They passed the waterfall, where Neewa looked for the first tune on a rushing torrent of water.

Deeper and darker and gloomier grew the forest Noozak was penetrating.

In this forest Neewa received his first lessons in hunting.

Noozak was now well in the "bottoms" between the Jackson's Knee and Shamattawa waterway divides, a great hunting ground for bears in the early spring.

When awake she was tireless in her quest for food, and was constantly digging in the earth, or turning over stones and tearing rotting logs and stumps into pieces.