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"Ah!" said the father, "that was what I was waiting for. The chief 

 of a distant vilhige sends his two daughters to see us. Run half way 

 back and see if you cau hear them again." So he went and heard again 

 the same song. 



H5-h<lm-weh, &c. 



He returned at once and told his uncle. "Now," said the old man, 

 " they are almost here. Sit down by the ashes." And he took the 

 shovel and threw ashes all over the boy's bed and put on him his best 

 feathers and astonished the boy very much by saying, "Do not look at 

 the maidens when they come in; they come to see me, not you; hold 

 your head down while they stay." 



Then they heard the song: 



Ha-hftm-weli. 

 HS-hftni-web. 

 Srft-gna-he. 



The feathers were all on his head ; still the old man repeated, "Now, 

 keep still." 



Soon the maidens arrived and the old man opened the door. The 

 younger of the two carried a beautiful basket ou her back; this she set 

 down near the old nian. The boy looked around a little, and his father 

 called out, "Dirty boy; hold your head down." The visitors looked 

 around and thought, "What a place! what a place!" "Sit down, sit 

 down," said the old man to the visitors, but although they removed the 

 blankets they stood still. So he smoked ou quietly. 



When they saw how dirty it was where the boy sat they began to go 

 arouud and clear up, and as the evening passed the lad did not kuow 

 what to do with himself. They fixed themselves a cleau bed ou the 

 other side of the wigwam. They refused to sit by the old man, and when 

 at last the boy went to sleep they lifted him out of his dirty bed, strewn 

 with ashes, and put him into their clean bed. 



In the morning the younger oue admired him and said, " What a 

 beautiful youug man!" Theu they said, "We had better cook some- 

 thing." So they cooked corn and rice, and the boy ate with them, and 

 the old father smoked. After a while he said, "Good woman ; can clean 

 up, can cook, can make good wife." Then he let the boy look up. The 

 younger visitor sang again: 



Hahiliu-weh. 

 Ha-hftra-weh. 



So the old man smoked his pipe and the sisters went back to their 

 people. Then the two lived quietly together, but the young man often 

 thought of the beautiful maidens. 



One day as they were conversing the old man said, "Now you have 

 become a young man you must go." "Which way," asked he, and the 

 uncle replied, "You must go where those youug maidens are who are 

 chief's daughters. You must have fine bows and arrows ; here they are — 

 try them before you go. They give luck in hunting." Then he looked 

 where he kept all the fine thiugs for the young warriors and dressed 



