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the fire, at the same time saying : " What is the use of my holding it 

 somewhere else when I myself am hungry." Of course the youth fell 

 into the fire on his elbows, and on jumping out he was all covered 

 with hot coals and ashes. Going aside, he took a seat there. Then 

 S'hogo""gwa's began to eat. When he had finished, he remarked to 

 hirtiself, ''I think I will save some of this for another time"; so he 

 put some of the food in a high place. The youth, his nephew, began 

 to weep, saying: "Perhaps he will kill me; I think it possible." 



The next morning the old man again spoke to his nephew, saying: 

 " Oh, my nephew ! do you arise. It is the custom for game animals 

 to be found in the open places very early in the morning." Quickly 

 arising from his bed, the youth at once made the necessary prepara- 

 tions, and after finishing these, he started out to hunt. Once more 

 he directed his course toward the place where the skull of his uncle 

 protriKled from the ground. On arriving there, his uncle addressed 

 him : " Well, my nephew, what came to pass? " The youth answered : 

 "I kept repeating the name 'raccoon' as I went along, and when 

 I had reached a point quite near the lodge I just whispered the 

 name to myself, saying ' Raccoon, raccoon, raccoon.' But at the very 

 doorway I caught my foot in an obstruction, and the body of the 

 animal fell into the lodge and I with it. At that moment my uncle 

 asked me, ' What is the name of the game you are bringing home 

 killed ? ' Of course, I did not remember anything whatever about 

 the name of the animal, so I answered him, ' I do not know.' To this 

 the old man replied, ' Quickly hand me the body of the animal, for 

 you do not know its name; and it is well known that raccoon is its 

 name.' " Then the man whose skull protruded from the ground 

 said : " Oh ! how unfortunate it was that stumbling against an ob- 

 struction and falling down caused you to forget the name of the 

 animal. Exert yom-self to the utmost. Be brave. Your only safety 

 consists in remembering the names of the animals that you may 

 kill. You must remember at all times these names. Now, then, go 

 to that place there in the distance where turkeys abound. One of 

 them you must kill; and when you have killed it, you must pass 

 by this place on your way home." As directed, the youth went to 

 the place designated by his uncle, and there he killed a turkey. Then 

 he returned to the spot where his uncle's skull protruded from the 

 ground. To encourage him his uncle said : " Be brave and exert 

 yourself to the utmost. This time you must remember the name of 

 this game bird. It is called a turkey. As you are going along 

 homeward, you must keep saying. 'Turkey, turkey, turkey'; and as 

 soon as you arrive near the lodge you must set your feet down care- 

 fully as you walk, and must go along whispering the name to your- 

 self, 'Turkey, turkey, turkey.'" 



