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to save them. She threw a pin toward the river. She said to lier 

 husband, "Close your eyes." Their horse went across. "Open your 

 eyes!" she said, and he saw the old man on the other side and the 

 river was piling up a mountain of all those scraps of iron. (That is 

 why the mountains have iron in them.) So they went all night and 

 the next day, the third day. In the afternoon, they turned back 

 again and saw the whirlwind again. "That is my father again. This 

 is the last time." He came closer and closer. With his power he 

 made two rock mountains which they could not pass, for the moun- 

 tains came together and parted and came together again. "Close 

 your eyes!" she said, "and we wiU go through." He closed his eyes 

 and the horse ran through and they crossed the moimtain. Wlien 

 the old man got there, the mountains closed together and he had to 

 turn back. That was the last time he followed them. Soon they 

 came to the village where the young boy lived. He brought his wife to 

 his room; but they had nothing there to cook with. The girl told him 

 to he down. While he was sleeping she made her power. She built 

 up a great big house, with all kinds of foods and goods, and every- 

 thing the yoimg man might wish. (The old man had promised him 

 everything he wished.) 



When the people woke up, they saw a nice new building where the 

 poor yoimg man had lived. They were guessing about it. They 

 found out that the young boy had come back. They made friends 

 with liim. He helped aU the poor people. His wife used to work at 

 night, and sleep in the day, and he would work by day and sleep at 

 night. The people began to watch, and they found out he had a 

 wife, seemg her work at night. Some of the people went and told 

 the governor (tapude) that the boy had a wife who worked at night. 

 The governor decided to call him and look into it. He asked him 

 how it happened he had these riches and had he a wife? The young 

 boy told him everything. The people wanted him to have his wife 

 baptized. They had a meeting and called the man and asked if he 

 was willing to have his wife baptized and be a Christian? So the 

 man agreed. They appointed a day to baptize her. They called 

 the bishop, and all the priests they coidd find. They sent word 

 throughout the world that the laekurude's daughter was to be bap- 

 tized. People began to conie to the village in trains, in automobiles, 

 on horseback, in wagons, and on foot. At nighttime the girl would 

 peep out and see all the people who had come, and she said to her 

 husband, "Why are people coming in all the time?" "Our feast is 

 coming. That is why so many people are coming." At last the daj^ 

 came and the bishop and the priests began to get ready to do the 

 ceremony. About 10, before noon, pienuwanminai, they went in pro- 

 cession to the bo3''s house. Some priests went to the roof, some 

 stood at the windows and doors. The people were all around praying 



