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out into the lake. This man was Sgagedi. After a while Gaqga's 

 arm felt better, so he followed the girl to the water. Seeing the 

 canoe far otf on the lake, he was very angry, saying, "This is the 

 work of Sgagedi." As the canoe was approaching shore, the girl 

 saw a lodge near by. When Sgagedi stepped into the canoe, he 

 divided himself, one half sitting at each end of the canoe. As the 

 canoe struck land, the half of the body which was at the stern was 

 raised and thrown forward, whereupon, striking the front half, 

 it was joined thereto, so that the two parts became a whole man. 

 The girl was sitting in the bottom of the boat, when the mother 

 of the man came to her, saying, '' My daughter, come with me,'" and 

 led her to the lodge. She was now Sgagedi's wife. Every time he 

 went out on the water he divided himself, one half sitting at each 

 end of the canoe. As soon as the canoe touched land he became whole 

 again. All his life he had been traveling around on the lake in 

 this way, liberating people captured by witches. 



After a while the young woman gave birth to twin boys. As 

 soon as they were born the old grandmother threw them into the 

 lake ; as they touched the water they began to paddle and quickly swam 

 to shore. Again she threw them in the water, but in a moment they 

 were back again ; then she threw them far out into the lake. When 

 they swam to shore she said, " That will do." They now began to 

 run around and play. They gi'ew very quickly and after a while 

 said to their father, " We think you ought to rest, so you would 

 better stay at home and let us go out in the canoe and do your work." 

 " It is well," replied the father. 



Thereupon the twins started off in the canoe, and after rowing 

 some distance one said to the other, " See ! thei'e is something on the 

 land that looks as if it were falling to pieces." " That is true," said 

 the other brother ; " let us go ashore and find out what it is." So they 

 landed, and going to the spot they found an old lodge lying flat 

 on the ground; within was something breathing, which they dis- 

 covered was a very old man. They got him out of the lodge, and 

 one of the boys said, " This is our uncle, and we must carry hmi 

 home." The man consented to go with them. As they were leaving 

 the place he pointed to a large stone, saying, " That is my dog." 

 Striking it with a switch he said, " Get up," whereupon the dog got 

 up, shaking himself and stretching, as is the custom of dogs. They 

 traveled on until they came to the water, with the dog following 

 them. Then all got into the canoe and the boys paddled across the 

 lake. When they reached home the boys said, " Grandmother, we 

 have found our uncle." On looking at the old man, she was con- 

 vinced that he was her brother. Now the boys said to their grand- 

 mother, " You must marry our uncle." " It is well," replied she. 

 After that they all lived together very happily. 



