reatest of the Spirits has forbidden you to take
the children of the earth? I know whom you have behind that belt.
Come forth, Onawataquto."

When the young man came forth, he presented him with bows and arrows
and a pipe of red stone. Now this meant that he was married to the
maiden.

After that the brother used to take him with him over the beautiful
plains, and he found everything very peaceful. Then he began to notice
that the brother left the lodge each morning, and did not return until
night. He asked him what he did when he was away.

"Come with me, and I shall show you," said the brother.

So they set off early next morning, and walked on for a long time. At
last Onawataquto began to feel hungry.

"Wait a few minutes," said the brother, "and I shall show you how I get
food."

When they reached a spot where they could see down to the earth below,
he said, "Now sit down and watch." And Onawataquto did so.

When he looked down, he could see the earth quite plainly. In one
village he saw a war party getting ready. In another he saw them
dancing, and in another, a group of children playing beside a lodge.

"Do you see that beautiful boy down there?" asked the brother.

"Yes," he replied. Suddenly the brother darted something from his hand
at the child, and he fell senseless.

The parents rushed out and carried him into the lodge, and made great
wailing. Then they saw people gather around the lodge, and the
medicine man arrived. He addressed himself to the spirit brother, and
asked him what sacrifice he desired.

"I shall allow the boy to get better if you will make me the sacrifice
of a white dog," answered the brother, through the opening in the sky.

They at once caught a white dog, and killed and roasted it. The meat
was then put on dishes, which at once floated up to the spirit brother.

"Now eat," he said to Onawataquto. "This is the way I get all my
meals."

After a while the young man grew tired of the quiet days, and desired
to go back to the earth. His wife was angry when she heard him say
this, and said she would not let him go. But after a while she
consented, and said, "You may go; but remember you are not to marry any
of the earth maidens, for at any time I can draw you back here."

Next morning Onawataquto found himself lying on the grass by his
father's lodge, with his face still blackened. His father and mother
and all his friends were standing near him in glad surpr