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Now the bears had not eaten anything for a long time, and they 

 began to feel very hungry; but there was nothing in sight that they 

 could devour save the boy, so they tried their utmost to catch him, 

 and were slowly gaining on him when he remembered the blueberries 

 which his sister had given him. These he took from his pouch, and 

 threw them into the air, scattering them far and wide, and said, " When 

 you fall to the ground there shall be blueberries growing everywh re; 

 these will deliver me." When the berries fell, surely enough there 

 instantly appeared blueberry bushes laden with fruit, which caused the 

 bears to stoj). They were so eager to eat that they entirely forgot 

 the boy until they could eat no more; they then remembered what 

 they had contemplated doing when they first set out. One old bear, 

 observing dissatisfaction among his friends, said, "My brothers, we had 

 better give up the chase; the boy is merely a mystery. Let us stop 

 and live here, for here we shall have sufficient food without digging 

 for it." To this the rest of the bears assented ; so here they made their 

 home. 



Shu'nien subsequently added the following relative to the exploits 

 of the boy hunter : 



Thus ended the troubles of the boy hunter. After escaping from the 

 ana'maqkl'u he continued to travel leisurely toward Wapaka, where he 

 made a large flat-top black rock, upon which is a large three-leg bowlder, 

 called, on account of this, Asanashoqkadet. At the base of this large 

 rock is a river, called Wapa'kase'pe (Wapaka river). Another thing 

 the boy hunter made near this place. He made a long high ridge, 

 which he covered with keuushi shikepui (dwarf willows). On this 

 ridge the boy hunter also placed a large three-leg rock. 



At the mouth of the Wapa'kase'pe- — that is, where it empties into 

 Wolf river — are six tall pines, which were once people. They are called 

 Wapa'kaini'u v (Wapaka men). 



Ma'nabush had remained at the wigwam with the young girl and her 

 two elder brothers for a long time, and he it was who had aided the 

 young hunter in successfully defeating the ana'maqkl'u — both at the 

 mountain when releasing his brothers, and afterward in himself escap- 

 ing them after he left his sister. 



Ma'nabush now departed, and when he reached Ma'kiniik he made 

 a high narrow rock, which he placed leaning against the cliff. This 

 rock is as high as an arrow can be shot from a bow. At this place 

 Ma'nabush was seen by his people for the last time. Before taking 

 leave of them he said, "My friends, I am going to leave you now; I 

 have been badly treated — not by you, but by other people who live in 

 the land about you. I shall go toward the rising sun, across a great 

 water, where there is a land of rocks. There shall I take up my abode. 

 Whenever you build a mitii'wiko'mik and are there gathered together 

 you will think of me. When you mention my name I shall hear you. 



