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Ganyadjigowa now went home. He was proud and said : " I 

 killed the old man who was called so powerful magically. I must 

 go to-morrow to see him." The next morning he went to Gaasyen- 

 diet'ha's lodge, where he heard singing. ''What kind of man is he? 

 I thought I killed him," mused Ganyadjigowa. The song ran, "I 

 shall kill Ganyadjigowa as soon as I see him." In a little while the 

 old num. ceasing his song, began to talk. "Now I will go to see 

 Ganyadjigowa and kill him." Thereupon Ganyadjigowa said, "My 

 grandfather means to kill me, but I will burn his lodge," and piling 

 up a great quantity of brush, he set the lodge on fire. The blaze 

 mounted very high. Gaasyendiet'ha said : " I believe the lodge is 

 burning. I think Ganyadjigowa is doing this." He was vei-y angry, 

 and sprang through the fire. The first thing Ganyadjigowa laiew 

 there was the old man, who asked, "Why did you make this fire?" 

 " Oh ! I did not make it. I came to blow it out," he answered. 

 Gaasyendiet'ha continued, " Who made it ? " "I do not know. I have 

 just come," said Ganyadjigowa. They kept on talking, but the old 

 man did not believe Ganyadjigowa and pounded him to death. 

 Thereupon Gaasyendiet'ha whooped : " That is the kind of a man T 

 am. I am the most powerful man under the blue sky because I 

 have the most powerful orenda." The people all over the world, 

 hearing his outcry, exclaimed, " Ganyadjigowa is dead ! " 



48. Hadent'heni and Hanigongendat'ha '"' 



In old times two young men living in a village were great friends, 

 and on this account everybody disliked and shunned them. They 

 could find no lodge in which to live, hence they said to each other: 

 " Since everyone dislikes us, the sooner we get out of this place the 

 better." So at last they went toward the south. 



On the way, whenever night overtook them they looked around for 

 some place where dry leaves had fallen, so that there they might 

 rest comfortably. All they had to eat at first was evergreens and 

 lichens. Having made bows and arrows, they killed small birds. 

 The young men were at this time about 20 years old. After they 

 got out of the thick woods they came to marshy ground, but they 

 still kept on. Occasionally one would say to the other, " I am afraid 

 we shall never get through this rough place," but his companion 

 would encourage him, and on they would go. 



One day about noon the}' came to a large hemlock tree. " Climb 

 up and look around," said one; " See if there are any people in sight." 

 The limbs of the tree came almost to the ground, hence he climbed it 

 easily. From the top he saw a beautiful trail leading from the 

 tree through the air. He called to his companion, " Throw down 

 your bow and arrows and come up to see what a splendid trail I 



