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cloud of dust rushing toward him. Swerving aside into the woods, 

 he peeped out from some sheltering shrubbery; presently the cloud 

 stopped at the edge of the woods. Then he saw a Djieien (Spider) 

 6 feet tall.' "Oh! I thought," said Djieien, "somebody was on the 

 trail. It must be my master fooling me. I thought he was here and 

 had found some more of the Hongak family." The Djieien, turning 

 back, ran as fast as he could, Ot'hegwenhda following closely until 

 Djieien reached the lodge, which was slightly sunken into the 

 ground. When the Djieien went into the lodge Ot'hegwenhda 

 listened outside. Soon he heard crying within and thought that the 

 sound resembled that of his father's voice, and that his father must 

 be in there. Then he took out the fetish, which came to life, and 

 stood up; he asked of it," How am I to kill the Djieien who lives 

 in here? " The fetish answered: "Go to that tree just west of here, 

 and climbing high upon it, call out, ' I am Ot'hegwenhda, and more 

 powerful than anything under the Blue (Sky). I can kill any kind 

 of game {ganyo) on earth.' When you have spoken, cut a limb from 

 the tree and throw it with the command to split the Spider's heart 

 in two (the heart was in the ground under the lodge). When 

 Djieien is killed, you can come down and see your father before 

 burning the lodge." Ot'hegwenhda did as directed by the fetish. He 

 cut off a limb of the tree, and spat on it; straightway it became 

 alive, and he cast it toward the lodge, saying, " Split Djieien's heart 

 in two." The Ijmb went under the lodge to the place where the 

 heart was hidden, and the instant its heart was split Djieien 

 stretched out, saying, "This is the end of me," and died. The boy 

 heard the words and laughed. Then he slipped down, and entering 

 the lodge, said: "I must go in to see my father. I heard him cry, 

 so he must be inside." So saying, he went in. There Djieien lay 

 • dead in the middle of the room. Under the couch was someone 

 nearly dead. On raising the couch, he found his father in a dying 

 condition with the flesh gone from his legs and arms. Ot'hegwenhda 

 exclaimed, "Oh, my father! you must go home; my mother wishes 

 to see you." Hagowanen whispered (he had lost his voice), " My son, 

 you will die if you come in here." " Oh, no ! " answered the boy ; 

 " there is no danger now." Putting the feti.sh on his hand, he asked 

 it, "What shall be done with my father?" The fetish answered: 

 " He is only a skeleton now. Spit on your hands and rub the spittle 

 all over him, and flesh shall come on his bones again." Ot'hegwenhda 

 did this, and his father became as well as ever, whereupon he said : 

 " Now, I have become S'hodieonskon. I have heard old people say 

 that when S'hodieonskon dies he comes to life again immediately." 

 The boy laughed, and Hagowanen added, " Let us go home." " You 

 go, but I must find my brothers," replied the youth. 



