of the smoke." The sister looked up from the door, and as her
eyes met those of her brother, tears rolled down the cheeks of the
undying head. "Well," said the chief, "I thought we would make you do
something at last. Look! look at it--shedding tears," said he to those
around him; and they all laughed and passed their jokes upon it. The
chief, looking around and observing the woman, after some time said to
the old man who came with her, "Who have you got there? I have never
seen that woman before in our village." "Yes," replied the man, "you
have seen her; she is a relation of mine, and seldom goes out. She
stays in my lodge, and asked me to allow her to come with me to this
place." In the centre of the lodge sat one of those vain young men who
are always forward, and fond of boasting and displaying themselves
before others. "Why," said he, "I have seen her often, and it is to his
lodge I go almost every night to court her." All the others laughed and
continued their games. The young man did not know he was telling a lie
to the woman's advantage, who by that means escaped scrutiny.

She returned to the old man's lodge, and immediately set out for her
own country. Coming to the spot where the bodies of her adopted
brothers lay, she placed them together, their feet toward _the east_.
Then taking an axe which she had, she cast it up into the air, crying
out, "Brothers, get up from under it, or it will fall on you." This she
repeated three times, and the third time the brothers all arose and
stood on their feet.

Mudjikewis commenced rubbing his eyes and stretching himself. "Why,"
said he, "I have overslept myself." "No, indeed," said one of the
others, "do you not know we were all killed, and that is our sister who
has brought us to life?" The young men took the bodies of their enemies
and _burned_ them. Soon after, the woman went to procure wives for
them, in a distant country, they knew not where; but she returned with
ten young females, which she gave to the young men, beginning with the
eldest. Mudjikewis stepped to and fro, uneasy lest he should not get
the one he liked. But he was not disappointed, for she fell to his lot.
And they were well matched, for she was a female magician. They then
all moved into a very large lodge, and their sister Iamoqua told them
that the women must now take turns in going to her brother's head every
night, trying to untie it. They all said they would do so with
pleasure. The eldest mad