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dark. Running againi3t a tree, the man bounded far back, but for- 

 tunately the Djainosgowa was so near that he fell behind it. The 

 Djainosgowa, having likewise struck the tree, was also thrown back. 

 At once the man was up and running forward again. The Djainos- 

 gowa was just upon him and was reaching ovit to grasp him when the 

 man fell, as it seemed to him, into a hole in the ground. He thought, 

 " Well, I am near my end. When I strike I shall be dashed to pieces.'' 

 He kept falling, and as he fell he grew sleepy. Looking up he saw 

 the monster coming down the side of the hole, winding round and 

 round. Thereupon the man went to sleep. After a long time he woke 

 and was still falling, and the monster was still pursuing him. At last 

 the man landed on his feet. He seemed to have come out of the hole, 

 and on looking around he saw a beautiful country. Saying to him- 

 self, " My friend told me to go toward the south," he ran in that 

 direction. As he went on rapidly he saw the Djainosgowa coming 

 toward him very fast, and thought, " Now I shall die." As it came 

 near the monster turned itself into a man. The runner, closing his 

 eyes, kept on thinking, " I will not be looking at him when he reaches 

 me." He ran until he thought it was a long time to wait to be seized ; 

 then he opened his eyes and looked around, but he could not see the 

 Djainosgowa, but still he kept on running. 



Soon the man came to a lodge, which he entered, finding within an 

 old man, who, looking up, exclaimed : " Oh, my grandson ! I am 

 glad you have come. I have been waiting for you a long time. You 

 are bringing with you what I have wanted to eat for a long time. 

 So go back there and stay. The Djainosgowa and I will fight alone. 

 We will see whether it is as powerful as it thinks it is." Soon the 

 noise of the monster's approach could be heard. Coming to the 

 lodge, it asked, " Wliere is the man I have been chasing? " The old 

 man said, "Here I am." "No; you are not the man," Djainosgowa 

 replied. "I am; but if you think it is some one else, you shall not 

 find out until you overpower me," retorted the old man. The 

 Djainosgowa said, "Come outside; there is not room in here." 

 " Very well," replied the old man, and, arising, he went out. Then 

 they began to fight. Whenever the animal bit the old man, tearing 

 open the flesh, it immediately came together and healed. The old 

 man tore off the forelegs of the Djainosgowa. They fouglit until 

 the Djainosgowa was torn to pieces and the old man convinced him- 

 self that the pieces were not alive.- Then he hung up the meat in the 

 lodge and said to his grandson: "Come out! I have killed the mon- 

 ster you were afraid of. I am very thankful, for I have been 

 wishing for this kind of meat for a long time." The old man boiled 

 the meat in a large kettle, not leaving a particle. In a small kettle 

 he cooked bear's meat for his grandson. As the meat was boiling, 

 he put corn into the pounder and with only a few strokes it became 



