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put the wooden object into his face. " Well, I have never seen such a 

 man as that. He is making a mask," thought Ganyadjigowa. '' 1 will 

 take the roof off his lodge and afterward make it rain." Getting 

 into the lodge he threw off the roof. The old man did not know the 

 roof was off. Then going into the spring near by, Ganyadjigowa 

 shook his wings so that the water flew high and came back just to the 

 spot whci-e the old man's lodge was. " My lodge is getting old," said 

 the old man; "the rain comes into it. I must go to sit where it is 

 dry; " but he could find no dry place. " Well, what is the reason of 

 this? " thought he. Then he left his work, saying, " 1 will go to find 

 somebody to make a new cover for my lodge." He heard a noise at 

 the spring and saw somebody standing in the water. Going to the 

 spring, he asked, "Well, what are you doing? " "Oh! I am trying 

 to fish," replied Ganyadjigowa; "when I get the water away it will 

 be easy." " Get out ! " said the old man ; " that is my spring. If you 

 do not go I will kill you." " Oh ! I am not afraid of you. You are 

 too old. You are not strong magically now," was the young man's 

 answer. " Well, I can kill you quickly," retorted the old man. " No; 

 you are too old," Ganyadjigowa declared. "Say, old man, I want 

 to ask you a question. Do you believe Hanisheonon is alive? " " Oh, 

 no ! I am Hanisheonon myself," said the old man. " Oh, no ! you are 

 not. Do you believe the earth is resting on the back of a Turtle? " 

 inquired Ganyadjigowa. "No; I am holding up this earth myself," 

 said Disdis. "Do you believe water always runs? " demanded the 

 young man. " That is not true ; when it gets to the lake it stops," 

 said the old man. " If that is what water does, the lake would 

 be more than full," asserted the young man. " Oh ! the water goes 

 into the ground again and comes out in the springs," replied the old 

 man. " Oh ! " said Ganyadjigowa, " I told you the water was always 

 going." The old man held his head down. Ganyadjigowa asked 

 again, " If mud goes into swamps will it stay there ? " " No ; I do 

 not think so," said the old man. Then Ganyadjigowa said: "I will 

 give you another question : Do you believe what the old folk say — 

 that they went all over the world?" "Oh, no!" answered the old 

 man; "I do not think so." "Well, I must go away," said Ganyadji- 

 gowa ; " I do not think I can do anything with you." 



After traveling a long while, one morning Ganyadjigowa came to 

 a lodge. Looking in, he saw an old man, Ganenaitha,'"* sitting by the 

 fire. Soon the old man said : " It seems to me that my nephew is 

 around here. Yes, I think my nephew is around here somewhere. 

 Well, my nephew, come in. Why do you stay outside? I suppose 

 you have come to visit me.' Come in." " Well," answered Ganyadji- 

 gowa, " this is the first time I have found my uncle. I will go in, 

 for my uncle wants me to do so." Entering the lodge, he asked. 

 "Well, uncle, what do you want? " "Oh! I just want to see you to 



