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When this had been accomplished the boy continued his journey 

 until he came to the fork of the trail. Here he stopped for a moment 

 to decide which one of the two branches he should follow. Seeing the 

 suowshoe tracks on the right, he took the trail in that direction, and 

 presently espied the bushes where the bears used to secrete themselves. 



Now it happened that the Bear chief knew what was transpiring, 

 and when he found that the boy was going in pursuit of his lost broth- 

 ers he sent a very small bear servant to the bushes to await the boy's 

 coming and to endeavor to cause him to traverse the trail to the moun- 

 tain where the ana'maqki'ii dwelt. 



As the boy reached the brush his little dog ran toward it and began 

 barking, whereupon the little bear ran out and away for his home as 

 fast as he could. 



The dog followed the bear, and the boy followed his dog onward 

 and onward until the large mountain, the wigwam of the Bear chief, 

 appeared in sight. The snow was wet and heavy, and the thong of 

 the boy's right snowshoe became so loose that it finally broke, com- 

 pelling the boy to stop to repair it. By the time this was doue the 

 little bear and the dog got so far ahead of him that he could hear the 

 barking but faintly. While the boy ran he said to his snowshoes, "Now 

 we will have to hurry or we shall lose both the bear and the dog." The 

 snowshoes continued to sing like the dodo'pa and the kukii'kuii, one 

 saying "te-e-e-e-e-e', te-e-e-e-e-e'," and the other "kii-u-ii-u-u-u', hii-fi u- 



U.-U-U'." 



The sister of the Bear chief, who had had compassion on the elder 

 brothers of the boy, now smiled at the curious sight when she saw him 

 coming toward her brother's wigwam with singing snowshoes, for she 

 could see and hear all this although she dwelt in the mountain. 



The little boy continued to run after his dog, but the mountain had 

 opened to receive the little bear, when the dog also entered in pursuit. 

 When the little boy reached the base of the mountain he heard the 

 barking ahead of him, but thought the dog had crossed over to the 

 other side, so he continued until he reached the opposite base of 

 the mountain. Then, stopping to listen, he heard the barking behind 

 him, so he ran back to the other side searching for his dog. 



But the sound proceeded again from the direction whence he had just 

 come ; therefore he started to return, but becoming tired he halted an 

 instant after he had reached the summit of the mountain, when he heard 

 the voice of the dog beneath him. He knew then where he was, and 

 calling out to the Bear chief, said, "Let my dog out; I want him!" 

 Hearing no response, he again called out to the ana'maqki'ii, "Let my 

 dog out; I waut him! If you do not, I shall destroy your wigwam!" 

 As the Bear chief did not respond to this demand, the boy descended 

 the mountain, and drawing one of his arrows pointed it at the base of 

 the height and shot through it. This set the mountain afire and 

 destroyed it, as well as the Bear chief and his servants. But the sister 



