^"Ew|.i?4] FICTION 303 



Skahnowa. "Yes; we have just come from the spot where his body 

 is,'' they said. ''Where is that?" asked Skahnowa. "At Broken 

 Land, where the Laughing man lives. You know where that is," 

 they said. "Oh, yes," answered Skahnowa; "I will go and see. 

 If he is dead, I suppose I shall get possession of this lake and own 

 it myself." " Take the trail we came on," said the men. Then they 

 went their wa\', while Skahnowa took the trail along which they 

 had come. 



The two men .searched Doonongaes's lotlge, but for a long time 

 they could find nothing. At last they found in the smoke hole the 

 pouch they wanted. They took it out with them, and running 

 very fast, they overtook Skahnowa when he was almost at Broken 

 Land. The three went on together and in time came to the place 

 where Doonongaes lay. Skahnowa, looking at the remains, said, 

 " It is true that he is dead, and j'et he thought no man could kill 

 him, so greatly did he esteem himself." The two men delivered 

 the pouch, and then sat down, waiting for the others to come. 



The two men who went to their grandfather arrived at the place 

 they thought was the end of the earth, whereupon one of them 

 said : " We are here. Now how are we to find where our grandfather 

 lives? " The other answered, " I wonder if this is really the place? " 

 They went along the edge of the water, which was only a small lake, 

 not the end of the earth. Keeping on, at length they went around 

 the lake. Seeing their own tracks ahead, they said : " The other 

 two men have passed here. Let us go this way." After going 

 around again, they said : " Two more men have come up. Now let 

 us hurry and overtake them." The two had not gone far when one 

 of them fell down with a great cry, saying: "I can not go any far- 

 ther. There is something in my foot. You finish the journey alone. 

 On the way back you can stop for me." " Very well," said the 

 other. On running around the lake still again, he said. " There are 

 six men running; now I will do the best I can. Why! there is a 

 man sitting ahead on the bank. Well, I thought I would overtake 

 those people soon." The man who was sitting down, on turning 

 to see who was running up, saw his friend. The runner said to 

 himself. " AVhy, it looks like my friend who hurt his foot." On 

 coming to him. he asked, "What are you doing here?" "I am 

 resting; my foot is nearly well now, and I will start at once. Did 

 you go around and come back? " he asked. "Oh, no! I was on the 

 trail all the time." came the reply. They set out together. One 

 said: "This must be a small lake. When we come to the other end 

 we will go on in a straight line." 



They now watched the sun, and when it was at the other end of the 

 lake, they took their course from it, and then traveled a long time 

 straight ahead. Again they reached the limit of the land. Once 



