Do so, and she shall
be yours."
Then he returned to the Rabbit, who said, "They did not send the girl
far away because they know that the demon can follow any track. But I
hope to make a track which he cannot follow. Now do you, as soon as it
shall be dark, bring her to this place." The young man did so, and the
Rabbit was there with a sled, and in his hand he had two squirrels.
These he smoothed down, and as he did so they grew to be as large as
the largest sled-dogs. Then all three went headlong, like the wind,
till they came to another village.
The Rabbit looked about till he found a certain wigwam, and then peered
through a crevice into it. "This is the place," he said. "Enter." They
did so; then the Rabbit ran away. They found in the cabin an old woman,
who was very kind, but who, on seeing them, burst into tears. "Ah, my
dear grandchildren," [Footnote: The terms grandchildren, grandmother,
etc., do not here signify actual relationship, but only friendship
between elderly and young people.] she cried, "your death is following
you rapidly, for the kewahqu' is on your track, and will soon be here.
But run down to the river, where you will find your grandfather
camping."
They went, and were joined by the Rabbit, who had spent the time in
making many divergent tracks in the ground. The kewahqu' came. The
tracks delayed him a long time, but at last he found the right one.
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