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coming out at the place where the man had been sitting, said, 

 '■'■ Guhge sedjino" (You are indeed somewhat of a man, but I am 

 determined to overpower you in orenda)." Thereupon the Djainos- 

 gowa leaped toward the man, but the man jumped to another tree, 

 and then from tree to tree, the Djainosgowa following. There was a 

 great rock at the brink of the hill to which the man ran; from this 

 he leaped through the air across the great valley to a mountain far 

 away. Thence he ran directly southward, right along the top of 

 the mountain, descending on the other side to another very wide 

 valley. He ran across this valley and had begun to ascend the moun- 

 tain on the other side when he heard the monster in close pursuit. It 

 tinued to run all night. In the morning he came to an opening, on 

 the other side of the valley. It was nearly dark, but the man con- 

 tinued to run all night. In the morning he came to an opening, on 

 the farther side of which he could discern a hill and smoke arising. 

 As he came to the foot of the mountain, he stopped, and turning 

 around, he saw that the monster Djainosgowa had gotten to the 

 opening. Raising its paw, it struck the man's footprint on the trail. 

 Instantly the man fell to the ground. As he fell, his friend ap- 

 peared and said : " Get up ; you cannot live if you fall this way." 

 So saying, he pushed him into a run, telling him to hurry. The man 

 then felt stronger and again ran fast from valley to valley, with the 

 Djainosgowa always about the same distance behind. All at once 

 the man fell again. Immediately his friend was there, and put him 

 on his feet, saying, " Keep up your courage," at the same time push- 

 ing him into a run. Again he felt stronger and ran fast. He ran all 

 night. It was a very dark night and he struck a great maple tree, 

 going straight through it; this happened many times during the 

 night, whenever he hit a tree. 



For eight days and nights the monster chased him. When it dis- 

 covered that the man went through trees it threw its power ahead of 

 him, making the trees so hard that the man could no longer go 

 through them. On the ninth night the monster commanded a terrible 

 rainstorm to come and the night to be so dark that the man could not 

 see where he was going, but the man ran on until midnight without 

 hitting a tree. Just at midnight he struck a tree and was thrown far 

 back. At that moment his friend was there, who said, " Do all you 

 can ; exert yourself " ; and taking hold of his hand he led him. They 

 two went and traveled a great deal faster than the man had gone 

 alone, unaided by his friend, Gaasyendiet'ha, the Meteor. The two 

 ran together until daylight, when the friend left and the man went on 

 alone. This was the tenth day and he began to be very tired and 

 faint, but still the monster was approaching and its sti'okes on his 

 tracks were frequent, so that the man fell often. The chances seemed 

 against his escape. Night came and the Djainosgowa made it terribly 



