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roast. The two Genonsgwa did not seem to be of the same family, 

 for each sat on his own side of the fire and cooked for liimself. As 

 the bodies began to cook the fat came out, falling on the fire and 

 simmering. A body was standing on each side of the fire, and one 

 called out to the other, "You are burning." "(?wffA/" said the 

 Genonsgwa, " that one has a voice, but this one is roasting finely ; it 

 can not burn. When one begins to burn the other tells him of it." 

 One of the Genonsgwa then began eating. " Oh ! how delicious this 

 is," he said, smacking his lips. After he had eaten off all the flesh 

 that was well cooked, he put the rest back to finish roasting; there- 

 upon the partially eaten boy said to the body on the other side, " You 

 are burning." "How good they are; they won't let each other burn. 

 It is queer game that talks like this," said one of the Genonsgwa. 

 The Genonsgwa kept on roasting and eating until one and then the 

 other finished, neither leaving a particle uneaten. 



As the first finished he began to be in terrible pain; the other told 

 him that he must help himself, for he was eating his last morsel. 

 Soon he, too, began to groan, and he said to the other, " There is 

 some mystery about this game; it must be that which makes us so 

 sick." All night long they groaned, each lying on his own side of the 

 fire. Toward morning one quieted down, and at break of day the 

 other also ceased groaning. The two boys were born again, and 

 both Genonsgwa had died from the terrible pain of giving birth to 

 them. One boy said to the other, " If these men had not bothered 

 us, we should have been far from here. Let them be as full of witch- 

 craft as they can be, they do not amount to anything in comparison 

 with us. We have gotten through with them. I have always heard 

 that these men, our uncles, were very potent magically, but they are 

 not. This is why our father warned us not to go far from the lodge. 

 We will go back and tell him all." AVhile they were there everything 

 was moving. The game which was not killed passed through the 

 lodge. The elder boy said, " Let us go ! " As they were starting he 

 saw his mother passing through the lodge ; they stood there laughingly, 

 but did not speak to her. The younger said, " J^ow we will destroy 

 the lodge. Our uncles have done great harm to people. A man should 

 not eat another man. There shall be no more of this. Henceforth 

 men shall eat only game."^'- The younger boy said this. Of the 

 two boys he had the greater power of witchcraft and was the first to 

 be born after being eaten by the Genonsgwa. He walked around the 

 lodge, throwing red paint such as they used to paint their faces; this 

 action stopped the movement of the stream of land and everything 

 became quiet. He then said, " Now, let us run ! " They ran a short 

 distance; on halting and looking back they saw the lodge in flames. 

 The Genonsgwa one after the other burst with a loud report. 



