“You people have talked and been friendly,” said Waida Dikit. “This is the food we need; this will be our only food hereafter.”
“Well,” said Kanhlalas, standing up, “I think we have almost finished. If we stay here too long, some bad people may see us and talk about what we are doing.”
Others said: “Yes, we have given all the food we have. If this gathering lasts longer, bad people may find us and make trouble.”
“That is true,” said the assembly; “let us part.”
“We will part,” said Waida Dikit. “I am going to my old house and will stay there forever. If salmon come up the Wini Mem, they will come as far as my house and go back.”
Next morning all set out for their homes. Tsihl changed his mind on the road, and went back to Tede Puyuk, where he found that all had gone except Sedit, Patkilis, Nop, and Hau. These four were outside the sweat-house, and Tsihl said,—
“We have come back to look at this place again; it pleases us.”
They stayed awhile, travelled through the country, and when Olelbis sent people down here, coyotes, jack rabbits, deer, red-foxes, and black bear came to Tede Puyuk, and there were many of them ever after around that whole country.