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MUSEUM BULLETIN NO. 16. 
arrived there, he stuck their heads into the ground and twisted 
their tails, thus forming the poles of the sweatlodge. Then 
he put the bark over these poles and the structure was complete. 
“As soon as everything was in readiness, his brother-in-law 
told him to place the stone in the lodge. Instead of doing this, 
however, he got up some excuse and went to see his grandmother. 
She prepared something for him, rubbed his arms with it thor- 
oughly, and told him to return to the sweatbath immediately 
and do as his brother-in-law had asked. This he did and, 
much to the disgust of the latter, the stone did not burn in the 
least. Indeed he got so provoked that he said to him ironically, 
‘You think you are a clever fellow, don't you ? I don’t want 
to take a bath at all . . . . ’ ” 
Let us also compare the episodes described on pages 11-13 
with the following elaboration. 
“They (the water-spirits) caused the water to rush out 
with them, but when it rushed up to Holy One, he would shoot 
it back with his bow and arrows and go on. Finally the 
spirits said, ‘Let us quit, as we are losing men.’ Thus they said 
after he had killed a great many of them. 
“One day the snakes began to come, but Holy One put 
on his shoes which he had kept handy, and began to step on their 
heads. Finally the snakes said, ‘Come, let us stop, for many of 
us are getting killed.’ 
“Again some time after this it began to snow, but as Holy 
One had known of this, he was prepared and had plenty of wood 
and food set aside. He was now entirely covered with snow, 
as the snow had fallen to a great depth, and he could only see 
through a little hole in the top of the lodge. This was his situa- 
tion. Finally one day the spirits said, ‘It is about time that some- 
one should go and see how he is getting along. So let us send 
our brother-in-law there! So the son-in-law who was a little 
bird went there. He came a second and a third time to see 
how Holy One was getting along. When he came the fourth 
time, he peeped in through the hole and he heard Holy One say, 
‘O my, if I could only have a little bird to eat I might be able 
to live four days longer. Why should I say that ? I have 
my bowstring still. I will eat that as a last resort.' So saying, 
