa. " Do you not 

 believe water runs all the time ? " Gaasyendiet'ha persisted in ques- 

 tioning. "Oh, no," said Ganyadjigowa; "when it is night, water 

 stops." Gaasyendiet'ha said, "Well, what do you believe? " 

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