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Then S'hodie'o°sko"' said, " Here let us, for our part, pitch 

 our camp, because when among people I am much abused because I 

 am quite old." So S'hodie'o"sko"' and his companion kindled a fire 

 with fagots and soon had it burning briskly. Each took opposite 

 sides of the fire and lay down to sleep for the night. 



Some time during the night the crafty S'hodie'o"sko°' sat up and 

 blew the fire up in such manner that sparks and coals fell all over 

 Ongwe' Hafiges''ha' as he lay asleep. But the latter arose suddenly 

 and asked. '" Why have you done this unreasonable thing? " The old 

 man dissimulatingly replied, " Oh ! that was probably caused by a 

 gust of wind driving the sparks over your body." Then they lay down 

 again. Again, just before the break of day, the old man once more 

 blew the fire on his seemingly sleeping companion. Thereupon the 

 latter arose, and taking his bow and flint-pointed airow. crossed over 

 the fireplace to the place where his companion was lying. He was 

 surprised to see him awake, looking at him. The old man depre- 

 catingly said. "Oh, my nephew! you do not seem to know that you 

 were nearly burned up. as the fire was falling on you; and you must 

 not think that it was I who did this to you." Ofigwe' Hafiges'*ha' 

 was greatly astonished at what had happened and said to his com- 

 panion, " If you do not refrain from what you are doing it is pos- 

 sible for me to destro^v you." 



When it was nearly daylight sounds were heard in the camp ahead 

 and the occupants started on their journey; then the two in turn 

 started on their way. They had not gone very far when they heard 

 sounds in the distance which told them that they had arrived at the 

 place in which were congregated all the people who were shooting at 

 the mark. 



S'hodie'o°sko"' and Ongwe' Hanges"ha' kept right on their way 

 until tliev reached the spot. The nephew did not fear anything. 

 Once on the ground they were quickly made aware that a tree stood 

 there and that on its top sat a hawk (?) or hawks {'.). There was 

 a large number of people wlio were engaged in shooting at the ]3rize. 

 seemingly fastened to the top of the trees, which stood in the door- 

 yard of the old woman who dwelt in this place; but all failed to hit 

 the mark. A short distance from the place where the people were 

 engaged in shooting at the mark tliere stood a lodge, in which the 

 old woman, the mother of the family, walked to and fro, murmur- 

 ing, " He who will hit that thing which is perched on the top of 

 my tree shall marry my youngest daughter." She kept on say- 

 ing this as she went from place to place. Without cessation, day 

 after day for many days the marksmen kept on shooting at the 

 hawk (?) perched on the top of the old woman's tree. Sometimes 

 an arrow would fly very close to the bird, which would merely flap 

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