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period they returned, and, at a council, eacli told what he had seen. 

 Then the old man whom the chief had sent out announced his return. 

 The chief called a great council, before which the man appeared, 

 telling all that he had seen himself and all that each one of his nation 

 had seen and related to him. He finished with the words: "I have 

 been all around the world; I have seen all kinds of people, all kinds 

 of game, all kinds of woods and rivers. I have seen things which 

 no one else has ever seen." 



The old bald-headed man was satisfied. " Now I am chief of all 

 people, and you will be next to me. You will be second chief." This 

 was the reward the man got for his journey. So he immediately 

 took his position as second chief. 



The old chief was the Bald Eagle. The man who became the 

 second chief was the Mud Turtle. The first man who went out was 

 the Deer; his feet could not stand the ice of the White Land. All 

 the others were different kinds of people (animals and birds). 



91. The Poor Hunter and Djogeon "' 



Once there was a man who went hunting every autumn. In order 

 to have better luck he was in the habit of taking medicine and emetics 

 for 10 days before he started. The medicine he employed was made 

 from the bark of various trees. Notwithstanding this long prepara- 

 tion by fasting and medication, he was not a successful hunter. For 

 this reason he was accustomed to carry a heavy load of parched corn- 

 meal, so that if he killed no game he would at least not starve to 

 death. 



When starting out one day he passed on the outskirts of the village 

 a lodge in which an old woman and her granddaughter lived. As he 

 passed, the granddaughter was standing outside the lodge, and when 

 she saw him coming she shrugged her shoulders, saying, "^w, hu! 

 there goes a poor hunter." Eunning into the lodge she told her 

 grandmother that "AU-kinds-of-trees" had just gone past, giving 

 him a nickname which derided his medicines, which were made from 

 the bark of " all kinds of trees." But the grandmother chided her, 

 saying, " Why do you make fun of him ? He is. a good man — the best 

 in this village. He keeps on hunting, no matter whether he kills any- 

 thing or not. I wish he were your husband." The young woman 

 answered, " If you say so, I can go with him." Her grandmother 

 told her that she would better go. So they made bread in great haste, 

 and when it was ready they put it in a basket, which the girl placed 

 on her back; then she followed the trail of the man. When night 

 overtook her she lay down beside a log to sleep. She had not been 

 there long before she heard some one at a distance calling in a pleas- 

 ant voice. As the sound of the voice approached the girl became 



