as, they had to lie down in icy, cold water and let
it freeze around them. The man who could stay the longest was
considered the bravest. The next night they asked Anishinaba to try
the test with them. He was quite willing and went with them to the
place where the test was to be made. He kept on his belt, and so felt
very comfortable, for the little animal made everything easy for him.
The water began to freeze and the Indians called out, "How are you
feeling?" He did not answer them.

About midnight, he noticed they had stopped talking. He called out,
"How are you feeling now? I am very warm." They did not answer him,
so he arose and walked to where they were lying. They were frozen
stiff. He went back to the camp and told the other Indians. Everybody
declared that he was the bravest warrior, since he had not been frozen.
The chief was so pleased with him that he gave him his daughter. The
Indians went to fetch the bodies of the frozen men, but were surprised
to find them changed into buffaloes. These animals went to live in the
other side of the village; and after that, every one Anishinaba killed
was changed into some kind of an animal and went into that part of the
village to live. Very shortly the empty lodges were filled.

One day Anishinaba lay down on the grass to have a sleep. He had taken
off his belt, and it lay in the long grass beside him. When he
wakened, he forgot about it. This was the first time he had ever gone
without the little animal since he came to the village. That night
some Indians who were unfriendly to him, asked him to try the freezing
trial again. He consented, for he was not at all afraid. But still he
did not think of his belt, and so the freezing water benumbed his body
and in a short time he was frozen stiff. His enemies then cut his body
into many pieces and scattered them over the village. His wife wept
bitterly for many days. Then suddenly she remembered his belt, and
went in search of it. She found it in the grass where he had slept.
As she picked it up, the tiny voice said, "Unpin me." She opened the
little seam where the animal lay and out he came. He began to shake
himself, and at each shake grew larger, until at last he was the size
of a small dog.

The queer-looking animal ran away then as fast as he could go. All
around the village he went, gathering up the pieces of his master's
body. When he had them gathered, he laid them together in their righ