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man turned to a flea and the dog swam with him to the shore. Hav- 

 ing found the woman's footprints, they followed them. As they 

 were getting very near, so near that she could hear the dog bark, she 

 came to a lodge in which a man was sitting, making flint arrow- 

 heads. His name was Hathegwendonnis.^*- The woman asked him to 

 help her. He said, '' Go on as fast as you can ; the man in the next 

 lodge will help you. I, too, will do all I can to aid you." When 

 the dog and man came to the lodge, Hathegwendonnis threw toward 

 him a handful of flint. The flint flew in every direction; wherever 

 it struck it tore up trees and earth. But the dog ran at Hathegwen- 

 donnis and, seizing him by the back of the neck, shook him until 

 he was dead. The woman reached the second lodge, where she found 

 a man making nets. His name was Hadaeonnis.^'^ To him she said, 

 "I am running away; can you help me? " He answered, "Go on 

 as quickly as you can ; you will soon come to a cabin, and the people 

 who live there can help you. I will do all I can." When the man 

 and dog came to the lodge Hadaeonnis threw his net, which caught 

 them, winding round and round them. For a long time they strug- 

 gled; at last, breaking through the net, the dog ran at Hadaeonnis, 

 seizing him by the neck, and shaking him until he was dead. In 

 the third cabin the woman found four men. When she had asked 

 them for help, they began chopping down great dry trees, which 

 they piled on her tracks. Soon they had a high pile, and setting fire 

 to the wood, they stood waiting, two at each end. When the dog 

 and the man came to the fire, the dog wanted to go aroimd, but the 

 man, seeing that the tracks led into the fire, said, " No ; you must 

 go through." When they came out on the other side, both dog and 

 man were nearly dead. The eldest of the four men said, " We will 

 shoot and kill them," but they found shooting had no effect. Then 

 the older man said, ''We will catch them and pull out their hearts." 

 Having caught and killed them, they pulled out their hearts; these 

 they put into a red-hot kettle, which the old man had heated over the 

 fire. The hearts flew around and around in the kettle trying to get 

 out, but the men shot them until they were dead and burned up. 



Now the old man, whose name was Deoneyont,^** went to the cabin 

 and told the woman she was safe. He said, " You must rest four 

 days; then you can go home." When the fourth day came the old 

 man said, " It is time to go. Your home is in the south. As you 

 travel, you will know where you are." In the afternoon she met a 

 man who said, " Toward night you will see something to eat." She 

 traveled all day, and in the evening she came to a stump, where she 

 found a part of Ononda onoqgwa.^*^ She thought this must be what 

 he meant, so she ate it ; then she went on until dark. The next morn- 

 ing she stai'ted again. In the afternoon she met the same nuin, who 

 told her she would soon find something to eat. Toward night she 



