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them for a short time. He readily consented on condition that they 

 return them within one day. So the twins soon had his eyes, which 

 they carried bade to the lodge as swiftly as their feet could take 

 them. But after inserting them into their uncle's eyeless sockets, 

 they were again disappointed to hear him say: " It is indeed too bad; 

 I can not see anything with them." So removing the eyes, the twins 

 carried them back to Ke"k'"howa, whom they thanlced for his kind- 

 ness. 



The twins were not to be easily defeated, however, in their pur- 

 pose, so they went still farther into the forest. There they met 

 Odonnyon'da' (the Eagle), and they at once asked him to lend them 

 his eyes for a short time. The Eagle readily consented to part with 

 them for a day, and in a moment the twins were hurrying homeward 

 with them. After they had placed these in their uncle's sockets he 

 told them that he could not see things clearly, merely faint outlines 

 of them. So once more they removed the eyes and gratefully re- 

 turned them to the Eagle. 



Not to be thus baffled in the attempt to enable their uncle to see 

 them, one of the lads proposed to the other that each lend their 

 uncle an eye from his own head. To this proposal the other readily 

 consented. Each of the lads having removed one of his eyes, the two 

 started for the lodge of their uncle. ^ When they reached his side 

 they placed the eyes in their uncle's head, who at once exclaimed 

 in delight : " Oh ! I can see. Oh ! I am so glad to be able to see you 

 two, ni}' nephews." Then, after taking a glance around the lodge, he 

 returned the borrowed eyes to his wonderful nephews, who said 

 to him : " We will now go away to get back your own eyes ; so be of 

 good cheer for a short time. We start now." 



But their blind uncle replied : " Knowing what I do, it seems 

 impossible for you two lads to accomplish your purpose. So take 

 courage and be brave." Then, after a moment of silence, he added 

 by way of advice: "Remember this: My eyes are partly bloodshot, 

 and they are attached to the swaddling wrappings of a female 

 child, who is still fastened to a cradle board, and whom they serve 

 as breast ornaments. The lodge in which this child may be found 

 has a fox skin as its clan mark and stands far away in cloud- 

 land. And, my nephews, no one can enter that land unseen by the 

 sleepless eyes of the grim warder, who is called Hane"hwa',''-* and 

 who on the approach of a stranger gives the alarm by three terrific 

 shouts. So have courage, my nephews." 



Undaunted, the lads left the lodge, and going to a neighboring 

 swamp they set to work industriously collecting a vast quantity of 

 swamp grass, which they placed on a large pile. When they had 

 collected a sufficient quantity they set the pile on fire, and when 

 the flames leaped the highest the lads, casting themselves into their 



