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Now, Ganyadjigowa began seemingly to believe just as Gaasyen- 

 dict'ha (lid. Then Ganyadjigowa inquired, "Do you believe trouble 

 will come if I tell you something, and you do not mind me? " " How 

 can j'ou make trouble for me? You have to die before I do," declared 

 Gaasycndiet'ha. " I do not want to make trouble fo^" you. Other 

 things will do that," said Ganyadjigowa. Gaasyendiet'ha replied, 

 " Go to sleep. I do not want to talk all night." Gaasyendiet'ha still 

 sat by the fire smoking. Soon Ganyadjigowa said, "Do you know 

 anything when you are asleep? " No answer. Again he asked, 

 "What would you do if Wind should come here?" Flashing up, 

 Gaasyendiet'ha said, " Now go ! I do not like you." Ganyadjigowa 

 began to beg, but Gaasyendiet'ha, seizing him by the hair, pushed him 

 outside. " Oh ! let me go in. I will stop talking now," pleaded 

 Ganyadjigowa. Gaasyendiet'ha would not listen. " Go away ! or I 

 will kill you," he said. Ganyadjigowa started off. Then he thought: 

 " That man did me ill. I wish I had magic power to blow down his 

 lodge " ; but he kept on. Gaasyendiet'ha began to follow. Ganya- 

 djigowa heard somebody coming. Looking back and seeing Gaasyen- 

 diet'ha, he went into a hollow tree. Gaasyendiet'ha knew where Gan- 

 yadjigowa was, but to fool him he went back a short distance and 

 hid himself. Thereupon Ganyadjigowa said: "That is the kind of 

 man I am. He did not see me." So he started on. Gaasyendiet'ha 

 followed again, and seeing Ganyadjigowa, said, " Now I have j'ou, 

 and I am going to kill you." "Oh, no ! I do not want to make trouble 

 for you," replied Ganyadjigowa. " Yes, you do !" — and they began to 

 dispute. Gaasyendiet'ha said : " I will ask you a question. How can 

 you make Wind blow down my lodge?" Ganyadjigowa answered, 

 " Oh ! I do not know how." " Well, why did you ask the question, 

 'What will you do if a heavy wind blows away your lodge?'" 

 inquired Gaasyendiet'ha. "I did not say that," declared Ganyadji- 

 gowa. "What did you say?" demanded Gaasyendiet'ha. "I said 

 there was a wind around the lake," was Ganyadjigowa's reply. 



" Do you believe that the earth can go down into the water? " asked 

 Gaasyendiet'ha. "No; the earth is always on top of the water," said 

 (lanyadjigowa. " Do you believe the earth is on the Turtles back? " 

 inquired Gaasyendiet'ha. "No; the Turtle is not strong enough to 

 keep it up," declared Ganyadjigowa. "How is it kept up?" came 

 the question. " Oh ! the earth is very thick ; nobody knows how 

 thick," asserted Ganyadjigowa. "I believe the Turtle is strong 

 enough to keep the earth up, and when he gets tired the earth will 

 sink down," Gaasyendiet'ha said. " Why, that is just what I believe," 

 Ganyadjigowa said. "No; it is different. You do not believe as I 

 do." declared Gaasyendiet'ha. " Well, do you laiow what I believe? " 

 asked (iaasyendiet'ha. "The old folks used to say that you believed 

 the earth never goes into the water," was Ganyadjigowa's rejoinder. 



