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that the place became lighter.""* The man came directly to the 

 mouth of the cavern and then returned to the lodge. He told the 

 women that the scent in the entrance was not that of smoke but of a 

 human being. 



Again the two women came forth, this time to find the som-ce 

 of the human odor that scented the cavern's mouth. They were 

 not long in discovering the man, who had seated himself near 

 the entrance. Approaching him, the elder woman said: "Whence 

 have you come, Human Being ^ " In reply the man said : " I came in 

 here to conceal myself from my enemies. All my people have been 

 killed in a day." The elder woman answered : " We invite you to our 

 home. Will you not come home with us?" The man replied: "I 

 willingly accept your invitation. I will go home with you. Let us 

 start now." 



In a short time they reached the lodge, and on entering it the 

 brother of the two women greeted the man, saying: "Be of good 

 cheer. Fear not. No harm will come to you. You shall not suffer 

 any want. You shall marry my elder sister, and there is plenty of 

 food in this lodge and in our store-cache." The fugitive was greatly 

 delighted with his reception, and he informed the man that he agreed 

 to the proposals made to him by his host, and he took up his abode 

 there with these three people. 



The bridegroom was indeed very happy, for he kept saying: " I am 

 very happy, for my wife loves me. I am indeed glad to be here in 

 this place with you." It was not long before he and his loving wife 

 were blessed with an infant son. They all lived in comfort and 

 amity. 



When the man had lived in this place about 15 years and had 

 become the father of a number of interes-ting children, his brother- 

 in-law one day said to him : " The time has now arrived when you 

 should return to the place whence j'ou fled to this cavern home; 

 and when you depart you should take back with you your wife and 

 your children. They are now your own people, although they are 

 of our blood too." 



After making the necessary preparations by packing up their 

 small belongings, the man with his wife and children bade their 

 kindred farewell and started for their future home. Passing through 

 the mouth of the cavern they emerged into a dense forest of large 

 trees, in which there were here and there bare tracts. In this region 

 the husband and father found much game, consisting of deer, bear, 

 wild turkeys, partridges, quail, rabbits, elk, moose, and many other 

 animals which served as food. When they had erected a camp in a 

 sheltered place in the forest the father spent his time in hunting 

 to support his famil}'. As he went from place to place through the 

 forest he met a number of other hunters, whom he invited to visit 



