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“No!” said the younger; “A man who is a chief will not put on a 
blanket-robe of belly-fat.” 
“Yah, this girl is always belittling him!” she said of her sister. 
“And I suppose I should not think little of him, when he is entirely 
daft!” she answered her. 
Presently she heard the whooping, as the people danced. 
“Sister, I am going to look on!” 
“Do not!” she said to her younger sister; “We shall get him angry. 
I have no doubt that he has supernatural power, the way he is esteemed.” 
“Is it likely that one who is held in esteem would wear pieces of fat 
for his blanket-robe?” she asked her. 
“She is always belittling him, this girl, and no one else!” 
“Bosh, it is only you who hold him in esteem, that crazy-man! Please 
let me go look on, big sister.” 
“Very well. Just for a short while. You will see what he does to us, 
if he sees you!” 
“Well, I shall try not to let him see me.” 
Accordingly, she went and looked on. When she peeped in through 
the door, why, there she saw her husband being kicked about, while the 
people cried, “They are having a lot of fun with Hell-Diver!” and there 
was only his little head sticking out, for he was all covered with dirt, and 
the fat he wore as a blanket was all trodden to bits. She despised him more 
than ever. 
When Hell-Diver saw his wife peeping in, up he jumped to his feet, 
and an old woman who sat there, her he kicked and kicked, crying, “They 
are having a lot of fun with Hell-Diver!” whereupon, “Heavens, Hell- 
Diver is abusing an old woman!” the people said of him. 
That young wife ran home. 
She said, “Sister, that husband of ours must be indeed of small account, 
he whom you admire so! Come, let us be off! As for me, I hate the crazy 
fool.” she said to the other. 
“Goodness, I am sure he has manitou power! He will kill us!” 
“Is it likely he would be kicked about, if he had manitou power? He 
would not be treated that way. Because he is crazy, they use him as a 
butt,” she told the other. 
“But how can we do it?” 
“I shall take two tree-trunks,” said the younger sister. 
“Yes,” she answered. 
Accordingly, she went and got those trees and chopped them to the 
length of those women. In the place where she was to lie, the young 
woman laid the one tree-trunk. 
“Now then, there are to be many bees here! — When he uncovers you, 
that Hell-Diver, assail him in full number, and fight him! There! — Now, 
you!” she said to her elder sister. 
Over there, too, she placed a tree-trunk, and pulled the coverlets 
over it. 
“Now then, here shall be many bugs!” she said to it. 
Then, when she thus covered them, “When he lies down here, bite 
him, bugs!” she told them. 
“Now, come, sister! Let us flee!” she said to her. 
They fled. 
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