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Meanwhile some of the Yenonsgwa's people found her trail, which 

 they followed until they came to the place where her clothes were 

 rent and scattered, and she lay dead. AVhen they asked, the spirit 

 of the Yenonsgwa told them that the old woman had killed her and 

 had rent her coating of stone. The men of the Yenonsgwa's people 

 now resolved to collect a large company of their people to kill the 

 old woman, Dagwanoenyentgowa. 



While they were preparing for this, the old woman, while she was 

 out on one. of her journeys, found out their plans. When she heard 

 the news of the intended attack she said to her grandson, " We must 

 get your sister out of the belly of the Yenonsgwa, for she is sitting 

 within, crying for me all the time." So they set out from home, and 

 when they reached the place where Yenonsgwa lay dead the old 

 woman, having built a little fire, began to burn tobacco on it for her 

 granddaughter, saying, " This is what we like ; this is what we like." 

 She burned perhaps half a pouch full and kept pushing the smoke 

 toward the Yenonsgwa's body, saying, "This is what we like. Do 

 you come out of Yenonsgwa's body." Still no sign of the grand- 

 daughter; she did not come out of Yenonsgwa's body. At last the 

 old woman said : " AVe must have more help. You nave a great many 

 relatives — uncles, aunts, and cousins. We must call them here." 

 So saying, the old woman, the Dagwanoenyentgowa, called them 

 loudly. They came one by one. There was a great number of them. 

 They broke up and removed all the clothing of the Yenonsgwa, 

 which they threw away, leaving the body naked. Then the old 

 woman built a fire at Yenonsgwa's head, on which she burned tobacco. 

 All the Dagwanoenyentgowa walked around the fire, each throwing 

 tobacco into it, saying, " This is what we like ; this is what we like." 

 After each one of them had gone around once and had thrown tobacco 

 into the fire once, the young girl started up in Yenonsgwa's body, 

 panting for breath. Soon she arose, and walking out, said, " How 

 long have I been here?" The people gave her tobacco to smoke. 

 She inhaled it until she gained her full strength. Then all went 

 home — the old woman with her two grandchildren to her lodge, and 

 the other Dagwanoenyents each to his own place. 



After they had been home a while a Yenonsgwa came to the old 

 woman's lodge, who talked pleasantly and inquired how they were. 

 Finding out that they were only three in number, the Yenonsgwa went 

 back, .thinking it would be a small task to kill them. After the Ye- 

 nonsgwa had gone away the old woman said, " We are in trouble now. 

 There is a great number of these Yenonsgwa people leagued together 

 against us. They are assembled somewhere around here. When this 

 struggle commences we do not know whether or not we shall be able 

 to come home here again." As soon as she had finished talking with 

 her grandchildren the old woman went out and called loud and long. 



