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finished, he went homeward to his lodge. He got home to the woman. And he said 
as follows: “I have brought back from my sister’s husband a boat which is in that 
place. Let some one go after it for the venerable man, your father.” And they went 
after it, and reached home with it. And his wife’s father had a boat; his wife’s father 
had it very fullof goods. And when it was night, they lay down. When they lay down, 
the man said as follows, “I will go homeward to-morrow, as I wish to see your hus- 
band’s brothers.” And the woman said as follows, “O father, he speaks of going home- 
ward. He speaks of seeing his elder brothers, hence he speaks of going homeward.” 
And the chief said, “‘They who take men for husbands always follow them. Follow 
him.” And the woman went homeward with the man. And when they lay down for 
the night on the homeward way, the man lay alone; the woman too lay alone. He never 
lay with her. 
(F. La Fléche told the following conclusion : 
The woman wondered why he did so; but he was reserving her for one of his 
brothers. So he did with the daughters of the chiefs of the third and second villages. 
But when he reached the first village, he kept the daughter of the chief as his wife, 
as she was not jealous; and, besides, he loved her. The other women were jealous. 
When he arrived at home, he gave the other women to his brothers; and so all found 
wives. The End.) 
THE ADVENTURES OF HAXIGE. 
dAGI"-NA"PAJIS VERSION. 
Haxige isan’ga ¢inké endgqtci yig¢e jugig¢a-biama. Ti" ¢e aka ‘abae 
Haxige his younger the one only dwelt he with his, theysay. His ol ea hunting 
brother who brotLer (sub. 
a¢é-hna™-biama. ,,Aqti wakide-hna™-biamad. Hgi¢e iji" ‘fe aka ytha- ine 
went regu- they say. Deer heshotat regu- they say. At length his el the feared they say. 
larly them lari y brother (sub.) 
Ni-iwagi téya nixe ké edada” wanija jin’ga uha ctéctéwa™ ca™ ¢i"é¢a-ga, 
Where they aot at the ice the what animal anil follows soever let it alone, 
water i 
d-biamé. Tji"¢e aké ‘Abae a¢d-biama. Isan’ga aka néxe ¢iz4-bi ega™ nf 
said he, they Hiselder the hunting went they say. His younger the kettle took, they having water 
say. brother (sub.) brother (sub.) say 
agia¢a-biama nixe ké’ya. Egi¢e Nuona™ na™ba ati-biamé. Nixe ké uha 
wentfor they say ice at the. At length Otter two have come, they Tee ahs follow- 
say. (ob.) ing 
wénaxi¢a-biamd isan’ga aka, ja”-jmga diga¢a a¢a-biama.  K’di ahi-bi 
attacked them theysay his younger the stick carried on he went, they say. There arrived, 
brother (sub.), his arm they say 
ega™ iti"-hna”-biama. Gan‘ki ca™ca™ wa¢i" a¢d-biamd. Egi¢e Wakan/- 
having hehit regu- they say. And without having he went,they say. Atlength |§Water-mon- 
them larly stopping them 
dagi ma”ean‘de ey4 té égihe ma*tdha agi” aki-biama. yijébe dnasa-biama. 
ster den his the headlong into having they reached home Door they shut on him, 
him they say. they say. 
