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back. And Haxige departed. He went tothe Water-monsters. At length he reached 
the hill in sight of the village. And Haxige sang the song which was the Buzzard’s. 
At length, when Haxige came in sight, they said, “Oho! This one at a short dis; 
tance, Doctor Buzzard, is coming hither.” And the chief said as follows: “Let four 
of the most stout-hearted young men walk thither. Let them place him in a robe, 
and bring him back.” And they went after him, because they thought he was the 
Buzzard. And the young men reached Haxige. Having spread out the robe, they 
said, ‘Come, venerable man, sit in it. We have come for you.” And Haxige sat in it. 
And one of the young men whispered in the ear of another, saying, ‘The Buzzard is 
a different one. I think it is Haxige.” He said it to the other, because he recognized 
Haxige. And the other said as follows, in a whisper: ‘It is the Buzzard. How could 
Haxige have come hither?” And they carried him homeward, he sitting in the robe. 
And they took him to their home unto the wounded ones. And when they reached 
their home with him, behold, they had flayed all the body of his younger brother, 
and had made a door-flap of the skin. And when Haxige stood and raised the door- 
flap, he recognized the skin of his younger brother. And when he raised it, he said 
as follows: “Alas! my dear little younger brother!” He said it to him in a very soft 
whisper, not crying out aloud. And one of the persons standing around said as 
follows: “Friend, when he raised the door-flap he said, ‘Alas! my dear little younger 
brother!’ I think that he is Haxige.” And another said, ‘Do not say it to any one. 
It is the Buzzard.” And Haxige went to the lodge. 
And when he went, he said, ‘‘Come, you shall go out of every lodge. Walk ye 
out of sight behind the hill. And go ye after water, and hang two very large kettles 
over the fire for me. When I finish powwowing over these, I will cause them to 
bathe.” And having done so, all departed. And Haxige made the iron very red-hot. 
Having done this, he said as follows: ‘I will powwow over your elder brother first. 
Lie still for the present.” ‘Come, show the wound,” he said to the elder one. And 
when he made the iron very red-hot, he thrust the iron into the hole made by the 
wound. And when he thrust it into the wound, the Water-monster said nothing but 
“Hans, hay.” ‘Lie quiet. It shall be good for you.” And he who had had the red-hot 
iron thrust into him died. And Haxige said, ‘Now! Come! Your elder brother is a 
little better, and has gone into a very sound sleep.” And after a while he did likewise 
to him. And the young one, too, died, having had the very red-hot iron thrust into 
him. And when he was dead, Haxige took a knife, and cut up the two Water-mon- 
sters. And when he finished cutting up both, he placed them in a pile in the middle 
of the lodge. And when he cut them into long, narrow strips, he filled both kettles 
very full. And so he sat boiling them. And those persons out of sight said as 
follows: “Let about two of the young men pass by that place on their way home, 
and go to look at him.” And they said, “The doctor is a very long time about it.” 
“Aha! When I said that I thought he was Haxige, you doubted me, and you said 
that he was the Buzzard,” said one. And so they sat considering who ought to go 
homeward. And one said as follows: “Grass-snake, if you go homeward he wili not 
be apt to detect you, as you are not visible. And do well, lest he detect you. Enter 
a very tiny hole, and look at him. Beware, lest Haxige detect you.” And having said, 
“Yes,” the Grass-snake went homeward. And when he reached home, he peeped 
through avery tiny hole. And Taxige detected him. “Ho! ho! Come! Come! You 
