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conscntefl to have his body and being refitted went forward to him. 

 Then the host phiced the man on the outspread piece of bark, while 

 the hitter's three companions intently watched him in what he was 

 doing to their companion; and they saw him begin his work. Hav- 

 'ng taken apart the fleshly body of their companion, and unjoinied 

 all his skeleton, he laid each sevei'al piece aside. And then he took 

 each of the pieces, each one of the joints of the bones, and wiped it 

 very carefully. He soon completed his task, washing all. 



He then began to join together all the bones and all the portions 

 of flesh in their proper relations. As soon as he had completed his 

 task he said to his guests: "Now I have refinished this work. What 

 is solely of the other world has been removed, for what is of the 

 earth earthy is out of place here. Now, my friend, arise again." 

 Then the man whose body and being had been remodeled arose, and 

 he stood erect and cast his eyes around him. His host said to him, 

 "Like unto what is your life as you now feel it? Do you feel dif- 

 ferent from what you were before I remodeled your body and being?" 

 To this the renewed man replied : " The conditions of my life are 

 such that I feel immeasurably better, and happier than I did before." 

 His host said to him, "If this be, indeed, true, make the attempt to 

 overtake and seize that deer standing yonder in the distance. When 

 the remodeled man started toward it the deer at once fled in terror. 

 The man ran swiftly in pursuit, and the deer had not gone very far 

 before he overtook and seized it. On bringing it back to the place 

 where his host stood, the latter said to him, " Now, assuredly, your 

 life has become a new thing — you have acquired the life of this 

 country." 



The remaining three of Dehaenhyowens' partj\ seeing how desir- 

 able was the change brought about in the body and life of the other 

 by having him remodeled, said, " We, too, wish to have the same 

 changes made in us as were brought about in the body and life of our 

 companion. So we ask that the same be done for us, too." 



Then the host of the band of Dehaenhyowens proceeded to renew 

 and remodel the bodies and the lives of the three who had last re- 

 quested him to do so. When he had completed this task he said to 

 them as their friend, " Now, I have recast all your lives : I have 

 finished everything that concerns and fits them for this country. We 

 will now start to go to the lodge, where you shall remain while you 

 are in this country as your home." 



So the band of Dehaenhyowens and their host started. They 

 walked leisiu-ely along, noting the many strange things which at- 

 tracted their attention on every side. They had not gone far before 

 they reached a very large lodge, into which their host led the party; 

 here they saw a very old woman who presided over the lodge. On 



