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light the pipe. Wheu he reached the chiefs cabin he went in and the 

 Younger sister was there. She was so disappointed when she saw him, 

 she said, "This cannot be the young man." But her elder sister said: 

 " Yes, it islie. He has the fine clothes and the deer skin, and the deer- 

 skin bag, and the little birds to light his pipe." But still the younger 

 sister was disappointed, and then the people heard tliat the young man 

 they expected had come from the east and many came to see him and 

 watched all his movements. At length he got his pipe, which, when it 

 was filled, the two little birds were expected to light, but they would 

 not for a stranger, so he said it was because there were people all 

 around, and he must be alone. The older sister believed him. Then 

 he told her, too: "When I spit it makes wampum, so spread out a deer 

 skin and save my spittle." So he spat many times and she did as he 

 said and saved it up, but it never became wampum, although he did it 

 every night. Each day he went hunting, but he killed only things not 

 good to eat, and made the older sister, who became his wife, cook them. 

 The younger one, however, would never go near him. Even when he 

 commanded the little spotted deerskin bag to stand up she observed 

 that it did not obey him. 



One day she went out to the fields to husk com, and as she finished 

 her task she observed a man near a fire in the field. She drew near. 

 He was fast asleep. She gazed at his face and recognized the beautiful 

 young man, but how greatly changed! She stood for a while looking 

 at him till he awakened. "Who are you?" she asked; " whence do you 

 come? where are you going?" "I come," said he, "from the far east; 

 I came only last evening." And he related his story, and told how nicely 

 he had been started by his uncle, until she was quite satisfied of the 

 truth of his story. She did not tell him she was the daughter of the 

 chief whom he sought, but she went home and fetched food for him. She 

 laid meat and drink before him, and while he ate she returned to her 

 task of husking corn. Then she went home. The old fellow meanwhile 

 had asked often, "Where is the young sister? Why does she never 

 come to see me, or sit near whilst I smoke my pipe? May be she has 

 found for herself a sickly man out in the field." 



At last the younger sister told the young man who she was, and that 

 the old man that had robbed him was in the chiefs cabin and had all 

 his fine things ; and the young man felt better, and said," I want my 

 things back. I will make a dream. Go and tell the chief, your father, 

 that I have dreamed a dream and all the people must come to hear it, 

 and I will tell how all the things the old man has are mine, and then 

 the birds will obey, and all the things will come alive agaiu." 



Then the old chief listened to the entreaties of his yonngest daugh- 

 ter, and called a great council and the young man told his story in the 

 form of a dream, and when he spoke of the birds they came and filled 

 his pipe, and the swan skin when placed upon his head also came to 

 life, and his spittle became wampum. So the chief knew he was the 



