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gotten into their canoes, the old man said " Go ! " They both went 

 very fast — the new boat faster than the other. Getting back to the 

 starting phxce first, Ganyadjigowa looked back — away off was a 

 speck; this was the old man returning. When he came in the latter 

 asked, " Do you know what this lake is called? " "No," said Gany- 

 adjigowa. " Its name is Ganyodaigowane, ' Great Lake.' " Taking 

 out a basswood knife, Ganyadjigowa thereupon cut off the old man's 

 head. 



Then Ganyadjigowa went northwestward in his own boat until he 

 came to the edge of some rocks, where he saw a lodge. Soon a man 

 came out and greeted him. " Well, what are you living around here 

 for?" asked Ganyadjigowa. "Oh! so I can see down the valley 

 where people live. When they kill game I go and steal some of it," 

 came the reply. " I will give you a name," said Ganyadjigowa ; " I 

 will call you Gaga.""* "Very well. I like that. I can steal better 

 now," replied the man. 



As Ganyadjigowa walked along the edge of the rock he saw a 

 great hemlock forest. While standing among the trees he heard 

 some one saying Hihi. " Well, who is Hihi ? " ^'"' he wondered. Soon 

 he saw someone in a tree. " Oh ! what an evil-looking man you are," 

 said Ganyadjigowa; "shall I give you a good name? " "What can 

 you call me? My name is good enough," said the man. "I will call 

 you Hihi." Hihi laughed, for he was glad he had a name. Ganyadji- 

 gowa came to a brook with rocky banks, and. going down to the water, 

 he saw an ugly-looking old man, who said : " I am glad you are here. 

 I am very hungry, so I will eat you." " Oh ! I am not good eating. 

 I taste very insipid. Do not kill me," replied (Janyadjigowa. " Why 

 do you come here, then? " he demanded. Ganyadjigowa answered, 

 " What would you do if the rocks should fall upon you ? " " Oh ! I 

 should be glad. I have wanted for a long time to be covered up," 

 was the rejoinder. "Do you believe that Hanisheonon is alive?" 

 asked Ganyadjigowa. "Yes," he responded. Ganyadjigowa's next 

 question was, " Do you believe the earth rests on the Turtle's back? " 

 " Yes; I am standing on the Turtle," the man answered. " I did not 

 ask you where you were standing," said Ganyadjigowa. " Well, 

 then, what did you ask me? " said the man. "Nothing. I tell you 

 that Hanisheonon was killed last night," said Ganyadjigowa. The 

 man began to cry. He cried louder and louder until many of his 

 people, hearing him, came and asked, " Did that man make you cry? " 

 "Oh! I heard that Hanisheonon was dead," he replied. Now all 

 began to cry. Ganyadjigowa said: " AVhy do you cry? You are 

 free now. I should be glad." " Well, I am not glad," said the man. 

 "I will give you a name," said Ganyadjigowa; "I will call you 

 Genonsgwa (" Stone Giant "). 



