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When they did not feel like hunting they would play out near the 

 lodge and then go in and sit down. 



One day one of the boys said, " Our father is coming." The other 

 said, " I hardly think our father is alive." The old grandmother 

 overhearing this, told the boys to go out and shoots birds, for she 

 wanted some to roast and eat. The next day while the children were 

 out a man came into the lodge. The invisible brother had told him 

 where he would find his children, and that he must say when he came 

 to the old woman's lodge, " Grandmother, I am thankful to see you," 

 and to the girl, " Sister, I am very glad to see you." As he went in 

 he saw the old woman and saluted her as grandmother; to the girl 

 he said, " Sister." One of the boys outside said, " Our father has 

 come." The other replied : " I do not believe this is he, for our 

 father had two dogs. There are no dogs with this man." As the 

 boy was bound to know, raising the doorflap slightly, he saw his 

 father sitting with his elbows on his knees and his face in his hands. 

 Noticing a red spot on his jaw, the boy said further: "Look for 

 jrourself ; see, he has a mark on his face; it is really he. Let us go 

 and see which way he came ; we can tell his trail, and we will follow 

 it and see whether we can find the dogs." 



They had gone but a short distance when they foinid that the dogs 

 had gone in another direction, whereupon one of the boys said : " Let 

 us follow their tracks; father loves those dogs; let us find them." 

 In the evening they found one dog sitting on a fallen tree. The 

 larger boy said : " There sits one of the dogs." " Let us go and see if 

 it is I'eally father's dog," said the other. On hearing the children's 

 voices the dogs were as much pleased to see them as the boys were to 

 see the dogs. The boys now said, " Let us all go home." The boys 

 did not know the way, however, so the dogs took the lead. It was 

 late at night and very dark, and the people at home were frightened 

 and very anxious about the children, not knowing where to look 

 for them. Wlien the boys came back, the grandmother asked : " Why 

 were you gone so long? Why did you frighten us so? " "We were 

 looking for our father's dogs," said they. Thereupon they went into 

 the lodge, the dogs following. The man was lying down, so all went 

 to sleep. All were now together again. 



The young woman was the man's own sister and the grandmother 

 was his grandmother. They all lived very happily together. And 

 this is the story. 



58. DoONONOAES ''"^ AND TsODIQGWADON 



Doonongaes. who lived at one end of Ganyodaes,"^ or Long Lake, 

 had such oi-enda (magic power) that no one in that region could 

 influence or control him. He claimed the lake and all that lived in 

 its waters. 



