242 THE (EGIHA LANGUAGE—MYTHS, STORIES, AND LETTERS. 
had gone homeward, they went to attack him. But though they became all kinds of — 
swift animals, they did not overtake Haxige and his brother. ‘There is cause for 
anger! Make ye an effort. You will be apt to fail,” said they. They went along 
after him. It happened that Haxige, when on his way home, drew near a spring 
which boiled up repeatedly. It was in a very dense forest at the foot of a cliff, a very 
high hill, whose perpendicular surface was concave. “Do ye make an effort. You 
have almost overtaken him,” said they. At length Haxige became a bullet. He 
had gone headlong into the water, ““Te’u+.” In a moment he made himself become 
a stone beneath the water. And they went homeward, having failed in attacking him. 
Though Haxige and his brother were laid hold of, he had become a stone that was 
firm, so they failed and went homeward. ‘Come, let us quit. We have failed,” 
said they. 
As they went homeward, Haxige came out again in sight after a while. And he 
went homeward, carrying the skin of his brother on his arm. At length he reached 
home. ‘ Brother,” said he, “let us enter a sweat-lodge.” He went for four stones 
that were about one foot in diameter. Standing on a very lofty headland, he took up a 
stone. ‘‘Ho! venerable man, I have come for you to powwow.” Again he took one. 
‘Ho! venerable man, I have come for you to powwow over me,” he said. He put it in 
his robe. Again he took one, and said, ‘‘Ho! venerable man, I have come for you to 
cause a person to bathe.” When the fourth time arrived, he said, ‘Ho! venerable 
man, I have come for you, so that by means of you one person may bathe all over. 
Ho! venerable man, I have come for you that by means of you I may bathe. I have 
come for you that you may throw out from me all bad affections (or, impurities). 
May I come out in sight on many different days! On the four peaks, venerable man, 
may I come in sight with my young ones! Thou superior deity on either side, I pray 
to thee. On different days may I, with my young ones, come in sight!” he said. He 
carried them to his home. He filled the fire. ‘I will go for lodge-poles,” said he. He 
brought them home. ‘TI will make sticks for pushing the stones straight.” He placed 
them by the edge of the fire-place. (He went, too, for water.) ‘Ho! thou water, L 
have come for you to make a sacred thing of you.” He placed the water, too, at the 
door. ‘I will send the stones to you, brother,” said he, meaning the empty skin of his 
brother, which had been caused to sit inside the lodge. He pushed the stones straight 
inamoment. Heplaced them in a heap. They became very red from the heat. Hav- 
ing taken the water, he sent it very quickly into the lodge. “That water goes to you,” 
said he. ‘Ho! I will go to you,” said Haxige.. He went into the lodge. The stones 
continued red-hot. ‘‘Ho! venerable man, I have come hither in order to bathe by 
means of you,” said he. He dropped large drops of medicine on the fire. The fire 
sent out sparks. Having seized his brother, he caused him to bathe by pouring water 
on him. He made him as he had been. “That will do, younger brother,” said he. 
“Yes,” elder brother, it is enough,” said the younger brother. When Haxige let his 
brother go, the younger brother continued going on high as he went. He was a ghost. 
(This process was repeated three times without success.) At length Haxige said as 
follows: ‘Really! friend younger brother, you wish to have your own way.” In this 
manner he stood holding him and talking to him. ‘Ho! friend younger brother, you 
shall have your way. Though you shall have your way, friend younger brother, we 
shall separate,” he said. ‘‘Though the island (7. e¢., the world) be this size, as you go in 
