e, the dog made signs to the
maiden for her to sweat him the way the Indians do. She made a lodge
for him just big enough to hold him. Then she heated some stones until
they were very hot. She put these stones in the lodge beside him, and
poured water on them. In a minute the lodge was full of steam. She
closed the door and left him there. After a while he came forth, a
handsome, young man, but he could not speak.

When the giant and his wife told the chief about the dog who was such a
great wonder, he felt sure there was some magic in it. So he gathered
a band of young men, and sent them to bring the daughter and the dog to
his lodge. What was their surprise to find a handsome, young man
instead of the dog. They all went together to the lodge of the chief,
who had gathered together all the other men of the village, the giant
among them. When the young man entered, he made a sign to put the
white feather in his hair. The chief took it from the giant's head,
and put it on the young man's. At once he was able to talk. He then
told them to smoke from his pipe. It went around the circle until it
reached him. When he began to smoke, blue and white pigeons flew from
the pipe. Then everybody knew that he was the great warrior, White
Feather.

The chief asked him to tell them all about himself. He did so very
truthfully, and when the chief learned how wicked and cruel the giant
had been, he ordered that he should be changed into a dog and let loose
in the village, where the boys were to stone him to death. This order
was carried out. A few days afterwards, White Feather said good-bye to
the good old chief, and he and the kind maiden returned to his
grandfather.

They found him waiting for them in the forest near the wooden man. The
grandfather wept for joy when he heard that the last giant was dead.
And the wooden man said, "Now my work is ended;" and with that he
changed into a gnarled oak-tree with withered branches, which seemed to
talk as the wind whistled through them.

THE LONE LIGHTNING

There once lived a lonely little boy whose father and mother were dead.
His uncle took care of him, but did not treat him kindly. He made him
work very hard and gave him little to eat. The little fellow grew very
thin, and began to pine away.

Then his uncle changed his way of treating him, and began to fatten
him. He pretended that he was doing this to make the boy grow strong.
But he really intended