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Next they went aside to a long pile of bones and proceeded to lay 

 them in order, side by side, working at this task for a long time. 

 When they had finished, they began to push against a great elm tree, 

 while Hodadehon shouted : " The great elm is falling on them who 

 are sleeping here." Bravely they arose, all mingled together, men 

 and women, some with one arm or one leg longer than the other. 

 Then Hodadehon said : " Take courage, my friend, it seems you 

 must aid me in restoring the defective limbs of the people here." 

 At once he went to work amending the arms and legs of the people 

 who had received the wrong limbs in their resurrection. This work 

 having been finished, Hodadeiion said : " Let everyone go home to 

 the place whence he came," but all replied : " We do not know whence 

 we came to this place." Hodadehon answered: "So let it be; then 

 you must accompany us home. We will go back to that place where 

 my brother and sister abide, because that lodge in which they dwell 

 is very long, so you can live there. Come, now. let us start." 



So all departed from that place, with Hodadehon in the lead. 

 They were many nights on the way before they reached home; they 

 were many in number when they reached their destination. Once 

 there, Hodadehon said : " Oh ! my elder sister, we have now returned 

 home, and you must assign them places in the lodge, for I do not 

 know all." Thereupon she told him to make the assignments him- 

 self, so when the large pai'ty entered he walked back and forth in 

 the lodge, dividing it among them. But before making the assign- 

 ments he said : " Now, it is not right that one man should live by 

 himself and one woman by herself; hence it shall be that a man and 

 a woman shall dwell together, and they shall sleep together, and 

 they shall whisper together; they shall love each other, and thus 

 they shall be happy." 



Thus they dwell today according to the labors of Hodadehon. 



This is the length of the legend. 



118. The Legend of Gadjis'dodo' and S'hogo'^"(!wa's 



It is said that in ancient times there lived together in a very long 

 lodge two male persons. They were related one to the other as uncle 

 (mother's brother) and nephew. As such, according to the custom 

 of the times, they occupied opposite sides of the fire in the long lodge. 



For something to eat, as he grew, the nephew, who was a very 

 little boy, shot birds and other small game. 



It came to pass one day that S'hogo°"gwa's said: "Oh, my 

 nephew ! I am thankful that now you are growing into manhood. It 

 is a long time since I began to care for you. It will happen that a 

 little later on you will kill larger animals." 



