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this manner, red men shall go and never return.” Haxige departed. At length there 
was an aged Beaver-woman making a boat. ‘Hu+!” said she, “there is a very strong 
Haxige odor.” “Old woman, there is no cause for complaint. As his brother was 
killed by the Water-monsters, that Haxige is wandering around at random, and is kill- 
ing himself by crying,” said he. ‘Old woman, are you not, indeed, making a boat?” said 
Haxige. “Yes. Have you not been hearing it up to this time?” said the old woman. 
“As his younger brother was killed, Haxige killed two of the chief Water-monsters ; 
and as they have failed to kill him, they have threatened to make the whole earth full 
of water. And I am making a dug-out for myself,” said she. He said as follows: 
“Old woman, Haxige ever wishes to have an abundance of sense. He has made a boat, 
(or, dug-out), and if he pile up wood at the bow, filling the bottom with earth, he will 
sit by a fire blazing very brightly; and seizing the animals that come floating along, 
he will continue eating them.” “Even if they fail so, they speak of making an abun- 
dance of snakes on the whole earth,” said the old woman. ‘He will put shells of red- 
breasted turtles on his feet, and will cover his hands in like manner. So when the 
snakes are coming to bite, having made thick skin for himself, he will continue to crush 
in their heads by treading on them; he will continue to step on them,” said Haxige. 
“ven if they fail so, they threaten to make darkness over the whole earth. They say 
that if he get himself into a gorge unawares, he will die from the fall,” said the old 
woman. “Old woman, that Haxige desires to have an abundance of sense. When 
he sits in a gorge, and fills it with wood, he will sit by a very good fire. What animal 
reaches him by leaping, will lie dead from the fall, and he will take it and sit eating 
it.” ‘Even if they fail so, they threaten to make a deep snow over the whole earth. 
They say that he will die from the snow that will press down on him,” said she. ‘That 
Haxige, old woman, ever desires to have an abundance of sense. Having made a 
very large grass-lodge, he will make a very high pile of wood for himself, and then he 
will make snow-shoes. What animals get buried unawares in the deep snow, having 
killed them at his pleasure, he will stand eating them,” said Haxige. ‘ What sort of 
& person are you that you despise Haxige?” he said. And crushing in her head many 
times with an ax, he killed her. And Haxige departed. Having reached home, he 
made a sweat-lodge again. They will practise again. “Shall we treat ourselves? Shall 
we work again on ourselves, younger brother?” said he, talking regularly to his own 
brother. ‘Yes, elder brother, only that,” was his younger brother saying. And having 
made the sweat-lodge anew, he worked on his own, he did very well with his own. 
Though he made the body as it had been, when he let him go suddenly, the younger 
brother went partly on high every time without treading on the ground. At length 
Haxige got out of patience with his brother. He wished to put an end to the ceremony. 
“Well, friend younger brother, you shall have your way,” said he. ‘Though the island 
(i. e., the world) be this large, they shall surely be thus, as you are. We shall change 
our forms. You shall go as a young male big wolf, with very long blue hair on the 
space between the shoulders. Well, as for me, friend younger brother, I will go as a 
very large male deer, with horns full of snags, and with hair which has been made 
yellow by heat, scattered over the forehead. Red men shall eat me. By means of me 
mouths shall be caused to move,” said he. The End. 
