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say to the man who is there : " I have brought you bread. I am 

 going to marry you."' To the younger daughter she said : " Go in at 

 the back door and say to the man who is there, ' Here is marriage 

 bread. I have come to marry you.' The two brothers will take 

 your bread and will tell you to stay. The path branches to one side 

 before you reach the place, but keep on the straight path, which 

 leads from here." 



The girls started, and when they came to the fork they kept on 

 the straight path, and after a long time they came to a lodge. 

 Looking through tlie cracks, they saw a number of False Faces 

 dancing, whereupon, becoming frightened, they ran away. The 

 S'hagodiyoweqgowa followed them, and when they were getting near 

 one of the girls, she threw down her basket of bi-ead. The S'ha- 

 godiyoweqgowa ate the bread and then he ran on. The .second sister 

 threw down her basket, and then piece by piece they cast off their 

 clothes. The S'hagodiyoweqgowa in pursuit would stop and examine 

 every piece. By this delay the girls kept a little ahead and finally 

 reached their mother's lodge, but they were naked. The mother 

 said : " You did not do as I told you. You must try again." Having 

 made bread again, the next morning they started the second time. 

 This time_ thej' reached the right lodge. The elder sister, setting 

 the basket of bread before the man, said : " I have come to marry 

 you." After eating the bread, he thanked her. The younger sister 

 went in at the other door, and placing the basket of bread before 

 the man, said: " Eat; I have come to marry 3'ou." He thanked her 

 and ate the bread, and so they were married. 



There was a partition in the lodge, and in the morning when the 

 brothers got up the elder brother always cried out, " I am up." The 

 younger brother would answer, " So am I." " We are eating break- 

 fast," would be the elder brother's response. " So are we," was the 

 younger brother's answer. " I am going hunting," would be the next 

 sally. " So am I," would be the reply. 



Before starting off to hunt each brother said to his wife, "You 

 must stay in the lodge for ten days. If you do not, our brother 

 S'hagodiyoweqgowa may carry you away." For nine days the sisters 

 remained indoors; then the younger said: "It is bright and pleas- 

 ant. Let us sit outside a few minutes." The elder consenting, they 

 sat down outdoors near the lodge. They had not been there long 

 when S'hagodiyoweqgowa came. The sisters did not see him in his 

 real character, and when he asked them to go and eat with him, they 

 readily went. When the two brothers returned they missed their 

 wives, and they knew that their brother had captured them. The 

 elder of the two, going to S'hagodiyoweqgowa, said, " I have come to 

 ask you to give back our wivec. You can keep watch over them, but 

 let them live with us." At last S'hagodiyoweqgowa gave them up. 



