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di\v wood on the top of the body, causing the fire to burn fiercely. 

 When the fire died down only a few charred bones were left of the 

 huge animal. Then the eldest man of the assembly said: "Let each 

 one take a portion of these bones and make of it a fetish 

 {ofcind'ke"^'dd'') for hunting some kind of game animal, which he 

 must name; this fetish will give him the power to kill easily the 

 animal thus named." So each of the assembly did as the hochinagen 

 had directed. One would take up a fragment sa3'ing, '" I will em- 

 ploy this for hunting the bear." Another would say, " I will make 

 use of this in hunting deer." A third person, " I will employ this 

 for hunting raccoons." A fourth, " I will use this for hunting the 

 otter." A fifth, " I will use this for fishing for sturgeon." A sixth 

 person, " I will make use of this for trapping minks." A seventh, "I 

 will employ this for hunting the raven." An eighth, " I will use this 

 for hunting women (i. e., for winning the favors of the women)." 

 Lastly, some vulgar, worthless persons would say that they would 

 employ the bones for various filthy functions of the body. 



Then placing on a pack-cradle for carrying wounded persons the 

 woman who was ill, they .started for their homes, where they arrived 

 safe. This is the end of the story of Hayanowe. 



109. Oxgwe' Hanges"ha' and Gajihsondis (Skin-of-Max and 

 Spike-Hitter ^''^) 



In former times an uncle and his nephew dwelt together in a 

 lodge. The name of the old man was Ongwe Hangesha and that of 

 his nephew Gajihsondis. 



It was the custom of the uncle when he left to be absent some time- 

 to fasten his nephew securely in the lodge. He was also in the habit 

 of giving to hig nephew the foot of a bear, with these instructions: 

 " You must remain in here quietly, and you must continue to shoot 

 at the bear's foot. Whenever you hit the foot you shall say aloud^ 

 'Gajihsondis,' but if it so happen that you do not hit the foot, you 

 shall not saj' that name. So you must keep at this business during 

 the entire day, but whenever you become hungry you must eat food 

 which you know is here ready for you to eat. Just as soon as you 

 have finished your meal, then you must again begin to shoot at the 

 bear's foot; you must not stop in this task, but must continue to 

 t-hoot at the bear's foot without ceasing." 



So the little nephew did as his uncle had instructed him to do, 

 and whenever he was fortunate enough to hit the bear's foot he 

 would exclaim loudly, " Wagajihsondis ! " 



At last the nephew began to wonder what his uncle ate, for he 

 had never seen him eating anything. So Gajihsondis finally decided 



