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By this time he felt in good health again, when for four nights his 
grandmother had fed him; he M^as quite stout by this time; he no longer 
was feeble from starvation. 
His grandmother told him as follows: “My grandson, even though I 
have taught young men in this same way, they did not follow my instruc- 
tions, and, therefore, went, one after another, to their ruin. If you heed 
my words, you will fare well; but if he dissuades you to whom you will 
come, he will destroy you,” she told him; “At any rate, carry this on your 
person,” she told him, giving him the skin of a beaver-owl; “This thing, 
my grandson, you will keep for four nights. If he does not destroy you, 
when you are sleepj^, ‘Grandfather, let me lie down a while!' you will say 
to him. If he says ‘Yes,' you will place this thing on your chest. ‘Now 
then, if my grandfather speaks to you, answer him! I shall sleep. When 
daylight is near, then wake me!’ you will say to this thing. And this,” 
she told him, “You will spread under you as you lie,” his grandmother 
told him, as she gave him her breech-clout; “Only by doing thus will you 
be able to overcome that old man. And when you are near there, as you go 
along you will pick up a stick, a stick that is not large. When you have 
slept twice on the way, you will see water. Not at all will you be able to 
see where that body of water has its end,” she told him; “And so, after 
the day is past noon, then you will have come near that lake. It will be 
level land. You will see a very small rise in the land. To it you will go; 
there you will seat yourself. When you have seated yourself, there close to 
the lake you will see a tall man come into view. He will be dressed like 
a woman. You will not see his feet. When he comes to where you are, 
‘Ha, grandson, go back home! The one you have come to fetch you may 
take home with you,' he will say to you. At that a handsome white horse 
will come forth into view. ‘There, this one I give to you. Go home!' 
he will say to you. Do you not heed his words. Say this to him: ‘It is 
not this one I desire,’ you will say to him. Then, 'Oh, yes, that is true, 
grandson!' he will say to you. He will take you back with him to the 
place from which he came. ‘Go bring the saddle, that you may ride home,' 
he will say to you, when you reach his dwelling; ‘Go, grandson, and take 
it! Go right in! It is a beaded saddle,' he will tell you. If you take it, 
persuaded by his speech, that horse will indeed come there. ‘Take him; 
saddle him,' he will say to you. When you have saddled him, ‘JMount!’ 
he will tell you; ‘Go home!’ he will tell you. If he persuades you, and you 
mount, try as you may to depart, that horse will take you off straight to 
the lake. You will not be able to manage him. In the end he will go 
under the water. You must wait for a different horse to come up from the 
water; that one will destroy you,” she told him: “Do not heed his words,” 
she told him; “Four nights you will stay there. If you heed this which I 
tell you, you will overcome him, if you stay there four nights. But when 
you are sitting on that little mound, and he comes walking to where you 
are, if then you do not heed this which I have told you, he will talk you 
into acting against your will. ‘Go ahead, walk right in!’ he will tell you. 
‘Do you enter first!’ you will say to him. If you persuade him, as he is 
about to go in, just as he enters the dwelling, with that little stick you will 
lift up his long skirt. You will see his feet. You will see that his feet are 
like a horse's. ‘Heavens! What do my grandfather’s feet look like!’ you 
will say to him. ‘What do they look like, grandson? Do you mean to 
