He then pushed on in pursuit, and had got so near to Paup-puk-keewiss as to put out his arm to seize him; but Paup-puk-keewiss dodged him and, as his last chance, he immediately raised such a dust and commotion by whirlwinds as made the trees break and the sand and leaves dance in the air. Again and again Manabozho stretched his arm, but he escaped him at every turn, and kept up such a tumult of dust that he dashed into a hollow tree which had been blown down, changed himself into a snake, and crept out at the roots just in time to save his life; for at that moment Manabozho, who had the power of lightning, struck it, and it was strewn about in little pieces. Again Paup-puk-keewiss was in human shape, and Manabozho was pressing him hard. At a distance he saw a very high bluff of rocks jutting out into a lake, and he ran for the foot of the precipice, which was abrupt and elevated. As he came near, to his surprise and great relief, the Manito of the rock opened his door and told Paup-puk-keewiss to come in. The door was no sooner closed than Manabozho knocked. “Open it!” he cried, with a loud voice. The Manito was afraid of him, but he said to Paup-puk-keewiss: “Since I have taken you as my guest, I would sooner die with you than open the door.” “Open it!” Manabozho again cried, in a louder voice than before. The Manito kept silent. “Very well,” said Manabozho; “I give you till morning to live.” Paup-puk-keewiss trembled, for he thought his last hour had come. When the night came on the clouds were thick and black, and as they were torn open by the lightning, such discharges of thunder were never heard as bellowed forth. The clouds advanced slowly and wrapped the earth about with their vast shadows as in a huge cloak. All night long the clouds gathered, and the lightning flashed, and the thunder roared, and above all could be heard Manabozho muttering vengeance upon poor Paup-puk-keewiss. “You have led a very foolish kind of life, Paup-puk-keewiss,” said his friend the Manito. “I know it—I know it!” Paup-puk-keewiss answered. “You had great gifts of strength awarded to you,” said the Manito. “I am aware of it,” replied Paup-puk-keewiss. “Instead of employing it for useful purposes, and for the good of your fellow-creatures, you have done nothing since you became a man but raise whirlwinds on the highways, leap over trees, break whatever you met in pieces, and perform a thousand idle pranks.”