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have found." The latter went up, and looking at the trail, said, 

 " Let us try it and see where it leads." They looked in every direc- 

 tion but saw no woods in any direction. It had been necessary that 

 in whatever they undertook to do they should be of one mind. As 

 they were now pf one mind, they started off. The trail proceeding 

 from the tree seemed as solid as if on the earth, and it extended as 

 far away as they could see. 



The young men traveled on without knowing that they were going 

 up until they had reached another world, which seemed vei-y pleas- 

 ant. The leader said, however : " Do not stop. Let us go on and see 

 where the trail will take us." On the road there was plenty of game, 

 but they gave no heed to it. After a while they came to a bark 

 lodge out of which smoke was rising. One of the young men said, 

 " It is customary for travelers to csiU at a lodge on the road and find 

 who is living there; let us look in here." The elder went in first. 

 The lodge was of bark with a piece of bark suspended for a door. 

 Pulling this aside, they saw an old man sitting within, who saluted 

 them with: "I know the trouble you have had to undergo and how 

 people disliked you : it is I who have called you. You shall stay 

 with me a short time. You have come from the lower world. When 

 there, you often spoke of the higher world, and I influenced you to 

 follow the trail that leads up here. Now, come into my lodge and 

 make a short stay, for I have promised to go elsewhere. As soon as 

 you are gone, I shall go." The young men went into the lodge. The 

 speaker, who seemed about middle-aged, continued : " You people 

 down there often speak of an Elder Brother in the sky. I am he 

 who makes light for you. I am Kaahkwa, the Sun. Hawenniyo com- 

 mands me, saying that I must give you light. This is my resting 

 place, but I can stay here only a short time. Whenever you come 

 this way, you must stop. I am always here at midday." Thereupon 

 he started toward the west, saying, " I go luider the earth and come 

 out in the east, and when you reach the next lodge you must stop." 



They parted, and the two men soon came to the second lodge. 

 One said to the other, " We must call at this lodge, as the Sun told 

 us to do." The lodge looked exactly like the other. Entering, the 

 young men saw an old woman, to whom they said, " How do you 

 do, grandmother?" "I am thankful that you have come," said 

 she; "it was your brother who sent you here. It is now time for 

 you to eat. You have been long without food." In one part of 

 the room they saw a bark bowl containing boiled squash, which 

 was evidently just out of the pot. They sat down, and the old 

 woman gave each of them half a scfuash and a quarter of a loaf of 

 corn bread, saying, " This will be enough for both." " No," 

 answered one of the young men ; " there is not more here than I 

 can eat." The old woman replied : " It is enough ; when you return, 



