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Taking the trail lie had made, the nephew followed it for three 

 days before he made a straight line for his new lodge. Glancing 

 up, he saw the arrow's trail/^^ which looked like a rainbow in the 

 sky. He took a long leap, and as Ke leaped he ran up in the air, 

 far over the woods and on a level which still kept him in the air. 

 As he was going along, he looked back to see whether he could dis- 

 cover his own trail. The trail of tiie arrow, which was in the form 

 of a rainbow, seemed to roll up and dissolve in a mist as he passed 

 along, ending in the dooryard, where he had told his wife the arrow 

 would strike. Entering the lodge, there he found his wife. 



One day the invisible brother saw an arrow come into the door- 

 yard; striking the ground, it burst asunder and a woman came out. 

 She went into the lodge, where she saw her bother-in-law, who 

 said : " I knew you were coming. I am glad you obeyed your hus- 

 band, for your obedience has enabled you to accomplish this great 

 journey." He continued: "You have never seen me before; no 

 one but my brother has ever seen me, and he only two or three 

 times. I know what will come to us from the wrath of our uncle; 

 he will pursue us and if possible will destroy you." The husband 

 was six days making the journey to the lodge where his brother 

 was, which was situated near -a lake. 



When uncle got home and was talking t6 his nephew in the other 

 room he received no answer; at this he grew very angry. Making 

 up his mind that his nephew was not at home, he went out to look 

 for his trail in order to learn which way he had gone. Finally, on 

 striking the trail, he found it was some time since he had left; the 

 footprints looked about as old as his own made three days before. 

 Going back to the lodge he muttered : " I will follow him tomorrow ; 

 the world is so small that he can not escape me. I will follow him 

 everywhere." Now, the invisible brother, though a great way off, 

 heard the uncle talking to himself, heard his threats: "My daughter- 

 in-law will never get out of my reach. I will go to the outskirts of 

 the world very quickly. I do not see why he takes her away, thinking 

 she can escape ; he will never succeed, for I will have her flesh." 

 The invisible brother told his brother what the uncle said. 



The next morning the uncle set out. After following the trail until 

 night he determined to go home, trying again the next day. Looking 

 up, he saw his lodge was near. He had been going round and round. 

 At this he was angry, and said, " Tomorrow I will get on the trail 

 again." As soon as it was daylight he started. As he went on he found 

 the trail was almost extinct, but he continued to follow it. He kept 

 on until midday, when he found that he had not made much progress. 

 He was near his lodge again. "Be it so," he said; "let my nephew 

 be possessed of the sorcery of all the animals, I will have his wife's 

 flesh for all that." The uncle followed the trail three days more 



