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all of his churn's except one which was made of very hard wood. 

 He thought, "Now I am going to shoot that star next to the moon." 

 In that spot was a large and very bright one. He shot an arrow at 

 this star and sat down to watch, when, sure enough, the star darkened. 

 Now he ])egan shooting at that star from the big piles of arrows 

 he and his chum had made, and he was encouraged by seeing that 

 the arrows did not come back. After he had shot for some time he 

 saw something hanging down very near him, and, when he shot up 

 another arrow, it stuck to this. The next did likewise, and at last the 

 chain of arrows reached him. He put a last one on to complete it. 



Now the youth felt badly for the loss of his friend and, lying 

 down under the arrow chain, he went to sleep. After a while he 

 awoke, found himself sleeping on that hill, remembered the arrow^s 

 he had shot away, and looked up. Instead of the arrows there was a 

 long ladder reaching right down to him. He arose and looked so 

 as to make sure. Then he determined to ascend. First, however, 

 he took various kinds of bushes and stuck them into the knot of hair 

 he wc^re on his head. He climbed up his ladder all day and camped 

 at nightfall upon it, resinning his journey the following morning. 

 When he awoke early on the secontl morning his head felt very 

 heavy. Then he seized the salmon berry bush that was in his hair, 

 pulled it out, and found it was loaded with berries. After he had 

 eaten the berries off, he stuck the branch back into his hair and felt 

 very much strengthened. About noon of the same day he again felt 

 hungry, and again his head was heavy, so he pulled out a bush from 

 the other side of his head and it was loaded with blue huckleberries. 

 It w^as already summer there in the sky. That was why he was 

 getting berries. When he resumed his journey next morning his 

 head did not feel heavy mitil noon. At that time he pulled out the 

 bush at the back of his head and found it loaded with red huckle- 

 berries. 



By the time he had reached the top the boy was very tired. He 

 looked round and saw a large lake. Then he gathered some soft 

 brush and some moss and lay dowii to sleep. But, while he slept, 

 some person came to him and shook him saying, "Get up. I am 

 after j^ou." He awoke and looked around but saw" no one. Then 

 he rolled over and pretended to go to sleep again but looked out 

 through his eyelashes. By and by he saw a very small but hand- 

 some girl coming along. Her sldn clothes were very clean and neat, 

 and her leggings were ornamented with porcupine quills. Just as she 

 reached out to shake him he said, ''I have seen you already." 



Now the girl stood still and said, "I have come after you. My 

 grandmother has sent me to bring you to her house." So he went 

 with her, and they came to a very small house in which was an old 

 woman. The old woman said, "What is it you came way up here 



