passed away. One day when he came home from hunting there was a
fire and wood by the door. The next night there was wood and fire
and a piece of meat all cooked in the kettle. He looked all over to see
who had done this, but could find no one. The next time he went hunt-
ing he did not go far and went back quite early, and when he came in
sight of the cabin he saw a woman going into the house with wood on
her shoulders; he saw, and opened the door quickly, and there was his
wife sitting in a chair and the wooden doll was gone. Then she spoke
to him, saying, "The Great Spirit felt sorry for you, so he let me come
back to see you, but you must not touch me till we have seen all of our
people ; if you do, you will kill me. So they lived along for some time,
when one day the man said, "It is now two years since you died. Let
us go home. So you will be well. So he prepared meat for the jour-
ney — a string of deer meat for her to carry and one for himself; and so
they started. It was going to take them six days to get to the rest of
their tribe 5 when they were within a day's journey of the camp it began
to snow, and as they were very weary they lighted fire and partook of
•food and spread their skins to sleep; but the desire of the man to once
more clasp his wife in his arms was too great, and he went up to her
and put out his hands ; but she motioned him away and said, " We have
seen no one yet." He would not listen to her, and he caught her in his
arms, and, behold, he wa« holding the wooden doll! His sorrow was
very great. He pushed on to the camp and there he told them all that
had befallen him. Some doubted, and they went back with him and
found the doll; they also saw the track of the two people in the snow,
and the track just like the foot of the doll. The man was ever after
very unhappy.
A SURE REVENGE.
Far in the ages of the past, a tribe of the Senecas settled upon the banks of Lake Erie. One eventful winter their enemies, the Illinois, came in great numbers upon the peaceful settlement, surprised the people in their homes, and, in spite of a stout resistance, killeil a large number of them and took a middle aged woman and a boy captive. They started off with the prisoners, and the first day's journey was one of pain and restlessness to the captives. They were foot-sore and weary when camp was pitched for the night. Then around a roaring fire the warriors gloat- ed over the bloody deed. They called the boy and bid him join them in their songs of triumph, adding that they had no desire to hurt him; if he sang well he might enjoy himself. The lad pretended that he could not sing their language, but said that he would sing their song in his tongue, knowing that they could not comprehend a word of it. To this they agree^l, and while they shouted out their jubilant delight he repeated, again and again, " I shall never forget what you have done to my people.
