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come so far to invite me." lie sent one of his men through the village 

 to announce that he was going to have a feast for the people who had 

 come after him. Wlien this was over, he said to his visitors, "You 

 will stay here with us for four days." 



Many people had volunteered to go on this expedition, because 

 they thought that if they were swallowed they would see those who 

 had been lost before, and they looked for them all of that time, but 

 in vain. At the close of the fourth day the GonaqAde't said, "We 

 will start off very early in the morning." ^Vlien they got close to the 

 host's village, however, it rained hard, and they thought they would 

 not be able to dance in it. Seeing that it did not let up, they said to 

 the GonaqAde't, "Haven't you a shaman among you! Now is the 

 time to get help from your shaman. He ought to make it stop rain- 

 ing." They employed him, and he made the rain stop l)y summoning 

 his spirits. All this time the people who had invited the GonaqAde't 

 were very silent, and only he knew what was the matter with them. 

 As they were now very close to the towm, they sent one canoe thither 

 to make it known that the GonaqAde't's people were encamped close 

 by, ready to come to the village. The chief told his people to get a 

 quantity of wood and take it to those he had invited, because they 

 were to stay there another day. All in the village were anxious to 

 do this, because they thought that the}^ would see the chief's nephews. 

 As they went along they said to one another that they would look for 

 the chief's eldest nephew, whom they expected to see dressed in his 

 dancing clothes. But, when they arrived at the camp, they were 

 disappointed. 



Next morning all of the GonaqAde't's people started for the village, 

 and, when they arrived, they were asked to stop their canoes a few 

 feet ofl' so that the village people could dance for them. Then the 

 village people came down close to their canoes and danced. After- 

 ward the GonaqAde't's people danced. The GonaqAde't himself 

 always led, wearing the same hat with jointed crown. 



Next day the village people danced again, and, after they were 

 through, the chief said that his guests would have to fast. So they 

 fasted all that day, and very early in the morning the GonaqAde't 

 got up and told his people that they must sit up in bed and sing before 

 the raven called. This they had to be very particular about. Then 

 the village chief sent to the different houses to announce that the 

 GonaqAde't and his people were to eat, and he gave them food that 

 day. They danced for three days and feasted for the same length of 

 time. The fourth day the village chief invited the GonaqAde't's 

 ]ieople in order to give them property. He gave more to the Gona- 

 qAde't than to all the rest. That was his last feast. The evening he 

 finished it he felt sad, and he and all of his people w^ere very quiet 

 because they had not yet seen his nephews. He said to himself, "I 



