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corn meal ; then having made bread, he began to eat. He was con- 

 stantly giving thanks for the meat he was eating. At last, when 

 he had eaten every bit of the great Djainosgowa he said: " I thank 

 you, my grandson, for this will last me for a great many tens of 

 years. You must stay with me until you are rested and cured, for 

 you have been infected by the orenda (magic power) of this great 

 monster." 



One day the old man said, " I want you to see what I have 

 planted." A short distance from the lodge they came to a field where 

 something was growing. The old man said, " This is called onenoii." 

 There were great tall cornstalks with ears of corn on them as long 

 as the man was tall and kernels as large as a man's head. The field 

 extended farther than the eye could see. The old man said, " Let us 

 go on the other side." There the young man saw another field, 

 where all varieties of corn were growing. Going on, they came to 

 a third field, whereupon the old man said, " These are squashes." 

 They were very large and in great variety. Passing the squash field, 

 they went to the old man's lodge. 



The next day, after he had rested, the grandson, having bade the 

 old man good-by, went on. He traveled many days and finally came 

 to a large opening, \vhere there was a village. After thinking 

 a while, he went to the lodge of the chief, who received him well. 

 The chief's daughter, looking at him, asked, " Have you ever heard 

 of a man sending his wife off in the form of Os'hada, a vapor ? " He 

 thought and thought this over; he had entirely forgotten about it. 

 After a good while, I'emembering the past, he said, "Yes; I myself 

 did that." " I thought I recognized you. I am your wife," de- 

 clared the woman. They were glad to be together again. 



104. Dagwaxoententgowa S'hagodigendji^"^' and Yenonsgwa 



Dagwanoenyentgowa S'hagodigendji, the eldest woman of her 

 people, lived in the woods with two grandchildren, a boy and a 

 girl. 



One day, when the old woman had gone on a journey, a Yenonsgwa 

 came to the lodge. Picking up the younger child, after speaking 

 kindly to her and saying that she was a pretty little thing, the 

 Yenonsgwa swallowed her. Then she began to talk to the boy, tell- 

 mg him how well he looked, but did not kill him. Sitting on the 

 bed, she told the boy that if he would get on her back she would 

 take him out to look for his grandmother. Accordingly he climbed 

 on her back; but soon becoming frightened, he grasped her so 

 tightly that he became fastened to it, so he could not get off, although 

 he tried hard to do so. The Yenonsgwa started off, but went in a 

 direction different from that where his grandmother was. The boy 

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