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great feast in readiness for tliem. Then she bade them farewell, with 

 the assurance of returning to them again in the evening. 



True to her word, at evening she reappeared, bringing with her a skin 

 jug, from which she poured out some liquid into a horn cup, and bade 

 them each to taste of it. At first they feared to do so, but at last yield- 

 ing they began to feel very strong. She then informed them that they 

 had a long journey to make that night. Again they followed her, and in 

 the early morn arrived at a great plain, where she bade them rest again 

 for the day, with the exception of a few warriors who were to be shown 

 where they could fine plenty of game. Two of the warriors had accom- 

 panied her but a short distance when they encountered a herd of deer, 

 of which she bade them kill all they wished in her absence, and then, again 

 promising to return at night, she took leave of them. At night-fall she 

 returned, saying her own chief would soon follow her to explain to them 

 how they could reach their own homes in safety. In a short time he ar- 

 rived, with a great number of his race, and immediately all held council 

 together and informed the Indians that they were now in the territory of 

 the pigmies, who would teach them a sign, already in the sky, which 

 would be to them a sure guide whenever they were lost; and the pigmies 

 pointed out the pole star and told them that in the north, where the sun 

 never goes, while other stars moved about, this particular star should 

 stand still, as the Indian's guide in his wanderings, and that they were 

 then but to follow its light and they would soon return to their tribe, 

 where they would find plenty of game, &c. 



Then ihey thanked the good pigmies, and traveled every night until 

 they arrived safely in their homes, where, when they had recounted all 

 their adventures, the head chief called a meeting of all the tribes and 

 said they ought to give this star a name. So they called it ti-yn-son-da- 

 go-§rr (the star which never moves), by which name it is called unto 

 this day. 



