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head, soon she looked like a young woman and lived happily. After 

 a time Hinon Hohawaqk went off with Hinon, his father, with 

 whom he stayed all winter. 



In the spring the old \vomau was uneasy in her mind. She heard 

 thunder in the west, and soon afterward her grandson came to the 

 lodge. She was very glad to see him. " Where have you been ? " 

 she asked. He answered : "At the great mountain far off in the west. 

 I have been with my father helping the nations and protecting men." 

 After that he remained with his grandmother all summer. Once 

 in a while he would go away when it began to stoi-m but would come 

 back again when the turbulence of the weather ceased. 



He lived a long time in this way, until at last he said to his 

 grandmother : " I have an uncle living in the west ; some witch stole 

 him from you. I must go to find him." So he went to the west to 

 search for his uncle. He went on till he came to a lodge in which he 

 saw a woman sitting by a fire, with her head resting on her hands. 

 She would not answer when he asked where his uncle was. Soon 

 afterward he went out. and taking his war club from his pouch, he 

 knocked her on the head, killing her. When he had killed the 

 woman he went out and walked all around the lodge, mourning and 

 looking for his uncle. At last he heard the moaning of a man. He 

 looked into the trees, for he could not see any one on the gi-ound, but 

 could not find him. Soon he came to a large slippery-elm tree, the 

 great roots of which held down a man, his head coming out between 

 two roots on one side and his feet between two on the other side, 

 while the tree stood just on the middle of his body. He was calling 

 to his nephew to give him a smoke. .The latter answered : " Oh, 

 poor uncle I how badly off' you are. Oh, poor uncle ! I will give 

 you a smoke very soon." Then he kicked over the tree, saying, " Rise, 

 uncle ! " at which the uncle rose, well. Taking out his jDouch. Hinon 

 Hohawaqk gave the old man a smoke, which pleased and strengthened 

 the uncle very much. He told his nephew how the woman had be- 

 guiled him to go with her, pretending that she wanted to marry him. 

 When she had him at her lodge, however, she ate him, putting his 

 bones under the elm tree. Then both the uncle and the nephew 

 went home to the long lodge. The old grandmother was surprised 

 and glad to see them. 



All lived happily in their home till one day when the Son of Thun- 

 der went off in a storm. When it was over he brought home a wife. 

 After that, when he went away in a storm his wife was uneasy, not 

 knowing where he was. for her husband had brought her home on 

 his back such a long distance in the storm. In due time she gave 

 birth to a son. When the boy was large enough to run about, the 

 old man, the uncle of the Son of Thunder, whose bones had lain 

 under the elm tree, began to teach him, and soon he was able to make 



