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must eat,” said he, when he discovered him. When the Grass-snake desired to go to 
his home, he feared him. And as Haxige said, ““Come,” the Grass-snake went thither. 
And Haxige said, “Lie there by the edge of the fire-place. When you eat, you shall 
depart very full. When you eat and depart, you shall say, ‘It was Haxige, and he 
has killed both of the Water-monsters.”” And Haxige took a piece of fat meat and 
put it ina bowl. And he made a strip of fat meat about two feet long. And he said, 
“Bolt it down. Let it appear out of the mouth this far (#. ¢., about an inch)” And 
the Grass-snake arranged the piece of fat meat so as to have it stiek out of his mouth. 
And as the Grass-snake had no hands, he could not pull out his fat meat. When the 
Grass-snake departed, he barely reached the people. At the same time that the Grass. 
snake departed, Haxige wint homeward. Having seized his younger brother, he fled 
homeward. And it was difficult for the Grass-snake to speak. When he said, 
“Haxige, Haxige,” he spoke in a very faint voice. When he arrived very near to 
the people, they thought that he was very far away. Said they, “That Grass-snake 
says, ‘Haxige’” And when they sought for him, behold, the Grass-snake had come 
very close to them. ‘Ho! ho! It is the Grass-snake, but he has a piece of fat meat 
very tight in his throat,” said they. And they pulled it out for him. And the people 
went homeward to the village. And when Haxige went homeward, there was an 
aged Beaver-woman. And Haxige said, “Old woman, what are you about?” “Yes, 
grandchild,” said she, “Haxige has killed two of the Water-monsters, consequently 
they have taken me as a servant.” And he said, “Old woman, what work that you 
can do has led you to join the party?” “Yes, grandchild, they threaten to make a 
flood on Haxige. When Haxige, in consequence of it, sits in a boat, they say that I 
am to gnaw a hole in it, and so I have joined them.” “Old woman, even if it be so, 
Haxige will sit in the boat, and will get along very well at any rate.” ‘“* And, more- 
over, even if they fail at this, grandchild, they threaten to make darkness over the 
whole earth,” said she. ‘Old woman, even if so, Haxige will sit in a gorge, in a deep 
hollow. As he sits in the hollow, he will be eating the animals which die from falling 
into it.” ‘Besides, grandchild, even if they fail with the darkness, they speak of 
making an abundance of snakes,” she said. ‘Old woman, even if so, Haxige will 
make paws of turtle shells, and he will walk treading on the heads of the snakes in 
all places.” And then having said, “Old woman, what sort of person are you that 
you hate Haxige?” he crushed in her skull with several blows. And he went home- 
ward. Haxige went homeward, and when he reached home, he made a very small 
lodge. Having transported so many stones of a certain size, he made a sweat-lodge. 
And having placed the skin of his brother in a sitting position on one side, he sat on 
the other. And having made the stones very red-hot, he sat pouring water on them; 
he made the small lodge very hot. He did thus for four days. On the fourth day he 
made his brother return to life. His younger brother was alive. And he said, ‘‘ Ho! 
friend younger brother, as I was very desirous for you to be alive, I have made you 
alive. But let us separate. And I, friend younger brother, will be a big- wolf. And 
you, friend younger brother, shall depart as a young male deer.” The End. 
