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Then the two youths departed from the place and at last came to 

 the spot where dwelt the great beast, the prototype of all others. 



The youth from the village now said to his friend: "I will now 

 give up all the animals over which I have control, that they may 

 go over the whole earth and dwell in freedom ; that they may 

 increase and multiply at their will and go and come as seems good 

 to them. Then the noises made by all the animals became great in 

 the world. 



This is the story. 



111. The Legend or Honenhineh and His Younger Brothers 



In times long past Honenhineh and his younger brothers dwelt in 

 a lodge together; the lodge was constructed of bark and was verj' 

 long, according to the custom of the country. There were three fires 

 occupying the place provided for fire along the midway of the lodge. 



These brothers dwelt thus together for a long time in this long- 

 lodge. It was their custom to go out into the forests daily to hunt 

 game animals, and every evening those who had gone out that day 

 to hunt returned, bearing each his burden of venison or other flesh, 

 which would be cast down in the middle of the floor space of the 

 lodge. It was usually dressed when packed for carrying; this was 

 done for convenience. Then one of the brothers who had not been 

 out hunting would unpack the bundle and proceed at once to cut 

 up the meats and to hang them up for drying all along the sides of 

 the lodge. This was the daily routine of these hunters of the lodge 

 of Honenhineh. Thus they traveled much in many places in the 

 forests. 



At times, when all but the youngest brother, who was still very 

 small, started out to hunt, one of the elder brothers would produce 

 the foot of a raccoon, and throwing it to the end of the lodge, he 

 would say to the youngest brother. " Here ! This is something with 

 which you can amuse yourself.'' Then, when he would be ready to 

 start he would scatter ashes around the doorway in such manner 

 that no person or thing could enter the lodge without leaving tell- 

 tale traeks to betray the intruder. Afterward he would say to the 

 small boy, "Oh, youngest brother I You mu.st not leave the lodge; 

 you must not go outside of it." So it was that this youngest brother 

 never went outside of the lodge and did not know what the light of 

 outdoors was like. The name of this boy was Little Burnt Belly.^'* 

 The youngster amused himself daily by tossing up the raccoon's 

 foot and shooting at it while it was in the air. It is said that he 

 never missed the foot, for he had become an expert bowman from 

 his daily practice. So the days went by for some time. 



Then there came a day when the Honenhineh returned from hunt- 

 ing without bringing back anything in the way of game, but the 



