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entering, the host of Dehaenhyowens and his friends said to the old 

 woman : " I have brought here those pei-sons who, I said, would take 

 up their abode here when they arrived in this country. They shall 

 remain here under your care and keeping." The aged woman, the 

 mistress of the lodge, replied : " It shall be even as you have said. 

 These, my grandchildren, shall be one with me here in this lodge." 

 Then, the man who had brought the visitors there said : " Now I will 

 go away. Make yourselves at home." And he left the lodge at once 

 to attend to his own affairs. 



The mistress of the lodge said to her guests, to make them feel 

 more at home : " I am not quite alone, you see, in caring for -the 

 lodge, which is very large. The male persons who dwell here are 

 absent hunting: they will soon return for the night. I will now pre- 

 pare something for you to eat." Thereupon she set before them 

 what was ready cooked in the lodge. 



When they first entered the lodge the band of Dehaenhyowens 

 noticed that the old woman was busily engaged in making a mantle 

 for herself; at intervals she held the work up at arm's length to 

 note the effect of her labor. The visitors discovered also that human 

 hair was the material out of which the old woman was making her 

 mantle. They saw, too, that their aged hostess possessed a very small 

 cur. which lay near by on her couch. They were astonished to see 

 that, when the old woman left her work for a few moments, the 

 cur quickly arose and, going over to the place where the old woman 

 had left her hair work, began to unravel hurriedly but steadily all 

 the work that the old woman had done on her mantle. When the 

 dog had nearly unraveled all the work the old woman I'eturned to 

 continue her task. 



While the visitors were eating what the old woman had set before 

 them the male members of her household returned, each bearing a 

 bundle. On entering the lodge they said to the old woman : " We 

 have i-eturned. We were fortunate throughout the entire expedition 

 in killing much game." The mistress of the lodge said in reply : 

 " Verily, be it known that a short time ago Teharonhiawagon 

 brought to this lodge the human beings (ongwe), who. he said, 

 were coming to this country, and who, he said, would abide in this 

 lodge when they should arrive. They have arrived, and these men 

 here are tfiey. Talk with them and become acquainted with them." 

 Thereupon the men who had just i-eturned to their lodge drew near 

 the visitors and conversed' with them, saying: "We are, indeed, 

 thankful that you have arrived here safe. It is now a long time 

 that we have kept watching you on your way hither. Moreover, be 

 it known, now that \ye have seen one another, we are greatly re- 

 joiced." Then they mutually stroked one another's bodies, as was 



