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dee from this place, for lio has now kiUed them all, my dogs. He is 

 indeed a great sorcerer." At once S'hagowenot'ha ran toward the 

 canoe landing, which was some distance away. 



In the meanwhile the young man, who was on the alert, saw his 

 opportunity, and arising from his place of concealment in the sand, 

 he went to tlie shore of the lake. Pushing the canoe into the water, 

 he called loudly, " Do you come hitlier, my servants, you wild geese." 

 The geese with the sound (lauu'' all came to the side of the canoe and 

 at once attached themselves to it. Then the young man, boarding 

 the canoe, said to the wild geese, his servants: "Let us go back to 

 the place whence we started, and you start at this time." Obeying 

 his command, the wild geese at once began to paddle and the canoe 

 moved swiftly in the water, the paddling of the wild geese sound- 

 ing sm', su\ a'w', sm'. 



When S'hagowenot'ha reached the shore and found the canoe mov- 

 ing away with the young man in it, as its master, he called out to 

 him : " Oh, my brother ! Turn back hither. I had come back here 

 after you, be it known to you." To this appeal the young man paid 

 no attention, for he had been thoroughly informed of the character 

 of his enemy by his uncle. So he kept on his way. He tauntingly 

 said, for the benefit of his enemy, to the monsters of the deep : " I 

 devote food to all of you who live on meat — to you who live in the 

 depths of the lake." Hearing this, these watery monsters rejoiced 

 and were happy, for they desired meat, on which they fed. In their 

 glee they uttered the sounds, Ilhi, hist, hist, hist, hai, hai, hai. 

 Then S'hagowenot'ha again called to the young man: "Oh, my 

 brother! have mercy on me; take pity on me and turn back. Is it 

 not possible for you to agree to turn back and come to me? I am 

 indeed not S'hagowenot'ha ; I am only a servant to him. He, of 

 course, is at his home." 



The young man, however, did not answer this appeal of his great 

 enemy, but said to the wild geese which were propelling his canoe: 

 " (lo directly to the place whence you started." The young man 

 and his geese arrived at the landing place, at their home, just as 

 day was dawning. After landing, he said to the wild geese: "My 

 servants, you may now go to seek for your food." Thereupon they 

 Hew away with the sound c/om/I". He had already said to the geese: 

 '' Hurry back as soon as I recall you." Drawing the canoe ashore, 

 he departed. Climl)ing the steep bank and going aside a short dis- 

 tance, he came to a lodge, which he entered. Within he found a very 

 young woman. As he entered the lodge, without his garments, the 

 woman arose, and going forward, embraced him, saying: "You are 

 indeed in a wretched situation here. I am your younger sister, for 

 verily your uncle is one who is called Okteondon." The young 

 man answered lier: "He is, indeed, my uncle, as you say." She con- 



