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tiful," the men replied. "Well," said Doonongaes, "it would 

 be a shame for me to marry her; I am too nasty a man." They tried 

 hard to persuade him, but he would not go. Then they tried to tie 

 him, but he hurled them away. Even after trying all day they 

 could not bind him. When night came they said, " We might as 

 well give up and go home." When they went back they told the 

 chief, " AVe can do nothing with him." Then the chief said to his 

 daughter, " You must go to him." As her father told her that she 

 must go, the girl went. She entered the old woman's hut, but 

 Doonongaes paid no attention to her. After a while she said, " I 

 came to stay with you." "Where do you live'^" asked Doonon- 

 gaes. " I live in the center ^*^ of the village," the girl replied. " Who 

 is your father?" he asked. "The chief," she said. "Oh! I will 

 not marry you," said Doonongaes. " Are you sure you will not 

 marry me?" asked the girl. "Yes; I have too many wives," he 

 replied. "Are you married at home? Where do you live?" she 

 inquii-ed. The reply was : " Sixteen '*" days' journey from here I have 

 more than a hundred wives. Farther on I have two more." " AVhere 

 did you come from ? " she continued. " I think you know the place," 

 he said; it is called Dedyosdenhon." ^'' "Yes," he replied, "I know 

 where that place is; it is far away, near the end of the earth. I 

 suppose you will not go back there. It is too far, and you will 

 marry me." " No, I am not looking for a wife here. Such people 

 as you are ^*' would not help me." The beautiful girl began to cry. 

 Doonongaes. looking at her, asked, "What is the matter? " Where- 

 upon she cried harder and harder. Now Doonongaes himself began 

 to cry. The old woman asked: "What is the matter? Why do you 

 cry?" No answer. Then she herself began to cry. Her grand- 

 daughter, coming in and seeing that all were crying, began to get 

 hmely and to cry, too. Now all were crying, and they cried louder 

 and louder. Just as it became dark the chief heard the sound of 

 crying, and sent men to find out where it was. They went through 

 the whole village, but found no one crying. At last one said, 

 " Let us go over to the old widow's hut." On nearing it they heard 

 the sound of crying, so they returned to the chief and said, " The 

 crying is at the lodge of the old widow, Deienensowanens."^**" Hear- 

 ing this, the chief said : " My daughter is at that lodge. I must 

 go over there." When near, he, too, heard the sound of crying, at 

 which his heart grew weak, and he thought to himself, " I can not 

 go into that poor hut." So he remained outside, and soon he also 

 began to cry, and he cried until he forgot everything. When he 

 came to his senses he was sitting at the side of the old widow. 

 ■• Broad-Shoulders." He did not know where he was. He was not 

 crying, merely thinking why the others were crying. After a while 

 he said, " Let us all be of good cheer and stop crying." Now the 



