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am going toward the north to hunt." So saying, he departed from 

 the lodge. 



Honenhineh kept on his northward course for a long time. When 

 the day was past the meridian, on looking ahead he saw what ap- 

 peared to him a number of clearings. When he emerged from the 

 forest into these clearings he stopped and looked around; then he 

 walked along slowly for some time. 



Ahead of him a great deep gorge or valley yawned. 



Scarcely had he taken a good look at this gorge when he heard 

 in the distance an ominous tapping on a tree and the voice of a man 

 singing : " It is a fortunate thing for me. A human being is walking 

 along on the farther side of the valley."' Somewhat surprised. 

 Honenhineh exclaimed : " Wu'" / A man has discovered me. I suppose 

 that he has treed a bear. Well, so be it; I will go thither." So say- 

 ing, he started down into the valley on a brisk run. As he ran along 

 he came to a ridge, or shelf, leading into the valley, and he was 

 startled by seeing pieces of Jjark fall all about him several times. 

 Stopping and raising his head to look up into a tree standing in front 

 of him, he saw a flicker, or yellowhammer, clinging to the tree trunk 

 far above the ground, looking at him. As he looked at the flicker it 

 began to sAiile at him and audibly said, " He who has the bow is 

 well known to be a fairly bad shot," and continued to smile at him. 

 Honenhineh at once strung his bow and shot an arrow at this smiling 

 yellowhammer, but the arrow flew wide of the mark, sticking harm- 

 lessly into the tree trunk. He shot all his arrows awaj' in this man- 

 ner without disconcerting the j^ellowhaminer in am' way. 



Withdrawing a short distance. Honenhineh broke his bow and 

 threw away the pieces. Then he said: " So be it. Let me pass on in 

 my way yonder." He continued onward until he reached the bottom 

 of the valley, when he stopped to look around; ahead of him he saw 

 a lodge out of which arose smoke. He resolved at once to go up to 

 the lodge and started toward it. Going along slowly, he finally 

 reached the side of the lodge, where he stood still. But he had not 

 come to a halt before he heard from within the lodge the voice of a 

 man saying to him: "My grandson, thou hast visited my lodge; 

 so come in." Honenhineh. at once obeying the summons, entered the 

 lodge. 



On Icoking around, he saw before him a young maiden seated, 

 who was engaged in weaving a pack strap from the strands of slip- 

 pery-elm bark prepared for this purpose. The man of the lodge 

 said to the maiden, "Do thou make room on thy mat for the man 

 who has entered our lodge, for you and he do now become husband 

 and wife." Complying with this request, the young maiden made 

 room on her mat for Honenhineh to sit beside her. 



