hoffman] THE RESURRECTION OF THE HUNTER 195 



Imi'maqki'iV, the Good Thunder ma'nidos, aud as he brought the heel- 

 bone of the right foot, Kaka'ke (the crow) took it and said, "I will 

 throw this upon the ground four times, and at the fourth time the 

 hunter will rise from the dead." Then the Crow took the bone, and 

 raising it in the air as high as he could, threw it forcibly down before 

 him upon the ground, saying. "Nano'kupa'qkweni'sita*, ai i se from the 

 dead." As the bone struck the ground, the Wolf was heard to howl. 



Again the Crow took up the bone and threw it upon the ground, say- 

 ing, "Nano'kupa'qkweni'sita v , arise from the dead." The Wolf howled 

 again. The Crow took up the bone the third time and threw it upon 

 the ground, saying, " Nano / kupa'qkweni'sita v , arise from the dead." 

 The Wolf howled louder and nearer than before, while the Crow took 

 up the bone a fourth time, and throwing it upon the ground said, as 

 before, "Nano'kupa'qkwem'sita T , arise from the dead!" As the bone 

 struck the ground, the form of the hunter appeared to them just as he 

 had been before. Then the ma'nidos flew away, glad that they had 

 restored their brother to life. 



The hunter heard the Moose women who had congregated to eat his 

 flesh, so he went near to where they were seated, and said, " Now you 

 may prepare yourselves, for in a very little while I shall destroy every 

 one of you and your people," after which he went toward his own wigwam 

 where his wife sat weeping. As he approached her, he said, " I have 

 come now; I have risen from the dead;" but his wife replied by saying, 

 "No, you are not my husband; I have been deceived before, and I will 

 not look at yon." To this the hunter answered, "Yes, it is I; I am 

 your husband," when, hearing the familiar voice, she looked to see 

 whether it was true that her husband had really risen from the dead, 

 and seeiug him before her she was overcome with joy. 



After the young wife had told her husband how the Moose folk had 

 treated her people, he became greatly angered and threatened to 

 punish them in such a mauner that the Elk people would henceforth 

 be able to live in peace. He thereupon went into the woods to select 

 willow twigs with which to make arrowskafts, and wood for a bow, 

 and another piece to furnish him with a strong warclub. He spent 

 two days in this work, and when he had finished he had four very pow- 

 erful arrows which were to render him good service. 



One day while the hunter was occupied near his wigwam he heard 

 some one coming through the brush. Looking in the direction whence 

 came the sound of cracking twigs, he saw a young Moose who had 

 come to take his wife. When the Moose saw that the hunter was there 

 and prepared to protect his wife, he ran away as fast as he could, but 

 the huuter was enraged aud immediately ran into the wigwam, grasped 

 his weapons aud followed the Moose to punish him. 



The Moose people heard that something unusual was occurring, and 

 when they saw the young Moose returning at full speed toward their 

 settlement, followed by the hunter, they realized the danger they were 



