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first, whereupon he walked out to the yard, lay down, and died. This proved 
how much the dog loved his master because, if the man had eaten first, he 
would have been the one to perish. After the people learned what had hap- 
pened to this hunter, they selected certain men to investigate and they went 
to the place where the man had camped, but could learn nothing. 
Another time two men made arrangements to go on a hunting trip. They 
set out and travelled for several days before making a permanent camp. After 
they had been there for some time the actions of one of them excited sus- 
picions in the other. He would go out hunting and not come back until late 
at night and sometimes he would not return until next day. At last his com- 
panion inquired of him the reason for this but, getting no satisfactory reply, 
he meditated how he should discover what was wrong. So one morning, when 
his companion started out, he followed him stealthily and saw him enter a cave 
in the side of a mountain. He followed him through this and discovered that 
beyond it, under a water hole near some rocks, lived two young women, with 
one of whom the first hunter had taken up. The second hunter wanted to 
speak to the other woman but could not get a chance and therefore returned 
to his camp. When the first man returned, the other asked him a second time 
about his doings, and now the man related everything because he knew what 
his friend had learned. He also told him he could get the second girl if he 
wanted her. The man answered that he would do anything to accomplish if, 
and so his comrade directed him to go into the cave and wait there. Several 
terrible creatures would come toward him, but he must not run away. The 
man obeyed these instructions and stood his ground against the fearsome be- 
ings who presented themselves until something which seemed to be Thunder 
came when he became terrified and ran out. If he had remained, the woman 
would have come last of all. In this way he lost his chance of getting her and 
after a time wished to return home. His companion, however, was unwilling to 
leave his wife, so the two stayed on together for a longer period, indeed for 
about a year. At the end of that time the unmarried Indian said, “I am going 
home to my own country,” but still the other would not consent to leave and 
the first man remained with him. At last some of their relatives set out to 
search for them and came to the place where they were living. They asked 
why the hunters had not returned and were told that it was because one of 
them had taken a certain woman. They would not believe the story at first 
until they had been shown the woman living under the water-hole by the 
rocks, after which they returned home. 
STORY OF THE ROLLING PEOPLE (IMATONOHA’) 
There was a peculiar people whose house name was Imatondha’ (“to them 
rolling’). They were a peculiar people, indeed, different from all others. 
Their customs and habits were such that they did not ordinarily want others 
to know anything about them, but when their property was in danger they 
did not care, so the other people thought they would see what would happen 
if they were molested. 
These people had a prophet on whom they depended for advice, and they be- 
lieved, if they took it, their property would be protected from their enemies, 
while those who were disobedient would lose it. When they were first told 
that plans were being made to get rid of them, they forgot about their prophet 
and began to make preparations for their safety without regard to him. But 
presently one among them remembered the prophet and they sent for him. He 
understood what they wanted to know and informed them, and they were saved 
by taking his advice. But some would not believe him and had their property 
destroyed. G 
