128 TRUE STORIES OF THE HEAVENLY BEINGS. 
next night. The next night the young woman told the young man to 
come to the first post in the lodge. There he remained over night. 
The next night she told him to approach the fireplace, as there was a 
kettle on the fire. She told him to dip up some meat and-eat, and when 
he had had enough to put the meat back on the fireplace. Every night 
the girl would invite the boy to move nearer to her. At last the boy 
went up to where she was sitting, but she told him not to touch her. 
She said that her dead relatives would not consent to have him touch 
her yet. She made him get into the bed and lie there. She told him 
that there were some things which were to happen and if he was brave 
and did not run away he might he able to keep her as his wife. She told 
him that she was not a real thing; that she might disappear at any time; 
but if he would do everything as she said, she thought that perhaps he 
would be able to keep her. 
One night the girl told the boy to watch, as something was going to 
happen, and not to be afraid. In the night the boy heard drumming 
in the village. He also heard shouting, yelling, and singing. In the 
lodge there was fire in the fireplace and the fire never went out. The 
fire was kept up by the dead people. The fire burned low. When the 
drumming came near he heard a lot of little children running ahead of 
the drummers and they all rushed into the lodge. He heard the chil- 
dren talking and playing and they seemed to seat themselves around in 
the lodge. The drummers came into the lodge and the girl said: ‘‘ When 
these people cease dancing here they will say that they have smoked 
and you must say ‘Nawa.’”’ The invisible people came in and danced 
and after a while the leader of the dance said, ‘‘Now we have smoked.” 
The young man said ‘‘Nawa.’’ Then the children seemed to rush out of 
the lodge, though he could not see them; then the dancers went out. 
The next night the drumming sound was again heard, only a little earlier. 
The sound came into the lodge and the boy could see the feet of the 
children as they rushed into the lodge. Next came the dancing and 
drumming and as the dancers circled around the fireplace he could see their 
feet. They danced for some time and then the leader of the dance said, 
‘“We have now smoked,’’ and the young man said ‘‘Nawa.”’ Then he 
saw the feet of the children rushing out of the lodge and then the dan- 
cers left. Early the next night the drumming was heard again. This 
time when the people entered the young man could see their bodies. 
They kept on dancing and when the leader said, ‘‘ We have smoked,” the 
young man said ‘‘Nawa,” and they went out. The next night the 
drumming came again and the dancers came in and he could see them 
plainly. They danced around the fireplace, and when the dancing was 
over the leader of the dance said: ‘‘ Young man, when you first started 
