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tlii'ough in several places, as it was impossible for her to pass this 

 obstruction. Next she ran along the side of the cliff, saying: "We 

 have never heard of a rock cliff' that extends across the world." But 

 after going a long distance the bear, becoming weary, returned to 

 the spot where the track of tiie young man disappeared under the 

 cliff. There she stopped for the night. In the morning there was 

 no rock cliff to be found, Avhereupon the great bear said: " How ex- 

 ceedingly distressing this is." At once placing her paw on the track 

 made by the young man. she added : " Indeed, he is a mighty wizard." 

 At this the fugitive reeled and staggered, and the old woman in the 

 form of a great bear again pursued him. 



He had not gone very far when suddenly he heai'd ahead the sing- 

 ing of a man: AgadffddjOn.'n'i.ga so'djV en" agwas' deiodi''d'det. 

 "^VTien the young man came up to him the singer said : " My dear 

 nephew, have courage. I shall detain the monster with difficulties. 

 It has not been long since your younger sister passed here, and now 

 there is nothing intervening. So have courage. Your mother's lodge 

 stands not far from here." 



So the young man passed on. The man who had been singing set 

 up many pikes, and when he had finished his work he was surprised 

 to see coming toward him a great beast. Soon the bear came up to the 

 place where he set his pikes and assaulted them with great force. 

 These gave way to a small extent, whereupon the two, the great bear 

 and the man, who had now assumed his true character, grappled. In 

 their long struggle the pikes were broken, and the great bear, at once 

 fi'eeing herself, again ran onward. 



Suddenly the young man saw running ahead of him his sister, who 

 was nearly exhausted. Overtaking her, the young man said to her 

 after seizing her arm: "Have courage, my younger sister. We are 

 to die perhaps, I think." 



They lost no time but at once fled. They went a long distance be- 

 fore they stopped to camp for the night. In the morning he said : 

 " We will take this direction." Having cut a rod of red willow he 

 struck the dog with it three blows. At once the animal became very 

 small and he placed it in his bosom. 



At the point toward which they were running they suddenly saw 

 what seemed to be a rock cliff', in which was an open cavern. Out of 

 this a female personage was looking and saying: "Have courage, 

 my children. You two will live if you will come in here." At that 

 time the brother was dragging his sister along, so exhausted had she 

 become. As they came to the entrance to the cavern the woman 

 thrust out her hand, and seizing the arm of the young woman, helped 

 draw her into the cavern, while the young man also enterecL The 

 woman exclaimed : " I am thankful that you two have returned alive. 

 That animal which is coinin<i on the I'un shall suffer for this." 



