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�� ��happy. Next morning Froth left for his mother's. Going along, at last he arrived, and said to her, "Get well ready. To-morrow we shall move. I have found and met our people." The next morning they started off. Along came Kingfisher and Chickadee and Maski-'k^si 4. They came to bid good-by. Kingfisher said, "Adieu, Froth! now as long as you live, in the future, if you meet with danger, think of me. I will help you accordingly." And Maski-'k^si 1 also said, "Froth, when you meet with difficulty, think of and wish for me." And Chickadee said, "And as for me, think of me. I will help you." Then they went away. At last Froth and his mother reached a village. Then to Wood- chuck's wigwam they went; and Woodchuck cried, she was so glad. Soon after, all his

��relatives came up, his grandfather, his j. mother, and the other relations. His j. father said to him, "The reason we come i we wish you to forgive us for aband: :> mother so miserably. You saved us a great deal when you conquered the great > man. Now, then, here is where you will be a great chief, and I now take off my office mantle" and I put it on you." Then he took off his chieftainship-path 2 and put it on his grandson. Then Froth was a great chief.

1 This mantle was generally a tanned bear-skin with flower designs painted on the leather side, and decorated with porcupine-quills, it is said.

1 A figurative expression for the responsibilities and insignia of the chieftaincy. The bear-skin and the eagle's feather were regarded a the emblems of a chief; these being trie most noble among the mammals and birds.

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