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quarrel continually, so quarrel again ! ' Then when he saw that 

 the people were reluctant he compelled them to argue. Then they 

 disputed until their eyes bulged from their heads, their tongues 

 lolled out and flames of fire shot from gana'shoo'. So this was 

 what he saw. ' 



" Then said the messengers, ' This is the punishment reserved 

 for those who quarrel without ceasing and fail to repent.' " 



So they said. Eniaiehuk. 



section 107 



" Now they showed him another. 



" Now the punisher called out a certain woman's name saying, 

 ' Come to me, my niece/ and straightway she came. Then said he, 

 ' It was once your delight gaknowe'haat.' As he said this he lifted 

 up an object from a pile and thrust it within her. Now the object 

 was like ha'ji'no' ganaa", and it was red hot. Then she cried aloud 

 in agony and she fell with steam issuing from her body. Now 

 there were three piles of ga/naa', the first white, the second red and 

 the third black and all were ga'naa'.' So this was what he saw. 



" Then the messengers said, ' You have seen the punishment of 

 the immoral woman.' " 



So they said. Eniaiehuk. 



section 108 



"Now they showed him another. 



" Now the punisher called out in a loud voice saying, ' My 

 nephew, come hither,' and the man stood before him. ' Now, 

 nephew, play your violin as was once your delight.' The punisher 

 handed the man a bar of hot iron and forced him to rub it upon 

 his arm. So he played and the cords of his arm were the strings 

 of the instrument and made the music. So in great agony he 

 cried and screamed until he fell. 1 



" Then said the four messengers, ' You have seen the punish- 

 ment of the man who failed to repent.' " 



So they said. Eniaiehuk. 



section 109 



" Now they revealed another. 



" Now the punisher called out in a loud voice and commanded 

 two persons to appear before him. Now when they stood before 



1 The pagan Indians detest the " fiddle " and " fiddle dances " as things of 

 great evil and assert that they produce as much wickedness as drunken- 

 ness. 



