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the manikin, but without result; finally he himself put it into the 

 pipe. Then he began to smoke, but he spat no wampum, and merely 

 soiled the piece of buckskin. 



After the people had left the assembly lodge and returned to their 

 homes, the chief's younger daughter went out to gather wood. While 

 walking leisurely along looking for fuel, she saw smoke arising in 

 the distance. When she reached the spot, she found there what was 

 apparently an old man, who was fast asleep with his head drooping 

 against a log. Spittle was flowing from his mouth, which, when it 

 fell on the ground, became wampum. Astonished, the younger 

 daughter ran home to tell her father what she had seen. He at once 

 sent her back to bring the strange man to the lodge. Carefully 

 gathering the wampum, she informed the man that her father had 

 sent for him, and that he must therefore accompany her to the lodge. 



Soon after the elder sister and her husband reached home from 

 the assembly lodge, they seated themselves on one side of the fire. 

 In a few moments the younger daughter and the man, old in ap- 

 pearance, entered the lodge and took seats on the opposite side of 

 the fire. Then the husband of the elder daughter said to his wife, 

 " Your sister should be ashamed of herself for having that old man." 

 Thus all spent the night together. The next morning the husband of 

 the eldar daughter went to hunt. In the evening he returned with a 

 dead bloodsucker rolled up in leaves, which he told his wife to cook. 

 Slicing it into small bits, she did so, and prepared some burnt corn- 

 meal to go with it. Her husband told her to take the fat from the 

 top of the kettle and pour it on the meal. This she did, and then 

 passed some of the meal to her sister; but as the latter was taking 

 it, the elder sister drew it back, with the renvirk, " I would willingly 

 give it to you, but I do not like the looks of your man." 



In the morning of the next day the husband of the younger daugh- 

 ter said to the other man : " I should like to change garments with 

 you. I shall wear them only pai't of the time, and you part of the time. 

 Hereafter j'ou shall be called by my name." The other person agreed 

 to the proposition. As soon as the change was made, the husband 

 of the younger daughter became a fine-looking man. He told his 

 wife to have her father assemble the people in the lodge of assembly, 

 tor he was going to smoke. All the people gathered at their accus- 

 tomed place of meeting. The floor was swept clean, for there was no 

 buckskin to put down, as the other jiusband had soiled such pieces 

 iis were available, which were still hanging up to dry. The husband 

 of the younger daughter sat down, with his wife on his left side and 

 with his pouch leaning against the seat. As he threw back his 

 head, his pouch came to life and held up its head, and he said, 

 ■ Speak, my duck ! " At once the duck came to life, and, holding up 



