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age (bj' telling them to persons who will pay you foi" doing so). So 

 it came to pass that as the boy became old he did not cease telling 

 legends. 



It was in this manner. When in the evening he would tell a 

 legend some brought on their backs loads of wood for fuel; others 

 brought meat ; others brought bread ; and still others brought tobacco. 

 These things were left in the lodge of the old man who had been 

 at the rock when a boy. People gave him these things to repay 

 him for telling them some legend. Many times the lodge would be 

 full of people who had come to hear him relate the legends of their 

 people. 



So it was that legends came into being, for the people of the 

 former other world were people who possessed great and powerful 

 orenda. The stories of their acts have become the legends of this 

 world. The scene of this story was laid in the former world. 



The end. 



131. The Legend of Genonsgwa *^'' 



In ancient times this event came to pass as other like things had 

 taken place. A man went out to hunt on the game preserve of his 

 jieople. 



It so happened that he camped in the night in a large forest. He 

 had four hunting dogs with him. There he made his camp and kin- 

 dled a fire for the night, and in due time the hunter and his dogs 

 fell asleep. Some time after this the dogs began to bark, and one 

 went to inform the hunter of his danger. Shaking him to arouse him, 

 it said: " I think that we shall now die; near here are men who are 

 very large in size going about stealthily. They must be, I think, 

 what are called Genonsgwa." Thus did the dog speak, and con- 

 tinuing, he said: " Perhaps there is (time) yet in which you yourself 

 may escape. As to the beast, as much as lies in our power and oppor- 

 tunity we shall attempt to prevent it from overtaking you. So you 

 must do this: You must make three torches, which you must carry 

 and which will suffice, I think, for j'our purpose in reaching the 

 place where dwell other human beings. You must do thus when you 

 see a forked branch your height above the ground ; you must insert 

 one of the torches therein as you pass along, when the torch is nearly 

 burned out ; this will become a hindrance to the Genonsgwa, for he 

 will think that you may be near at hand taking a rest and will stop 

 without fail. This will be an aid to you, for you can then gain a good 

 start on him. Then at a suitable distance you must insert another 

 one of the nearly-burned-out torches." 



At that moment he heard the dogs approach, barking, from the 

 direction in which he had come, and he fled with all possible speed. 

 When he had only one torch left he heard the barking of the dogs 



