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ing that the youth had overcome the oreiula of his uncle. Thus spake 

 the great wizards. 



Having returned the ninth time to the doorway, the old man's 

 nephew asked again, " Lo, my uncle! are you still alive?" Receiving 

 no reply, he looked down on the upturned face and saw that his 

 uncle's ej-es were frozen hard. Thereupon, he exclaimed, " Now, Oh, 

 my uncle ! you will enjoy the bark sledge," and without any hesita- 

 tion he started on the tenth circuit. Exerting all his speed and 

 strength, he sped to the end of the lodge, the sledge flying high in 

 the air with the great speed, turning over and over in its course. 

 Turning away from the lodge, the j'outh with a mighty effort swung 

 the sledge far off to one side and let it strike the ground, where he 

 left it. It was so cold that when the sledge struck the ground there 

 was only a crackling of ice. 



Then the youth, Gadjis'dodo', returned to the lodge in which his 

 sister was still fastened in her case of bark. When she saw her 

 brother entering the lodge she smiled, and said, " Oh, my elder 

 brother! I am thankful that we both are still alive, having gone 

 through what we have." The brother, taking up the bark case, 

 placed it on his back, carrying it with the forehead strap. Then 

 the two went to the place where their other uncle's skull protruded 

 from the ground. 



Having arrived there, this uncle said, " Well, my nephew, what 

 came to pass? " Gadjis'dodo' replied: "Verily, I have ovei'come his 

 orenda — Uie evil potency of my old uncle, who is now no more. Let 

 us all go back to the lodge." Reaching down, he drew his uncle up 

 and caused him to stand, and he stroked his body in order to restore 

 his flesh, which had been withered by the magic power of his evil- 

 minded brother. When he had accomplished this task, the j'outJi 

 said, " Now let us return to the lodge." 



Having arrived there, the youth unbound his sister and disengaged 

 her from the bark case. Then he stroked her body to restore it to 

 its normal size — to the size of a normal woman. When this task was 

 accomplished Gadjis'dodo' said : " We now are again united in our 

 full number. W^e shall remain here in our lodge in peace and con- 

 tentment, for he who was in his time a mighty sorcerer has de- 

 parted." 



There, in that lodge, they dwell to this day. This is the end of 

 the legend of Gadjis'dodo' and S'hogo""gwa's. 



119. The Legend of Deodyatgaowex 



In the long ago, in the times of the elder people, there lived in the 

 land toward the place of sunrise a wonderful tribe of human beings, 

 at a place called Dyohnyo'.vanen (at the Great Lowland). 



