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After reaching home the man carried in wood enough to burn all 

 night; then building a huge fire, he made a large kettle full of hem- 

 lock tea. When night came he stood before the fire ready for the 

 contest. All night long there he stood, turning first one side and 

 then the other to the fire and often drinking a cup of the boiling Iiem- 

 lock tea. It was a terribly cold night and continued to grow colder 

 until near morning. Just at the break of day Hot'ho, naked, and 

 carrying his hatchet in a slit in the skin above his hip, came into the 

 lodge, and sitting down on a pile of bark by the fire, said to the man, 

 "You have beaten me;" and at that moment, growing warmer, it 

 began to thaw. 



This shows that man can conquer Hot'ho, the god of cold weather. 



63. S'hagoditoweqgowa and His Three Brothers ^^° 



There lived in a lodge in the forest S'hagodiyoweqgowa and three 

 brothers. In their larder they had an abundance of oil, venison, 

 and bear's meat. Of the brothers S'hagodiyoweqgowa was the eldest. 

 Not far from their lodge lived a brother and his sister. The brother, 

 who was the elder, was also a turtle. 



One day the youngest brother of S'hagodiyoweqgowa said to his 

 brothers, " I am going over to the lodge where the Turtle lives." 

 His brothers, knowing the motive of the visit, replied : " It is well. 

 You may go," for they thought it best that he should get married. 

 So after making suitable preparations, he started, and soon he 

 arrived at the lodge of their neighbors. He found the Turtle's sister 

 at home. The visitor had slung over his shoulder a jjouch that 

 contained bear's oil. Sitting down near Turtle's sister, he said to 

 her, " I want to marry you," but she made him no answer nor any 

 sign of recognition. While he sat there waiting for her reply, he 

 would dip his finger into the pouch on his back, afterward sucking 

 off the oil. He patiently waited all day for her reply, and when it 

 was nearly night she answered, " I have decided not to marry you." 

 He did not press his suit, but said, " It is well ; " then he went to his 

 home. Having arrived there, his brothers asked him what success 

 he had. and he told them. They answered, " It is well." 



Then the next elder brother said, " It must be I about whom 

 she is thinking." The next morning he said, " I shall now go there ; " 

 so he started. He found the sister of Turtle at home, and sitting 

 down beside her, he said: "I have come for the purpose of marrying 

 you. Will you consent to be my wife ? " Like his younger brother, 

 he waited the entire day for her reply. When it was nearly night 

 she made him the same answer as she had given his brother; he 

 then went home. Having reached there, his brothers asked him what 

 success he had, and he told them. They answered, " It is well." 



