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the fat entrails of a bear.' Make haste in what you are about to do, 

 for I know that he has completed all his preparation at the lodge." 

 So the youth went forth to hunt for a wild grapevine, and found 

 one which was wound around a support. Cutting off at once what 

 he required, he began to straighten out the length. Next he fastened 

 the coils together by means of bark cords, and by rubbing it with 

 his hands and blowing on it he soon transformed the vine into the 

 fat entrails of a bear. 



Returning to the lodge, the youth addi-essed his old uncle thus, 

 " Oh, my uncle ! I return fully prepared," to which the uncle 

 answered: "So be it; you just go to the end of the lodge." The 

 nephew i-eplied : " So be it." Thereupon the uncle added : " It is 

 not certain whether I shall go now or later. But you must be in 

 an expectant mood there." Then the youth started, passing along 

 on the inside of the lodge, which was very long. When he reached 

 the end of the lodge he was surprised to see there the signs of a 

 fire, one which had burned perhaps a long time in the past. He 

 took a seat there, for he was ready for the work ahead of him. It 

 was not very long afterward when at last the old man began to 

 sing in his own place: ^^ Tu"'hen, yu"'hSn, he and I are bartering: 

 yu'^hen, thou Gadjis'dodo', thou who art a nephew, yu'^heny 

 This he repeated in a loud voice, and the song was heard by all the 

 wizards and sorcerers dwelling along the borders of the land, all of 

 whom said one to another: "Now again his intended victim is his 

 own nephew." 



Making his way up to the place where his nephew was sitting, the 

 old man said : " Now, I am come to barter." He carried in his hand 

 a piece of bark on which lay several pieces of meat. The youth 

 answei'ed: "What shall I give you?" The old man, in accordance 

 with the custom on such occasions, replied : " I can not tell what 

 it shall be. Pei-liaps j'ou have the flesh of the raccoon?" The youth 

 rejoined: "I will give it to you." The uncle answered: "No; not 

 that." The ^-outh then said: "Turkey meat; that I will give you." 

 The uncle replied: "No; not that." Then the old man again began 

 singing, " I'?<"At"n, he and I are bartering; yu"'hen, yu"'hen, thou 

 Gadjis'dodo', thou who art a nephew; yu"'hen^ yu"'hen-''^ At this 

 moment flames burst out all around the place where Gadjis'dodo' 

 was sitting. In defense, the youth said: "Z^/i', dji\ dji'. Oh, my 

 uncle ! verily, you mean the entrails of a bear, the very fat entrails 

 of a bear, which I have." As soon as he had ceased speaking, the 

 flames went down. Drawing forth the entrails of the bear (which 

 he had prepared), the youth gave them to his uncle. They ex- 

 changed the pieces of meat for the bear's entrails. The old man said : 

 " I am thankful for these." The youth then thought to himself : 

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