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such a way that his mouth was not entirely covered with the sand, 

 so he was able to breathe without much difficulty. He thus waited 

 patiently many long hours, knowing from his uncle's counsel that 

 he had to contend with a crafty old cannibal, who was a past master 

 in deluding his victims into a false feeling of security, the more 

 easily to destroy them at his leisure. 



It was some time after midnight when the alert joung man heard 

 pecidiar sounds approaching the island. He was not long in recog- 

 nizing the voices of the wild geese that had propelled the canoe which 

 had left him a prisoner on the island. He heard also the then distant 

 yelps of impatience of the dogs as they hungrily anticipated a bloody 

 meal when the}' should reach the island. They wei'e eager to pursue 

 their prey, for they well knew the habits of their master. Finally 

 the attentive ears of the young man heard the sounds which told 

 him of the landing of his pursuers; and it was not long before he 

 heard Siiagowenot'ha saying to his dogs: " Go you to find the person 

 of the man. It may be that he lies now somewhere a heap of bones.*' 

 Then after releasing the dogs the old man shouted, ctuif'^ gtud''\ 

 gfud'',''^ signifying, "Go, go, go ye" (usually applied only to dogs, 

 much like the familiar "sick'em" in English). 



With their keen noses the dogs soon took up the tangled trail of 

 the young man, and followed it from place to j^lace over the entire 

 island. S'hagowenot'ha was overheard by the young man to say to 

 the wild geese : " My servants, do you now go to seek for your food," 

 at which command they flew away. Thereupon S'hagowenot'ha fol- 

 lowed his dogs in the direction they had taken. Just then he heard 

 m the distance the barking of the dogs, Wau, wmi, 'wcm,, as they 

 seemed to say. When the old man arrived near the place where the 

 dogs were barking, he heard one of them burst out, crying, Kv:rn\ 

 hwen\ kwen''. Having arrived there, he found one of the dogs lying 

 dead from the effects of an arrow which had fallen down its throat. 

 S'hagowenot'ha was grieved to lose one of his dogs, which he highly 

 valued, and he exclaimed : " Oh ! it is discouraging. It would seem 

 that his bodj' is, indeed, in a measure possessed of orenda." In a short 

 time he again heard in the distance the barking of his dogs, and he 

 at once started on the run toward the place. On drawing near the 

 place he again heard one of the dogs utter loud cries, Kwen\ kweu', 

 hwen^. Once more lie found one of his dogs lying there, also with an 

 arrow protruding out of its mouth, into which it had fallen from the 

 second doll in the tree. Again the old man loudly exclaimed, " Oh ! 

 discouraging, discouraging, is this. He is, I think, somewhat of a 

 sorcerer." By that time the last dog was heard barking in the dis- 

 tance and the old man started on the run for the place. As he neared 

 the spot, he heard the last dog crying Kwen!', kioeiV, kwen''. There- 

 upon fear came over the old cannibal, who exclaimed : " Now I shall 



