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Gaasyendiet'ha asked. "Well, do you believe that I can kill you?" 

 " Yes, yes ! " said Ganyadjigowa, while he kept backing away. Gaasy- 

 endiet'ha threateAcd, "I will kill you now." "What have I done 

 that you should kill me? " demanded Ganyadjigowa. " You told me 

 that I believe the earth is very thick," said Gaasyendiet'ha, turning to 

 go home. Ganyadjigowa kept on laughing, and said, "That is the 

 kind of a man I am." Now, Gaasyendiet'ha, on hearing this, came 

 back quickly, and shaking him, threw him on the ground, whereupon 

 he cried out : " Oh, my friend I do not kill me. I am always on your 

 side." "No; I will not stop until I kill you," said Gaasyendiet'ha. 

 Then he thought : " Why do I kill this man ? Soon Hanisheonon 

 will come around and punish me for it," so he let Ganyadjigowa go. 

 Ganyadjigowa, laughing, said, "That is the kind of a man I am." 



Now Gaasyendiet'ha gi'ew very angry, and caught him by the neck, 

 saying, "Go far away west." Going through the air, Ganyadjigowa 

 fell just where the sun sets. As he fell he said: "Oh! what fun to 

 be in the air. Now, where is that man? He does not believe any- 

 thing." Gaasyendiet'ha heard him, and, flying through the air. came 

 to the spot where he was and asked, "What were you saying?" 

 " Oh ! I was saying what a nice place this is," replied Ganyadjigowa. 



Gaasyendiet'ha now caused Ganyadjigowa to become S'hodieons- 

 kon. Then Ganyadjigowa traveled north, saying, '' I must go and see 

 where my friend lives." Seeing a great rock on which stood a lodge, 

 he thought, " This must be the place I dreamed of." He went to a 

 hut near by. A man sat there, who greeted him with, " Where do 

 you come from? " "I come from the Great Lake," said Ganyadji- 

 gowa. Then the man asked, "Why did you come here?" "Oh! I 

 was lonely at home," answered Ganyadjigowa. "Very well; what 

 is your name? " he was asked. " Ganyadjigowa," he replied. " What 

 is your name?" demanded Ganyadjigowa. " Djothowandon," was 

 the answer. " Can 1 visit you ? " he was asked. " No ; you must go 

 to my master first," said Djothowandon. "W^here does he live?" 

 inquired Ganyadjigowa. " You will see his lodge on a great rock 

 not far from here," was the old man's answer. 



On reaching the rock Ganyadjigowa saw the lodge that stood on 

 it. Looking in he saw an old man sitting by the fire; he thought to 

 himself, "This is the same man who threw me off west." The man 

 turned, and, looking at Ganyadjigowa, said, "Well, who are you?" 

 "I am Ganyadjigowa," replied the visitor. " AVhat is your name? " 

 asked Ganyadjigowa. "I am Dagwanoenyent," replied the man. 

 " AVill you let me stay with you a few days? " asked Ganyadjigowa. 

 "Oh, yes! you may stay as long as you like. I am always glad to 

 have somebody with me. I am lonely sometimes," said the old man. 



One morning Dagwanoenyent said, " Do you not want to go to see 

 my servant?" "Oh, yes!" said Ganyadjigowa. They went to 



